Look Down On

Updates will be irregular, but I won't abandon this. I'll do my best to finish the main story this year. I haven't been doing too well these past two years. My condition goes up and down, and when it's bad, I can't write, no matter how much I want to. Thank you for your understanding. *Bows.* Substitute | Fake young master | Chasing-the-wife-to-the-crematorium | A flawed, ordinary protagonist Yan Ming was never taken seriously as a kid. He caused trouble, climbed trees to catch birds, and was the toughest fighter among the neighborhood brats. Later, he dropped out of school and went to work. Every New Year, he'd come home wearing knockoff Nikes and a fake gold chain, putting on airs. The villagers said he was a good-for-nothing, shameless, and a complete street thug. That year, Yan Ming was twenty-one. He was dirt poor, dreamed of getting rich, and wanted money to show off with. The day he met Huo Yuanxiao, he'd gotten into a fight and scratched Huo Yuanxiao's car. He couldn't afford the damages even if he sold himself. So he gave up and flopped onto the ground. "I've got no money. You can have my life." But the guy was really handsome. Yan Ming gave a cheeky grin. "Or I could offer myself as compensation?" The wind was strong that day. Huo Yuanxiao stood in a trench coat, its hem fluttering. Holding a cigarette between his fingers, he looked down at Yan Ming. "I don't want your life, and I don't need you to offer yourself. Just pretend to be someone for me." And so Yan Ming became Shen Yuqing, the frail, gentle young master who'd been missing from a wealthy family for half a month. But being the young master wasn't easy. Someone tried to poison him in the water, and a car nearly hit him when he went out. Danger lurked everywhere, leaving him constantly on edge. Meanwhile, the real young master, Shen Yuqing, was being kept at home by Huo Yuanxiao, who treasured him like a precious jewel. Yan Ming got it: So I'm just a human shield, and my worthless life doesn't matter if I die, huh? With revenge on Huo Yuanxiao in mind, he stopped pretending. He let himself go, acted out, went berserk, and opposed Huo Yuanxiao at every turn. They all looked down on him, Huo Yuanxiao included. * When the Shen family's crisis was resolved, the real young master announced his engagement with Huo Yuanxiao, his arm linked through Huo's. Everyone was waiting to laugh at the fake young master. By then, Yan Ming was already carrying Huo Yuanxiao's child. Yan Ming acted at once: take the baby, fake his death, and run! He staged a life-or-death scenario and made Huo Yuanxiao choose between him and Shen Yuqing. Huo Yuanxiao chose Shen Yuqing. Yan Ming fell from the ship into the churning sea. * After fleeing with the money, Yan Ming and his good-for-nothing buddies settled into a carefree life with plenty to eat and drink. It was the best. Until one day, when he ran into Huo Yuanxiao by chance. By the time Yan Ming tried to run, it was too late. The man's deep eyes watched him every moment. * Huo Yuanxiao never imagined that Yan Ming, with his countless bad habits, a face as thick as a city wall, no self-respect, a penchant for making trouble, and a fear of death, would actually die. At that moment, something inside Huo Yuanxiao's chest died along with him. His sidekick said: "Yan might look like a careless, unreliable guy, but when it came to his family and friends, he never hesitated." "They all say Yan Ming is stupid, but he knows exactly what's going on." "Even people who are always laughing can feel sad and hurt." He's just "commonplace." Playful little punk and rascal (21) x paternal, powerful top (33) Writing my own food because there's none to be found. I want to write about ordinary, unremarkable, carefree, yet vigorous and tenacious people from the bottom of society. ◎ [Next up: "My Godfather"] When Ji Shuanglin first met Cheng Chao, he was in his second year of high school, standing before his mother's funeral altar. His relatives all treated him like a hot potato. Nobody dared take him in. Then a motorcycle spewing exhaust pulled up outside. A man with a cigarette in his mouth and outlandish sunglasses strode up to him. The man dropped a bombshell: "I'm his uncle, Cheng Chao. I'll take care of him from now on." Ji Shuanglin had never heard that he had an uncle whose surname wasn't even the same as his mother's. He didn't like this uncle who'd appeared out of nowhere. In fact, he rather disliked this sloppy, slick, vulgar man. With no choice but to live under someone else's roof, he hid his dislike of Cheng Chao behind silence. At the time, Ji Shuanglin's greatest wish was to leave Northeast China and this backward, cold little city after the college entrance exams, and change his fate. But later, somehow, he wanted to take Cheng Chao with him. He didn't want to call him Uncle. They weren't even blood-related. Overwhelmingly responsible, tough, handsome bottom x cold, calculating, aloof, wolfish top The bottom is ten years older than the top. ◎ [Completed stories about chasing the wife] "He Said I Wasn't Good Enough": Worldly, vain, resilient bottom x noble young master, playboy top "Inferior Goods": Gold-digging bottom x gentle top "I Dumped My Puppy Boyfriend, Then He Begged to Get Back Together": Older-man bottom x student top "The Scumbag Top Ran Away After I Got Pregnant": Country boy bottom x pampered celebrity top "After the CEO Bottom Went Bankrupt, the Ungrateful Bastard Got His Comeuppance": Hot-tempered CEO bottom x icy beauty secretary top *** [Things to Know Before Reading]*** 1. The bottom is a virgin; the top is not. After they get together, they only sleep with each other. 2. Old-school melodrama. The bottom suffers first, then the top. Later, the top spoils the bottom like crazy, so it's sweet. 3. The bottom doesn't mature, isn't clever, and doesn't care much about his career. He'll live recklessly and do whatever he wants, with the top there to clean up after him. 4. The revenge arc unfolds gradually, prioritizing characterization and a complete storyline. 5. The story explains character development, backgrounds, changes in the couple's relationship, and character motivations. If something doesn't make sense while reading from the middle, look for the reason in earlier chapters instead of taking a few chapters out of context. ◎Everyone experiences a story differently. Spoilers from readers with very low or zero subscription rates may not reflect how most readers feel. You can read the free chapters first and decide whether to continue. If it's not for you, stop reading. ◎Kind words can warm you in winter, while cruel words can hurt even in summer. This story is fiction. Enjoy it, but don't take it seriously or bring real life into it. Don't get angry, argue, or treat it as a lesson. Theme: Cherish the people you have.