I Willingly Fell for You

Lin Xuran is the Lin family's second young master, the one nobody notices. Sickly since childhood, quiet, easy to talk over. Then he saw Huo Qichen, and wanted something for the first time in his life.
When he finally worked up the nerve to get close, Huo Qichen turned him away without looking up. He didn't like men. He didn't want to be bothered.
Lin Xuran stopped trying.

Huo Qichen is the sole heir of the Huo family, old money in the capital. Cultured, soft-spoken, and ruthless enough that his word ends every argument. Most people who fall for him never say so out loud.
Then, at a gathering of friends, someone brings up the sickly second son of the Lin family. For the first time all night, Huo Qichen sets down his glass and asks them to keep talking.

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