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(Plain, honest, ordinary bottom x abstinent, scheming top alpha, younger man)
Everyone says Ruan Lizhi is lucky. He is just an ordinary, honest beta, yet he managed to marry Xun Zheng, the top alpha and head of the Xun family, and their marriage is happy.
At first, Ruan Lizhi thought so too. That was, until he and an omega were caught in a car accident. At the moment between life and death, Xun Zheng saved the omega, while Ruan Lizhi died in the explosion, leaving no trace of his body.
Only after his death, when he was bound to a System, did Ruan Lizhi learn the truth: that omega was Xun Zheng's beloved, and Ruan Lizhi had only been chosen as a substitute because his eyes resembled the beloved's.
The System said that Ruan Lizhi could only come back to life by bringing Xun Zheng and his beloved together.
So he used the System to go back.
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When little Xun Zheng was neglected by the nanny and left without a meal...
Ruan Lizhi earnestly fed him.
The System was speechless. Weren't you supposed to arrange a chance encounter with the beloved?
Ruan Lizhi: But Xun Zheng is hungry, and he looks so pitiful.
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When teenage Xun Zheng went through his secondary gender differentiation...
Ruan Lizhi was about to go find the beloved, but Xun Zheng looked at him with those cool, beautiful eyes. "Senior, help me..."
The System screamed: Don't agree!
Ruan Lizhi: But Xun Zheng has a high fever and looks so miserable.
In the end, Ruan Lizhi couldn't leave the infirmary for a long, long time.
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When the adult Xun Zheng got drunk at a banquet...
Ruan Lizhi wanted to open Xun Zheng's bedroom door for the beloved, but Xun Zheng cornered him and kissed him greedily and tenderly. "Lili, just this once, okay?"
The System went berserk: He's not drunk at all! Don't let him fool you! Aaaah!
Then it was blocked for the entire night.
The System: ...
Ruan Lizhi was handsome and well-behaved. Xun Zheng fell in love with him at first sight, and being with him was the luckiest thing Xun Zheng had ever experienced.
But one day, a force took control of Xun Zheng. He could only watch as the person he loved most died in a raging fire, while he was forced to hold an omega in his arms.
That force made him be with the omega. Xun Zheng resisted again and again, throwing himself from a high-rise each time, only to wake up in that same painful car accident.
Until one time, he opened his eyes and found himself back in childhood. Ruan Lizhi, who should have died, kept appearing in his life, staying by his side as he grew up.
Xun Zheng was very pleased.
The only thing he disliked was that Ruan Lizhi was still a little slow, focused only on bringing him and that omega together. On top of that, people who had once had nothing to do with them were now coveting his beta!
Xun Zheng hid his gloomy gaze. It was fine. He had plenty of ways to make Ruan Lizhi his!
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When someone wanted to ask Ruan Lizhi out...
Xun Zheng pretended to faint, making Ruan Lizhi anxiously ask, "Are you okay?"
Xun Zheng said weakly, "It's only low blood sugar. Senior, go on your date. Don't worry about me."
Ruan Lizhi: "How could I? How about I cook for you?"
And just like that, Xun Zheng got to keep Ruan Lizhi with him.
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When Ruan Lizhi handed Xun Zheng a love letter from the beloved and asked nervously, "Can you accept it?"
Xun Zheng smiled faintly. "I can, but I'm not very good at dating. Senior, could you teach me?"
Ruan Lizhi struggled with it for a while, then answered honestly, "All right."
Much later, Ruan Lizhi, his lips swollen and red from kissing, pushed Xun Zheng away when he leaned in for another kiss. He hesitated, then said, "You're already very good at kissing. Maybe... mmph!"
Before he could finish, Xun Zheng kissed him again.
Reader's guide: 1v1, both chaste, happy ending.
Theme: Loving you until the world collapses
