※ In the final stretch. I don't want to rush the ending or cut the outline short, so updates will be slow and relaxed. There are probably about twenty chapters left. If you can't accept that, please don't read. ※
※ It has a happy ending, a happy ending, a happy ending. If it doesn't, the author promises to stand on their head and have diarrhea! The important things must be said three times! ※
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Blurb:
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In his previous life, the person Jiang Yubai hated most was Shang Muye, a man confined to a wheelchair, his expression gloomy and inscrutable all year round.
His gaze was always dark and his voice cold. Though confined to a wheelchair, he could still turn the world upside down.
Jiang Yubai despised having to sell his looks to get by, but he had no choice but to bow to this man's power.
Power was a wonderful thing. For Shang Muye, it took nothing more than a nod and a word. For Jiang Yubai, it was a lifeline.
Shang Muye personally propelled him to fame, turning him into one of the entertainment industry's top idols: Jiang Yubai.
Everyone knew Jiang Yubai had someone backing him. While some envied him, most pitied him.
After all, serving a sinister, ruthless cripple in a wheelchair was no easy task.
It looked like a bed of roses, but it was really a raging fire.
Only after Shang Muye died did Jiang Yubai realize that the man simply wasn't good with words.
In truth, he had considered Jiang Yubai in everything. He had loved him with all his heart.
Then, in a twist of fate, Jiang Yubai was reborn in the year he made his debut.
He was determined to cling to his darling's coattails again, but... why was Shang Muye so different from the man he remembered?
Jiang Yubai: "Sir, I'd like to offer myself to you."
Shang Muye sits in his wheelchair and smiles faintly. "My health is poor. I gave up on worldly pleasures long ago."
Jiang Yubai refuses to give up. "Sir, I can sing and act. I'm good at singing, reciting, playing, and stage combat. I can entertain you."
Shang Muye turns his wheelchair around, his expression unchanged. "Your acting... leaves much to be desired."
Jiang Yubai is speechless with frustration. If his acting isn't good enough, he'll study. If he can't sing and dance well, he'll practice.
Just, A-Ye, could you please look at me again...
Shang Muye looks at his little lover, who's on the verge of tears, and lets out a soft sigh. "Do you regret it this time?"
Jiang Yubai beams and comes closer, wrapping his arms around his lover's neck. "Regretting it would make me a dog."
Disabled, sickly, and gloomy on the surface but actually gentle, fatherly top x repentant, affectionate puppy bottom who dotes on his lover
Content warnings:
1. The top is disabled and in poor health. He won't recover later in the story.
2. The bottom wasn't very capable in his previous life, but works hard to improve his craft in this one.
3. One-on-one, happy ending, they dote on each other, but the bottom pursues the top.
4. Both are reborn. The top and bottom roles do not switch.
5. Mainly from the bottom's perspective. A story about winning back your husband.
6. Characterization serves the plot, and there are many original details. All medical content is made up by me.
7. This story was written by the author's cat, and isn't suitable for readers who are extremely protective of either the top or the bottom. I'm not protective of either, because I'm too busy being protective of both. If you give it a bad rating just because you're extremely protective of one or the other, I'll yell at you :)
8. dwg, behave yourself.
Upcoming novel: You Can, But It'll Cost Extra. Please follow it qwq, give this kid a chance!
Rags-to-riches, talented actor who falls on hard times, top x proud young master reborn as a disabled pauper, bottom
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The pampered third young master of the Song family dies suddenly.
When he wakes up, he learns that in his previous life, his parents joyfully welcomed home the son who had been switched at birth and missing for years.
So it turns out he's a fake young master, left to struggle for survival in the slums.
Question: What's it like to fall from the clouds into the mire overnight?
Song Ji: ...Thanks for asking. I'm already numb.
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Two-time Best Actor Lu Lingzhou's career crashes after a scandal that ruins his reputation.
Then one day, he takes a spot on a charity reality show.
The washed-up star, at the end of his rope, seizes his last chance to get back in the spotlight. All he wants is to turn things around.
During filming, Actor Lu sees a poorly dressed pauper under an overpass. He steels himself and approaches. "Boss, need any help?"
The pauper shopkeeper glances at him. "Tempered-glass screen protector, 20. Privacy screen protector, 40. No returns or exchanges."
After the show airs, the Screen-Protector-Under-the-Overpass couple becomes a hit, and Lu Lingzhou is determined to keep things up and make a comeback against the odds.
Lu Lingzhou: "Um, look..."
Song Ji calmly pulls out a bill and a payment QR code. "Taking a photo is 500, a promotional Weibo post is 1,000, and a post on Moments is 2,000. Anything outside my usual business costs extra."
Lu Lingzhou: "...Okay. Sure. Fine."
Lu Lingzhou invites him to visit the set.
Song Ji, expression unchanged: "Sure, that'll cost extra."
Lu Lingzhou wants to take him to an event.
Song Ji thinks it over, then holds out his hand. "Sure, that'll cost extra."
In the end, Lu Lingzhou loses patience, draws up a list of his assets, and shoves it in front of Song Ji. "Will you marry me? You can have all of it."
Song Ji takes his time reading the list, then raises a neat eyebrow. "Sure, but..."
Lu Lingzhou cuts him off without hesitation. "You were going to say it'll cost extra, right? Here's my entire net worth. You decide."
Song Ji gives him a critical look. "I'm afraid this time it'll cost quite a lot, Actor Lu. This isn't enough..."
Lu Lingzhou: "Would adding me be enough?"
Song Ji, the real young master again, a cheapskate with money to burn: "? Are you trying to tell me what to do?"
Premise: Cherish the present and work hard to pursue your dreams.
