Childhood Friends, Once Again

Preorder: Roses After Tomorrow, blurb below

This story is also known as DIY Wife. Blurb:

"Mom, I see other families have younger brothers and sisters to play with. Can I have one too?"

Wen Yijian's mother had a difficult labor when she gave birth to him and was unable to have any more children afterward, so she doted on him immensely.

These innocent, thoughtless words really did come true.

Qi Yu was personally chosen by Wen Yijian. The orphanage director was more than happy to send Qi Yu to the Wen family, since they could provide a large sum of money.

From that day on, Qi Yu had nothing more to do with the orphanage. He became Wen Yijian's little brother, and his alone.

Wen Yijian loved the little brother he had chosen, and insisted on personally taking charge of and overseeing every little thing.

They went to the same school, shared the same friends, and Wen Yijian cultivated Qi Yu's unique love of music. Everything was done according to Wen Yijian's tastes.

Qi Yu was like a puppet in Wen Yijian's hands, every detail carved by him, until he grew into exactly the person Wen Yijian liked best.

Possessive, fatherly gong × sweet and gentle, but no pushover, shou

P.S. Includes a side couple (Zhuang Cheng'an × Qi Ge). Enter with caution if that's not your thing.

Preorder blurb:

Cheng Yuqing and Gu Yan first met on a rainy day. Cheng Yuqing was working at a convenience store, while Gu Yan was a customer who came in to buy an umbrella.

The second time they met, Cheng Yuqing was in Gu Yan's bed, a "gift" someone had carefully dressed up and sent over.

Gu Yan was a well-known figure in the capital's elite circles, an absolute authority in business. Countless people wanted to get on his good side, but he was difficult to approach and impossible to sway.

Somehow, word got around that Gu Yan liked pretty boys.

Cheng Yuqing, a good-looking university student who worked his way through school, had no relatives besides a gravely ill grandmother, and was desperately short of money. He became one of the gifts.

More than one person was sent to Gu Yan, but he chose only Cheng Yuqing.

Perhaps that rain had been too lonely. At first glance, Gu Yan had noticed Cheng Yuqing huddled in a little corner of the convenience store, eating oden.

He thought the young man looked so innocent. He was sure playing with him in bed would be a unique pleasure.

The third time they met, Cheng Yuqing moved into one of Gu Yan's houses.

Gu Yan mostly came to see him for that sort of thing. Cheng Yuqing wasn't comfortable with it, but for his grandmother's sake, he gritted his teeth and went along.

As time passed, Gu Yan visited more and more often, until eventually they even began living together.

Gu Yan couldn't understand how a little toy he'd brought home had become the cinnabar mark on his heart that he could never erase.

And from his inexperienced youth to adulthood, Cheng Yuqing had blossomed under Gu Yan's care.

Some roses grow that way naturally, but Cheng Yuqing was a rose Gu Yan cultivated after the fact. He poured into him an immeasurable amount of love, until he bloomed more brilliantly than anyone else.

Theme: Answer love with love