[Age gap: 18/28 + height and build difference: 176/189 + both are sexually inexperienced]
[The vulnerable boy with hearing loss x the possessive, guiding lover]
Gu Mian is deaf in his right ear and timid by nature. At sixteen, he starts an online relationship, then breaks up with his boyfriend on his eighteenth birthday: "Big brother, I'm terminally ill. We have to break up."
Then he blocks and deletes him.
He knows what he did was wrong, but he listens to the orphanage director.
When he wakes up, he finds himself ten years in the future.
A call to the director reveals that the orphanage has long since been abandoned, and the director has been arrested.
Without much hope, he dials the blurry number he remembers.
Beep, beep
"Hello?"
A deep male voice answers.
Timidly, he says, "Hi, I'm Mian Duoduo. Could you lend me some money?"
Mian Duoduo was his screen name eight years ago.
An endless silence falls over the other end of the line.
He bites his lip, nervously about to hang up, when the man speaks in a hoarse, barely audible voice: "Address."
*
Gu Mian is taken home by his former online boyfriend.
He cautiously looks around the mansion before him, standing awkwardly at the entrance.
His shoes are filthy. Even one step inside feels as if it would dirty the place.
But the next second, the man who brought him home crouches in front of him, grips his ankle, takes off his shoes, and helps him into a clean pair of fluffy slippers.
The man's hands are big and warm. When they clasp his ankle, Gu Mian feels like prey caught by a hunter.
"I can write you an IOU."
That is what Gu Mian intends to say, but the other man tells him he can work at the villa to pay off his debt.
With nowhere else to go, Gu Mian thinks it over and agrees.
*
Everyone in Beicheng's upper society knows one thing: never mention a certain name in front of Lin Ji. They say it belongs to the person he loves.
Ten years ago, Lin Ji was not yet head of the Lin family when he suddenly went mad, using every resource at his disposal to find someone.
He found them, only to learn they were dead.
From then on, that name became taboo.
Lin Ji never imagined anyone would dare to seek death in front of him. But hearing that familiar, timid voice over the phone, his dead heart began beating again.
*
Gu Mian diligently works for the Lin family to pay off his debt.
Then, after an accident, he sleeps with Lin Ji and discovers a few weeks later that he is pregnant.
Afraid that Mr. Lin will kick him out, he starts avoiding him.
Until one night, when he gets up to use the bathroom, he sees Mr. Lin holding the clothes he just changed out of, burying his face in them.
"Ah, I've been found out. Guess the baby can start running now."
But Gu Mian can't run away. He has no education or skills, and outside the Lin residence, he has nowhere to go.
And lately, his breasts have been filling with milk.
Held in the man's arms, he opens his mouth and sucks on his clothes.
Lin Ji watches the young man in the mirror, his slender fingers kneading that spot. He whispers beside Gu Mian's right ear, "You're so naughty, baby. Are you deliberately seducing your husband?"
[Reading Guide]
1. The pregnancy is in the main story; the birth takes place in the extras.
2. They are each other's first love, and both are adults in the main story.
3. He pretended to be a girl when they were dating online, but the seme figured out he was a boy.
Theme: Stay positive and keep moving forward, even in adversity