After Toying with and Abandoning a Muscular Daddy

♡ A vain, money-loving drama queen Brat x a self-deluding, devoted, muscular Daddy

While studying abroad in Germany, Xu Leyao unexpectedly brings home an injured, unconscious man.

It's not that he's particularly kindhearted. He just loses his head at the sight of those pectorals and abs about to burst through the man's black tank top.

But when the man wakes up, he's lost his memory and clings to Xu Leyao.

Xu Leyao doesn't mind being clung to, either. He finds it quite enjoyable.

After all, the man is capable in every way. He's incredibly commanding in bed, and attentive to every little detail in daily life.

Every morning, Xu Leyao wakes to the eye-catching sight of the man cooking for him in a black apron, bare chest on display. Every night, he falls asleep with a hand on the man's abs.

There are only two things Xu Leyao isn't happy about: one, the man is so taciturn he won't even say anything sweet in bed. Two, the man seems to be a handsome pauper.

So, when his exchange program ends, Xu Leyao leaves behind an eight-hundred-character breakup letter, full of feeling and detailing the many hardships of a long-distance relationship, then breezily heads back to China.

Xu Leyao never expected to see the man again. But just a week later, when school starts and he runs into the youngest member of the board of trustees, he's stunned.

The man who used to wear nothing but a tight tank top, making it easy for Xu Leyao to touch and snuggle up to him whenever he pleased, is now impeccably dressed in a suit, aloof and distinguished, looking utterly untouchable.

Good news: The man he picked up isn't a pauper, but a tycoon!

Bad news: The man has lost his memory a second time and doesn't recognize him!

Losing love is no big deal. Losing money is absolutely unacceptable.

Xu Leyao immediately seeks him out, putting on a tearful act in front of the man: "Even though you've forgotten me, I'll carry on with our shared memories!" He leaves satisfied after receiving several transfers with a few zeroes in them.

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Severin is betrayed and injured in a family power struggle, and loses his memory. When he wakes, he discovers that an exceptionally beautiful East Asian boy saved him.

Every day, the boy clings to him as though he has skin hunger, burying himself against his chest or waist and repeating, "I love you so much."

Severin decides the boy must be madly in love with him. So when he receives the boy's heartfelt breakup letter, filled with reluctance, he immediately decides to follow him to China.

But on the plane, Severin suddenly regains his old memories and forgets the boy.

Less than two days later, Xu Leyao shows up at his door. Seeing the pitiful boy in front of him, eyes rimmed red and lashes damp, Severin can't stop himself from transferring money to him.

Not long afterward, Severin remembers everything about the boy.

He remembers how much Xu Leyao loves him and can't bear to be without him, yet can't accept a long-distance relationship. Feeling deeply sorry for him and full of guilt, Severin goes to find him at once.

He plans to comfort Xu Leyao, who must be lonely and miserable, "living with their memories." But when he finds him...

Xu Leyao is sitting in a booth, looking radiant as he watches male models dance.

Severin laughs in exasperation.

[Bonus Scene]

One day, the board chair is speaking onstage while students whisper among themselves below. One bold student starts gossiping: "I've heard that foreigners who usually wear suits are the wildest in bed. Just look at those muscles, practically popping the chair's shirt buttons. You can tell he's definitely amazing!"

Xu Leyao rubs his sore, swollen butt and rolls his eyes. He deliberately gives a little scoff. "Not necessarily. I think he's just average!"

That night, Severin, covered in bite marks and scratches, holds Xu Leyao with one arm and pins him against the window.

The tall man, usually one to keep his head down and get straight to work, speaks up for once. His scorching breath warms Xu Leyao's poor little ear. "I heard you think I'm not trying hard enough, baby. Tonight, I'll make sure you're satisfied."

Xu Leyao: "Ah..." He'll never say anything reckless again!

[Reading Guide]

1. A cross-national romance. The top is German.

2. Ages 19 and 28. The older one is nine years older, and a muscular hunk!

So: age difference, size difference, strength difference 🥵

3. Neither character is perfect! The bottom is sweet-talking but hard-hearted, while the top is gruff but deeply devoted. They both change as the story progresses.

4. Everyday romance, pure feel-good sweetness and indulgence.

5. One-on-one, happy ending, both are each other's first.

[The original premise wasn't inspiring enough, so I replaced it with this one. This blurb was changed on 26/6/22 and edited on 7/2.]

Theme: Though the one I love lies beyond mountains and seas, mountains and seas can be crossed.