A Life of Pleasure (Reborn)

[Sensitive, obsessive, seemingly gentle but secretly dark, devoted gong x gentle, insecure, quiet, limping shou]

[Love-struck gong / possessiveness / You're all I have left...]

Ling Can x Tan Tan

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Tan Tan was born with a disability. His parents abandoned him, and he lived alone.

He spent his youth lonely and insecure, with no one by his side, all the way through college graduation.

By chance, he heard that Ling Can, the most dazzlingly popular boy in his high school class,

had hanged himself at home. He was only twenty-three.

Stunned, Tan Tan decided to burn incense at his grave. But just as he reached the tombstone,

he opened his eyes and found himself inside a teddy bear.

Before he could take it all in, he saw Ling Can as a high school student, with his so-called "executive" father

pressing a pillow over his head, nearly killing him.

Tan Tan trembled in terror. In the blink of an eye, he was back in his own high school body.

The next day, he decided to ask Ling Can what had happened.

But the Ling Can who had been violent and gloomy the previous night now seemed like a different person. He was still the model student, chatting and laughing with everyone, as if nothing had happened.

Tan Tan was at a loss. So the person he had envied throughout his youth was someone he had never truly understood.

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Ling Can lived up to his name, presenting the most beautiful and dazzling image to outsiders.

Excellent grades, outstanding abilities, a gift for socializing, and a wealthy family.

No one knew his father liked to control him through violence.

Then one day, medicine, his favorite foods, solutions to difficult problems, and the flowers his late mother had loved most began mysteriously appearing on his desk.

It was as if someone in the world had suddenly come to understand him.

Later, when his father nearly strangled him to death,

the quietest classmate, the one who had difficulty getting around, knocked on his door.

He had never seen anyone so frantic on his behalf.

Liming, he shielded Ling Can with his own body and pulled him out of the abyss.

From that day on, Tan Tan was the only person left in his world...

A few notes:

1. The gong is a little yandere. Later, he can't quite accept the shou getting along well with other people, but then the shou gives him a much-needed personality-adjustment punch.

2. Includes school bullying. The shou gets bullied, while the gong and shou aren't close at the time. The gong is a bystander, since he's beaten every day and can barely look after himself.

3. Blurb written on April 11, 2026.

Theme: Clear away the haze and bring back the blue sky.