No Way Back

At just twenty-three, Xu Kuo is already living the leisurely life of a retiree, strolling around and keeping birds. His life is so comfortable that everyone calls him "Uncle Xu." He entered the underworld at sixteen, and has been at it for over seven years. While other kids were in class, he was working. While other kids were fighting, he was working. While other kids were questioning their lives, he was still working. His life was like a winter jasmine, blooming too soon and withering too soon. Just as Xu Kuo thought the rest of his life would be nothing but work, walks, and food runs, He Lin appeared. The moment this sixteen-year-old boy showed up, Xu Kuo felt as if he'd found family. Apart from their personalities, he and Xu Kuo were almost exactly alike, equally reserved and introverted. Xu Kuo's life belatedly began to blossom, but he realized it was already too late. After much soul-searching, he decided to raise He Lin into a fine young man with well-rounded moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and practical qualities. But what had started as a good male-oriented power fantasy was turned by Xu Kuo into a romance. Xu Kuo: "Hello, everyone, this is my son... my nephew." He Lin: "We're not related by blood in the slightest. Don't call me that."

Rough-around-the-edges, old-school official type bottom × taciturn younger top

Scheming neighbor Xu × his brother's godson

A disastrous tale of failed parenting that ends with the parent getting taken from behind.

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