The Max-Level Big Shot Only Cares About His Career

[Please read the author's note at the end of Chapter One carefully for content warnings before starting. Thank you!] [Next novel: Little Phoenix, the Family Favorite] Zhao Yao, a business tycoon with an iron grip on the world, died of illness. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to age twenty-three, just after being discharged from the hospital following a car accident. He was in a wheelchair, being wheeled into a family meeting about who would control the Zhao family. Faced with his relatives at each other's throats, Zhao Yao shifted into a more comfortable position and watched the farce with weary eyes. “Do whatever you want.” In his previous life, he had been all-powerful, yet illness had plagued him until he finally died. This time, he had no interest in the Zhao family's bottomless pit of a business empire. Faced with a new life, he recalled his psychiatrist's advice from his previous life: “Mr. Zhao, perhaps you need to try dating someone?” Having been single his whole life, the tycoon Zhao ordered a series of highly rated reference books, including The Dating Guide, and examined each one with the same scrutiny he would give a project worth tens of billions. “Step one: become rich.” Zhao Yao frowned slightly. “It's that simple?” Some time later, A certain entertainment company was brimming with stars, A certain livestreaming company was seeing its profits soar, And a certain... Still single, Zhao Yao asked his business partner in frustration, “Pei Mingzhan, do you know how to date?” Pei Mingzhan's gaze was deep. “Easy. I'll teach you.” Later, in a hotel business suite, Zhao Yao finished reading a dirty book and called out casually, “Pei Mingzhan, are you done?” Pei Mingzhan calmly closed his laptop. His voice dropped. “I'm done.” #A max-level expert who only follows the career path# #Liar, he's following the romance path!# P.S. 1. A tough-looking, sweet-hearted, severely insomniac bottom x a refined-looking scoundrel and shameless old flirt top 2. The bottom has emotional issues, but he'll get better. The top spoils him. A sweet, healing romance. 3. The plot is just for fun: unapologetically indulgent, satisfying, and sweet. Don't overthink the logic. [Coming soon: A Genius's Guide to Winning Hearts, The Little Psycho's Guide to Acting Good [Reborn]. Please add them to your wishlists!] [Coming soon 1: A Genius's Guide to Winning Hearts [Full-Dive Online Game]] The genius Su Mo had earned numerous honors and basked in fame, but his constitution kept him from logging into the virtual Star Network, leaving him behind in the Star Network era. Su Mo thought he would spend the rest of his life in a humdrum routine until the day he died. That was until he encountered Tianhuan, a full-dive exploration game: A new kind of virtual game that completely overcame the limitations of one's constitution, allowing players to freely enter a full-dive world. A mysterious bounty at an inn in the desert had cost countless players levels and fortunes. After one failure after another, the players complained, “What kind of garbage AI is this? Is this bounty even possible for a normal person to clear?” Su Mo walked into the desert inn. “If it's so easy, why hasn't anyone taken it?” Isn't this just a simple deduction based on the AI's logic? An epic-level monster appeared in a safe zone, leaving players in despair. The leaders of the major guilds said, “We should gather the entire server's strength and drive it away.” Su Mo glanced at the familiar ancient writing on the monster. “No need to make it complicated. It's just hungry. Give it something to eat and it'll be fine.” The Star Network forums buzzed with discussion as post after post debated the god-tier player Su Mo. Yu Zhen glanced at Su Mo, who was sprawled asleep on the sofa with an ancient book in his arms. “He doesn't seem all that remarkable. Just a little lazy.” [Coming soon 2: Little Phoenix, the Family Favorite] The phoenix Su Li failed his tribulation. When he opened his eyes, he was in the modern world, reborn as an ordinary baby. His father was an “ordinary” schoolteacher, and his mother was a former national movie queen who had once taken the entertainment world by storm. He had an older brother, a high schooler who studied tirelessly, and younger twin brothers who cried all the time. Su Li thought he was in an ordinary human family, and did his best to adapt by acting like an ordinary person too. Then one day, his brother was late for class and kicked open a window at home. He spread his wings and flew into the sky, his feathers filling Su Li's entire field of vision Su Li: ...? Why do those feathers look so familiar? Wait, wasn't his brother human? “That brat Su Yu! How many times have I told him not to fly outside?” His father came out at the sound and shut the window. Then he fetched a brand-new children's tricycle from the storeroom and said gently, “Sweetie, let's not copy your brother. Dad got you a little car. Let's learn to ride this first.” “...” Su Li stared at the tricycle, his expression complicated. The paint hadn't fully covered the demon bones, and judging by the demonic aura, they seemed to have come from a high-rank beast. #A family of monsters# #Family favorite# [Coming soon 3: The Little Psycho's Guide to Acting Good [Reborn]] The little psycho Chen Qizhao was Reborn, returning to age eighteen, when he was still the Chen family's spoiled, ill-behaved young tyrant. At this point, his older brother hadn't yet been in a car accident, his parents were healthy and free of serious illness, and the Chen family was still living in all its former glory. Faced with a second chance at life, Chen Qizhao decided to prevent his brother's accident and make sure his parents took better care of their health. The only unexpected complication was running into Shen Yuhuai again. Chen Qizhao had lived recklessly all his life, and plenty of people hated him. But when everyone slandered and condemned him, only Shen Yuhuai had spoken up for him, taking the whole world on to say, “Chen Qizhao, you did nothing wrong.” He didn't care what other people thought of him, but he didn't want Shen Yuhuai to have a bad impression of him. Later, he found out that Shen Yuhuai liked well-behaved people. So whenever he ran into Shen Yuhuai, he reined in all his bad behavior and acted like a good boy. -* No matter how wildly people gossiped about Chen Qizhao, in Shen Yuhuai's eyes, Chen Qizhao had always been a good kid. That was, until one day, Shen Yuhuai caught Chen Qizhao beating up some spoiled young master. Chen Qizhao was vicious in his attack, and his words were just as nasty. He was nothing like the person he usually appeared to be. When he saw Shen Yuhuai, Chen Qizhao let go. With a strained smile, he said, “Actually, I'm really well-behaved. I only act like this so people won't bully me.” Then, realizing he couldn't talk his way out of it, he gave up and asked, “Do you believe me?” Shen Yuhuai was silent for a moment, then replied without a change in expression, “I believe you.” [A seemingly sweet and adorable bottom who's actually vicious, ill-tempered, and a little crazy x a deep-thinking top who plays hard to get, with three parts strategy and seven parts scheming] Theme: Striving against fate to build a happy life