He Had His Memories Erased Before the Engagement

[Main story complete] Bonus chapters will drop at random~

Ming Yi differentiated as a beta.

After his differentiation period ended, everyone said his family hadn't given up on him because they planned to marry him into a wealthy family for an alliance.

But he fell in love with another alpha.

Sweet, but kept in the dark.

With the arranged marriage looming, he finally learned that the alpha didn't love him.

The man had even been willing to jump from a high-rise to find him, but the terrace was thick with frost. When dawn broke, all Ming Yi got was a recording of his boyfriend's heartless words:

"I never liked this beta, who was only meant for a family alliance. I wasn't going to elope with him, either. I was just playing around. Why would an alpha ever fall for a beta? But if you want us to break up, fine. I want that private island Ming's family owns offshore."

Fog swirled thickly outside the window. He stared blankly as two streams of tears ran down his face.

His older brother coldly shut off the recording.

"Now, are you marrying into the Huo family or not?"

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To help him move on with his life, his older brother arranged for him to have his memories erased.

He forgot that love, which had turned sour.

He successfully married into the Huo family and quickly took control of the household.

But at his husband's funeral, an uncle-in-law he'd never met suddenly embraced him in front of everyone.

What shocked Ming Yi even more was that this uncle-in-law, who had just returned from abroad, clung to him despite their never having met in person before. "Xiao Yi, I finally found you."

Only those close to him could call him Xiao Yi. Ming Yi's expression tightened as he irritably pushed the man away.

"Uncle, you're crossing a line."

We didn't know each other before.

And now, I'm your nephew's widower.

1. Ice-and-frost omega x fire-and-sulfur alpha

2. The alpha chases his spouse after a breakup; no switching love interests. The omega registers his marriage with the second male lead and they kiss, so don't read if that bothers you. The omega starts out as a beta and later differentiates into an omega. The characters are complicated, so don't read if that bothers you. There are plenty of scumbags in this story, plus family, romance, and friendship storylines, with scumbags showing up at random.

3. Enjoy reading!

Please add my next novel, Starvation Years in the Interstellar Era: Raising a Child and Farming, to your reading list~

Chu Qinhe, a graduate student in agricultural science, is suddenly struck by lightning in a rice paddy and dies on the spot. He wakes up in the future, utterly bewildered and starving, with a three-year-old curly-haired kid calling him "Papa"!

Chu Qinhe, who's been single for over twenty years: I'm doomed.

Even worse, he and the kid have been hungry for twelve hours and can only drink nutrient solution!

Chu Qinhe watches the little one refuse to drink the nutrient solution, then weighs him in his arms. The curly-haired toddler is shockingly skinny! After much hesitation, Chu Qinhe finally decides to put his expertise to work. Come on! Let's farm!

If I can't grow these seeds, my degree is worthless!

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Soon, viewers on the livestream platform discover a blogger unlike any other. On dark yellow soil, in neat, straight furrows, a young man wearing a battered straw hat sows seeds one by one.

Commenter: Move along. Here they are again, pushing fake seeds.

Commenter: If the land can't grow food, it would be better used for a mecha factory!

Chu Qinhe ignores them, busy feeding the kid and treating the plants.

He sprays different treatments for different rice diseases and adjusts the nutrient solution. Before long, green ears sprout from the land, their rice grains plump and full. The livestream that countless people had scorned quietly puts up a link:

[I've got more rice than I can eat. Click the link below for a chance to win one of three packages.]

Commenters: ?

A day later, commenters: Holy crap! The delivery really is rice!

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The interstellar era has suffered from famine and food shortages for ages. Even when seeds do grow, the crops mysteriously wither for all sorts of reasons. Then one day, they meet a "doctor" who can treat plants, and who even "examines" their plants during his farming livestreams!

"Tomato yellow leaf curl virus? Spray with moroxydine and imidacloprid."

"Cucumber downy mildew? Use fungicides such as thiophanate-methyl or carbendazim."

"Corn rust? Same as the cucumber."

Chu Qinhe glances at the pictures flashing by, scoops up the curly-haired kid, and takes off his straw hat to fan himself. "All right, that's it for today. I'm taking the kid home for dinner."

Millions of viewers lined up to learn: QAQ

1. Farming x treating plants x raising a kid x falling in love with the big shot next door

2. That's all for now. I'll add more if I think of anything.

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