[A sinister, manipulative top who is very good at playing the victim x a motherly bottom who knows the top is faking it but still can't help softening toward him]
Omegas are lovable and adored.
But Yu Yi is universally disliked.
As the biological young master who was finally brought home, Yu Yi is constantly compared to Yu Zhen.
They're both Omegas, but he's less handsome than Yu Zhen, less clever, and his gloomy, withdrawn personality is less endearing. Even his pheromones have the most commonplace citrus scent.
The comparisons seep into every part of his life, and with time, his family grows disappointed in him.
His older brother starts mocking him, his parents ignore him, the elders say outright that they dislike him, and even the servants look down on him and treat him like he isn't there.
Yu Yi knows he can't measure up. After all, who would care about someone so superfluous?
But then he undergoes a second differentiation, becomes a top-tier Alpha, and marks the person who hates him most.
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Wu Xiayang doesn't like that Omega.
He has plenty of reasons:
The hair that hides his eyes, his overly thin body, the way he treats everyone like they're invisible...
Most importantly, no matter how badly Yu Yi is bullied, he always acts as if he doesn't care.
It makes Wu Xiayang furious just to look at him. At least his pheromones smell nice.
Wu Xiayang thinks that if Yu Yi doesn't care, then he'll teach him a lesson.
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Yu Yi knows perfectly well that Wu Xiayang hates him.
For example, Wu Xiayang is always cold and cutting with his words.
Yu Yi was only locked in a bathroom and doused with a basin of water, but Wu Xiayang dragged him out and ordered him not to go into the bathroom alone.
Then there's how he gangs up with others to ostracize Yu Yi.
Yu Yi only went to Yu Zhen's birthday party, but Wu Xiayang took everyone away and told him to go home early.
And then there's how he disagrees with Yu Yi and never respects his opinion.
Yu Yi was only spending time alone in an abandoned school building, but Wu Xiayang barged in, took over his secret hideout, and forced him to eat on time.
Finally, he even exposed his gland without caring whether Yu Yi wanted him to.
Yu Yi lowered his eyes. The Alpha beneath him had completely lost his usual haughty air.
Wu Xiayang's fingers curled from the burning sensation. His body was flooded with pheromones, and all he could do was bite his lower lip hard and release his pheromones to please the other man, his mind in a daze.
Yu Yi reached out and touched the Alpha's ravaged gland.
Even after this fierce, cold, and thoroughly hostile Alpha was bitten hard on the gland, he only frowned and reminded Yu Yi to use a suppressor.
How pitiful... So pitiful that Yu Yi wanted to bully him a little more.
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[Little scene]
After being marked, Wu Xiayang's rut became especially severe. And yet a certain someone kept coming close and releasing pheromones.
When the sweet pheromones slipped into a certain shameful place, his whole body trembled, and for once he cursed.
"F*#$, Yu Yi, I'll say it again: Alphas don't have reproductive chambers."
Yu Yi lowered his head, and tears immediately rolled down his cheeks. He looked truly pitiful.
Wu Xiayang laughed in exasperation. "Fine, I can get pregnant, okay? I said I can get pregnant."
Later, he stared at the medical report in silence.
[Reading guide]:
1. One-on-one, both are each other's first and only. The top and bottom aren't perfect people, but they're made for each other. No switching, no separating them. Readers with extreme preferences, please take note.
2. There are some melodramatic elements involving the real and fake young masters. The sham parents will regret it, but the top doesn't care.
3. I revised the blurb's setting a little. The trope is unchanged, but I've added pregnancy. I bow to readers who bookmarked this earlier. I'm truly sorry if this is a dealbreaker.
4. Thanks to every kind soul who clicked in.
Theme: Love can overcome anything