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Xu Le is an illegitimate son. After his mother dies, his biological father brings him back to the Xia family and renames him Xia Le.
At first, he nervously and excitedly looks forward to a new family and a new life.
Later, Xia Le understands that his new family neither wants him there nor can stand his presence.
Xia Le starts living timidly, never competing or fighting for anything, except for... the boy who always looks at him with smiling eyes.
Xia Le falls in love with Yu Xing, and luckily, Yu Xing falls in love with him too.
Their relationship lasts from high school through college.
Even though things are bad at home, as long as Yu Xing is there, Xia Le has somewhere he can call his own.
On graduation day, Xia Le happily carries flowers and a ring, planning to propose while Yu Xing is having his picture taken. But as he quietly approaches, he sees a scene that chills him to the bone.
Yu Xing is kissing his younger brother with abandon.
For the first time, Xia Le feels his blood run cold and rage cloud his mind. He charges forward without thinking!
When he comes to, he has injured his younger brother. Xia Le is kicked out of the Xia family and spends the next six months drifting aimlessly in bars.
Just as Xia Le is preparing to start over, he is diagnosed with the same stomach cancer his mother had.
With a bottle of liquor in hand, Xia Le dies silently on the day Yu Xing marries his younger brother.
Xia Le is reborn in the body of a chubby boy who died young in an accident during his school days.
The boy is called Si Mingxu, the child of a nouveau riche family. He always gives off a tacky air, and nobody wants to be his friend except for his former self.
The other version of himself: kind and timid.
Si Mingxu hates who he was at this age: clueless, foolish, and naive.
So he treats Xia Le the way Si Mingxu did in his previous life, ignoring him when he comes close and often staring at him with an infuriating look of disdain.
Only then does Si Mingxu realize that his past self had another trait besides being a naive sweetheart: he was stubborn and hard to shake off.
Filthy from head to toe, Xia Le suppresses his fear, forces a bright smile, and waves his soft, chubby fists as he stands in front of Si Mingxu. "I-I'll help you chase them away!"
The next second, Si Mingxu impatiently pulls him aside and speaks in a cold voice.
"You little dummy, you'd better stay behind me."
* Main character is the top, school-days body swap with himself
* The original synopsis was written on June 30, 2022, and a screenshot has been saved
* The cover for this upcoming novel is from the Bishui Forum, with non-exclusive permission
Theme: Face difficulties without fear and keep moving forward
