The Real Young Master Is the Hong Kong Tycoon's Canary

The year Mai Jiale returned from studying abroad, he gently suggested breaking up with Kuang Dai, who had funded his entire bachelor's and master's education in the United States.

Kuang Dai was gracious. He accepted the black card and jewelry Mai returned, and smiled faintly. "...Xiao Le, I wish you all the best in your future."

The next day, news of top Hong Kong tycoon Mr. Kuang's male lover made the front page.

Newspapers plastered the streets and alleys with a photo of the two of them standing close together.

Mai Jiale was furious. Again? That devious old man was trying to lure him into a trap! No way!

Soon, a luxury car came to pick him up.

It wasn't Mr. Kuang, but the Ying family, another wealthy clan in Hong Kong.

They said he was their real son, who had been missing for years, and had come to take him home.

His life was turned upside down overnight.

But what awaited Mai Jiale wasn't a warm family welcome. It was strict discipline.

As it turned out, his biological parents had discovered more than a decade ago that they'd raised the wrong child. But they had grown deeply attached to the impostor. Seeing that Mai Jiale seemed to be doing well and had a good relationship with his adoptive parents, they decided to let things be.

Only recently, after being told that their biological son had gone astray and brought shame on the family, did they decide to bring him back to keep him from ruining his life.

Mai Jiale laughed in disbelief. "When my financial support for studying abroad was cut off and I had to work every day, you didn't claim me. When my adoptive mother was seriously ill and I nearly dropped out, you didn't claim me. I'm dating a man, and it's not illegal. Now you suddenly show up, call yourselves my biological parents, and claim you have authority over me?"

"If you were supporting yourself, that would be one thing. But you're so young and already making bad choices. You're doing it for the vanity, dating a rich old man. He's just playing around with you. I'm only looking out for you..."

"No, I'm not with him for his money. I'm with him because I love him. It just so happens he's rich and powerful. I love him, I love a man. Do you hear me?"

Right on cue, a devious, scheming old man appears. "I heard you. ...Who's slandering me, saying I'm a terrible person who toys with people and abandons them?"

Hey, sweetheart, I'm here, aren't I? Don't be scared. I'm here.

I knew you loved me.

By the way, try on the engagement ring for now.

*Both leads are sexually inexperienced. 1v1. A calculating, crane-like beauty of a domineering old-school patriarch × a sunny, cheerful, stubborn little pretty thing.

*An expanded short story, part of the monthly subscription series.

Theme: May all lovers find their happy ending