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In the world of “cremation scene” literature, there is a specific type of character often portrayed by authors as incapable of love, cold, and indifferent to their partners, never speaking a word. Chen Qingtang discovers that her husband, Shen He, is that kind of person. Throughout their years of marriage, Shen He remained lukewarm toward her, and even in his final moments before death, he still believed he was not loved.
When she opens her eyes again, reborn back to university during their first meeting, Chen Qingtang awakens to the fact that Shen He actually loved her to death. In her previous life, after his death in a car accident, she was so depressed that she committed suicide out of love. Shen He was simply incapable of love, coupled with his reserved, arrogant, and silent nature. He is a classic “cremation scene” character who eventually pursues his wife relentlessly.
Chen Qingtang wonders: If I take this man back and train him, will he still be reserved, arrogant, and incapable of love? Then let us fish. Let us fish until he is hooked using Chen’s fishing method:
- Neither proactive nor responsible.
- Only flirt but never extinguish the flame.
- Enjoy the ambiguity but never confirm the relationship.
He wants the high mountain flower to come down from its pedestal just to come to him. The first time Shen He saw Chen Qingtang, he had a sense of danger. The boy’s dark and deep eyes looked at him quietly, as if he wanted to drag him into some kind of abyss. Instinct told him that he should stay away from Chen Qingtang, but his heart was strangely attracted to this person.
Slowly, he began to get closer to Chen Qingtang. He would remember Chen Qingtang’s tastes, clothing habits, and so on. At a gathering where Qing Tang shared all her interests, her friends, seeing their close relationship, jokingly asked, “Are you two dating?” Shen He was slightly taken aback and frowned, “We are just friends.” The next day, however, Chen Qing Tang suddenly became very polite to him, no longer eating or attending classes with him, and no longer looking at him with that focused gaze. Chen Qing Tang withdrew her special treatment of him.
Watching Chen Qing Tang appear with others, chatting and laughing, Shen He felt inexplicably anxious. Finally, like a defeated puppy, he stopped Chen Qing Tang, saying, “Do not treat me like this.” Then, one day, Shen He heard Chen Qingtang talking in his sleep, calling his name affectionately. Shen He suddenly realized that Chen Qingtang liked him, but he was straight, and they could not be together. So, when the two were very close one time, Shen He could not accept it and pushed her away in resistance.
As a result, the next day, Chen Qingtang began to distance herself from him, not even letting him look at her. The speed at which she withdrew was so fast that Shen He was angry. Her erratic attitude made him feel anxious and helpless. Only then did Shen He realize that he had no feelings for this person. He was hopelessly addicted; he could not bear not having Chen Qingtang by his side. Finally, Shen He lost control and cornered him in the dorm room, his eyes filled with a deep possessiveness. He struggled, pleading, “Stay by my side, I am going crazy, what is wrong with me?” Chen Qingtang smiled knowingly, her arms encircling his neck, her gentle tone laced with wickedness: “Of course you are, in love.”
A seemingly innocent, dark, manipulative bottom and a seemingly pure, aloof flower who is actually a devoted, loyal top.
Synopsis 2: Bending a Fishing-Style Eccentric Guy to a Straight Roommate
Lin Nan has an extremely homophobic roommate. So homophobic that after learning of his sexual orientation, he would repeatedly wipe the table Lin Nan touched with wet wipes. Lin Nan did not really care about this staunchly straight guy until one day, while in the bathroom, he suddenly heard rapid, heavy breathing coming from the dorm, accompanied by a hint of restlessness.
He could not help but press his ear against the door. A magnetic male voice. He was lost in his own world, oblivious to everyone around him, occasionally letting out a few low, hoarse swear words that sent shivers down one’s spine. Lin Nan felt a burning desire, a lust that gnawed at him to turn him gay, to sleep with him.
Catching a straight man only takes two steps: figure out his preferences, pretend to be prey, and wait for him to take the bait.
After Zhou Yao learned Lin Nan was gay, he wanted to stay as far away as possible. Until one day, Lin Nan suddenly started cross dressing. Zhou Yao was utterly disgusted. A perfectly normal man cross dressing? Who was he disgusted by? But strangely, despite his initial disdain, he was uncontrollably drawn to Lin Nan’s presence, even earnestly offering his opinions when Lin Nan asked for them. It was unbelievable!
Before he knew it, Zhou Yao and Lin Nan had become acquainted. Once, a friend mentioned Lin Nan to him, saying their relationship had improved considerably, that they had gone from enemies to friends. Zhou Yao’s face immediately darkened: “Impossible. I hate homosexuals more than anything. It is disgusting.”
Then, in the following days, Lin Nan began frequently dressing in women’s clothing, swaying in front of him. Zhou Yao felt as if a cat’s paw was scratching at him, telling him, “This is a man.” He was disgustingly gay; he could not, or at least should not, feel this way. Lin Nan’s skirts were getting prettier and prettier, with sexy off the shoulder tops and super short shorts taking turns on the scene. Zhou Yao tried his best to restrain himself, but in private, he could not help but peek at him with red eyes.
Until one time, Lin Nan wore a pair of black stockings, and Zhou Yao could not hold back any longer. He pressed Lin Nan against the wall and demanded a kiss on Lin Nan’s beautiful eyebrows and eyes, with a strange and triumphant smile: “Are you not straight?”
Zhou Yao instantly sobered up, terrified and sweating profusely. He did not know when it started, but rumors were circulating in the school that Zhou Yao was bullying Lin Nan because someone had seen this scene: Zhou Yao was gripping Lin Nan’s neck, both of them flushed red. Lin Nan still had a cut on his lip.
A friend asked Zhou Yao for confirmation, and Zhou Yao inexplicably became angry and embarrassed: “Yes, I hate his kind of dark and lewd behavior the most.” Suddenly, Lin Nan’s little skirts disappeared; he never dressed as a woman again. Zhou Yao began to miss something, feeling an indescribable tightness in his chest.
Worse still, he suddenly went crazy. Some felt that Lin Nan in men’s clothing could also make Zhou Yao’s world collapse. He was constantly being tormented and tortured between reason and desire. Finally, when Lin Nan dressed as a woman again, Zhou Yao could not help but pounce on him and demand, his anger and desire making his eyes red: “What do you want!”
Lin Nan narrowed his eyes, smiled, and patted his face: “Do you hate me? Then why do you keep being so shameless to me, baby?” At this moment, Zhou Yao understood. He was completely captivated by Lin Nan.
