After Picking Up a Pitiful Substitute Boyfriend

A seemingly innocent beauty who schemes for himself, gong x a CEO convinced he's straight, shou Jiang Yun awakens to his own identity and discovers that he's the unrequited love of the scum gong in a melodramatic substitute-lover novel. In the original story, the substitute shou dies unexpectedly at the end. The scum gong comes to his senses and, in his fury, drags everyone down with him, ultimately bringing about the downfall of the Jiang family. Jiang Yun, a plot device who hasn't done anything: ...Hello? Is something wrong? - Jiang Yun decides to stay away from the characters in the original story, but then he meets Sheng Zhao, the substitute shou, before the scum gong has brought him home. Sheng Zhao is still in high school. With his small, pale, delicate face, he cowers in a corner as a gang of thugs corners him in an alley and extorts money from him. On impulse, Jiang Yun takes him home. Looking at the pretty, pitiful boy, so obedient, such a great cook, and holding on to his sleeve as he calls him "Big Brother," Jiang Yun's heart softens. What's the big deal about taking in a kid? Besides, he's a precious student preparing for the college entrance exam! Nothing matters more than a kid's college entrance exam! As he curses the scum gong in his heart, he comforts Sheng Zhao. "Be good. From now on, Big Brother's here. No one will dare bully you." Sheng Zhao obediently agrees, his eyes glistening like a puppy's. The day the scum gong falls in love with Sheng Zhao at first sight and plans to use the gambling debts of Sheng Zhao's father to force him into marriage, Jiang Yun kicks open the office door and punches the scum gong in the face. "I've recorded everything. Take it up with my lawyer, you sick pervert!" He turns and hugs the startled Sheng Zhao, feeling relieved. At last, no one will get in the way of the kid's college entrance exam! He doesn't notice Sheng Zhao's body stiffening and back arching at the faint citrus scent wafting over him, his snowy face turning bright red. - Sheng Zhao had thought the man who'd inexplicably taken him home was just like everyone else, lusting after his looks. His father gambled, and his mother was seriously ill. Sheng Zhao had been prepared to sacrifice himself. But Jiang Yun dealt with his parasitic, gambling-addicted father, covered his mother's medical expenses, found him the best private tutor to help with his studies, and even made sure he was cared for at every meal. After doing all that, he never laid a finger on him. But Jiang Yun definitely liked him. As Sheng Zhao thought this, his little face flushed pink. Who could have guessed that the day Sheng Zhao came of age and offered himself as a present, climbing into Jiang Zhao's bed, Jiang Zhao would panic and flee in a crawling scramble? Sheng Zhao: "...?" *Younger top, sweet romance, 1v1 HE *The gong is the substitute shou from the original story, but has no intimate relationship with the original story's scum gong *There will be a bittersweet arc later. The shou has always believed he's completely straight and will need time to change his perspective. Theme: Grow toward the sun, and all things hold promise