My Scumbag Ex Begs Me to Take Him Back, but I Just Want to Get Rich

# Double Rebirth, Chasing His Love Through Hellfire # # The pursuer begs to get back together, but the one being pursued comes to his senses. He doesn’t want romance, he just wants to get rich. # When Jiang Xiao was nineteen, he happened to dig a filthy, destitute Lin Chengyu out of a pile of trash. It was love at first sight. Through years of hardship, he gave Lin Chengyu warmth and stayed by his side for fifteen years, helping him make something of himself. By all rights, Jiang Xiao should have become the moonlight in Lin Chengyu’s heart. But as it turned out, he was only a supporting character and an annoying third wheel in Lin Chengyu’s rags-to-riches story. Successful people could be truly heartless: when Jiang Xiao died of illness in bed, Lin Chengyu didn’t even come back to see him once. After being reborn, Jiang Xiao thought: To hell with love. He finally understood that in this world, nothing was reliable except the knowledge in his head and the money in his pocket. The Jiang Xiao of today only wanted to study hard, make money, and become an ordinary, unassuming, yet obscenely rich top student. Lin Chengyu: QAQ Baby, look at me! I’m rich too. I’ll give you all my money, and my life as well. Jiang Xiao (slowly walking away): Thanks, but I don’t know you. # Once I’m rich, my suitors will line up all the way to France. Who do you think you are? # [Lin Chengyu, president of Yongjiang Group, is a famously handsome, wealthy bachelor in the industry. Outsiders think he’s cold and destined to die alone. Only a few people know that he’s been doing everything in his power, waiting for one person to come back to him. That person once spoiled him rotten, indulging him until he didn’t know how to cherish love. Then, without warning, he left him and never came back.] Before you read: 1. (Important content warning) After being reborn, the one being pursued dates several men. These are real relationships, not jokes. Only at the end does he choose to reconcile with the pursuer. (Important content warning) 2. Both leads are reborn. The career storyline is a feel-good tale of the pursued starting from nothing and making money. The romance follows the pursuer’s agonizing quest to win him back. Lin Chengyu (a scumbag turned devoted puppy) x Jiang Xiao (a coolheaded, hardworking sweetheart). The pursuer only learns to cherish him after losing him, but after being reborn, the pursued only cares about studying and making money. 3. Updated daily, promptly at six every evening. Coming soon: The Demon King Was Dumped and Became a Popular NPC When Lan Xiao was surrounded on his wedding day, dressed in a beautiful wedding robe and cornered by the people of the Immortal Sect led by his master and prospective husband, he couldn’t help feeling a little speechless. It was true that he had concealed the fact that he was the former Demon Emperor’s son and gone undercover in the Immortal Realm. He was somewhat in the wrong, but it hadn’t been his idea. If he hadn’t been trying to protect the demons in his territory, he wouldn’t have let his older brother, who was always wary of him and kept him down, threaten him into going undercover to get close to Xie Chongyuan. The Immortal Venerable Xie Chongyuan was simply too powerful. Going undercover at his side was practically a death sentence. Lan Xiao had gone to great lengths and worked at it for a hundred years, even ending up in Xie Chongyuan’s bed, and still hadn’t managed to carry out his mission. …All right, he just hadn’t been able to bring himself to do it. The main thing was, Xie Chongyuan said he loved him and would always protect him. No one had said that to him since his mother died. Xie Chongyuan had sounded so sincere that Lan Xiao believed him. Looking back, he really had been a little foolish. The immortals and demons were sworn enemies. Now that his identity was exposed, it was only to be expected that the Immortal Sect would attack him. Compared with the others from the Immortal Sect, Xie Chongyuan was even showing him some mercy. “Don’t kill him. I’ll take him away and strip him of his demonic bones,” Xie Chongyuan said. “Lan Xiao can still be my Daoist partner.” But he didn’t understand that Lan Xiao wasn’t an ordinary demon and could never have his demonic bones stripped away. Hearing those words, Lan Xiao laughed like a villain and blew himself up on the spot, without hesitation, right in front of Xie Chongyuan. The Immortal Venerable had never expected it. His eyes widened in anguish as he tried to stop him, but all he could catch in his outstretched hands was a rain of blood falling from the sky. Many years later, Lan Xiao was reborn in the rarely visited Black Marsh Domain. He had almost lost all his magic and could barely maintain his human form, but somehow he had become bound to a System. The System told him he could summon powerful warriors from another world. These mighty and evil warriors never tired, could do anything, and were the most terrifying beings in the world. That sounded incredibly awesome! Lan Xiao immediately rallied himself. Facing the first twenty warriors he had summoned, he delivered an impassioned speech. “My beloved demons, it’s been proven that underhanded schemes won’t work. We must regroup and seize the entire world through sheer strength! And once I reclaim my power, I’ll share all the spoils of victory with you!” The players standing before Lan Xiao exchanged puzzled looks. “Is that fluffy little fox cub the game’s tutorial NPC? What’s it going on about?” “I can’t understand it. It’s saying all kinds of weird stuff… And isn’t this a farming game?” “The game world’s a bit bare-bones, but the character models are great. This engine is amazing. The realism is incredible.” In his fox form, Lan Xiao didn’t understand what the warriors were whispering about. He also couldn’t quite understand why, after he sent them out to conquer territory and establish their dominion, and they successfully did so, they rushed to farm and mine, busied themselves building and harvesting, and periodically let out strange cries at him like, “Hehehe, so cute, I want to pet him!” Never mind. No need to sweat the details. He would definitely regroup and become the greatest, most powerful Demon Emperor. No one could stop him. Everything was looking up! Lan Xiao firmly believed this. Bonus scene: Another new post hit the hot list on the country’s biggest gaming forum today. “Is the damn developer of Paradise around? When are they going to fix Xie Chongyuan’s bug? How did they make a villain NPC this crazy? I just went to the danger zone to steal some ore, ran into one of his formations or something, and nearly got killed. I’m traumatized.” “+1. I don’t even know what to say. Paradise is a shitty game that’ll go under sooner or later without Lan Xiao’s popularity, okay? But I don’t think Xie Chongyuan is actually bugged. Check the latest backstory. Apparently his wife died, and he’s been crazy for ages.” “That universally hated villain could actually have a wife?” “Check the lore-analysis thread. He used to be an Immortal Venerable. The OP probably ran into one of his formations for gathering the scattered fragments of his Three Souls and Seven Spirits. Be careful not to provoke him in the future. Tsk, supposedly he drove his own wife to take her life, and her soul was completely shattered.” “I don’t get it. What unlucky person would date a lunatic like that?” A while later, someone bumped the post back up. “Aaaaah, damn developer, come out and face your death! Why does our baby Lan Xiao have a romance route? And with that damn lunatic Xie Chongyuan, of all people! (￣口￣)!!” When Lan Xiao was run through the heart by his master and newlywed husband, Xie Chongyuan, on their wedding day, he still couldn’t help feeling a little speechless. It was true that he had concealed the fact that he was a Demon King and gone undercover in the Immortal Realm. He was somewhat in the wrong, but he really hadn’t meant to. If he hadn’t been trying to protect the demons in his territory, he wouldn’t have let the Demon Emperor order him to get close to Xie Chongyuan as an undercover agent. The Immortal Venerable Xie Chongyuan was simply too powerful, without a single weakness. Lan Xiao had gone to great lengths to seriously injure him, risking life and limb, even ending up in Xie Chongyuan’s bed, and still hadn’t succeeded. All right, he just hadn’t been able to bring himself to do it. The main thing was, Xie Chongyuan said he loved him and would always protect him, and Lan Xiao believed him. Looking back, he really had been a little foolish. The immortals and demons were sworn enemies. Of course Xie Chongyuan would kill him once he learned he was the Demon King. It was only to be expected that the Immortal Sect would attack him now. “Seize him!” The people of the Immortal Sect cried, “Use him as bait to wipe out the demons in one fell swoop!” A Demon King couldn’t be killed just by having his heart pierced, but if they really captured him, it would all be over. The demons in Lan Xiao’s territory would be exposed and slaughtered by the Immortal Sect. Lan Xiao immediately laughed like a villain and blew himself up on the spot, successfully gravely injuring Xie Chongyuan and foiling their plans. As his life ebbed away, he thought that people always said demons were crafty and deceitful, but the Immortal Realm wasn’t any better. They didn’t keep their word. It seemed he could only rely on himself after all. What he didn’t see was that the gravely injured Xie Chongyuan froze, then returned to his senses. After the Demon King blew himself up, the sky turned red, dark clouds rolled in, and an endless rain of blood began to fall. The lofty Immortal Venerable was utterly lost. A drop of blood struck his face, and he called out, “…Baby?” What Lan Xiao hadn’t expected was that he didn’t die after all. Many years later, he was reborn in the rarely visited Black Marsh Domain. He had almost lost all his magic and could barely maintain his human form, but somehow he had become bound to a System. The System told him he could summon powerful warriors from another world. These mighty and evil warriors never tired, could do anything, and were the most terrifying beings in the world. That sounded incredibly awesome! Lan Xiao immediately rallied himself. Facing the first twenty warriors he had summoned, he delivered an impassioned speech. “My beloved demons, it’s been proven that underhanded schemes don’t work, and the self-righteous Immortal Realm can’t be trusted to keep its word! We must regroup and seize the entire world through sheer strength! And once I become the great Demon Emperor, I’ll share all the spoils of victory with you!” The players standing before Lan Xiao exchanged puzzled looks. “Is that fluffy little fox cub the game’s tutorial NPC? What’s it going on about?” “I can’t understand it. It’s saying all kinds of weird stuff… And isn’t this a farming game?” “The game world’s a bit bare-bones, but the character models are great. This engine is amazing. The realism is incredible.” In his fox form, Lan Xiao didn’t understand what the warriors were whispering about. He also couldn’t quite understand why, after he sent them out to conquer territory and establish their dominion, and they successfully did so, they rushed to farm and mine, busied themselves building and harvesting, and periodically let out strange cries at him like, “Hehehe, so cute, I want to pet him!” Never mind. No need to sweat the details. He would definitely become the greatest, most powerful Demon Emperor. No one could stop him. Everything was looking up! Lan Xiao firmly believed this. Bonus scene: Another new post hit the hot list on the country’s biggest gaming forum today. “Is the damn developer of Paradise around? When are they going to fix Xie Chongyuan’s bug? How did they make a villain NPC this crazy? I just went to the danger zone to steal some ore, ran into one of his formations or something, and nearly got killed. I’m traumatized.” “+1. I don’t even know what to say. Paradise is a shitty game that’ll go under sooner or later without Lan Xiao’s popularity, okay? But I don’t think Xie Chongyuan is actually bugged. Check the latest backstory. Apparently his wife died, and he’s been crazy for ages.” “That universally hated villainous demon could actually have a wife?” “Check the lore-analysis thread. He used to be an Immortal Venerable. The OP probably ran into one of his formations for gathering the scattered fragments of his Three Souls and Seven Spirits. Be careful not to provoke him in the future. Tsk, supposedly he killed his own wife, and her soul was completely shattered.” “I don’t get it. What unlucky person would date a lunatic like that? I’m taking my adorable baby Lan Xiao home.” The post sank after a few days of discussion. Much later, someone bumped it back up. “Aaaaah, damn developer, come out and face your death! Why does our baby Lan Xiao have a romance route? And with that damn lunatic Xie Chongyuan, of all people! (￣口￣)!!” Theme: Life holds many possibilities