Rugged man (cold and restrained at first, invincible ghostly husband later) x frail, foolish beauty
1.
Shang Yan'an has been doted on since childhood, and his life has always gone smoothly.
His only worry is that his "husband, who loves him to bits, seems not to love their kid."
Before he's even finished reading their kid a bedtime story, Shen Jiang whisks him away. When he cooks, he only cares about making the food Yan'an likes, never minding the kid's preferences.
When Shang Yan'an wakes up, his worries have changed.
He's transmigrated, and brought their eight-year-old kid back ten years with him.
At this point, his husband Shen Jiang is a cold, cool guy he's never met, working as a laborer at a construction site. According to the timeline, they won't meet for another six months.
Shang Yan'an doesn't dare change the timeline carelessly, but he misses Shen Jiang terribly. So he leaves the kid with his parents and sneaks off to watch his husband outside the construction site.
His parents feel sorry for Shang Yan'an, but are also furious: What bastard got their precious boy pregnant at twenty-one? Shang Yan'an is still a child himself!
2.
The construction site is dusty and crowded, and lately a handsome, refined young master has been asking around about Shen Jiang and secretly bringing him things.
Shen Jiang just thinks the young master isn't very bright. He doesn't catch on when people tease him, and though he tries not to let the young master find out, he's full of obvious slip-ups.
His inexplicable kindness looks like a scam designed to fleece him.
Shen Jiang doesn't think he has anything worth taking. He grew up in an orphanage, and only has two thousand yuan to his name, not even enough for the young master's dinner.
His coworkers tease him, saying all this quiet devotion must mean the young master has a crush on him.
Shen Jiang doesn't think so.
The young master sees him and runs off in a panic. And who with a crush would brazenly expect their crush to chase after them?
Who has a crush?! Who has a wealthy fiance they're on good terms with?!
Who has a crush?! Who only wants to sleep with him?!
Who has a crush?! Who comes with an eight-year-old kid?!
Who has a crush?! Who stares at him as if seeing someone else through him?!
Shang Yan'an definitely doesn't have a crush on him!
Shen Jiang, who has always kept his emotions hidden and could endure anything, is about to lose his mind!
Does Shang Yan'an really like him?
Shen Jiang watches his wife like a ghost all day long, wishing he could tuck him into his pocket every day.
3.
Shang Yan'an feels that life has become a lot more troublesome since he transmigrated.
He's in poor health, doesn't socialize much, and isn't good at handling relationships.
Before, his husband was always the one to pursue him. Now that they've gone back in time, his husband keeps pursuing him while keeping all his feelings to himself.
Shang Yan'an knows his husband, but can't figure out what's on Shen Jiang's mind.
He also knows what Shen Jiang's life will look like over the next ten years, and wants him to have an easier time.
Shen Jiang is the real young master who was lost outside his family. Shang Yan'an wants him to be accepted more smoothly, and to end his own family's arranged engagement to the fake young master along the way.
For some reason, Shen Jiang seems jealous.
Maybe it's because he meddled with the timeline without permission. Shang Yan'an thinks Shen Jiang is harder to get along with than he remembers, and keeps an even closer eye on him. If he forgets to tell Shen Jiang where he's going, he'll come back to a husband with a frightening smile. He's especially gentle, but then Shang Yan'an gets treated to stir-fried dishes every meal for days. Even when Shang Yan'an is teary-eyed, Shen Jiang refuses to let him go.
Shen Jiang doesn't like their kid yet, but Shang Yan'an does. According to the timeline, he should be pregnant with their kid by now, so Shang Yan'an can only cling to Shen Jiang and secretly ask him to make one.
For some reason, Shen Jiang keeps devouring him over and over, and is still secretly unhappy!
Sigh... Shang Yan'an can only reminisce about his old husband while looking at his young husband.
If only he hadn't messed with the timeline and plot so carelessly.
Bonus scene:
His formerly restrained older husband has turned into a brooding ghostly yandere, so Shang Yan'an can only ask the great internet for help. The netizens aren't much use and tell him to wear all sorts of ridiculous outfits to coax his husband.
Shang Yan'an thinks he already has a kid, so how can he wear those things!
But then Shen Jiang finds his search history. After some coaxing and half-truths, he falls for it and ends up locked in the arms of the tall man. The man's hands are rough as tree bark against the young master's tender skin.
His voice is hoarse, his gaze burning.
"The kid's next door, baby. Keep your voice down."
Shang Yan'an trembles pitifully.
Feeling sorry for a man really is the beginning of misfortune!
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1. Height, build, and skin-tone differences. They're each other's first and only love, and both are sexually exclusive.
2. The shou is frail and used to being doted on. He's spoiled but not unreasonable, smart with excellent grades, but also a fool in daily life: a delicious fool of a shou.
3. The gong is pretty normal at first. In the middle, he gets jealous but doesn't say so, and makes up stories in his head. He's also too conscientious to get together with someone who already has a partner. Maybe his wife will see him as a substitute... He drives himself into becoming a brooding ghostly yandere.
4. The shou is a man. This is a pregnancy story, with little time spent raising the kid and a lot focused on pregnancy.
Theme: How to communicate properly
