Spoiled Rotten

(This novel will go premium on Wednesday, March 8. Three chapters will be released on the day it goes premium.) The Mu and Shen families made an arrangement years ago: Shen Yi was to marry the Mu family’s young master, Mu Xi. Mu Xi was still young, but his skin was pale and his manner distant. He was already seen by everyone as an untouchable beauty, someone to admire from afar but never touch. The dozen or so people Shen Yi had dated before had all climbed high and fawned over him desperately. He had never once stooped to please anyone around him. When he heard that the Mu family’s young master had been spoiled since childhood and was aloof by nature, never making an effort to please anyone, Shen Yi instinctively turned down the match. To his surprise, after Shen Yi rejected him, Shen Yi’s cousin Shen Ming, from the most prominent branch of the Shen family, took the initiative and proposed a marriage alliance to the Mu family. Shen Ming was known for being cold and unfeeling. Shen Yi’s family was not as well off as his uncle’s, and needed their help in many ways. After Shen Ming and Mu Xi got married, Shen Yi stayed away to avoid suspicion. He heard vaguely that his cousin, who was decisive and merciless in business, doted on his young husband terribly. At the family reunion over New Year, Mu Xi stood beside Shen Ming at the banquet. Slender and graceful, with soft eyes and a handsome face, he drew everyone’s gaze. They couldn’t look away. Shen Yi had only ever seen photos of him. Now that he was seeing the real thing, he regretted his decision so much he wished he could turn back time. After the banquet, he went to the garden of the old family home, hoping to run into Mu Xi. Beneath the hazy yellow streetlights, he saw his cousin pull Mu Xi into his arms and kiss him. “A lot of people were looking at you just now, including your former fiancé.” “But I only like you.” Mu Xi was young and frail. He couldn’t help coughing after the kiss, then gently straightened Shen Ming’s tie. “There were so many people. I had no idea which one was him.” Older man, seven-year age gap One-on-one romance. The leads have eyes only for each other. Shen Ming is the pursuer. Content warning: The pursuer is jealous, possessive, and domineering. Coming soon: Sick but Cute Feng Luo longed for his family’s affection, but his greedy family and beloved younger brother deceived him, and he died a miserable death. When he opened his eyes, he had returned to his teenage years. He had yet to graduate from school or endure all those hardships, and he still had ten years before his death. Obviously, Feng Luo should get his revenge. But Feng Luo looked at his frail body and thought about his circumstances. For a moment, he fell silent. Because of his striking looks, it wouldn’t be long before those vile, spoiled rich kids cornered him in his dorm and beat him up. Feng Luo came from an ordinary family, but had a bewitching face. The belle of several girls’ schools had come to the boys’ school to confess to him. Despite ranking near the bottom in physical fitness, Feng Luo still came first overall at the Imperial Military Academy. The second-generation rich kids at the academy had been unable to stand him for a long time. They waited until Feng Luo was alone and were about to throw a sack over him and beat him up, when they saw the Empire’s supreme emperor carrying Feng Luo into his dorm. “You sprain your ankle just going up and down the stairs. Feng Luo, can’t you survive without me?” Theme: There will always be something better waiting up ahead.