A Scoundrel Bottom in Republican-Era High Society

Gu Jia never imagined that one day he would start worrying about money. He was the Gu family's Third Young Master, the grandson of an old-school gentleman, and the older brother of Gu Wuji, the tycoon. Yet somehow, he was so poor he could barely put food on the table. Never mind that he loved to have fun and throw money around, cutting a figure as an aloof, elegant modern young man. Now that he was broke, how was he supposed to keep up appearances? After much deliberation, Gu Jia couldn't bring himself to ask his younger brother for money. Fortunately, he still had plenty of wealthy friends... But though his friends were happy to give him anything he wanted, it seemed their generosity wasn't motivated by friendship, but by ulterior motives... Well, in that case, no need to pay them back! This is the story of a vain, fun-loving beauty who gets by clinging to powerful people, only to be taken in hand by the ultimate sugar daddy. Cue the sobbing. A spendthrift social butterfly with a backbone, a journalist bottom X a smooth, stingy, suit-wearing thug boss top [Before you read] The bottom's younger brother, Gu Wuji, was born from the bottom's belly. He is a deformed child, but both of them survived, so Gu Wuji actually thinks of the bottom as his mother. One-on-one romance. Semi-alternate history, with absolutely no connection to any real events. It's simply a story that takes place against this backdrop. Please add it to your reading lists and follow me. All the follows are welcome~ A little preview of my next book: "Wreaking Havoc Across the Cultivation World" Original title: "After the Potential Stocks I Picked Found Out About Each Other" Gu Zongzhu, the peerlessly handsome genius of Wan Jian Sect, finally had a child at the age of eight hundred. Even without a spiritual root, his child was as precious to him as a jewel, and he held him in the palm of his hand, naming him Gu Beiya. But Gu Beiya wasn't happy. He had transmigrated into a book, into "The Ten Thousand Sins Record of Immortal Cultivation", a novel with a deeply twisted moral compass and a large cast of characters bent on revenge and slaughter. He was a passerby with no talent for cultivation, and the sort who was about to be taken out in one hit by the protagonists' ultimate moves. There was no escaping, so Gu Beiya looked to his cheat, the 'Parasitic System,' and tried to bind as many promising big shots as possible. Whoever broke through the void someday, he would rise to glory right along with them and return to the real world! The System stated that the number of people who could be bound at once was one. Unbinding was possible, but the bond could not be reused. Binding requirement: Get into bed. Unbinding requirement: Kiss. Gu Beiya: Something about that order seems a little off. But one day, greedy Gu Beiya discovered that his tools (crossed out) potential stocks seemed to know about each other... And his father, Sect Master Gu, who loved his son more than life itself, found out that his son was fooling around with men... Gu Beiya had no choice but to 'lose his memory' on the spot. “...I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.” An aloof beauty who stops at nothing to cultivate, a good-for-nothing, gorgeous, shameless bottom X a pure, maidenly flower in the early stages, then a cruel, obsessive, repeatedly dumped childhood-friend husband top Also known as: "A Red Apricot Branch Keeps Reaching Over the Wall, Until It Breaks" Also also known as: "How to Win the Love of the Whole World Before the Cultivation World Is Destroyed" [Reader's guide] 1. The bottom and his father are not blood-related; their relationship is adoptive. The bottom has been to this book's world twice before, and this is his third cycle. He had boyfriends both times, and one of them was the father who adopted him this time. He was his father's lover in a previous life, but in this life their relationship will be purely familial! 2. The main top becomes volatile and frightening later on. 3. The bottom levels up by cheating, so he has cultivation but doesn't know how to use it. He's a good-for-nothing who can only show off through his backup lovers. 4. The System barely features in the story. It's just a cheat that helps the bottom identify potential stocks and turn the affection of high-level cultivation boyfriends into cultivation power. 5. Lots of love interests; everyone in the world has a one-sided crush. 6. Egg-laying!!!! Please add it to your reading list~