Like Brothers

★★★ Younger gong | melodrama | equally matched | sworn enemies | love and hate (A new novel in the same universe is now underway, and the one about the secondary couple is complete. If you’re interested, check out the author’s page. Both the older and younger brothers make guest appearances. Also, I’ve revised this novel several times. The pirated copies circulating are the version from when it first finished, and I can’t vouch for a single punctuation mark in those pirated text files. I still recommend reading the revised official version. Neither this novel nor “Infamous” has an so-called uncensored edition. Please, please don’t let anyone scam you out of your hard-earned money!!!) Xie Shiyao, chairman of the Yaoshi Group, had a troublesome younger brother who haunted him like a ghost. From the day they met, they’d wanted to kill each other. They smashed cars and framed one another, filing false accusations and pulling every dirty trick in the book. In the end, Lin Zhuyi used his cruelest tactic to force Xie Shiyao to flee to America for four years. They met again at their father’s funeral. Amid rows of black umbrellas, Lin Zhuyi stood alone in the rain, wearing a fitted black suit. Around his pale neck hung the familiar hearing aid. Lin Zhuyi said he’d lost his memory. He couldn’t remember anyone in the world, only Xie Shiyao. He looked clean-cut and innocent, and asked Xie Shiyao to take him home. Xie Shiyao only sneered to himself. Lin Zhuyi had been born a high-IQ little devil. His so-called amnesia could only be some trick the brat had made up. Until one day, while Xie Shiyao was being intimate with someone at his own hotel, the door swung open. Lin Zhuyi appeared in the doorway and said evenly: “Hello, I’m his younger brother, Lin Zhuyi.” “My brother’s good in bed, isn’t he? Did you enjoy yourself?” Xie Shiyao locked Lin Zhuyi in the house and covered it with surveillance cameras, all to find proof that Lin Zhuyi was faking his amnesia. But Lin Zhuyi stood calmly in front of the cameras, took off all his clothes, and looked up with a faint smile. “Hi, big brother.” “Do you like my body?” Xie Shiyao finally understood that Lin Zhuyi was faking amnesia just to cling to him, and apparently wanted more than simply to be his younger brother. Sure enough. One day, the act came to an end, and Lin Zhuyi bared his fangs. He stopped pretending to have amnesia, stopped acting innocent, and revealed his full aggression. On a bed strewn with golden bells, Lin Zhuyi ran his cold fingertips over Xie Shiyao’s cheek, Adam’s apple, and neck. “Four years, 1,461 days, 35,064 hours. Every day I tried to find out how you were living it up. How dare you… forget every last thing about me?” “You made me fall for you, abandoned me, and left without a word. Big brother, I really do hate you.” Lin Zhuyi pressed down on him. The bells chimed as he pulled off his tie, bound Xie Shiyao’s wrists, and slowly removed the hearing aid from his right ear. “Xie Shiyao, why don’t you moan a little louder?” “I can’t hear you, big brother.” “I can’t hear you…” - Two years later, Lin Zhuyi returned from England in a bespoke suit, a rising star in the investment world. At a business gala, Xie Shiyao stood beneath the spotlight, while a young star beside him stared at him, mesmerized. Then the elevator doors opened, and Lin Zhuyi, dressed in a bespoke suit, stood outside. His gaze passed over the young star fawning over his brother. The young star asked curiously, “And you are…?” Lin Zhuyi reached out and pulled Xie Shiyao into his arms in front of everyone, resting his chin on Xie Shiyao’s shoulder. He looked up at the other man, the corners of his lips lifting. He looked beautiful and dangerous. “His ex-wife.” Powerful, beautiful, tragic queen shou vs. green-tea, dark, obsessive ghost gong Xie Shiyao (shou) vs. Lin Zhuyi (gong) Reader’s guide: 1. Self-indulgent, indulgent kink-fueled story. A mutually obsessive couple who are completely consumed by hatred, and two madmen falling in love. (Read with caution if this isn’t your thing.) Five-year age gap. They hate each other and love each other. Happy ending. 2. The shou used to be exclusively a top. His past as a top wasn’t pure, but as a bottom he is. (His ass is spotless.) He’s never had a stable relationship before. The gong is pure, pure, pure, pure through and through. 3. Neither character is perfect. The two are equally powerful and completely unhinged. They’re both very crazy, and neither is in good mental shape. The shou has depression and self-destructive tendencies; the gong has an emotional disorder. 4. There is no adoption relationship! They’re not on the same household register! Their parents never married! They’re not related by blood! Not recommended for fans devoted to either character (important). Saved on: 2025.09.13 ★★★ Coming soon in the same series: this is the story of Gu Jins heng and Lu Yingcheng. “Infamous” Evil, womanizing superstar shou x CEO gong who returns after his transformation Back then, when superstar Gu Jins heng refused to take over the family business and had just debuted after returning to China, he hired an assistant named Xiao Cheng. Xiao Cheng seemed gloomy, but he was really beautiful. His taste was awful, though, and he still had an old-fashioned haircut. But Gu Jins heng loved teasing Xiao Cheng. Xiao Cheng was so much fun. All Gu Jins heng had to do was look him in the eye for a while, and Xiao Cheng would blush and stammer whenever he spoke. In the actors’ dressing room, Gu Jins heng would sometimes prop his chin in his hand and watch Xiao Cheng bustle about, wondering to himself: Could this guy actually have a crush on me? A lowly assistant like him thought he could daydream about a superstar adored by everyone? How delusional. Gu Jins heng wanted to have his cake and eat it too. He never held on to any malicious thoughts for more than three days. After a drinking party one night, a tipsy Gu Jins heng sat in his chauffeured car and specifically asked Xiao Cheng to take him back to the hotel. Once the door was locked, Gu Jins heng sat on the edge of the bed, lowered his zipper, and rested the gleaming toe of his leather shoe on the other man’s shoulder. “Take off that hat.” “Put it in your mouth.” “Don’t know how? Do you need me to teach you?” * Gu Jins heng didn’t really remember how Xiao Cheng quit. It was probably because he wanted a relationship and an explanation for how that night had ended after such a brief taste. He kept pestering Gu Jins heng until he finally got fed up. “You only touched me with your mouth once, and now you want to date me? You think you can drive me around in that busted electric scooter and make me eat dirt?” “I never date. Give up, Xiao Zhang… Wait, Xiao Cheng. Your name’s Xiao Cheng, right?” “Get rid of those tacky clothes. You wear a huge hat every day, so I can’t even see your face. What a waste of a pretty one.” Before long, Xiao Cheng disappeared for good. Good. He’d only been an insignificant passerby anyway. When they weren’t seeing each other, Gu Jins heng couldn’t even remember what Xiao Cheng looked like. Until two years later, at a private club. The place was full of the rich and famous. Gu Jins heng spotted a man and was taken with him at first sight. The man wore a perfectly tailored suit, his profile strikingly elegant. When their eyes met, his gaze shimmered with an ambiguous light that was both distant and inviting, as if he were refusing and yet encouraging Gu Jins heng at once. “Mr. Gu, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Lu Yingcheng.” As they shook hands, Lu Yingcheng deliberately squeezed his hand. At first, Gu Jins heng didn’t understand what it meant. But later… When Gu Jins heng was kept pinned beneath Lu Yingcheng day and night… When Lu Yingcheng towered over him and locked him up at home “My superstar, back then you thought I was tacky, poor, and beneath you.” “Now…” Lu Yingcheng slowly took off his watch, leaned closer, and patted the man’s cheek. “As the CEO of a publicly listed company, am I good enough to make you cry?” Only then did Gu Jins heng realize, too late and in despair: He’d managed to hook his own comeuppance at first sight amid a sea of people. #The superstar womanizer thinks he’s found an entertaining catch, but doesn’t realize he’s provoked the enemy who’s been thinking about him for two whole years. I remember you once said you never date. You were right. This isn’t dating. Gu Jins heng, this is punishment. Reader’s guide: 1. Two years ago, it was only a taste. They didn’t actually do it. Gu Jins heng is a full-on womanizer and a bad person: loyal to his friends, a scumbag to his lovers. He used to be exclusively a top. He’s not pure at first, but becomes pure later. The gong is pure. 2. A debt must be repaid by the one who incurred it. Stockholm syndrome warning. Lu Yingcheng originally intended to torture Gu Jins heng to death. Gu Jins heng will be broken down and rebuilt once. But as they become entangled, they’ll turn into true lovers who can’t live without each other. A twisted love story, where bad people’s hearts grow from hatred into love. If this isn’t your thing, run. It’s not sweet, and it really isn’t a sweet romance. Theme: Strive to live, for you, for me, and for a better tomorrow.