The Cool Bottom and the Sweet Top

The Yue family's third young master, Yue Yuanting, was pampered and spoiled from childhood, never having to lift a finger. As a child, he got an island for his birthday. As an adult, he cruised around Las Vegas in a stretch limo and helicopter.

He had just returned from Harvard with his PhD, and his whole family eagerly awaited his success in business. Instead, Yue Yuanting turned around and disappeared into a shabby little town that wasn't even on the map.

Then he started waiting tables at a barbecue restaurant.

His family was furious. They chased after him to the shabby little town and saw with their own eyes...

Yue Yuanting sitting in the back of a tricycle, swaying enthusiastically to its rhythm. Every so often, he reached out to grope the masked man in black pedaling in front. "You know my family went bankrupt. I don't have many ways to entertain myself."

His family: ?

Then they saw Yue Yuanting get off work at the barbecue restaurant at three in the morning and walk home with the masked man. The streetlights stretched their shadows out behind them.

Yue Yuanting cautiously reached for the man's hand. "No one's around. Let me hold it. I'll make you a late-night snack when we get back: beef brisket noodles in golden broth, with a fried egg that's runny on one side, sprinkled with scallions and cilantro. I might have to make a living with my cooking someday. Will you think I'm useless?"

His family: ?

So the little fox really had some tricks! They'd give him five million and tell him to leave the third young master!

Then they saw the "little fox" calmly take off his jacket, wrap it around his right hand, turn around, and punch a tree so hard it snapped in half.

The little fox: "Say that again?"

Yue Yuanting clapped like a seal. "My wife's amazing!"

Leng Yu's brief career as a "top private bodyguard," after ten months of training and two hours on the job, came to an abrupt end.

His organization dumped him in a shabby little town that wasn't even on the map in a delivery van in the middle of the night, and even injured his face in the process.

Since he was already there, Leng Yu made the best of it. He did well at the several jobs he picked up in the shabby little town, until one day his tricycle crashed into a former little shit of a rich young master.

It's complicated. Basically, after raising a pampered, slightly dim-witted husky from a helpless little pup, Leng Yu suddenly found out that it was actually a wolf, and a pure-gold, diamond-encrusted one at that. He couldn't guarantee he wouldn't want to kill him.

But... he couldn't exactly murder his own husband.

Cool on the outside, warm within / stubborn but softhearted / full-level slacker / unlucky soldier / (formerly) straight bottom

Master of a thousand schemes / clingy suitor / shamelessly chases his love / (supposedly) down-and-out prince top

One-on-one, both pure, one-year age gap, happy ending

Reader's guide and cautions:

1. The top has a hard time pursuing the bottom early on. The bottom is a little dummy who can't say what he feels and can only quietly return the favor, so the top may seem rather pathetic or shamelessly persistent. (But in my opinion, the bottom is always very doting on him. He just won't admit it.) If you feel very sorry for the top and can't stand seeing him suffer, this might not be for you.

2. The bottom is just an ordinary person. He knows who he loves and hates, and he isn't saintly. In fact, he's a little gloomy and world-weary. If you can't accept that, this might not be for you either.

3. The top is taller than the bottom, but he can't beat him in a fight. (He really can't, even if the bottom doesn't go easy on him.)

4. I'll add anything else if I think of it. Overall, it's a sweet story, with no scumbags or nasty characters and no convoluted plot. The main goal is to relax and enjoy the sweetness.

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"Urgently Seeking a Potion to Make Someone Mute"

Man Xinghe (bottom): Aloof beauty, only at work / sharp-tongued champion, unlocked after work / single by virtue of his own abilities / never initiates, never rejects, never takes responsibility / specializes in dealing with all kinds of hapless fools

Yuan Ye (top): Master of wild imaginings / unrequited-love disaster / man whose rose-colored glasses shattered / searching for his lost moonlight / urgently seeking a potion to make someone mute / worships the ground his love walks on

#Whoever falls first is a dog

#Also known as: The Case of the Fake Aloof Beauty, Why Your First Love Can Only Live in Your Memories, Don't Fall for an Aloof Beauty or You'll Be Miserable

Man Xinghe: I'm a cultural relic restorer. Cool and refined at work, sharp-tongued off the clock, and single since birth. My life goal is simple: marry a beautiful wife and enjoy a peaceful life.

Then I filled out a form incorrectly, and the System forcibly assigned me a one-meter-ninety-tall man who flies a beat-up helicopter.

He said he fell in love with me at first sight, that he'd waited three years to finally trick me into his arms, and that I was his aloof beauty.

I said, "Are you sure? Because if you are, I'm going to open my mouth and speak."

Yuan Ye: I'm a helicopter pilot. I spent two years waiting in the assignment pool for that one person.

Three years ago, I caught a glimpse of him in a cultural relic restoration studio. He was as quiet as an ink painting, and I remembered him for three whole years.

Three years later, I finally tricked him into my arms.

I was overjoyed. I was lovestruck.

Then he started talking.

...Where can I buy a potion to make someone mute? Urgent. Waiting online.

Man Xinghe: I'm an unlucky guy forced to quit and go solo after my workplace ran out of funding. My studio is in an urban village and costs 800 a month in rent. I restore family trees, mend old paintings, and argue with clients.

He put a bank card on my shoe cabinet. The PIN was my birthday. I said I'd count it as an investment and pay him back later.

Whoever falls first is a dog. Woof.

Yuan Ye: I'm an only child in a miserable situation. After my chairman grandfather died, my uncle sidelined me and my cousins ganged up on me.

I won every little battle, but my uncle still had more money, more people, and more connections.

My uncle had a good eye. He lent me 500,000 to invest in his studio.

Whoever falls first is a dog. Woof.

Theme: Never give up hope