After My Stepbrothers Came to Hate Me

A cool, iceberg-like A with a charmed life and everything handed to him × a quiet, pitiful O with terrible luck, forced to depend on others

*Traditional A/O story, short

Note: This story is set in an imagined future world.

He Xu visited Silver Oak Manor several times. Once or twice, he ran into Ji Xingchuan, but he had no idea that Ji Xingchuan was the young man everyone in the Alliance was talking about.

He Xu was struggling to survive in his own home: his stepmother abused him and drove him into the attic to sleep; one stepbrother held him while giving his body a strange once-over; another bullied him with words. Even so, he remained optimistic.

He optimistically planned his escape. He optimistically figured that working several part-time jobs would earn him enough for college tuition. He optimistically imagined that one day he could buy back his mother’s villa.

As for Ji Xingchuan, ever since he’d idly smoked behind the manor’s laurel tree and unexpectedly exchanged a few words with that Omega, he couldn’t forget his pheromones. They smelled like pears.

Ji Xingchuan lazily thought that if his family was going to pressure him to marry, he might as well marry an Omega who smelled like freshly cut pear.

“Would you marry me?” Ji Xingchuan offered.

“Thanks, but no. I’m not getting married,” said the sweet, fresh pear-scented Omega.

Check out my upcoming neighboring story, The King of Police Case Solving, Me? It’s a mystery and detective story.

Cool, delicate archivist police officer receiving × sharp-tongued top who’s always around and is great at looking after people

*Building up a backlog, starting in December!

Qing Yu had recently been assigned to the archives room at Fengcheng Public Security Bureau. He was twenty-two and usually struggled with ADHD, sometimes needing medication to stay focused.

He was very happy with his job as an archives clerk. It was stable, and he wanted to keep at it for the long haul and become the department’s Archives Officer of the Year.

Until a murder took place in the same upscale apartment building where he lived.

After investigating the scene, Criminal Investigation Team captain Yang Wanli told Qing Yu that he was the last person to see the victim.

Eyewitness Qing Yu: Me?

Qing Yu wasn’t a suspect. One day, Captain Yang took him along to the grand, luxurious office of the prime suspect, where he met Ji Lin.

Prime suspect Ji Lin: Me?

The eyewitness sneaks into the crime scene in the dead of night to investigate. But the moment he turns on the lights, he discovers someone inside. Qing Yu and Ji Lin stare at each other from across the room...

Our little Qing Yu is cool on the outside but an utterly delicate little thing who needs Ji Lin to take care of him in every way.

Oh, but Ji Lin isn’t exactly a good guy, either. He’ll look after him, but he expects payment afterward. (Well, one thing led to another, and he ended up looking after him in bed.)

Theme: Persevere and build a better life.