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"BAD, MEAN, TOAD."

Those were the three words Lin Zhu used to describe Ye Quan.

Lin Zhu was a talented badminton athlete who started his brilliant career as a junior player in the national badminton team. He had won many titles as a men's singles player in the junior team, and his achievements were rewarded with a promotion to the senior team.

But, to his dismay, the reward suddenly turned into a punishment. He performed so badly in the last two years he spent with the senior team that he was finally kicked out of the men's singles team. He had only two choices: 1. Bury his dream and retire at such a young age; 2. Agree to be transferred to the men's doubles team. And Lin Zhu chose the second option.

He didn't expect that he would be paired with Ye Quan, another badminton player who had become his mortal enemy since a few years ago. Under the pressure from the team management to become the best men's doubles pair in the world, Lin Zhu and Ye Quan began their journey despite harboring hatred for each other.

What will happen to the two athletes? Will they be able to achieve their goal even if they are always at each other's throats?
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"YOU ARE BAD, YOU ARE MEAN, AND YOU ARE UGLY LIKE A TOAD, YE QUAN!"
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Author note:
1. The MC is the bottom.
2. Playboy top x arrogant bottom.
3. Original cover art belongs to me.

BAD, MEAN, TOAD [BL]

In the semifinals, their opponents were another pair from Indonesia who was currently holding the title as world number 3. You could say that Indonesia had many good athletes in this sector, and it was no wonder they dominated the top 10 world athletes in men's doubles.

It seemed how Lin Zhu and Ye Quan had managed to clear away the odds in the form of the world number 1 in the quarterfinals was already grueling and nerve-wracking, but they had to go up against the world number 3 today.

Most people doubted that they would be able to win today's match, and there were two reasons behind that doubt. The first reason was, of course, because the ranking of the two was far behind the Indonesian pair, and the second reason was because of the dating rumors involving them.

LIN ZHU'S ROLE MODEL