Hiring a Prince for 1,500 a Month

Ji Qingxu is a legendary figure who fought his way up from a barren planet to gain admission to the top university, where the students are all privileged elites. A catastrophic-level genius, he learned to pilot a mecha in three months and defeated everyone in his year.

With beauty as dazzling as his talent, he's flawless, a genius in every field, with only one weakness: he's so broke he has to change majors (sob).

Sylvian, the Empire's eldest prince, is handsome and accomplished, and should be the dream man of countless people. Yet the nobles of the royal capital avoid him, their expressions strange.

Everyone knows the crown prince excels at everything, but he's especially... frugal (stingy).

The royal family was at its wits' end, and finally, unable to stand it any longer, sent Sylvian to the Federation to fix his problem before coming back.

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Ji Qingxu and Sylvian met in a cheap apartment building, where they shared a room as ordinary roommates who kept out of each other's business.

Ji Qingxu was often short on money and always frugal with his food, clothes, and daily expenses. But he discovered that his new roommate seemed even worse off.

So Ji Qingxu quietly told him about part-time jobs and shared his extra food with him. After seeing his roommate come back covered in grime from another day of hard labor, Ji Qingxu decided to temporarily hire the poor fellow as his "bodyguard," which would also help fend off his swarm of admirers.

"Think of it as an extra part-time job. I'll contact you whenever I need you." Ji Qingxu raised his eyes to look at him. His composed face was captivatingly radiant. "How about... fifteen hundred?"

Sylvian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He might be stingy, but he'd never sold himself so cheaply before. Yet, looking into Ji Qingxu's beautiful, glass-like eyes as he gazed at him earnestly, something stirred in his heart, and he agreed without thinking.

Fifteen hundred a month. No reason to turn it down, right?

First month's pay: 1,500. He spent 30,000 on Ji Qingxu.

Second month's pay: 1,500. He spent 160,000 on Ji Qingxu.

Third month's pay: 1,750. He spent 1,070,000 on Ji Qingxu.

At first, Sylvian felt a pang every time he spent money. Eventually, he became numb to it.

Until much later...

Ji Qingxu: "...Stop buying me things."

Sylvian scooped Ji Qingxu into his arms, buried his face in Ji Qingxu's chest, and mumbled, "No. My poor wife, you stared at that mecha for three seconds and still didn't buy it. Let me spend money on you."

*A stunning, powerful, universally adored bottom, perfect in every way except for being poor and not all that miserable, Ji Qingxu X a highly capable, talented top who used to be stingy but later takes great pride in spending money on his wife, Sylvian

Theme: True love makes people better.