In 1997, a poor young man working security at a nightclub crouched on the ground with a cigarette in his mouth, tying the shoelaces of a cold-faced boy.
The boy looked about seventeen. Without even looking up, he drew. Beside him lay not art supplies, but more than half a month's wages for Zhang Yipan.
His buddy cursed him out. "Are you out of your fucking mind? You're treating some deadweight like a treasure."
Zhang Yipan looked up and laughed. "What the hell do you know? He's my uncle!"
When Zhang Yipan was seven, his mother died, and his father sent him back to her family. There, he met his six-year-old uncle. His grandparents were always fighting, so his uncle would hold him close and huddle with him in a corner.
His uncle had some kind of mental condition, but he was so good-looking that his grandfather sent him off to marry into another family. Zhang Yipan stole him away, boarded a southbound train that very night, and found work as a nightclub security guard to make ends meet.
Later, the little security guard fought his way up to become a ruthless power player who could shake the business world. He had money, status, and beauties at his beck and call... but aside from his uncle, he didn't want a single one of them.
Unfortunately, Qingshui didn't understand what love was. At least, Zhang Yipan thought he didn't. It wasn't until a business partner practically forced a pretty young man on him that Zhang Yipan saw Qingshui lose control...
Possessive, cold-faced beauty uke x ruthless, wife-fearing mogul seme
P.S. Set in the 1990s. The seme is one year older than the uke, and they are not related by blood.
Theme: The road is winding, but the future is bright.
