Blurb:
News spread throughout Beicheng.
The head of the Kong family in the east of the city was getting on in years and wanted to hand over the family power he had held for nearly fifty years to his eldest legitimate grandson, Kong Xuan. He had only one requirement: marry at once and produce an heir.
Everyone in the city knew that Kong Xuan, the family's heir apparent, had been single since childhood. He was aloof and uninterested in women, and he wasn't interested in men either. Countless heiresses from wealthy families and scions of prestigious clans had pursued him, but none had caught his eye.
Yet overnight, Kong Xuan really did bring home a son, along with the child's mother (?).
His friend was about to lose it. "Don't tell me you actually like him?"
Kong Xuan glanced casually at the slender, frail figure not far away. "Do I look insane?"
On the other side, Qing Tai heard every word and gave him a distant smile.
Not long afterward.
His friend: "What do you even like about him?"
Kong Xuan: "He cooks for me every day."
His friend: "He cooks for his son and just happens to set out an extra pair of chopsticks for you."
Kong Xuan: "He always remembers to give me a present on holidays."
His friend: "With your card, I bet."
Kong Xuan: "Whose card would he use if not mine?"
His friend: "..."
Kong Xuan: "He nearly died saving me."
His friend: "He was too weak to run fast and got caught in the line of fire."
Kong Xuan: "Ha, admit it. You're just jealous someone loves me so desperately."
His friend: "Ha, I admit you're too far gone to be saved."
Notes:
1. Frail beauty bottom x overactive-imagination CEO top
2. Both are virgins; old-school, angsty, melodramatic romance, with a groveling chase after the beloved
3. The child is his biological child. Happy ending.
Theme: Live earnestly, and live a long life.
