Weren't We Supposed to Make It on Our Own?

1. The receiver's point of view Yan Yuan was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, was worth a fortune, and had an aura of success. Yet in his previous life, he stubbornly walked away with nothing, building an empire with his own two hands alongside the person he had a crush on. Only when he died in a car accident engineered by a cannon-fodder character did Yan Yuan finally see the light. He wanted to grab himself by the collar and ask why he'd insisted on playing the role of a self-made man who started with nothing. "Mr. Yan, I heard you decided to visit seventeen related companies to land this project, " "You've got it wrong. I'm acquiring seventeen related companies." "We may not have enough working capital." Yan Yuan: "I've already bought them." 2. The attacker's point of view Lu Wenli was born into a family of scientists and was a Gary Stu-type genius who could solve calculus problems at five. Yet he fell for a man who had nothing, built his success from scratch, and hated rich second-generation heirs. There was no choice. As a Gary Stu-type genius, Lu Wenli had to hide his identity and take a lowly job as technical director at the man's company. The company ran into a crisis. Yan Yuan: "We need unique technology to turn things around." Lu Wenli: "I have thirty-nine unused patents. Which one do you want?" Weren't we supposed to build our success from scratch together? *An indulgently sweet, feel-good romance with mutual pining *1v1, happy ending Theme: As they get to know each other, the protagonists gradually understand that love is about the soul, not money