Am I Getting Dumped a Check Again?

[Insecure, beautiful college student x selfish, lazy illegitimate son]

Shen Shiming was an ordinary college student.

Especially beside his three roommates, all campus celebrities, Shen Shiming was as inconspicuous as a weed by the roadside.

He thought he would spend his four years of college in quiet mediocrity, until he met Zhou Yuqi during the summer break after his sophomore year.

A rich young master who had been “driven” out of the capital.

Shen Shiming thought he’d made a good friend. Completely lost in his happiness, he didn’t notice the hesitant looks his roommates exchanged.

In his eyes, Zhou Yuqi was mature and steady, gentle and reserved. He never looked down on Shen Shiming for being inexperienced and naive, and patiently guided him, offering plenty of help.

So when a soap-opera-worthy scene happened to him, his first thought was that he’d run into a scam.

A wealthy lady claiming to be Zhou Yuqi’s mother walked right up and slapped a check down in front of him. “Five hundred thousand. Leave my son.”

Shen Shiming: (⊙_☉)

Do people get checks thrown at them for making friends these days!?

And when he finally understood what was going on, the straight boy’s whole world came crashing down.

*

The first time Jiang Yuchou saw Shen Shiming, the young man was following close behind his nominal older brother, looking fresh-faced and innocent. Someone teased him as they introduced the two: “Hey, I hear that’s your dear big brother’s new little lover~”

Jiang Yuchou’s face was blank. “What the hell do I care?”

They met again at the company Jiang Yuchou had built from the ground up. The young man had come in for an interview, and his rough but creative work caught Jiang Yuchou’s eye.

The third time, Jiang Yuchou accidentally overheard his breakup (?) phone call and was unfairly caught in the crossfire, earning a fierce glare.

At first, Jiang Yuchou thought his dear big brother had finally gotten bored and decided to play the rich man’s game, treating some naive kid like a toy. He never expected him to actually fall for the guy.

Jiang Yuchou found it laughable. What kind of real affection could a rich young master raised amid backstabbing and power struggles possibly feel?

Sure enough, under pressure from his family, when forced to choose between the two, Shen Shiming was the one who got dumped.

It wasn’t surprising. He just felt sorry for his little employee, who’d thought he’d found true love.

What an idiot.

Shen Shiming thought he was an idiot too. He’d approached someone with a sincere heart, only to find out his so-called good friend had wanted to get into his pants all along!!!

The moment he learned the truth, Shen Shiming couldn’t help calling Zhou Yuqi. He choked back his anger and delivered a speech ending their friendship, only for Zhou Yuqi to tell him to stop making a fuss??

What a lunatic! He was completely out of his mind!!

After hanging up in a fury, Shen Shiming ran into the guy who was supposedly Zhou Yuqi’s illegitimate younger brother. Not one person in that family was any good!!

Jiang Yuchou, who’d been caught in the crossfire: …

*

Later, just as their relationship was heating up, the Zhou family sent someone to wave a check around again.

This time, Shen Shiming genuinely felt guilty.

Thinking that it would be foolish to pass up free money, Shen Shiming accepted the check, then obediently handed it over to Jiang Yuchou when he got back.

The next day, Jiang Yuchou gave him a check for an even bigger amount.

Shen Shiming: ⊙0⊙

He was heartbroken. “You really did end up turning to crime?”

Jiang Yuchou: “…It’s legal.”

Shen Shiming: “What did you do?”

Jiang Yuchou replied nonchalantly, “Nothing much. I just decided I didn’t want to be the heir anymore, and quit my job while I was at it. They gave me a few scraps to get rid of me.”

Shen Shiming: Huh?

Insecure x Selfish

One-on-one romance, happy ending

“The moment I fell in love with you, everything I’d pursued before became an obstacle.”

Coming soon: Two Unlucky Souls’ Daily Life in the World of Cultivation

Blurb:

“Your sword reminds me of an old acquaintance.”

“Funny you should say that. He’s my partner.”

Yun Juesheng was once a prodigy.

He could go anywhere under heaven, and no evil escaped his blade.

The entire cultivation world was full of stories about him.

Then he fell.

The most absurd thing that ever happened to him was the year his junior sister claimed she had been reborn. She predicted that in the future he would betray his master, slaughter his fellow disciples, and bring a great calamity upon the cultivation world.

Yun Juesheng: “…”

Even more absurdly, someone believed her. The master he respected most joined forces with the sect’s elders to arrest him, take his immortal bones, and cripple his cultivation.

During his escape, he accidentally fell into a small world.

Outsiders couldn’t see it or enter it, and those inside couldn’t leave.

Yun Juesheng was confused, furious, and despairing.

He lay motionless where he landed. Three months later, he came to his senses, dusted himself off, and started over as a decent person.

He lived an ordinary life for twenty years. Perhaps the Heavenly Dao thought he was too lonely and sent him a companion.

*

Yan Yu wasn’t a prodigy.

But he was a master of making trouble for himself.

He’d left his family’s protection as a child and struggled to survive alone in the cultivation world. He sneaked into various sects and aristocratic clans under different identities, all to learn their secret techniques and improve his cultivation.

To do so, he imitated the children of prominent families, putting on an air of gentle humility.

With his superb acting and silver tongue, Yan Yu thrived.

After pulling off several successful heists, he inevitably ended up wanted by all the major factions.

After all that effort, and all that sacrifice, he was told that learning too many mismatched techniques had thrown his spiritual energy into disarray, leaving him unable to advance any further.

“Damn it!”

Yan Yu cursed and ranted, but there was nothing he could do.

At last, during one of the many pursuits, he fell off a cliff and accidentally entered a small world. There he met a reclusive master who taught him peerless skills, and from then on, he took up farming.

*

At first

Yun Juesheng said politely, “You’re our guest. You can have this chicken leg.”

Yan Yu smiled. “You’re my senior. You have it.”

“You have it.”

“No, you have it.”

“You eat it.” “You eat it.” …

Later

“Go wash the dishes.”

“I did it yesterday. It’s your turn today.”

“I don’t feel like it. You do it.”

“Don’t try to get out of it.”

“I’m not going, I’m not going, I’m not going.”

On the surface: A hypocritical, self-serving top x a radiant, virtuous dreamboat bottom

In reality: A guy who picks fights with the whole world and gets flustered x a troublemaking mischief-lover

Theme: Fear nothing