At twenty-three, Xiaxia was worked to death on a construction site, his hands covered in blood blisters and his body reduced to skin and bone.
When he opened his eyes, he was back twenty years in the past. He thought his biological father would beat him until his bones broke, just like in his previous life, leaving him with a permanent limp...
He never expected someone to burst through the door and kick his biological father so hard he was embedded in the wall.
The man smiled faintly. "Hah. How dare a mere piece of trash lay a hand on my nephew?"
Xiaxia: ...?
His uncle, who was getting dragged through the mud all over the internet, took Xiaxia home. That's when Xiaxia learned he was actually a rich family's little darling!
After more than twenty years of hardship, Xiaxia decided to lie flat and become an adorable, blissfully empty-headed little rich kid who did nothing but laze around.
Kindergarten? Don't wanna go~
Extracurricular classes? Not interested~
A reality show about kids? What's that? Waaah, I don't wanna go! Didn't you promise to respect the baby's wishes?
The one brought along to the show with Xiaxia was the "fake young master," whom the nanny called a "bastard" and a "scheming brat."
Xiaxia watched the little boy with his gloomy face take on almost every task, awkwardly but earnestly: washing vegetables, cooking, climbing trees, swimming in rivers. There was nothing he couldn't do...
For a long time, Xiaxia thought "fake young master" meant someone who was obsessed with studying and working hard.
Later, Xiaxia finally learned the truth:
Fake young master didn't mean that, but the boy really was born to work himself to the bone!
And his biological parents hadn't gone away to work somewhere far off. They had become permanently unconscious...
The whole family had long given up hope. Only his uncle took him to visit them at the hospital every day.
"Brother-in-law, your wife and child really need you." His uncle's mouth twitched as he recited the line fluently yet again.
Before he could finish, the man really opened his eyes!
Before Xiaxia could call him Dad, the man grabbed his uncle's wrist and gritted out in a hoarse voice, "When did I become your brother-in-law?!"
Xiaxia: Did I call the wrong guy Dad???
Uncle: Did I transmigrate into the wrong book???
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Xiaxia now had two dads, and his aunt had woken up too. But the "fake young master" big brother who had always looked after him was about to leave.
Thinking about how he'd have to do so many things himself without his hard-working big brother, Xiaxia's nose tingled. "I don't want you to go..."
His big brother, the little workaholic, spoke in a cool baby voice. "Then I'm not going." As he spoke, he spread his short arms like a little clam shell and clamped Xiaxia in a tight embrace.
Xiaxia: ...You really take people at their word!
Later, his workaholic big brother worked his way up to become the inscrutable Mr. Gu.
Everyone knew him as cold-hearted and aloof, and that the little young master of the He family was the one person he cherished above all else.
But what everyone didn't know was that, compared to his power to command the business world, Mr. Gu's true specialty was flipping the little lazy fish over.
Xiaxia's comment: You're flipping me over way too often!
*The uncle is the kid's other biological father. Both the gong and shou are each other's first love, body and soul, with not a single blind spot.
(The author is inspired by random bursts of ideas and has to polish each plot idea through dozens of versions. There's a good chance things will change again before the story begins, so please hold off on sending tips and energy drinks until then =3=)
[Synopsis screenshotted on 2022.11.6]
Theme: Love makes us better people