The Frail Villain Has Given Up

Blurb:

Yan Lishu was born into lowly circumstances and was skilled at ingratiating himself. He schemed his entire life, finally reaching the top just when it seemed within his grasp.

Yet evil people never meet a good end. The protagonist eventually makes a dazzling entrance,

and everything Yan Lishu did was merely making a wedding dress for someone else.

After returning to the beginning, what schemes? What revenge?

Yan Lishu: Should I break this leg, or this one... If I end up with a bad leg, I can just eat and drink for free and wait to die, right?

Xiao Qian, a famous prince of a different surname in the capital, has crippled legs and a body riddled with illness. Cold-hearted and indifferent, he seems beyond the reach of anything in this world.

Until...

At a banquet, the youth, who looked even frailer than him, tried to push his wheelchair but couldn't. His eyes immediately turned red...

When they met again, the youth smiled innocently, then raised a stone and smashed it against his own leg...

Xiao Qian: That night must have affected him terribly. It was my fault, after all. I should protect him as best I can.

Later, Xiao Qian sat in his wheelchair, with the youth perched on his lap, looking up at him through tear-filled eyes,

Yan Lishu, who lazed his way to the top, sighed: There are no shortcuts in this world. But if you climb often enough, one will appear.

A seemingly docile and well-behaved bottom who occasionally goes off the rails, versus a paternal top with a sharp mind and a ruthless streak.

Together, they have: a height difference, an age gap, and a difference in build.

[PS: The top is not disabled. Neither of them is a good person. A fluffy, brainless story set in an imaginary world.]

Theme: Even when treading through mud, keep your heart turned toward the light