After the Timid One Came to His Senses

[Please bookmark my upcoming book, The Child Bride Runs Away While Pregnant!] [Blurb] 1. Everyone knew Lin Yusheng was Shen Huaizhou's little sidekick. He was timid and meek, and had been in love with Shen Huaizhou for eight years. In the end, his unrequited love became common knowledge. He liked Shen Huaizhou's air of nobility and his aloofness. When he was still an ugly duckling, Shen Huaizhou, the campus heartthrob, was the only one willing to be his friend. From their school days until they entered the workplace, Shen Huaizhou was hard-hearted and never stopped for anyone. Lin Yusheng kept telling himself that soon, soon, by next year he wouldn't love Shen Huaizhou anymore. But he could never let go. Until one day, by chance, he discovered that Shen Huaizhou was engaged. Behind a door, he heard Shen Huaizhou's fiancee coaxing him sweetly. "You know your little assistant likes you. Why haven't you replaced him?" Shen Huaizhou's voice remained cool and clear as jade. "He's just some insignificant nobody. Is he really worth getting jealous over?" Lin Yusheng's hand went slack, and the files scattered across the floor. 2. Shen Huaizhou was in a car accident. His fiancee fled in a panic, and only Lin Yusheng threw himself forward without hesitation. Covered in blood, he finally saw shock and emotion in Shen Huaizhou's eyes, but by then he was on the brink of death. Before he died, Lin Yusheng finally understood one thing: people who love someone unilaterally and cling desperately to them never get a happy ending. When he opened his eyes, Lin Yusheng had returned to his school days. Everything was just beginning, and he hadn't fallen for Shen Huaizhou yet. He cut off his outdated hairstyle, distanced himself from Shen Huaizhou, and began smiling at his classmates with the practiced warmth he had learned at work. He made more and more friends, and even the school bully was drawn to him and vowed to protect him. 4. The school bully kisses Lin Yusheng on the cheek in the classroom. Lin Yusheng covers his face, surprised and embarrassed, his eyes brimming with spring-like warmth. By the window, Shen Huaizhou's cup suddenly slips and shatters across the floor. His eyes are bloodshot as he stares fixedly at the two of them. But Lin Yusheng only glances at him once, then looks away. So coldly that it is as if he is looking at a complete stranger who has nothing to do with him. * Timid at first, then gentle and distant bottom x aloof, arrogant scumbag top * Both leads are reborn from the start, but the groveling doesn't begin right away. The top will regret things little by little. * Both are virgins, but the bottom will have intimate contact with the second male lead. * No changing the top. The scumbag top will have to grovel. [The comments were shut off because someone derailed the discussion and ruined the comments on the day the story got featured. They'd always been pretty harmonious, but then a sudden burst of aggressive language was too jarring. The author got angry and shut off the comments. (Looking back, I regret it. I should have argued back instead of shutting them off.) Before the comments were disabled, people criticized the plot and the author even though the blurb had already made the warning perfectly clear, from the very beginning! They still came in to make snide remarks and put all kinds of labels on the story. After the comments were shut off, they followed the author to other stories to insult them, escalating to personal attacks. What terrible manners.] [Upcoming: The Child Bride Runs Away While Pregnant] Jiang Qin was kept as a pampered canary in a wealthy family, growing up alongside the young master. As a child, he was his study companion; as an adult, he became his lover. Many people envied his status and how he entered a wealthy family without lifting a finger. But no one ever asked whether he wanted it. During the day, Jiang Qin had to follow the young master around, serving him tea and water. At night, the young master bullied him. Even when Jiang Qin cried until he was hoarse, the young master wouldn't let him go. He hated the way the young master kissed him, hated that his refusals were ignored. Most of all, he hated being treated like a plaything. But he was like a dodder vine, growing by clinging to the young master. Everything he had was given to him by the young master. Until one day, he discovered that the young master was considering a marriage alliance with someone else. * The housekeeper told him, "This is perfectly normal in our circle." "You need to learn how to get along with the lady of the house." "You mustn't argue with her, get jealous, or defy her, and you absolutely mustn't..." Jiang Qin interrupted her. "Do I still have to sleep with the young master?" The housekeeper choked, then replied uncertainly, "Of course." Jiang Qin thought it over and decided it was terribly unfair. So he ran away. * After escaping, Jiang Qin unexpectedly discovered that he was carrying a baby. He hid from place to place, clumsily learning how to raise a little one, suppress his pregnancy symptoms, and start living again. Little did he know the entire Shen family was tearing the world apart searching for him. Theme: People must first disgrace themselves before others disgrace them. Have self-respect and love yourself.