1.
As the saying goes, your fate is decided from the moment you're born. But Ruan An is the exception: born in a slum, he was chosen by a wealthy family in the capital.
His so-called "husband" has spoiled him rotten since childhood. The greatest hardship he's ever had to endure is drinking an iced Americano.
Just how spoiled is he? It's downright outrageous.
He doesn't have to do anything. His only daily task is to enjoy being a pampered little freeloader. When he's happy, he smiles. When he's unhappy, the man disappears from sight the next day.
He can swipe the black card and spend money as he pleases.
He has everything brought to him, from clothes to food. When the man is home, he never has to walk anywhere. He doesn't even have to dress himself.
A halfhearted kiss is the greatest honor the man can hope for.
2.
This pampered young master is a hopeless romantic. Tired of the man's old-fashioned ways, he longs for a passionate romance.
Egged on by others, Ruan An decisively cuts ties with the Gu family and takes the little money he has left to go find his one true love.
The sheltered young master, raised in comfort and unfamiliar with the ways of the world, is easily taken in. He thinks he's found the true love he's been longing for.
But once all his money is gone, his thug boyfriend dumps him without a second thought, leaving him homeless.
He sees the man again a week later.
"You're mean." He lies across the man's shoulder, covering his round bottom, and looks at him with a wronged expression. "I don't want to go back with you."
3.
Gu Congzhuo was sickly as a child. Somehow, his family heard of a folk remedy and found a child whose birth chart matched his, saying the child would ward off disaster.
The child was fair and sweet-looking, always following Gu Congzhuo around and calling him "big brother." The family all laughed and called the child his "little child bride."
No one could love that child more than he did. He was both father and mother to him, wishing he could give his darling the best of everything in the world.
But when he finally found his sulking wife, he discovered that the precious darling he had been so careful not to drop or crush was handing out flyers on the street.
He was furious and heartbroken. Before he knew it, he had slapped his darling a few times. Seeing those tearful eyes, he wanted to slap himself just as hard.
"Be good, An'an." He leaned his face toward him and said, "Hit me, okay?"
Bonus scene.
Lately, Gu Congzhuo has been acting strangely. He's even more strict with Ruan An than before, forbidding this and that until Ruan An can only sulk.
One day, he decides he won't put up with it anymore.
"Honey." When the man comes home, he runs over, pulls him into a chair, orders Gu Congzhuo to sit, then ties him up with a rope. "Don't move."
Then he changes into a sheer little dress and stands in front of the man, striking all sorts of alluring poses. He lets him look, but not touch.
He's driven nearly crazy with desire.
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They are not related by blood. Ruan An's family is still alive. They no longer share a household registration; he only lived with the family for a while. They are not related by blood! They do not share a household registration! Let me say it again!
[Synopsis written on 11/22 and saved as a screenshot. Please don't steal the premise.]
Theme: Care for your partner, starting with yourself.
