Go Ahead and Make a Scene

At twenty-four, Yuan Sui-rong met Ji Nian. Looking down at the slender twelve-year-old boy, he merely glanced at him from above. "Your dad is dead. You'll live here from now on. Call me Uncle."

The boy's eyes were red, his tears not yet dry. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Hello, Uncle."

Yuan Sui-rong was not a patient man, but he did his best to raise Ji Nian. Unfortunately, the boy had far too many flaws: he was arrogant, rebellious, and extravagant... And every time he got scolded, he'd shed a few worthless tears.

Yuan Sui-rong could only put on a cold face and try to comfort him. But Ji Nian not only refused to learn from his mistakes, he kept pushing his luck.

*

Everyone in the Rongdao business district knew that Boss Yuan had a beautiful young man at home whom he treasured dearly.

Ji Nian, however, didn't see it that way. He was restricted from going out to have fun, his bank cards were frozen from time to time, and he was constantly getting scolded.

Until one night, he overheard someone talking to Yuan Sui-rong outside the door. "That kid of yours is such a handful. How do you put up with him?"

Yuan Sui-rong exhaled a puff of smoke and replied coolly, "Let him be a handful. It's not like I can't afford to raise him."

*

Years later, an excellent newcomer actor, Ji Nian, is mocked by paparazzi as a "resource-backed pretty boy." One of them even declares, "A pretty, popular nobody like him will get tossed aside once his sugar daddy gets tired of him."

One day, reporters surround him in a parking lot, their microphones almost poking him in the face. "Can you respond to the rumors that you're being kept? No comment? Are you feeling guilty?"

Ji Nian suddenly stops. Slowly, he takes his left hand out of his pocket and shows the camera the dazzling diamond ring on his ring finger.

"Being kept?" He smiles, then turns to look at the car window lowering behind the crowd. "Honey, they're asking if you're keeping me."

Inside the car, the business tycoon who has never appeared in the entertainment pages lightly taps the steering wheel with a hand wearing an identical ring.

[Traditional Chinese father-type top x spoiled beauty bottom]

Reader's guide:

1. The romance is relatively slow-burn (maybe).

2. The top and bottom are not legally related through adoption.

3. The protagonists are each other's only one, body and soul, and don't start dating until they are adults.

-Exclusively serialized on Jinjiang Literature City-

Theme: Raising a child requires loving them with care.