Burning Wood to Keep the Daylight

[Critical comments are welcome, but please don't give unsolicited writing advice. Thanks for understanding.] In short: I rescue a kid from a garbage heap → take him home and raise him for fun → I die → the kid tells my corpse he loves me → I'm so terrified I almost come back to life → and then I really do come back to life → but he's twelve years older than me now and takes me home to raise me → well, I raised him for so long, can't I enjoy being kept for once? → not only does he refuse to keep me, he wants to kill me → damn it, is there no justice in this world? The long version: Gao Zhouyu is the only double-S-level Alpha in the entire Alliance. When accepting missions, he lives by three principles: don't take the initiative, don't refuse, and don't take responsibility. Well, maybe he takes a little responsibility. At least, he took home the little brat he rescued from a pile of bugs and raised him for a while. Lin Tingjing told Gao Zhouyu with a stern face: I'm not changing my surname, calling you Dad, or doing anything shady for you. Gao Zhouyu: That's a given. Don't call me Dad. We're not even related, and it'll make me sound old. Lin Tingjing: ... Before Gao Zhouyu could attend the eighteenth birthday of the cool, aloof Lin Tingjing, he was framed, sentenced to death by the Tribunal, and executed by firing squad. What he never expected was that Lin Tingjing would keep his body all that time. His soul drifted above the coffin. Through the transparent glass, he heard Lin Tingjing say to his corpse, "Gao Zhouyu... I love you. You shouldn't have died for such a ridiculous reason." He kissed Gao Zhouyu through the ice coffin. "Your life will continue on the other side of the universe. It will be a free life, one that belongs to you and is determined by your own will." And then Gao Zhouyu was reborn. He arrived in the fourth year after his death. He was twelve years old, with a face that looked just like his own when he was a child. Lin Tingjing saw Gao Zhouyu emerge from the slums, grabbed him by the collar, and asked, "Who are you?" "My name is Zhang San." "Zhang San?" He smiled and pulled out a gun. "I'll give you one more chance." Remembering Lin Tingjing's confession in his previous life, Gao Zhouyu decided to keep his identity a secret for now. "Fine, fine. Actually, I'm Gao Zhouyu's illegitimate son with an Omega." As expected, Lin Tingjing took him home. Gao Zhouyu thought he could enjoy a comfortable life being kept, but one day Lin Tingjing pointed a gun at his head and said, "That person said a biological son's blood is better." Gao Zhouyu froze. Huh? Lin Tingjing smiled. "For the sake of the most important person we have in common, you'll have to make this sacrifice." Gao Zhouyu called an emergency timeout. "Wait, wait, wait! Let's not rush to kill me! I'm Gao Zhouyu!!" Top: Gao Zhouyu x Lin Tingjing Alpha and Beta. (They might become an Omega after getting together, but I haven't decided yet.) A seemingly laid-back, irresponsible top who actually believes humanity's interests come before all else and puts the group ahead of himself, an incredibly capable controller x A cool, cocky bottom before the top's death, and a smiling, clever social chameleon afterward, who secretly gets gloomy and cries before bed whenever he thinks of the top. The bottom pursues the top first, and then they become mutually doting. In the bottom's heart, the top is his entire world. In the top's heart, the bottom will always be the one and only selfish desire in a life burdened by responsibility and the greater good. Theme: Persevere in something, and you will succeed.