The Shameless Scum Gong Is Kneeling Again

[Read the content warnings before diving in] Xu Yao loved Gu Jinning for twenty years. He had been arrogant, a jerk, shameless, miserable, and pathetic, and had gone through the whole cycle of burning in the ashes of regret several times. At last, at thirty-five, he won Gu Jinning's heart and began living the blissful life of washing his wife's feet every day. When he occasionally talked about the long road of pursuing his wife, Xu Yao would say around a cigarette, "If I had to do it all over again, I might not have been able to stick it out." Yet on the night they officially registered their marriage, he woke up back in the past, at the scene of the first time he'd brought disaster upon himself. Back then, Xu Yao was at his most arrogant and obnoxious. Unable to accept being rejected after confessing his feelings, he'd cornered Gu Jinning in an alley and forced a kiss on him. Then he'd pulled out a wad of cash and flung it in Gu Jinning's face. "I like you, so you should be grateful. Don't push your luck." At that very moment, Xu Yao stood in front of Gu Jinning, whose lips were red from the kiss. Banknotes were scattered all over the ground, and beside them, his underling was filming the whole disaster. "Way to go, Brother Xu! Give him another kiss! Look at that girly little face!" Xu Yao: "..." Under Gu Jinning's icy stare, he dropped to his knees with a thump. His underling: "?" Huh??? A ridiculous, spoiled rich kid who's terrified of his wife x an exceptionally talented, top student who's as aloof as a mountain flower * An old-school, melodramatic pursuit-of-the-wife story, but not a conventional regret-and-redemption arc. * The gong went through the regret-and-redemption cycle in his previous life. Just enjoy the second round of chasing his wife. * The gong is an idiot at first, but he'll grow later on. * A story from the gong's perspective, but focused on the shou. * No extreme stan behavior, and don't bring personal attacks against the author into this. Harassing or acting crazy in the comments will get them deleted. Theme: We were reckless when young; in old age, we look back on a desolate past.