The Overlooked Beta

Qi Yunzhi was kidnapped and sold when he was three, and returned home at eighteen.

On his twenty-second birthday, his fiancé of three years accepted a love confession from his pretty Omega cousin.

Only because: "Omegas are fragile. You can't let him be humiliated in front of so many people."

"And you're just a Beta."

To cover up the scandal, he was sent to the frontier that very day, to take the fall at the coastal branch office.

As if things couldn't get worse, his car broke down on the highway, leaving him stranded at a service area.

Just when he thought his luck couldn't possibly get any worse,

he met the person in the world he was least likely to have anything to do with.

The Shen family's heir, top Alpha Shen Xiqiao.

A nationally adored superstar, fluent in four languages, and heir to a fortune worth billions.

Qi Yunzhi was a despised Beta, and he firmly believed that someone like Shen Xiqiao, the center of everyone's attention, would never stop for him.

Even when Shen Xiqiao relentlessly pursued him, he thought Shen Xiqiao was just treating him like a novelty toy.

Until a typhoon trapped them in the same suite.

The Alpha in heat had red-rimmed eyes, his sharp canine teeth pressed against Qi Yunzhi's neck as they remained locked in a long standoff.

He couldn't bring himself to bite.

*

Later, the little room was filled with the scent of pheromones that Qi Yunzhi couldn't smell.

The Alpha left him a complete mess, with a vivid, frightening bite mark on his neck. He was too weak even to get up.

*

The Qi family's despised Beta had returned.

Using the branch office as a stepping stone, he fought his way back to Ninghai and took control of the Qi family.

And at his side, driving his car, holding his umbrella, laying out his tableware, and watching him like he was the apple of his eye, was the very heir of the Shen family whom everyone feared and respected.

TIPS:

1. Sunny, bright Alpha Shen Xiqiao x a sickly, heartbroken Beta Qi Yunzhi. Older top, one-on-one.

2. A redemption story about the sun shining on the moon. The plot is a little melodramatic, but from the main story onward, it's one-on-one all the way, with both sides completely in love. The POV choices are purely for storytelling purposes. Two main characters. No breaking them up or reversing the pairing, please.

3. The career plot has little substance and is pretty silly, all in service of the romance. It's basically just the two of them going back and forth.

4. Differences from the original blurb: the sci-fi setting has been removed, as has the business-management plotline. There's less plot overall.

5. The bottom is incredibly, incredibly, incredibly stubborn, but the top is very direct. Basically, one person breaks into the other's home, while the other keeps pushing and pulling to the limit.

Coming Soon 1:

After Running Off with the Baby, I Got Entangled with a Brooding Tycoon

Possessive, gloomy top x aloof, wooden beauty bottom

At rising artist Qin Yanshu's first art exhibition after returning home, celebrities from all walks of life came flocking.

The pretty young artist stood at the end of the art gallery corridor. He rarely spoke, only nodding to each guest as they entered. His half-long hair fell along his temples, and he was so beautiful and ethereal that he looked like a work of art.

Suddenly, a toddler, barely two years old, stumbled over to Qin Yanshu's legs and called out in a clear little voice, "Mommy, you're back?"

The crowd erupted.

This was no ordinary child, but the young heir to Zhou Yu's fortune, the son of the wealthiest man in the country.

The reporters rushed over, cameras trained on Qin Yanshu as they asked, "Why does Mr. Zhou's son call you his mother? Did you trick Mr. Zhou and leave him three years ago? What is your relationship with Mr. Zhou?"

The sudden barrage of questions left Qin Yanshu at a loss. He stood frozen, nervously biting his lip. With the crowd between them, he couldn't see Zhou Yunian's face.

He lowered his head and murmured, "I don't know... No... We're not close..."

*

Zhou Yunian, the youngest head of the Zhou family in its history, was decisive and ruthless in business. His life had always gone smoothly, and he'd never suffered a loss.

The only stain on his life was his ex-wife, who had deceived him for two years, then left him alone with their child.

Everyone wondered what kind of person could have played Zhou Yunian. Surely they had to be a beautiful schemer, skilled in every trick.

But when that person finally appeared, everyone thought that while he was beautiful, he didn't seem like a schemer at all.

Even caught up in such a huge scandal, he kept to his routine, holding the same smile for every guest, saying nothing and responding to no one.

Only in a corner hidden from everyone's view, Zhou Yunian pinned Qin Yanshu against the wall. His rough fingertips brushed over Qin Yanshu's slender wrist as he asked in a low voice, "Why did you say we're not close?"

Qin Yanshu winced. The calm expression he'd worn all day cracked, and he weakly pushed at the man's shoulder. "We really aren't close..."

Zhou Yunian smiled. "Fine. We're not close, is that it? Baby, you'd better remember what you said today."

Qin Yanshu didn't quite understand what Zhou Yunian was telling him to wait for.

It wasn't until later, at the Zhou family's old home, that beneath an expensive silk velvet quilt, with sweat-dampened strands of hair framing the alluring red marks on his skin, Qin Yanshu bit down on his teeth as tears soaked his pillow.

Zhou Yunian held him from behind and bit his ear. "Are we close now?"

Theme: Live life as yourself, without being swept along by outside forces.