After Bankruptcy, Only My Nemesis Pities Me

This story is also known as "Get to Work! The Bankrupt Young Master!"

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A pampered rich young lady tops × a beautiful, ruthless beggar bottoms

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Blurb 1

The century-old family business collapsed under Xia Yu's watch.

Everything turned upside down overnight, and everyone closed in on him from all sides.

Inside the company: the group's three major shareholders absconded with the money, while over a hundred employees blocked the doors demanding payment.

Outside the company: his fiancee broke off their engagement, and his uncle grabbed him and told him to "cut off a piece of himself" to repay the debt.

Meanwhile, Xia Yu sat there like an old man, looking at Xie Yan, whose department he couldn't even identify, and asked:

"Our families have been enemies for generations. What's in it for you if you help me?"

"I feel sorry for you."

"...Fair enough."

"And you're cute, too."

Xia Yu: "???"

Blurb 2

Xie Yan suffered the first setback of his life at his eighth birthday banquet.

The Xia family, who had never gotten along with the Xie family, shamelessly showed up with their little grandson, Xia Yu.

Then Xia Yu let something slip and stole Xie Yan's first kiss, causing the two families to get into a huge fight at the banquet. It gave Xie Yan a complete childhood.

Back then, Xie Yan silently swore to himself that he would make Xia Yu work for him for free, right up until he died...

So, apart from thinking that there was still room to grow in Xia Yu's bankrupt mess of a business, the only reason Xie Yan helped him was revenge.

Who could have guessed why Xia Yu cursed and ran off after Xie Yan said, "And you're cute, too"?

His actual line had clearly been, "And you're cute, too. You talk a mile a minute, so you'd be a great salesman." Why did this guy always hear only the first half?

A CEO on the verge of a breakdown × a young master who has to work for a living

First published on January 1, 2023

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Blurb for the upcoming story, "The Beggar Clan's Young Master"

At some point, a smooth-talking young man suddenly appeared in the streets and alleys of Xian Shang.

He had no fixed home and slept wherever he could. His only possession was the Dog-Beating Staff, rumored to have originated with the Beggar Clan.

He spent all day wandering the capital's busiest corners, scraping by with the dirtiest, most exhausting jobs.

The townsfolk didn't know his name. They only knew that he would provoke someone, then vanish in the blink of an eye, as hard to track as a stray dog.

But if one were to list his most famous exploits, the top one would be the day he accidentally took advantage of the Crown Prince, then calmly said, "Don't worry. I'll take responsibility for you."

Only then did everyone remember that before meeting anyone, this young man always introduced himself: "My name is Wu Shanye, a nobody from the lowest rung of society. I'm not worth mentioning."

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[A tale of days gone by: The Xian Shang Kingdom and the Wu Tong Kingdom signed an alliance, but Wu Tong played dirty and launched a sneak attack on Xian Shang, only to be outmaneuvered by the general. In the end, its kingdom was destroyed and its people scattered. To this day, the only prince of Wu Tong remains missing, plotting a rebellion in secret...]

The storyteller had just reached the crucial part when a young man in tattered clothes sitting in the corner spat out a mouthful of water.

Wu Shanye's face darkened as he wiped his mouth. He hadn't plotted a rebellion; he had already surrendered. He had merely happened to be visiting Xian Shang in secret. Who knew that before he could get home, his entire kingdom would be wiped out?

What Wu Tong did represents the kingdom's position, not an individual's! What, was he supposed to arrest himself?

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The thing Wu Shanye regretted most in his life was stopping to watch the show that day.

If he hadn't watched, he wouldn't have accidentally offended someone important.

He wouldn't have earned a reputation for making advances on the Crown Prince.

And the Crown Prince wouldn't have blackmailed him into helping capture the fugitive prince of Wu Tong.

Wu Shanye was just unlucky. Someone happened to be causing trouble in Xian Shang under his name, but he himself was a law-abiding citizen.

Now he just wanted to know when this business of sitting at home and having trouble drop from the sky would finally end...

Theme: Weather the storm together, and find a rainbow afterward.