Living with My Fiancé's Nephew

Qiao Yuran refused to marry an old man for the sake of an alliance. His family kicked him out, canceled all his bank cards, and deliberately made things difficult for him, leaving him unable to find a job.

After many twists and turns, he found a place in a great location with cheap rent and meals, utilities, and water included. The catch was that he had to work part-time as the landlord's nude art model.

He had a reason he needed to stay in this city, and he had no better option at the moment. To bargain down the rent, he lied and said he'd been a nude model for years and had plenty of experience.

It wasn't long before he started to regret it. The poses the landlord asked him to strike always seemed suspicious. He didn't know whether such strange poses were normal in the industry, so he had to go along with them if he wanted to keep living there.

But there was another reason: beneath the landlord's black-rimmed glasses and heavy bangs was a face that made his heart dance.

As the engagement date drew closer, his father finally lost patience and searched for him everywhere. Qiao Yuran was usually careful whenever he went out, but he was still spotted by the bodyguards and dragged back home.

While he was kept under house arrest, his stepmother mocked him, saying he'd been born a money pit and was only useful for a marriage alliance. His younger brother hypocritically wished him happiness with the old man after their wedding.

To make a scene, on the day of the engagement banquet Qiao Yuran called the landlord and asked him to pretend to be his live-in boyfriend.

But as soon as he hung up, the landlord appeared at the venue in a suit and tie, then took the seat reserved for the old man.

The landlord held out a hand to him. "Why aren't you sitting down? Aren't you getting engaged?"

Note: 1. A timid young master who keeps trying to run away from his arranged marriage x a scheming big bad wolf who's been plotting for a long time. One-on-one, happy ending.

2. Unrequited love -> mutual devotion.

3. The bottom is a non-typical scaredy-cat. There will definitely be a family-reconciliation arc!

(2023.3.16)

Theme: You have to give it everything you've got at least once.