There's a Lovely Flower at Home!

[Irregular Updates] [Older Man Dotes on His Wife, 100k-Character Sweet Romance]

☆ A spoiled, sickly beauty X a powerful, devoted wife-doter

Mi Jiu, a young master born frail and raised in luxury, receives a "grand gift" on the day of his eighteenth birthday: his family goes bankrupt, and he is sent to marry into the Shao family like a piece of property.

He hears that it was Shao Luhui, the head of the Shao family, who personally chose him.

Everyone speaks of Shao Luhui with awe. Though still young, he has already risen to a high position. He usually wears gold-rimmed glasses, and his shirt collar is always buttoned to the very top, giving him an air of refined elegance. But everyone knows he is ruthless and decisive, and that he has no patience for people who make a fuss.

Mi Jiu feels no affection for this marriage partner, who is a full ten years older than him, so he decides to be as troublesome as possible for the duration of their agreement.

He wants someone to feed him his medicine and keep him company when he gets injections. If he gets tired from walking, he wants to be carried.

When his stomach hurts, he wants it rubbed; when his hand aches, he wants it massaged. And when he is in a bad mood, he wants to be coaxed.

Mi Jiu assumes Shao Luhui will soon grow so annoyed with him that he will end their agreement early. But to his surprise, the dignified Mr. Shao accepts every one of his antics, and even grows more and more adept at looking after him...

Yet the man is nothing like the terrifying, cold-hearted figure of the rumors. Instead, he is always gentle and courteous, and strictly follows the agreement's rules about intimate behavior, never crossing the line even a little.

Gradually, Mi Jiu lets down his guard completely around Shao Luhui, treating him as an elder he can rely on. He has long since grown used to acting cute with him.

Then, three months later, the agreement expires and college begins. Though Mi Jiu is reluctant to part, he still decides to live in the school dormitory.

As always, Shao Luhui indulgently answers, "All right," as if he does not mind at all.

Who could have guessed that the next day, one moment Mi Jiu is being confessed to downstairs from the dormitory, and the next, a familiar grip closes around his wrist?

The man, at last shedding his gentle facade, pulls Mi Jiu firmly into his arms. His voice is low and almost pleading, but his eyes are unmistakably full of possessive intent. "Baby, will you let me keep taking care of you? Sign a lifetime agreement, the kind where I give you everything I have in return for looking after you."

Mi Jiu: "!" I thought you were my uncle, but you thought of me as your real wife!

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Later, the Shao family hosts a banquet attended by a crowd of guests.

Everyone is waiting to see Mi Jiu grovel and fawn over Shao Luhui, but at the table, Shao Luhui keeps refilling Mi Jiu's water and putting food on his plate, even personally massaging his waist.

Someone even hears Mi Jiu whisper to Shao Luhui in a coquettish voice, "If you go that hard again tonight, you're sleeping in the study!"

Everyone: "!!!"

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Shao Luhui has a secret:

He has been reborn from six years in the future.

In his previous life, Mi Jiu had already weathered countless hardships and was close to breaking before he ever met Shao Luhui. Even though Shao Luhui gave it everything he had, he still could not stop Mi Jiu from withering away.

Lucky enough to be reborn, he finds that Mi Jiu is only eighteen now, still like a flower yet to bloom, delicate and soft, and very naive.

So the first thing Shao Luhui does after being reborn is lay bait and lure Mi Jiu back home.

He shelters him from the storms and lets him bloom freely, while also bowing to him in submission and gently claiming him.

[Sweet and doting romance / Everyday love story / One-on-one, both virgins in both lives / The pursuer is reborn from the start / Ten-year age gap / The pursued has poor health and is often sickly]

[I ran out of inspiration for the original blurb, so I replaced it with this one. Bows.]

Theme: Even in adversity, flowers can still bloom.