(Not blood-related) Illegitimate son top x adopted son and younger uncle bottom
15-year age gap | Sex first, love later | Family power struggles | Mutual healing
Chen Yan had struggled for eighteen years. His biggest dream was to win the lottery and then lie flat as a retired couch potato.
On the eve of the college entrance exams, a huge stroke of luck fell from the sky: overnight, he became the wealthy family's sole legitimate heir.
The current head of the family was his nominal younger uncle, Shen Du, a stepson with no blood ties to him and no legitimate claim, but with a vicious streak and ruthless methods.
Whenever Chen Yan met those gloomy eyes, he felt a chill run down his neck. Was this guy going to kill me?
In the second month after he returned home, his younger uncle suddenly offered him a deal.
"One night. This much."
Chen Yan wrestled with the decision for three seconds. I'm straight... but he's offering way too much.
They agreed to get what they wanted and walk away with the money paid in full.
Chen Yan had no interest in being a puppet head of the family. He only wanted to make enough money and get out.
That night, he had already packed his bags.
His handsome younger uncle grabbed him by the wrist. The blanket slipped down, revealing his body covered in mottled marks. His eyes were red-rimmed.
"Chen Yan, do you even have a heart?"
Mini-scene 1
Shen Du tossed a card at him with a cold expression. "The deal is over. You can leave."
Chen Yan hurriedly got dressed. Just as he reached the door, someone pinned him against it from behind.
"Wait."
"???"
Shen Du undid a button. His collarbone was covered in bite marks, and his voice was hoarse. "These are coming out of your pay."
Mini-scene 2
Chen Yan only realized he'd provoked the school bully when a group cornered him in the gym equipment room.
But he'd been getting into fights all over the place since he was a kid. He wasn't scared.
He didn't win or lose against the six of them, and went home covered in injuries.
At dinner, Shen Du glanced at Chen Yan's multicolored face but said nothing.
The next day, Shen Du personally came to pick Chen Yan up from school.
A bodyguard held the trembling school bully by the collar. The boy's feet dangled above the ground, his face flushed a liver-purple.
Shen Du asked, "Who did you say you were going to teach a lesson to yesterday?"
Zhao Pinchuan struggled and shouted, "My dad is Zhao..."
"Zhao what?" Shen Du tilted his head, a mocking smile tugging at his lips. "Your family's company will hit its lower limit before the market opens today. Your family's trust fund will be frozen this afternoon."
He turned to Chen Yan, who was staring at him in shock. "However he beat you yesterday, beat him back."
After they left the school gates, Chen Yan clutched the strap of his schoolbag, hesitating. "You... you're really going to destroy their family? We've already beaten him up. Maybe let it go."
"You have two choices." Shen Du spoke calmly as he fastened Chen Yan's seat belt. "Either shut up, or I'll lock you up at home and forbid you from going anywhere."
1. A carefree, mostly lazy but occasionally short-tempered, money-grubbing beauty of a top x a strong-on-the-outside (possessive to the extreme), weak-on-the-inside (cripplingly insecure) yandere bottom
2. Written to indulge my kinks, full of melodrama, morally questionable, happy ending
3. The little pepper top has a lot of bite
(Archived May 2026)
Theme: Love is a light shining in the dark
