Cold, calculating sugar mommy x arrogant, scheming young master fallen on hard times
The heroine is cool on the outside but warm inside, and knows exactly where she stands. She has a System. The hero is a proud, awkward, secretly flirtatious man from a fallen family. He's arrogant, but talks himself into falling for her.
Synopsis:
Ever since he was ten, Li Chengzhi knew he didn't like women, and he lived accordingly.
He was the only precious son in the family, and his every wish was granted.
The only thing he never told them was that he liked men.
When he was ten, a little girl came to live with his family and attend school with him. What was her name again? Some kind of bird? Li Chengzhi thought. She was just a kid his mother sponsored. No big deal.
That was until his mother beat him up over the girl. It was the first time in his life he'd been hit, and the first time he remembered her name: Yan Zhibei.
He didn't like her.
Yan Zhibei seemed to have no feelings. She did everything flawlessly, and excelled in every area of school and life. He heard she'd had a hard life, and started to dislike her a little less.
Yan Zhibei confessed to him. Li Chengzhi said he'd rather like men than like her. Yan Zhibei cried.
Then the boy he liked confessed to Yan Zhibei, and she said yes! Damn it, he'd never forgive that woman for as long as he lived!
A pure-hearted young man gets fired up. This Valentine's Day, Li Chengzhi finally decides to give his first time to his boyfriend.
He prepares a surprise in a hotel, blindfolding himself because he'd heard it made things more exciting.
Someone arrives. He's thrilled, and resolves to be a good sport.
Wait, wait, why is the person here a woman?!!
The next day, Li Chengzhi covers his backside and faces his boyfriend, unable to say a word. He swears he'll find that woman and get revenge!
The Li family falls on hard times. Yan Zhibei means to secretly repay her debt of gratitude and then leave, but Li Chengzhi catches her. They haven't seen each other in years, and he's changed so much. But why does his voice sound so familiar?
Li Chengzhi can't stand hardship and insists on clinging to Yan Zhibei like a stubborn plaster.
Yan Zhibei can't figure out what he's thinking. Does he act this clingy with other women and men, too?
She has no interest in men who like men, so of course she can't agree.
...All right, then. She'll consider it repayment for the kindness he showed her back then. He can do whatever he wants.
Li Chengzhi doesn't understand. There's already a man at home, so why does Yan Zhibei still go out every day? Are the men outside really that great?
Yan Zhibei really is the same flirtatious bad woman as ever.
But Li Chengzhi doesn't dislike her anymore.
Yan Zhibei, does my presence make you suffer?
Yan Zhibei, why did you save me? Wouldn't it have been better to let me die?
Yan Zhibei, if you don't love me, why are you so good to me?
Yan Zhibei, I've known for a long time that it was you that night.
Content warnings: The hero is gay and becomes straight. The heroine is sexually experienced, while the hero is a virgin. This is a melodramatic story with a happy ending.
Not a traditional rescue-from-a-brothel story. The heroine is strong and the hero is weak. The heroine gets the spotlight, though the story leans toward the hero's point of view.
There will be a brief scene where the hero gets tangled up with his ex-boyfriend. Very brief, and not portrayed positively.
Written to satisfy my own tastes, so please respect them.
Theme: Women are the most reliable safe harbor.
