Working as a Long-Term Servant for a Spoiled Young Master

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In his previous life, Fang Yu had ambitions reaching for the heavens. He followed his cousin out into the world and finally made something of himself, only to be exploited at every turn, abandoned by everyone, and left with his family destroyed and his life in ruins.

Given another life, he grew sick of the backstabbing and deceit of the pursuit of fame and fortune. He decided to settle down and live an ordinary life.

So he turned down his cousin's invitation to move to the city and chose instead to work as a hired hand in Jiang Tiancheng's household.

Jiang Tiancheng was the young master of the biggest landowning family in the village. He was handsome, but had a terrible reputation.

Fang Yu had disliked him in his previous life, too. But when Fang Yu died far from home, it was Jiang Tiancheng, passing by at just the right moment, who bought him a coffin and buried him.

In this life, Fang Yu wanted to repay that kindness.

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Fang Yu worked diligently for the Jiang family, making a success of farming and raising pigs. He was unfailingly courteous and considerate to Jiang Tiancheng, the young wastrel.

Having grown used to being despised for his bad reputation, Jiang Tiancheng initially thought Fang Yu was only sucking up to him. But later he discovered that Fang Yu not only stood up for him behind his back, but would even fight anyone who spoke ill of him.

After that, Jiang Tiancheng started looking at him differently.

Eventually, the once carefree Jiang Tiancheng settled down and began building a business. In the end, he went from being the foolish son of a landlord to a merchant whose wealth was second to none.

When Fang Yu decided he had repaid his debt and wanted to leave the Jiang household, Jiang Tiancheng blocked the doorway and asked, "Will you work for me for the rest of your life?"

Afraid Fang Yu might refuse, Jiang Tiancheng blushed and added, "The kind where we eat and live together, and share a bed."

Cunning, loyal guard dog gong x Proud, prickly shou

Next novel: Picking Up Trash and Finding an Imperial General

Restrained, fatherly gong x Softhearted puppy shou

1.

Duan Xuran makes his living picking through trash.

When he woke up in a dump in the slums, he couldn't remember anything except his own name.

A kind old man took him in, but soon died of an illness. Duan Xuran stayed behind and took over his "junk-picking business."

The Gamma System is a martial society. The Empire is even more obsessed with strength, and everyone dreams of being recruited into the military through sheer might and rising through the ranks.

Even the lowest-class scavengers love weapons, and often get into bloody fights over a busted gun.

Duan Xuran has no interest in any of that.

He only picks up things he likes the look of. If they can be sold, he sells them. If not, he tinkers with them and turns them into household items to decorate his ramshackle shed.

Bullet casings become wind chimes, gun barrels hold wildflowers, and a half-broken little robot becomes his pet, dragging one leg as it sings to welcome visitors at the door.

He's completely at odds with the Empire's brave and martial atmosphere.

The people in the slums laugh at him and call him "the little artist in the junk heap."

2.

They laugh, but Duan Xuran is still the envy of all the other interstellar scavengers.

He's small and a little slow, always half a beat behind everyone else, yet somehow he keeps stumbling into the best and most valuable finds.

...Until one day, in full view of everyone, he dragged a fool home.

The fool was tall, strong, and devastatingly handsome, but so what?

He couldn't speak or read, needed to be fed and given water, and smashed all the things the silly scavenger had collected.

He was worse than a dog. At least a dog could guard the door after eating!

Duan Xuran's rivals all laughed with relief: "So even you can make a dumb decision!"

Later, the whole district was caught up in a massive brawl. Everyone fled for their lives, crying for their mothers and fathers.

Only Duan Xuran's fool took on an entire army all by himself.

Looking at Duan Xuran's home, the only place in the whole district left completely unscathed, everyone shed envious tears: "You really are the best at finding things!"

3.

Mu Xiao, the most lethal humanoid weapon in the entire Empire.

General Mu was of noble birth, a valiant fighter, and famed for his iron-fisted methods. Revered by all and rarely seen, he was so distinguished that even the emperor treated him with deference.

But recently, he had gone missing.

Rumors spread, and some even claimed to have seen him in the slums.

What's more, it seemed he had suffered brain damage. He was actually being scolded by the ear by some poor kid in a junkyard!

When the rumors reached the capital, Mu Xiao's enemies refused to believe them.

With someone like Mu Xiao, anyone who tried to grab him by the ear would lose their hand before it even touched his sleeve.

This had to be a plot by the Mu family!

Only Mu Xiao's adjutant trembled as he wept into his communicator in the dead of night: "General, when are you finally going to win over your beloved?!"

4.

When Duan Xuran confessed his feelings, Mu Xiao once declared with absolute certainty, "Love is the most useless thing in the world."

Later, it was Mu Xiao saying, "Xuran, don't kick me out. I only want to be your fool for the rest of my life."

Theme: Face life with determination, meet challenges head-on, and you'll eventually realize your dreams.