The Fake Young Master Awakens [Reborn]

Next novel: I Heard I'm the Vicious Hated One in a Beloved-by-All Novel? [Book Transmigration] Blurb: The snowy night when Li An froze to death was a grand celebration. His adoptive parents cut ties with him, his fiance publicly called off their engagement, and then paired up with the real young master to become everyone's favorite couple... While they were receiving everyone's well-wishes, his adoptive family schemed to poison him. He froze to death in the falling snow. Later, Li An learned that he was the fake young master in a melodramatic switched-at-birth novel, a cannon-fodder character with nothing going for him but his looks, whose sole purpose was to make the real young master shine. When the real young master returned, Li An became expendable. They squeezed every last bit of value out of him and then took his life, too. A textbook disposable character: tragic, ridiculous, and utterly standardized. - When Li An woke again, he was back before signing over his shares, before losing the business he'd worked so hard to build, and before proposing to Ren Shiyan... This time, he would repay them twice over and let them taste what it was like to fall into hell and never escape. Li An's revenge began. He took everything from his adoptive parents, making them infamous and taking away the child they loved most. He made the real young master experience despair and death, bit by bit, while fully conscious, just as Li An had in his previous life. He made the friends who betrayed and framed him suffer the consequences, lose their reputations, and have their careers ruined beyond repair. He left his fiance with nothing, the laughingstock of the whole city, full of regret. Like a dog wagging its tail, he knelt before Li An, begging him for just one more glance... But through the thick darkness of night, all he could see was the beautiful young man held tightly in the arms of a breathtakingly handsome man beyond his reach, kissing him passionately in a corner. - Rumor had it that Guan Lan, head of the Guan family, was ruthless and decisive, wielding absolute authority. No one in the business world dared challenge him. Yet at that grand party, someone saw the proud, aloof, handsome man bend down before a beautiful young man with flushed eyes, carefully tying his shoelaces before pressing a kiss to his pale, pink-tinted ankle. [Everyone hails me as their king, but I hail you as mine.] [I love every inch of you, every inch of your skin and soul.] Reader's guide (please read before starting): 1. Neither the top nor the bottom is perfect; both will grow as the story unfolds. 2. The bottom has something of a tendency to attract everyone's attention. 3. Readers who demand that victims be perfect in every way, and judge them by impossibly strict standards, may not enjoy this story. 4. There are some showbiz elements. 5. The author's similar completed novel, The Cannon-Fodder Beauty Awakens [Reborn], is ready to enjoy. Next novel: I Heard I'm the Vicious Hated One in a Beloved-by-All Novel? [Book Transmigration] Blurb: The pampered young master of the Xie family, Xie Rong, who always did as he pleased and was doted on by everyone, transmigrated into a book. He landed in a beloved-by-all novel. He shared a name with a character who was, in fact, a miserable cannon-fodder hated by all, whose only purpose was to make the protagonist shine. Everyone loved the Xie family's adopted son, Xie Xingwen. They forced Xie Rong to give in to him, called him vicious, and smeared him with accusations of pushing someone down the stairs: Even his most trusted friend and his secret crush flocked around Xie Xingwen like he was the center of the universe, offering Xie Rong nothing but lies and betrayal. Then, one day, he and Xie Xingwen fell into the water together. Everyone swam to Xie Xingwen, watching as Xie Rong drowned in the flood. When Xie Rong opened his eyes again, his whole personality had changed. Vicious? Fine. He'd show them what truly vicious meant, make them pay for their crimes, and leave them drowning in regret. Later, everyone began to love Xie Rong. Xie Rong: Too late. Later still, someone saw a tall, handsome man gripping a slim waist and pressing a young man against the wall, kissing him with possessive abandon. That young man was Xie Rong, the one the Xie family had cast aside. And the handsome, distinguished man was none other than Pei Yu, the all-powerful head of the Pei family. Rumor had it that Pei Yu, head of the Pei family, was cold-blooded, ruthless, and heartless. But that night, the deep phoenix eyes looking at Xie Rong held not a trace of coldness, only bottomless tenderness and affection. - The Xie family went bankrupt and their reputation was ruined, while Xie Rong rose step by step to the top. The Xie family had no choice but to kneel at Xie Rong's feet and beg for mercy. Xie Rong lowered his eyes, his voice cold. "I'm nothing but a cast-off from the Xie family..." Before he could finish, the man behind him leaned in and melted the chill at the corner of his eyes with a passionate kiss. "Wrong. You deserve to be punished." That night, the bedroom was left in disarray. The usually spoiled young master trembled, his lashes wet with tears as he begged softly, "Is... is the punishment enough?" The man raised his eyes, dark and deep beneath a sheen of sweat. His low, husky voice was full of authority. "Are you still a cast-off?" "N-no..." Xie Rong stammered, the rest of his words swallowed by a heated kiss. [You are the moon in the heavens, and you are priceless. You are the brightest light in my life.] Theme: Only by persevering through adversity can you reach the light