The Pearl Never Saw It Coming [Reborn]

In his previous life, Qiu Baozhu was useless. After his family went bankrupt, Wei Shu, who had suddenly risen to power, kept him like a dog, controlling and caring for him. Baozhu was timid and submissive. If Wei Shu wanted to control him, then so be it. He didn't dare say anything, not until Wei Shu put a pair of shackles on his ankles. “Wei Shu...” “Baozhu, I'm doing this for your own good. This world is dangerous.” Taking advantage of the crowd at Wei Shu's birthday party, Baozhu coaxed him into handing over the key with a birthday cake, then ran away. He ran and cried at the same time. He didn't want Wei Shu to lock him up at home. He didn't like Wei Shu forcing him to eat things that were good for his health. He didn't like wearing clothes in Wei Shu's favorite styles. He didn't like being with Wei Shu. Even if Wei Shu scoured the world for precious jewelry to add to his collection, Baozhu still didn't like him. Baozhu wanted to be free. While fleeing, Baozhu was hit squarely by a truck. When he opened his eyes again, he was reborn. He was back at seventeen, before his family went bankrupt, when Wei Shu was still a poor student. They weren't close yet, either. The turning point in their relationship came one afternoon, when debt collectors surrounded Wei Shu and beat him up. In his previous life, Baozhu couldn't stand by and watch, so he stepped in to help... The same people gathered to fight at the same time and place. Baozhu didn't help. He only watched from the sidelines. Wei Shu was taciturn, but his attacks were vicious, nothing like those of a high school student. There were simply too many opponents, and Wei Shu was clearly at a disadvantage. He was getting beaten badly. Baozhu didn't help. He just made an anonymous call to the police. The next day, Wei Shu came looking for Baozhu. “Qiu Baozhu, did you call the police?” Baozhu turned pale with fright. Had he... had he been found out? But Wei Shu's next words were: “Mind your own business.” Baozhu's face flushed red. He was mortified. Wei Shu had never spoken to him like that in his previous life. No matter how angry Wei Shu got, he would only call him Baozhu in a gentle voice. Baozhu. How... how could he talk to him like that? - This time around, Baozhu's family didn't go bankrupt. That was good. But now came the bad news: Wei Shu had fallen for him again. Baozhu rejected Wei Shu and packed his bags, preparing to run away. Given Wei Shu's personality, if Baozhu disobeyed him, he would definitely lock him up again! But after the rejection, nothing happened. Wei Shu even kept his distance from Baozhu. Baozhu was dumbfounded, then felt aggrieved. “How could this happen...” An all-white, utterly naive and soft-hearted sweetheart uke x a cool, powerful seme with an almost pathological need for control * Both are reborn. The seme really is extremely controlling. The previous life includes a little forced love. * The uke is genuinely a naive sweetheart, in the best sense. * They won't break up, switch roles, or go their separate ways. They'll make up and get back together. Next up: My Real Brother Is Back, So What About Me? A dark-hearted, spoiled brat uke x an older, fatherly seme Blurb: Tai Mi had done a lot of things that made people dislike him. He bullied his oldest brother and drove away his girlfriend. He bullied his second brother, burned his green hair with a lighter, and forced him to watch horror movies. He talked back to teachers and bullied his classmates, too. But everyone liked him, and he thought they really did. That was until his parents brought home a boy his age, followed by a group of shabby, timid middle-aged men and women. “Tai Mi, this is your little brother. Call him Little Brother.” “Tai Mi, these are your biological parents. Call them Mom and Dad.” Amid the laughter and celebration, and Tai Mi's screams and sobs, he was dragged off to a dilapidated house full of mold and rats. This was Tai Mi's real life: no South Australian pearls or North American diamonds, just a cold, decrepit house and leftovers that were always reheated and never seemed to run out... Tai Mi took the chance to run back to his old home. They were celebrating the birthday of their new biological child. Everyone ignored him. The housekeeper gave him a piece of cake and told him to take care. As Tai Mi stuffed the cake into his pocket, he said to his eldest brother, who had followed him, “I hate you all! I hate you!” Tai Mi couldn't adjust to his new life, or to his new school and teachers, even though he was trying very hard. He finally broke down and rushed into his eldest brother's company. “You don't have a girlfriend. Let me be your girlfriend.” His eldest brother was unmoved. Tai Mi kept crying. At last, his eldest brother wavered. He sighed, sounding helpless, but his gaze was stern. “Tai Mi, being my lover is different from being my little brother.” “Different how?” “I'm going to kiss you and fuck you. Are you sure?” Theme: If freedom is at stake, everything else can be cast aside.