Synopsis
At nineteen, Su Yuming put on women’s clothes for the first time to work at a KTV, hoping to pay for his younger brother’s medical treatment and his own college tuition. He was assigned to a table full of young masters.
He’d heard that the bill for this table was more than he could dream of earning, even if his ancestors’ graves started smoking.
In the smoke- and alcohol-filled room, where people chatted and laughed, the supervisor handed him a tray of drinks and pointed to the person in the middle. "See him? He’s the young prince of the XX Group. A big deal."
That was the first time he met Cheng Xi.
The young man wore casual clothes. He was handsome and elegant, still quite young, and looked as if he had only just come of age. He flicked ash with an awkward air, cleared his throat, and looked Su Yuming up and down with raised brows. "How old are you?"
"Twenty."
Cheng Xi held a bottle of liquor that cost as much as three years of Su Yuming’s college tuition to his lips and put on airs as he delivered five words: "Want to come with me?"
Looking at the half-grown boy in front of him, pretending to be a big shot with that weird, stubborn adult act, Su Yuming couldn’t help bursting out laughing.
"Uh... sorry."
The room fell silent at once, as if a storm could break at any moment.
Just as Su Yuming realized he’d said the wrong thing and was definitely going to lose his pay, the boy finally blurted out:
"I... I’m going to report you..."
Su Yuming glanced at him. Seeing his wounded, reddening eyes, his pride clearly hurt, Su Yuming couldn’t help smiling as he said,
"Oh, I’m only working today. Also, I’m a man."
Then he left, leaving everyone behind to stare nervously at Cheng Xi, unsure what to do.
The young master Cheng had been humiliated and felt deeply insulted. He had never suffered such a grievance. If he didn’t get revenge, he’d be too ashamed to go on living!
He decided to find a chance to humiliate Su Yuming in return!
So he followed Su Yuming for a while...
Su Yuming continued living his miserable, difficult life and promptly forgot all about what had happened at the KTV.
Every day, he kept to the same routine, going back and forth between the hospital and home while working two jobs.
Until he saw that familiar young man standing silently in the shabby corridor outside his home, watching him.
"Are you here to humiliate me?" Su Yuming asked without surprise.
"Yeah." Cheng Xi looked down at the chilblains on Su Yuming’s hands, and forgot for a moment why he had come.
Su Yuming crouched on the ground and lit a cigarette, waiting for the cruel words to come. Instead, his hand suddenly felt cold.
"Hmph, your hands are a mess. You’ve never used this German-imported chilblain cream, have you?" Cheng Xi said smugly.
"What did you come here for, anyway?" Su Yuming snapped. He tried to pull his hand away, but Cheng Xi held on tight.
"I’ve figured it out. The best way to humiliate you is to marry you, make you spend my money, and make sure you can’t leave me."
Su Yuming was stunned. "Who taught you to say things like that?"
"My parents."
"..."
A beautiful, pale, unfortunate, cold, and scheming bottom x a tsundere, tantrum-throwing, childish puppy of a top who loves pretending to be an adult
One-on-one, mutually exclusive relationship, happy ending
(Original synopsis pending revision)
Theme: Fear no hardship and rise above adversity