Stray kitten × twisted, scheming mixed-race young master
A story about raising a kitten: a stray cat that won't let anyone touch him becomes clingy
Qiao Xining spent the happiest two years of his life in New York. His employer's mixed-race older brother was aloof and refined, but he taught Qiao Xining English, stood up for him, and took him stargazing.
But later, his brother suddenly turned cold. Their employer, his uncle, wanted to marry Qiao Xining's mother, and his brother drove the mother and son, who were trying to climb into a wealthy family, out of the house.
After leaving New York, Qiao Xining went back to wandering with his mother. Then his mother died, and later he died too, alone, without a single family member by his side.
Qiao Xining was reborn.
He would make everyone who had abandoned him pay, especially Henry Su Wentworth, his mixed-race, wonderful big brother, Su Hengchu.
Qiao Xining climbed into his bed, took nude photos to blackmail him for tuition, made him work as a driver and take him to school, and ordered him to roll up his pants and dry his hair.
Qiao Xining had a touch aversion and couldn't let anyone touch his skin. He pinned the blame on Su Hengchu and made him help with his exposure therapy.
Qiao Xining was quite pleased with himself. He was making a young master work like a servant. Su Hengchu must be humiliated and suffering terribly.
Later...
He found a mask in Su Hengchu's wardrobe, the same kind Su Hengchu wore when he kissed Qiao Xining through a mask.
By chance, he opened an audio file. It was proof that he'd secretly recorded Su Hengchu promising to be his driver while lying on his bed.
But the recording didn't end there. After a stretch of silence, low, ragged breathing gradually became clear, followed by a muffled groan.
Of course Qiao Xining knew what it was. His face flushed red. Su Hengchu had actually rewarded himself after Qiao Xining left!
Then, by accident, he saw Su Hengchu's photo album. One whole page was filled with pictures of him asleep, the little mole at the base of his neck a vivid red in the photos.
During his exposure therapy, Su Hengchu loved rubbing that little mole.
Qiao Xining noticed that Su Hengchu had one at the base of his neck too. He didn't remember it being there before, and on closer inspection, it didn't look natural.
Su Hengchu had coveted his little brother, but the boy had run away. Unable to keep him, he got a tattoo, as if he could make the boy part of his own body. That would have to be enough.
But he never expected his darling to come back of his own accord.
His darling had become a broken doll. That was fine. He would put him back together.
His darling couldn't stand being touched. That was fine. He would help him get better, and soon his darling would learn to ask for it himself.
Later...
His darling discovered what he was thinking and tried to escape. That was unacceptable. Ningning could never leave him again.
Chapter 0
Qiao Xining ran for his life in a panic and crashed into a dump truck. When he opened his eyes, he had been transported a year into the future.
A whole year had passed. Today was the anniversary of his death, but surely no one remembered him anymore.
As an illegitimate child no one wanted, the Qiao family would have been glad to see him dead. His mother had a string of boyfriends, and his maternal grandfather had cut ties with her, so Qiao Xining had no relatives on her side from a young age.
No one would visit his grave. Qiao Xining even thought no one had bothered to claim his body.
But there was a tombstone for him in the cemetery.
Beneath the night sky, in the wind and rain, a tall figure stood before it.
High brows, deep-set eyes, a calm and detached gaze. Ten years had passed, yet he was as refined as ever.
Henry Su Wentworth
Su Hengchu
Qiao Xining's first rich older brother.
Qiao Xining's eyes turned red as he fought back tears.
You sly wolf!
Why are you pretending to be a good person now?
If Su Hengchu hadn't driven him and his mother out of the house back then, how could the Qiao family have tricked him into coming back, only to bully him relentlessly?
Qiao Xining had learned to be strong, but seeing Su Hengchu made him feel so wronged that tears fell one by one.
His brother, who had once cared for him so much, had driven him away for the sake of the inheritance.
He had never escaped the pain of being abandoned, while Henry Su lived happily ever after amid his immense wealth.
He wanted to hear Su Hengchu repent, so he stepped closer and closer. The torrential rain blurred the world around him. Qiao Xining missed a step, and when he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn just as the Qiao family was taking him back in.
This time, he would be the one with a fortune, and Su Hengchu would be the one to suffer for the rest of his life.
Content warnings:
1. The shou has a strong attachment to the gong and is very immature around him.
2. The gong has been single for years and can hardly help being twisted. He's genuinely not very normal.
3. The shou had a miserable life in his previous life. After he is reborn, all he gets is affection. The story opens a year after his rebirth, so I guess that makes it sweet?
Theme: Love needs to be spoken aloud
