The Rich Family's Cannon Fodder Starts Fighting Back

Lu Ran is the unloved biological son of a wealthy family. He was lost at the age of four and eventually returned home, only to find that his family favored their adopted son, Shen Xingran. They ignored the way Shen Xingran made things difficult for him and even refused to reveal Lu Ran's identity so Shen Xingran wouldn't feel upset or embarrassed. At first, Lu Ran couldn't accept any of this and did everything he could to oppose the fake young master. In the end, though, the fake young master had people hold him down in a winter pond for hours, leaving him with joint damage at a young age. Every member of the Shen family saw what happened, but none of them cared. With his heart turned to ashes, Lu Ran stopped begging for his family's affection and resolutely left the wealthy household. But the Shen family and Shen Xingran still wouldn't leave him alone. They used every means to pressure him, forcing him to be grateful for the scraps the wealthy family tossed him, like a dog, and leaving him nowhere to hide. While fleeing from his family, Lu Ran got into a car accident. Paralyzed from head to toe, he was confined to a hospital room for ten whole years. Reborn, he learned that he was just a cannon-fodder side character in a novel about a wealthy family's beloved darling. The protagonist was none other than their adopted son, Shen Xingran. Suddenly, Lu Ran saw things clearly. Why keep running? If he couldn't have a good life, what right did the Shen family have to enjoy one? So he started going off the rails... His biased parents laid into him at the dinner table. Lu Ran kicked over all the food and slammed a pile of dog poop onto the table. "If you're not eating, then nobody gets to eat!" Some rich young masters tried to make things difficult for him. Lu Ran grabbed a toilet brush and shoved the bucket into one man's mouth. "If you don't want to act like a person, I'll give you something else to eat." The Shen family tried to kick him out. Lu Ran simply spread out a sleeping bag right in front of the Shen family gates. Come on, then. Let's see who can outlast whom. In no time, Lu Ran became the person no one in Jing City's wealthy circles dared to mess with. People wondered how someone with no one to rely on could dare to behave like this. Then, at a banquet, they saw the unloved young master nestled in the wheelchair of the Ji family patriarch. Ji Min, rumored to be gloomy and cold, carefully pulled the boy in his arms close. He gently covered the sleeping boy with a thin blanket to keep him warm. When some tactless person came over to greet them, the man immediately raised a finger to his lips, his gaze cold and stern. Everyone could only marvel that he must love Lu Ran to pieces. Little did they know that this cold, powerful, commanding disabled tycoon was thinking to himself: I finally managed to get him to sleep. Who could handle it if he woke up and started making a scene... [VIP Notice: This book will enter VIP status on Saturday, December 23, after chapters 23-33 are moved behind the paywall. If you've already read them, please don't buy them again. If you've added the book to your library but haven't read them yet, hurry and catch up. There will be three updates on the day it enters VIP status.] [One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins] [A story I wrote to unwind from the stress of real life] [No outline for the plot, just writing freely. Please read with care if that's not your thing.] [If anything about this story makes you uncomfortable, don't doubt yourself: it's definitely the author's fault.] [Serious upcoming works: The Scheming College Student, I Am Both the White Moonlight and the Vermilion Mole, The Entire Entertainment Industry Heard My Thoughts. Please visit my author page to add them to your library.] -- Blurb for the upcoming work The Scheming College Student -- Fu Xi first saw Chen Zhi on the basketball court. He had returned to his alma mater to give a lecture, and happened to arrive during the campus basketball tournament. So he stood at the sidelines and watched for a while. On the court, Chen Zhi dribbled past his opponents at speed, then pulled off a stylish reverse dunk despite being surrounded. The hoop swayed. The player who landed lightly had black hair and dark eyes, and looked almost too cool beneath the sun. As he turned to get back on defense, he lifted the hem of his undershirt to wipe away his sweat, revealing a glimpse of his pale, lean waist. Fu Xi felt a restless itch inside. That day, he waited outside the locker room and cornered the younger student, telling him he wanted to date. Chen Zhi gave him a cool glance and called him a lunatic. Fu Xi didn't get upset. He leaned against the locker room doorframe, smiling faintly as he watched the people inside change clothes. The player who had shone so freely on the court took off his uniform and put on a faded T-shirt. His sneakers were badly worn, too. Fu Xi had his assistant send over a pair of limited-edition sneakers. The next day, they were in the trash. Fu Xi's interest was thoroughly piqued. He decided to let this newly enrolled college student experience a few of the tricks adults could play. In the end, Fu Xi got what he wanted: Chen Zhi came to him of his own accord. The young man who had just started college was furious, his eyes full of resentment. He said, "I'll be with you, but don't ever think I'll love you." Fu Xi clicked his tongue, thinking, So innocent. So cute. The outcome just didn't go quite as expected. Early the next morning, President Fu lay clutching his lower back, lost in thought. Great men don't get hung up on the details. President Fu could live with that little discrepancy. He loved the defiant streak in Chen Zhi. Like a wild wolf that could never be tamed, baring its claws and fangs, ready to leap up and bite someone's throat out at the slightest mistake. And yet someone had seized him by his weakness, leaving him to struggle in frustration and obey. The fiercer, more resentful, and less willing Chen Zhi was, the more Fu Xi liked him. He never got tired of it. Until one day. Fu Xi went to an event and heard that the mysterious heir of the Chen family had returned to the country, so he went with a friend to say hello. The private room door was half open. Fu Xi looked up and saw his own destitute, forced-to-sell-himself, proud and stubborn little lover sitting in the seat of honor. The man on the sofa had his eyes half-lidded as he deftly toyed with an expensive lighter. He exuded the air of someone used to being in charge. Someone joked, "Young Master Chen, haven't you already won him over? Why are you still putting on an act?" "It's not enough." The young heir raised his eyes, filled with possessive obsession. "He has to look at me forever, chase after me forever, and belong to me forever." Fu Xi: "..." A sudden chill ran down his spine. Theme: Self-respect and self-love are what make others cherish you