Jiang Haiyuan, a beautiful and melancholy artist.
For twenty years, he had sailed smoothly through life as the young master of the Jiang family. Then he woke from a dream one day and discovered he was a fake.
He resolutely left behind a written statement, drove away without a backward glance, packed his bags, and returned to his true hometown.
A riverside town with beautiful mountains and clear waters!
He never expected to drive his car straight into the river on the very first day after leaving home.
Luckily, a boat captain pulled him out.
So they traveled upstream along the Yangtze, journeying against the current, leaving Baidi City at dawn amid rosy clouds, until all they could see was the Yangtze flowing toward the horizon.
The captain didn't take him over ten thousand mountains. He only helped him cross the pass of love.
The captain might be blunt, but he was handsome!
The captain might be so poor all he had was a ferryboat, but he had a great body!
Beneath the ancient moon on the plateau, the captain would even sing him love songs!
Jiang Haiyuan fell for him. If he couldn't be a rich second-generation kid, this life wasn't so bad either.
After they pledged themselves to each other, they returned to Wusongkou. Nervously, Jiang Haiyuan took his boyfriend to meet the world.
At the grand banquet, everyone looked on mockingly at the fake young master who had returned with his poor boyfriend.
The head of the Jiang family grasped Jiang Haiyuan's boyfriend's hand, eyes brimming with tears. "Son! You've finally come home!"
Jiang Haiyuan: "???"
Everyone: "???"
#So my boyfriend didn't just save my life, he's also going to help me reclaim the family fortune#
#I'm done with this rich family... Wait, hold on. Who is my boyfriend?!#
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Daddy-type top 1, bratty bottom 0
The main characters' names are taken from the poem "Traveling by Boat from Badong through Qutang Gorge, Climbing to the Highest Peak of Mount Wu, and Returning at Night to Inscribe a Poem on the Wall."
The Yangtze route goes through the three levels of elevation, from the upper to the middle to the lower reaches. An unconventional road-trip novel.
The poems in the blurb are a mash-up of "Leaving Baidi City at Dawn" and "Seeing Meng Haoran Off."
Blurb dated 2025.11.22
Theme: Striving for a beautiful life
