A seemingly cheerful, well-behaved, fussy little beauty who’s starved for love × a ruthless, doting, possessive old-school patriarch
[Alternate Republican-era setting]
Shen Jun is an obscure actor who gets by on his looks. Every day, he wakes up and acts out the tragic death of some expendable character.
He never imagined that one day he’d open his eyes and actually become the doomed male supporting character from the Republican-era drama he’d been acting in.
The little supporting character grew up in the slums, had no money, suffered from a chronic illness, and could drop dead at any moment.
Shen Jun had read the script, so he wasn’t worried. There was still a way to save himself!
The warlord male lead, Huo Xiao, who ruled over a vast territory in the drama, was actually his biological father!
To save his own life, Shen Jun immediately went to claim his father.
“I’m actually your child who was lost to you years ago.”
But the moment he looked up, the man’s sharp, intimidating eyes startled him. This guy was terrifying.
*
Huo Xiao was just as calculating as the rumors said. He refused to acknowledge Shen Jun right away, instead keeping him at his side to observe him and get to the bottom of his origins.
This man was feared far and wide, yet he was willing to hold Shen Jun in his arms and soothe him to sleep?
This man was a ruthless killer, yet he went everywhere looking for famous doctors and even founded a hospital for him?
This man was cold and heartless, yet he was willing to hand over half his fortune to cheer him up!
This man even... hid Shen Jun’s underwear under his pillow. B-but, that’s going too far. Is this how a real father is supposed to act? Help!
Shen Jun was so frightened that he ran away in the middle of the night!
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To provoke his enemies into making a move, Huo Xiao, who had no children, deliberately spread the false news that he was searching for the child he’d lost many years ago.
Just then, Shen Jun appeared before him.
His background and motives were unclear. He was delicate, sickly, and timid, and the only thing about him that stood out was his beautiful face.
He came to live by Huo Xiao’s side and did nothing but obediently cling to him.
Huo Xiao found him amusing, so he pampered him with every luxury and doted on him as if he were precious.
To make him happy, he even gave him most of his family fortune to play with. He hadn’t expected Shen Jun to make a real name for himself in business.
The young man who once revolved around him suddenly had countless admirers.
Huo Xiao burned with jealousy. Just as he was determined to stop hiding his feelings and make Shen Jun completely his own,
Shen Jun ran away.
Huo Xiao personally captured the runaway Shen Jun and pinned him down amid the rumpled bedding, savoring the little beauty he’d spoiled into being.
“Why aren’t you calling me Daddy anymore?”
Still unsatisfied, he rubbed Shen Jun’s swollen lips with teasing intimacy.
Shen Jun cried until his cheekbones were red, his whole body trembling with rage.
“You’re just a shameless old man. Get lost! That awful director changed the plot! You tricked me so badly!!”
Reader’s Guide:
1. Set in an alternate Republican era. Neither the characters nor the plot are based on real people or events. Everything is entirely fictional.
2. Happy ending, with the love interest having to work hard to win him back.
3. The leads are not related by blood, and neither becomes romantically or sexually involved with the other before they both know they aren’t related. Both are each other’s first and only. The pursuer has been married before but is still a virgin.
4. Older man/younger man, with an 18-year age gap. The recipient is 18 at the beginning, and the pursuer is 36. They start out 20 cm apart in height: the pursuer is 195 cm and the recipient is 175 cm (he’ll grow a little taller, too).
5. For the first 30,000 words, updates are twice a week. I’m slowing down for now. I have plenty of chapters saved, but I need to take my time climbing the rankings.
Theme: Fate is wonderfully mysterious.
