Taming a Dog into a Wolf

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Si Yu is a powerful figure in A City, someone who can make the wind and rain obey his will.

He is adored by everyone and unmatched in elegance and status. Few people dare risk provoking him.

Every day, he is bored enough to want to die.

So when the still-young Qi Wen stood before him, eyes full of hatred, Si Yu lowered his gaze for the first time, deigning to meet his eyes, and curled his lips into a smile.

"You want revenge on me? Why don't you let me teach you how?"

Young Qi Wen's face went deathly pale, his thin lips pressed into a straight line. "Fine."

His voice sounded full of hatred, enough to make his teeth ache. Si Yu felt an even stronger itch in his heart.

*

Just as promised, Si Yu personally guided Qi Wen all the way to adulthood.

His first negotiation, his first scheme... and then Qi Wen was drugged after someone set him up, and Si Yu took him back to his private room.

Looking down at him from above, Si Yu spoke in a tone that brooked no argument. "I was the one who guided you through so many firsts in your life. This time, too, it should be me who takes the lead."

Qi Wen had grown into a man. He braced himself against Si Yu's waist, his gaze deep and unreadable. "Fine."

*

Si Yu had always believed Qi Wen had stayed by his side in order to take revenge. Once his revenge was complete, their little game would be over.

So Si Yu ended things cleanly and decisively.

He never expected the little puppy he'd raised to be an ungrateful wolf. Revenge wasn't enough: now he wanted to keep Si Yu by his side and humiliate him day after day.

Si Yu's slap grazed his face. "You little bastard, what else do you want?"

The silent man restrained his hands and bared his teeth, but instead of biting through Si Yu's carotid artery, he nuzzled the side of his neck, again and again.

"Uncle, this is the punishment you deserve. Just take it, okay?"

*Content warnings:

1. A sharp-tongued, nasty queen of a bottom x a brooding, twisted wolf-dog top. Happy ending.

2. The younger top is twelve years younger. The adult doesn't act like an adult, and the child doesn't act like a child. The apple doesn't fall far from the crooked tree.

3. The bottom used to only be the top. The top is a virgin.

4. Not for possessive fans or moral paragons.

5. The bottom is cold-hearted, nasty, and utterly self-centered, but incredibly beautiful. Even when he's being awful, he's beautiful.

6. The top will grow up and bite back, but he will always be at the bottom's feet.

7. The setting is entirely fictional, with an enormous amount of authorial worldbuilding. Everything serves the romance, so please don't apply real-world historical scrutiny.

Theme: Keep striving and press onward through adversity