(Two male leads | shackles of Confucian propriety | one-on-one, both pure)
Upright, restrained, and unhinged top × clear-eyed, perceptive, and falling bottom
| Six-year age gap | Restrained in public | Intimate in private | Mostly household intrigue
Having just transmigrated into the body of a live-in son-in-law in the Marquis's household, Xu Youning is immediately trampled into the dirt by the entire family!
The original owner was dependent on others, married into the Chu family, and wed to the legitimate daughter in name only. Even the servants dared to give him attitude.
The second and third branches mock him, the old madam constantly puts him in his place, and everyone waits to see him meet a miserable end.
But they don't know that Xu Youning has already become someone else!
Others scheme against him? He turns their plans to his advantage.
The collateral branches want to use him to establish their authority? He'll deliver face-slapping in front of the whole household and make them see him in a new light!
What Xu Youning never expected was that the first person to break the rules for him would be the most upright and proper man in the entire household, the one no one dares offend: Chu Yanchen, Marquis Bo'an and the head of the Chu family.
In public, he is cold and distant, observing every rule of etiquette.
In private, he repeatedly stands up for Xu Youning and shelters him from every storm, concealing an uncontrollable protectiveness in his eyes.
“With me, you've always been the exception.”
One is a down-and-out live-in son-in-law whom anyone can bully; the other is the upright, restrained head of the Marquis's household.
Bound by strict propriety and judged by society, they are surrounded by ravenous wolves within the household.
Yet Chu Yanchen insists on making an exception for him, standing up for him without fearing the whole family turning against him.
When their relationship is exposed, the Marquis's household is thrown into an uproar, and everyone pressures Chu Yanchen to back down.
Instead, he takes Xu Youning's hand in front of everyone and says firmly:
“I can give up my title, my reputation, and the rules. But him? No one is laying a finger on him.”
The useless live-in son-in-law turns the tables, while the rigid marquis goes feral to protect his beloved.
This time, Xu Youning will not back down.
Teacher, come on😘