The Powerful Tycoon's Spoiled Brat

[Please add my next novel, The Most Hated One Reborn as a Little Kid, to your collection~] When Ying Cen was twenty, his parents died in an accident. The warm little world they had carefully built for him all these years collapsed in an instant, and only then did Ying Cen realize that he had long been surrounded by wolves. A rose raised in a greenhouse, suddenly stripped of its thorns, could only be trampled underfoot. To save the company, he had no choice but to ask an old friend of his late father's for help. Who knew the man would abandon his usual kindness and say, "Spend a night with me, Cen Cen, and I'll help you. How does that sound? I've liked you for a long time." Ying Cen had always been pampered and cherished. How could he endure such humiliation? He immediately smashed a wine bottle over the man's head. The man flew into a rage and swore he would make Ying Cen pay, leaving him on the streets within a week. Yet a week later, Ying Cen was not only safe and sound in the Ying family's villa, but had also taken firm control of the company. Looking at his late father's old friend, Ying Cen shot back, "Uncle, who did you say would be on the streets within a week?" - Everyone said the man from the Huo family was always indifferent, neither coveting power nor beauty, as if nothing in this world could catch his eye. Yet he fell for the young master of the Ying family twice. The first time was on the young master's nineteenth birthday, when Huo Zhangbai gave him an emerald worth tens of millions as a gift. But young Master Ying tossed the gemstones into a nearby swimming pool one by one, as if they were pebbles. With an innocent yet cruel smile, he asked, "Uncle Huo, are you trying to rob the cradle?" Everyone present was aghast, and the Ying parents immediately tried to apologize. Huo Zhangbai merely smiled as if it were nothing and didn't make an issue of it. Later, when the Ying family fell from grace, their once-spoiled, willful young master was bullied until he ended up on the streets. The Huo family was the only one willing to take him in. Everyone thought Huo Zhangbai would seize the chance to teach the arrogant young man a lesson. Instead, he stepped in once again and shielded the young man behind him. Only then did everyone realize that the man from the Huo family had fallen for the young master of the Ying family all over again. - When Huo Zhangbai heard that the Ying family was in trouble and that Ying Cen had been bullied onto the streets, he really did think about letting the young man suffer a little and toughening him up. But that evening, the housekeeper said, "The young master of the Ying family is outside. He wants to see you." Huo Zhangbai pondered for a long while, but in the end, he told the housekeeper to let him in. On such a cold day, the young man wore only a thin white shirt, its collar slightly open to reveal a familiar-looking emerald. His hair was damp, and snow rested on his shoulders. The snowflakes on his eyelashes melted into droplets that trembled with his every movement. The boy had lost his usual arrogance. His beautiful eyes gazed at Huo Zhangbai, brimming with tears, like an innocent little deer. He called out pitifully, "Uncle Huo." Huo Zhangbai looked at him. He knew the young man's obedient act was just a performance, but after spending day after day together, he still couldn't stop himself from falling for him. [Apology: The original cover was a template purchased from an artist on November 4, 2022. I didn't know it was an AI-generated cover. The purchase record is on Weibo. The cover has been replaced.] - Synopsis for my next novel, The Most Hated One Reborn as a Little Kid~ Ming Yu seemed to have been disliked from the moment he was born. He came into the world the year his parents' relationship fell apart, and was handed over to a nanny as soon as he was born. He had an outstanding older brother who excelled at everything, and a younger sister born after his parents reconciled. He was the only one who didn't belong. The only person who was kind to him seemed to be the neighbor who grew up with him. But on the day he turned eighteen, just as he was about to confess to his neighbor's older brother, he discovered that the only reason the older brother had been so kind to him was to get close to his own brother. Ming Yu fell silent for a long time, then crushed the gift in his hand. To hell with this world. Before he could even recover from his grief, he got into a car accident on the way home. When he opened his eyes again, he discovered that he had returned to the age of three. Remembering his miserable life in his previous life, Ming Yu had no desire to go through it all over again. So he packed his things, slung his Mickey Mouse backpack over his shoulders, and ran away from home. But as soon as he got out, a group of six-year-olds snatched his backpack and the snacks inside. Forced to go hungry all day, Ming Yu refused to accept that his first day running away from home should end in failure. So he sat by the roadside and thought about it all day. Finally, he looked at the elite school across the street and decided to fake an accident. - The dismissal bell rang at Imperial Capital Elementary School. The school gate was bustling with people, and luxury cars filled the street. Bo Lin walked out of the school and headed straight for the most expensive Rolls-Royce by the gate. The driver came over to take his backpack and open the car door for him. Bo Lin was about to get in when a small figure suddenly came flying toward him. Before he could react, it had fallen at his feet. Bo Lin looked down and saw a cherub-faced little boy gazing up at him with tear-filled eyes. "Big brother, could you spare me a bite to eat?" - Bo Lin hated children, until he met Ming Yu at the school gate when he was six. From then on, he took Ming Yu wherever he went. They were inseparable for more than a decade. Everyone said Bo Lin had been cold-blooded and callous since childhood, moody and unwilling to let others get close. Yet on Bo Lin's twentieth birthday, everyone saw him gently gather the drunken young man from the banquet into his arms. Only then did they realize that the little tagalong behind the Bo family's heir was Bo Lin's whole world. 1. The top dotes on the bottom / turns a straight man gay 2. One-sided crush Theme: Even at rock bottom, don't give up.