Sunshine-Type Contract Lover

A sharp-tongued, jealous older CEO vs. an honest, self-reliant, poor but handsome guy

[Older man]

[Nine-year age gap]

(I'll be revising the story soon to fix typos and the like. If you find a chapter I haven't revised, or a typo I haven't dealt with, it's because I'm afraid to edit it... I might get banned.)

1.

Ye Jun has a will of stone.

After his father died, he had to become the family's pillar overnight, looking after his mother and younger sister. He devoted every bit of free time to part-time jobs so he could earn money.

He hit the ground with a solid thud. He was an immovable rock, impossible to grind down or break.

But one day, a well-dressed man sat across from him and offered him a contract to become his kept lover.

Ye Jun laughed.

He was laughing because he was furious.

Ye Jun: Are you insane?

The man spoke in a self-righteous tone. "It's only a fake relationship, to help me deal with my family."

Ye Jun wanted to slap him. "Who even are you? I'm not doing it! Get lost! Find someone else."

He could overcome every obstacle and endure every hardship on his own. He didn't need anyone.

But even the hardest bones couldn't withstand disaster.

His mother vomited blood, and Ye Jun was suddenly all alone.

On a rainy night, Ye Jun wandered the streets, like a helpless little dog caught in the rain.

With nowhere else to turn, he thought of the man who had offered him a check.

2.

Liao Yiyan had always thought that love was exaggerated in art and fiction. Dopamine and hormones were made out to be something miraculous, as if the world would fall apart without love.

He didn't believe in marriage either. He trusted only simple relationships based on money and blood ties. The idea that someone could give their whole heart to a stranger was absurd.

But things didn't go as he wished. His mother desperately wanted him to have a family.

So Liao Yiyan had someone find him a fake partner.

A fake was good. A fake was hassle-free.

A simple business arrangement was the easiest option.

He knew perfectly well that Ye Jun wasn't the right choice for marriage, but as a contract lover...

...Who cared?

3.

At night, the city lights gleamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows as Liao Yiyan clung to Ye Jun.

The air was damp and hazy, heat passing over their skin and setting Liao Yiyan's insides ablaze.

Ye Jun trembled in Liao Yiyan's arms, tears welling in his eyes.

He wanted to pull out his hand and slap Liao Yiyan, but found his body limp and soft, almost melting away.

He tried to tell him to get lost, but his throat was terribly hoarse, as if scorched by fire.

In the end, all he could manage was, "We're only in a business relationship... Mr. Liao..."

Liao Yiyan gripped his hand tightly, as if he were holding a priceless treasure. He reverently kissed the corner of Ye Jun's mouth and pleaded in a whisper.

"I was wrong... Please... Xiao Jun... Don't leave me..."

"Never leave me..."

Theme: Believe that sincere love can overcome all hypocrisy and evil