Starting from Scratch to Support a Wife

Lin Zheng, the only son of a trillionaire CEO, was mistakenly bound by a System and transmigrated. He has to complete the prescribed plot before he can return to the real world.

In the prescribed plot, Lin Zheng is a violent, stupid, arrogant underling who serves as the male lead's human punching bag and is fiercely loyal to him.

But the System not only bound the wrong person, it also got the timing wrong. Lin Zheng arrived ten years before the story began. At this point, his multimillionaire parents hadn't yet recognized him, and he was still just a skinny, poor middle-school delinquent.

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Lin Zheng: ?

I'm the insanely rich, swaggering, flashy, ridiculously awesome son of a super-rich family. My net worth has never dropped below a hundred million since the day I was born. I could walk around for three days and still have clean soles. Even a bottle of water costs me over a thousand...

And you want me to be someone's lackey?

Get lost!

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In the poor, remote countryside, there are plenty of conflicts and plenty of delinquents.

"Hey, Lin Zheng, hand over some cash." A delinquent from an upper grade blocked his way with a cheeky grin.

Lin Zheng: "I don't have money, but I do know how to throw a punch. Let's see if you can take it."

"You asked for it!"

After a flurry of blows, the delinquents lay on the ground groaning, staring at him in disbelief. "H-How can you... ?"

Lin Zheng dusted off his hands. "Remember this. My name is Lin Zheng, Zheng as in 'make something of yourself.'"

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The second time Lin Zheng came across delinquents blocking someone's way...

"Hey, Xu Xingbai, hand over some cash."

The boy had sharply defined features and was dirt poor. His stubbornness and pride seemed ready to leap right out of his eyes.

Lin Zheng strolled over. The System shouted, "Host, he's the villain, your enemy! You can't help him!"

Lin Zheng: "Change that setting. I'll decide what role he plays."

System: ???

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Jiang Qi had a secret he couldn't tell anyone.

He had been reborn.

In his previous life, before the age of twenty-five, he was the Jiang heir everyone in Nancheng envied. After twenty-five, he was the Jiang bastard everyone in Nancheng cursed.

Other people got into university by passing the entrance exams. Jiang Qi got in by paying his way.

In his youth, he was a genuine rich playboy. He followed other people's example and kept a male college student. He had plenty of money, so naturally, the pretty boy he kept was top-tier too.

The aloof academic prodigy, Ji Yingli, the most famous student at A University.

By rights, someone like Ji Yingli, a beloved son of heaven, would never have looked twice at Jiang Qi. But Ji Yingli needed money, and money was the one thing Jiang Qi had in abundance. With enough money, he'd fill in the Pacific Ocean for you, let alone pay for one student.

Even after Ji Yingli had repaid Jiang Qi in full, with interest, Jiang Qi still refused to let him go.

Jiang Qi kept making promises to Ji Yingli, saying that once he got bored, he would let him leave. But before that day arrived, the Jiang family went bankrupt. Hunted by creditors, Jiang Qi watched his parents die before his eyes. Just as a blade was about to pierce his throat, steady footsteps sounded in the dark alley.

Through blood-blurred vision, he saw the newcomer: cold and composed, the unstoppable rising star of the business world, Ji Yingli.

From that day on, Ji Yingli locked Jiang Qi in a basement.

Jiang Qi thought Ji Yingli must hate him so much that he was taking revenge this way. He began drinking heavily. His mind was never clear, and he lost track of how long he spent in the basement.

A lawyer came to take him out. With the lawyer came news of Ji Yingli's death, along with all of Ji Yingli's property.

Jiang Qi attended Ji Yingli's funeral. He lay in the coffin, still as beautiful as he had been in his youth, only now he was painfully thin.

At the funeral, Jiang Qi learned that Ji Yingli had died of stomach cancer. He also learned that Ji Yingli had spent all those years paying off his debts.

At last, Jiang Qi could live in the sunlight again.

But in the middle of the night, Jiang Qi dug up Ji Yingli's grave, pried open his coffin, and climbed inside.

Don't even think about leaving me behind just like that.

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After being reborn, Jiang Qi finally had a change of heart. He realized he shouldn't keep dragging Ji Yingli down. He should treat him better, and the best way he could think of was to stay away from him.

But the timing of his rebirth seemed a little off. He had just tossed Ji Yingli a black card and told him to be his kept boy.

'Waaah, sweetheart, I finally get to see you again. Give me a slap and tell me this isn't a dream.'

Jiang Qi screamed inwardly, but showed nothing on his face. He bent down to pick up the black card from the ground and said coldly, "Sorry, I mistook you for someone else."

But as soon as he picked it up, someone tugged at it. He looked up to see Ji Yingli holding the other end of the black card. His voice was cool and clear. "I accept."

Jiang Qi: "W-What?"

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