*This still feels like it's missing something! I'll probably revise the blurb again. Not the final version 😚
[Possessive, oral-fixated seme in rut × handsome, softhearted, kind uke]
Huai Song'en is an honest, down-to-earth man.
His greatest wish in life is to put his younger brother through school, pay for his medical treatment, then marry an ordinary woman himself and live a simple, happy life.
But he has no money.
He hears that Malaya is overflowing with gold, so he packs his bags and heads south across the sea, becoming a gold prospector.
The rumors are a lie. There is no gold in Malaya, only endless reinforcing bars to haul, cement to transport, and tin ore to wash. All he can eat is watery sweet potato porridge, and he spends every day so hungry his belly nearly touches his back.
But on top of the grueling work, Huai Song'en's striking beauty brings him even more desperate trouble. He resists and refuses to give in, only for the foreman to falsely accuse him of stealing the family jewels and threaten to send him to the police station for punishment.
With nowhere left to turn, an old man approaches him and says he can pay off Huai Song'en's debts, but only if he does him a favor.
Huai Song'en has no choice. Overwhelmed with gratitude, he agrees.
The favor turns out to be marrying Yin Wuyu, a tin-mine and gold tycoon infamous for his brutality.
They say the man is Malaya's uncrowned king.
He owns countless businesses, including more than ten thousand acres of rubber plantations. His wealth stretches from Malaya all the way to Siam.
He kills without blinking. Just last month, he executed a man, staining the docks red with blood.
He is ruthless and cruel. Anyone who disobeys him is beaten to death with a spiked club.
Huai Song'en doesn't dare call off the wedding.
He can only pretend to submit, then look for a chance to escape. To save his life, he would even sneak onto a ship to get home. He obediently puts on a bright red wedding robe, applies lip rouge, and is carried into the Yin family mansion amid gongs and drums.
He expects to meet an ugly monster with a blue-green face and fangs, but his new husband turns out to be extraordinarily handsome.
The handsome man sits in a wheelchair, his eyes devoid of joy or sorrow.
No one told him that Yin Wuyu cannot walk, and that his misty phoenix eyes flicker between brightness and darkness, leaving him half-disabled. Huai Song'en has been married to him to bring him good fortune.
His husband is cold and tells him there's no need to be afraid. In a month, he'll divorce him and let him go.
Huai Song'en doesn't believe him and keeps secretly collecting tin ingots, hoping to find a chance to escape.
But the more time he spends with Yin Wuyu, the more he realizes the man is nothing like the rumors.
He sees Yin Wuyu refuse to call for help and then fall out of bed, vulnerable yet stubborn. He sees the man's bewilderment as he wakes from nightmares at night, his long shirt soaked in sweat. He sees him tremble uncontrollably from the pain in his crippled leg, and he sees him lose his bearings when his eye disease flares up, unable to tell day from night...
Mr. Yin gives him food and clothes, spares him a life of wandering, and never mistreats him.
The old steward says that if Yin Wuyu dies, the Chinese in Malaya will lose their protector, and many people will die.
Huai Song'en doesn't want him to die.
There are too few good people in this world. Good people should live long lives.
So he starts humming songs to Mr. Yin to soothe his insomnia and nightmares. He massages him to ease the pain in his legs, and when Mr. Yin is confused, he pats and comforts him like a child, urging him to seek treatment.
...He even lets the man undo his collar and bury his face against his chest, yearning for comfort like a starving baby, swallowing the fragrant liquid that trickles down his throat.
Mr. Yin has some odd habits...
Huai Song'en is bitten until soft, plaintive sounds escape him. A few times, he even gets angry.
But when Mr. Yin comes back to his senses, he always apologizes and applies cooling ointment for him. Huai Song'en's heart softens again, and he takes his hand, tells him it's all right, then quietly asks if he can be gentler next time.
Mr. Yin gradually recovers, standing tall and striking.
Huai Song'en has also saved enough tin ingots to return home, buy a small house, and open a little shop to support his younger brother.
He happily asks Mr. Yin for a divorce.
Yin Wuyu goes mad.
Smiling, he threatens to smash the leg he worked so hard to heal. "En'en, do you prefer how I used to be?"
Huai Song'en is terrified.
That night, he finally fulfills his long-delayed marital duties with his husband.
Huai Song'en clutches a pillow and sobs, his body covered in red marks.
So the rumors weren't all lies! If he doesn't do what Mr. Yin wants, the man really will beat him with a big stick!!
Reading Guide:
1. Set in a fictionalized Nanyang, with the humid, sultry splendor of Southeast Asia ^ ^
2. Some vulgar kinks ahead. Please proceed with caution if that's not your thing qaq
3. Both are virgins; a light, fluffy romance with no complicated plot.
[2026.8.6]
Theme: Love takes root and sprouts like a tree; love grants me light like the day.