The Abandoned Heir of a Tycoon Family

At the Jing family patriarch’s eightieth birthday banquet, the entire hall fell silent the moment Jing Yanxi walked in.

Jing Xingye froze in place, his arms around a young man whose features bore a slight resemblance to Jing Yanxi’s.

Jing Yanxi’s gaze swept calmly across the room, passing over the old man presiding over the banquet, a powerful figure in his own right, then over the second uncle who had once lashed him with a whip. At last, it came to rest on Jing Xingye.

The eyes that had once been filled with starlight were now as deep as two dry wells, devoid of sorrow or joy.

“Grandfather, I’ve come back to kowtow on your birthday.”

His voice was soft, but it made Jing Xingye’s heart seize. Three years ago, that same voice had gone from stubborn pleas for mercy to desperate screams under the lashes in the ancestral hall, before finally falling silent.

The banquet carried on as usual, but the drinks left everyone with a complicated taste in their mouths. Halfway through, Jing Yanxi got up to use the restroom, and Jing Xingye followed him.

“Brother Yanxi, your leg...”

“It’s broken.”

Jing Yanxi stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in the mirror, then slowly turned around.

“Would the young master like to hear a story?”

“...What?”

“Would you like to hear how I choked on seawater, how I watched a car run over my leg, or how...”

Jing Yanxi abruptly raised a hand, his cold fingertips touching Jing Xingye’s neck.

“What did your mother put in my drink?”

[Reader’s Guide]

1. The setting is wildly unrealistic, and there’s no medical accuracy. Don’t look for historical or factual accuracy, either.

2. The shou is in very poor health.

3. The gong and shou are not related in any way. Nothing that would violate Jinjiang’s content rules happens before they learn they are unrelated.

4. Not suitable for readers who strongly favor either lead.

5. I’ll state before the story begins whether the ending is HE or BE.

About the character-design cover: The character designs were purchased from an artist as licensed online-use materials. They are not exclusive, but the cover is fully licensed and the design is unique.

Blurb written on 2026.6.24 and archived.

Theme: Anything that fails to kill me will only make me more ruthless.