Reborn, My Wife Still Wants to Break Up with Me

[Primarily from the attacker's perspective, though it leans more toward dual POV. Extreme top/bottom purists, stay away.]

[The receiver tends to avoid dependence. The attacker is a bit goofy and sharp-tongued when things are normal, but turns into a sulky abandoned husband whenever the receiver tries to leave.]

Cheng Jiubo is a gentle, polite academic genius. He's great in every way except for his terrible luck: one careless moment, and he catches the eye of the rich heir from a neighboring university, the Jiang family's young master, Jiang Cangyun.

Jiang Cangyun slaps down a check and loudly declares that he'll pay Cheng Jiubo to be his boyfriend.

Cheng Jiubo resists to the death (crossed out) and agrees at once.

He even keeps calling him "boyfriend" in the sweetest voice.

"Boyfriend, I like you so much."

"Boyfriend, can we hold hands?"

"Boyfriend, give me a kiss."

It's as if someone possessed him.

Even harder to believe, Jiang Cangyun, who claimed to be a veteran of love, blushes because of it, and is the one who dumps Cheng Jiubo again and again.

"I don't like you. Let's break up."

"I'm bored of this. Let's break up."

"It's raining today. Let's break up."

"I'm in a bad mood. Let's break up."

Of course, they never stay broken up for more than three days. Their classmates soon see the academic genius feeding Jiang Cangyun dog food in public, with the sleepy young master nestled in his arms.

Oh, what a surreal world.

*

Cheng Jiubo has a secret: he's reborn.

In his previous life, he and Jiang Cangyun got married in a blissful relationship. Just as they seemed to have it all, a successful career and a happy family, his husband suddenly asked for a divorce.

They never did get divorced.

Because Jiang Cangyun died in a car accident.

Then Cheng Jiubo was reborn in college, and the first thing he saw was his young husband asking him to be his boyfriend.

Cheng Jiubo was secretly thrilled: My husband confessed first, and he's even willing to give me spending money!

Then, the next day, his husband dumped him.

Cheng Jiubo: Not happy.

But that's okay. A widower whose husband has died once has plenty of energy and tricks up his sleeve!

Have a little drink, find his husband and cry, get him into bed, then ask to get back together. Soon enough, life will be good again.

Breaking up? Not happening.

*

Jiang Cangyun has a secret.

He likes Cheng Jiubo.

Seriously. He's liked him for a long time.

But...

Nobody told him this guy would turn into a dog when he fell in love!

Annoying!

A pain in the neck!

Needy and manipulative!

Always saying things like:

"Honey, you have to take responsibility for me."

"Honey, do you love me a little more today?"

He's just so annoying.

Jiang Cangyun rubs his aching lower back and says as much.

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A goofy, sugary-sweet entertainment-industry story: The Days I Can't Sleep with the Movie Star Are Meaningless

In one sentence: I thought you were my top, but you want to be my dad?!

Cheng Suizhi is a famously controversial idol.

He can't sing in tune and his limbs fly all over the place when he dances, but he's so good-looking that he made his debut as a center and became one of the most controversial stars in the industry.

His haters have plenty of evidence. His fans...

Everyone says he's lucky.

Cheng Suizhi, who just wants to lie flat and get laid, says: "Yeah, right."

Others enter the industry to become famous.

He only entered it to find an excuse to sleep with Qi Yanchuan.

Qi Yanchuan is the youngest movie star in the country, an actor renowned for his talent.

But that doesn't matter to Cheng Suizhi.

What matters to him is Qi Yanchuan's height, long legs, perfect proportions, eight-pack abs, and strong, toned waist.

So Cheng Suizhi picked Qi Yanchuan as his ideal top.

For years, Cheng Suizhi watched countless videos and pored over The Art of Being a Green Tea and A Guide to Becoming a White Lotus by lamplight. He memorized every kind of roleplay and how to use every toy.

In the end, he turned himself into a molten custard bun.

A pure-looking flower on the outside, with a head full of dirty thoughts underneath.

And all of it was for the sake of sleeping with Qi Yanchuan, his ideal top.

Finally, on a dark and stormy night, he seized his chance, wearing a bathrobe as he climbed into Qi Yanchuan's bed...

Getting into bed went smoothly.

The problem was, Qi Yanchuan seemed to be impotent.

He'd stripped down like that, and Qi Yanchuan went to the bathroom to smoke!

Maybe the guy only looked good but couldn't deliver...

*

Qi Yanchuan projects a cold, aloof image to the public, but in reality he likes cute, fluffy things.

One day, he happened to come across a video. The boy in it sang off-key, danced terribly, and had almost no control over his expressions, but he was just so cute.

So Qi Yanchuan went from watching a hater's video to becoming Cheng Suizhi's wealthy, devoted fan-dad. He diligently supports his little darling every day, never missing a single supertopic support event or sign-in. His favorite way to unwind is watching his darling's videos with a fond, indulgent smile.

Until one day his darling climbed into his bed, eyes red, wearing nothing but a bathrobe, and tearfully begged him to keep him.

Because he was broke.

Qi Yanchuan fell silent for a moment, quietly draped some clothes over his darling, then went into the bathroom and silently lit a cigarette.

My darling, how did you get so broke you don't even have clothes to wear...

And so Qi Yanchuan became Cheng Suizhi's sugar daddy.

He poured all kinds of opportunities and resources on him.

He had to keep an eye on his variety shows.

He had to teach him how to act, step by step.

They had to do magazine shoots together.

After all, the kid didn't like wearing long underwear, was picky about food, clingy, and always attracted the wrong kind of attention.

It was only right for him to take good care of his darling.

After all, a sugar daddy is basically a dad, right?

Can fatherly love change into something else?

Who knows?

Qi Yanchuan, a seemingly cold and aloof movie star who is actually a doting, worrywart dad-type with an unusual way of thinking, the attacker × Cheng Suizhi, a seemingly poor, innocent white lotus idol with a controversial reputation who is actually a wealthy young master with a head full of dirty thoughts, the receiver.

* Both are adults. The attacker is 23, the receiver is 20. It's a healthy adult romance; the attacker just starts out seeing the receiver as a fan-dad.

* They're both devoted to each other in body and mind. A goofy, sweet treat, just for fun.

Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.