After the Pretty Fake Young Master Was Marked

[Age gap: 31 x 21 | Alpha/Omega romance | Steady older CEO Alpha x beautiful, spoiled, sharp-tongued Omega wife who knows when to back down]

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Wei Chun was spoiled and gorgeous, but he happened to be a low-quality Omega with weak pheromones.

That was annoying enough, but someone also used him as a stepping-stone to build their reputation.

Wei Chun was furious. He unilaterally added that person to his list of sworn enemies. Every day, he and his underlings plotted ways to put chili peppers in the man's food and pour plum extract into his water.

At a banquet, Wei Chun once again failed to embarrass the man with one of his schemes. Instead, he got drunk and was taken to a VIP bed.

The next morning, Wei Chun's whole body ached, and the back of his neck was in an awful state from being bitten.

Huo Yuanzhou had also been set up, but the mark on Wei Chun was undeniably his, so he couldn't deny responsibility. Leaning against the bed, he looked at Wei Chun, whose tears had yet to dry. "I'll take responsibility. We'll get married tomorrow."

"Go to hell!" Wei Chun snapped, then stubbornly got to his feet and turned to leave.

But when he said those harsh words, he never imagined he'd one day have to turn to Huo Yuanzhou for help.

A DNA report brought the Wei family their biological son, and it turned out he was Wei Chun's sworn enemy. With the real and fake heirs back in their rightful places, the Wei family threw Wei Chun out before his enemy could even say a word.

He had planned to make it on his own, but less than two days later, Wei Chun passed out on the street. At the hospital, he learned there was a little one growing inside him.

"What do we do, Brother Wei?" His only remaining underling, who had stuck by him after his fall from grace, squeezed into the rented room with bags piled high. "Should we say it's mine?"

"Get lost." Wei Chun looked at the report saying the baby was underdeveloped and urgently needed its biological father's pheromones. At last, he gritted his teeth and called the number he had personally blocked.

His adoptive parents didn't want him, and he had no idea where his birth parents were. The child in his belly was now his only family in the world, and he would protect the baby no matter what.

"Please, God," Wei Chun whispered, praying that Huo Yuanzhou wouldn't hold a grudge against him.

Thankfully, the call went through. Wei Chun spent ages psyching himself up before finally asking in a small voice, "Did you mean it when you said you'd take responsibility?"

That day, Huo Yuanzhou had said something that made Wei Chun so angry, he blocked every single one of his contact methods on the spot.

He never imagined he'd be the one crawling back to ask for help.

"Yes," Huo Yuanzhou said. "Send me the address."

Wei Chun breathed a sigh of relief. The baby was safe, and he had family again.

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Huo Yuanzhou was ruthless and cold. After taking power, he sent his father and stepmother away to a nursing home.

When people who had once been offended by Wei Chun heard that he was with Huo Yuanzhou, they all laughed at him, waiting to see him get tossed out after being put through the wringer.

No one expected Wei Chun to still be by Huo Yuanzhou's side years later, let alone married to him.

The CEO was cold-faced at work, and still cold-faced when he got home. The only difference was that instead of fighting his way through the business world, he now sat there with a glum expression, warming his little darling's feet.

"Wei Chun." Huo Yuanzhou came home from work and hauled in the barefoot man admiring the snow on the balcony. "Didn't I tell you I'd kill you if you kept running around without shoes?"

"Then kill me." Wei Chun was happily scrolling through Weibo, admiring the praise for his photography in the comments. He couldn't even be bothered to look at Huo Yuanzhou.

He had completely figured out Huo Yuanzhou's temper: plenty of thunder, but no rain. Huo Yuanzhou couldn't do a thing to him.

No need to worry!

That night, Wei Chun's cries rang through the silence.

Huo Yuanzhou brushed the sweat-damp hair away from his forehead. "Xiao Chun, you were the one who asked me to kill you."

[Reading Guide]

1. Alpha/Omega romance with pregnancy.

2. The shou is an ordinary person, not especially clever.

3. Size difference and age gap. The seme is rather stubborn and secretly lovesick early on.

4. Entirely fictional and illogical. Please don't compare it to reality.

5. If it isn't mentioned in the blurb, it probably isn't in the story.

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[The caring, fatherly childhood friend x the beautiful, frail, gentle wife]

Twelve years ago, Zhou Chengbai took in a sickly child bride and promised to care for him for the rest of his life.

Twelve years later, to take Meng Yao to get medical treatment, Zhou Chengbai used the little money he had left to buy two tickets. With two admission letters and a bag of luggage, he took Meng Yao's hand and set out for the big city.

With only two hundred yuan, they couldn't find a place in Jiangzhou big enough for two. Only a basement that never saw the sun would give them somewhere to stay for that price.

Zhou Chengbai held Meng Yao as hot tears dripped onto his neck.

He set himself a goal: within three months, he'd get Meng Yao out of there; within a year, he'd earn enough to pay for Meng Yao's medical bills; within five years, they'd have a home of their own in this city.

In 2008, the economy was booming. It was a golden age full of opportunities, and everyone was happily reaping the benefits of the times.

That included Zhou Chengbai and Meng Yao, who had just come from the countryside.

From a basement with a dripping ceiling to a hillside mansion with wool carpets, Zhou Chengbai took less than ten years to surpass every goal he'd set. He went from a poor student hauling bricks at construction sites to a business magnate feared throughout the commercial world.

A reporter from an economics magazine had waited half a year for an interview with Zhou Chengbai. "You've always had clear goals throughout your journey. What first inspired you to go into business?"

Behind his desk, Zhou Chengbai held a pen whose finish had been worn away. He smiled faintly and answered a different question. "My beloved gave it to me for my birthday."

Study, earn money, take care of Meng Yao.

That was the one goal he'd pursued his whole life, and his only wish.

He wanted his Yao Yao to never again have to bow his head to any hardship in this world.

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Meng Yao woke from a nightmare with such a start that he disturbed Zhou Chengbai beside him.

"Yao Yao..." The man was still half asleep, but his hand was already patting and soothing his startled lover. "Don't be scared. I'm here."

Meng Yao was still caught in the nightmare. He stared at Zhou Chengbai, dazed for a moment. Only when the man had fully woken and sat up did Meng Yao bury himself in Zhou Chengbai's arms again.

The unluckiest thing in Meng Yao's life was being born with a weak, sickly body. The luckiest was meeting Zhou Chengbai on the day he was abandoned because of that frailty.

It was all right. With Zhou Chengbai there, he would never have to be afraid.

[Reading Guide]

1. The seme is very controlling, and the shou loves being taken care of.

2. Childhood friends, mutually devoted, each other's first love.

3. Two hopeless romantics who are perfect for each other.

Theme: Work hard