A Drama Queen, but Her Childhood Friend Is a Dad Type

Yu Yin was spoiled rotten.

Fussy, willful, and a handful. When happy, he'd strut around with his nose in the air; when upset, he'd bite a row of teeth marks into someone's arm.

Always the same person.

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Liang Que was a man of few words. While looking after the young master, the word he said most was "No." No climbing trees, no picky eating, and no going without slippers.

Yu Yin was sick of him. "Stop bossing me around!"

Liang Que: "No."

Then, when Yu Yin was ten, his family went bankrupt and his father went to prison. The only hand reaching out to him belonged to that annoying man.

The fresh bite mark on the back of the hand had yet to fade.

Yu Yin pursed his lips. "If I go with you, will I still get little cakes, comics, and a game console?"

Liang Que wanted to say he'd do his best, but worried the young master would be unhappy. Before he could answer, Yu Yin took his hand.

"Then I'll bite you gently from now on."

He didn't.

In their cramped rental apartment, Yu Yin was still a little emperor.

He'd throw a fit if the food wasn't to his taste, demand to be carried when he got tired of walking, and wake Liang Que with a bite if he couldn't sleep. "Big Brother, sing me to sleep."

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Yu Yin was so pampered that Liang Que climbed the ladder fast.

As the new millennium began and the tide of a new era rose, it took Liang Que just a few short years to go from a small-town mechanic to Mr. Liang, a billionaire tycoon who could move heaven and earth.

Everyone at the company knew their boss had a precious little brother.

His suit pockets were always full of imported snacks the boy liked, and his office was packed with trendy collectibles that didn't fit in at all.

When one call came in, even the most urgent business had to wait.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder why. Then, at a banquet, someone recognized the impossibly handsome young man standing in front of Liang Que: the favorite student of a leading authority in forestry in China.

At that moment, this promising national talent was throwing a tantrum at his big brother.

"I want that ice cream!"

Their Mr. Liang kept a stern expression. "No. You just got over a cold."

"...Then I'll only have half."

"No. Be good."

Mini-scene 1:

"Don't you dare sleep next to me tonight!"

Yu Yin was in a bad mood, so Mr. Liang, who ruled the world by day, was banished to the corner of the bed.

Halfway through the night, Yu Yin started making trouble again. "You're squashing me."

Liang Que looked at the empty space in the middle, wide enough for two people to sleep, and said nothing.

Yu Yin sat up angrily and punched him. "I said you're squashing me!"

Liang Que sighed, took his reddened knuckles, and kissed them. "I'm sorry. Where did I squash you?"

Satisfied, Yu Yin lifted the corner of his mouth. "You squashed my invisible wings."

Mini-scene 2:

The young master loved to tease people.

But he was always the one who started things, and the one who couldn't handle what followed and began pleading.

"Liang Que, big brother, hubby, please... My butt's going to split. I want to sleep."

Yes, the spoiled, willful young master was just as spoiled and willful in bed.

Theme: To love and be loved are both forms of happiness.