The Tsundere Brat Is Spoiled by a Sickly Powerful Man

Please add this to your wish list! Also check out my upcoming novel, Raising a Villainous Little One with the Dragon-Slaying Male Lead, and my upcoming historical BL novel, The Days of Chirping and Scraping by Under a Crazy Villain.

Here's the blurb for this novel.

Yun Jingqiu is a radish spirit. After cultivating in a daze for many years, he finally got the chance to sprout from the ground.

But something went wrong when he took human form. His roots fell into the mortal world, and he became an ordinary radish growing in someone's yard, at constant risk of being eaten.

"Sigh, when will you finally grow? This is your fifth batch already."

He lay in the dirt like a lord, listening to that voice outside sigh day after day. He really wanted to burst out of the ground and snatch the person's watering can, then throw it on the ground.

"The dry places are parched, and the wet places are drowning. There's no way you'll grow anything!"

"Can't you see my roots are rotting from being soaked? Do you just water me because you like the look of me?"

One day, as he was once again getting furious all by himself, a hand grabbed his leaves and yanked him out. The moment his roots left the soil, something happened that would shock that sickly mortal for an entire year.

The radish turned into a person!

After a moment of astonishment, Yun Jingqiu's smile suddenly turned sinister. He pounced on Yan Daoxuan, grabbed him by the collar, and shook him. "Try watering me again! Try it! Try pouring that horrid medicine into my soil again! Go on!"

Lying on the ground amid the storm of blows, Yan Chen'an managed to gasp out three words: "I'm sick. Go easy."

Bonus scene:

One day, Yan Chen'an took Yun Jingqiu, who looked like a child, out to the street. The sweet white-sugar cakes caught Yun Jingqiu's attention, and he stopped walking.

The woman selling cakes said, "Oh, what a cute little boy! If he were my son, I'd buy him a whole bag."

Yan Chen'an, who had already been glared at several times, didn't react. Yun Jingqiu slapped his hands together and shouted, "Son, buy me some!"

The woman froze, her expression turning strangely complicated.

Yan Chen'an gave a faint, knowing smile and turned to leave.

Yun Jingqiu panicked, grabbed his sleeve, and yelled, "What's wrong? At my age, I could be your ancestor eighteen times over, with room to spare. Calling myself your dad is already doing you a favor!"

Yan Chen'an: "..." It's fine. A real man doesn't need to win an argument. They'll find out soon enough who's whose son.

* Gentle, scheming gong x irritable, tsundere, snarky shou

* The shou is a monster, the gong is human. Slice of life.

* Blurb written on November 23, 2023

Please add this to your wish list: Raising a Villainous Little One with the Dragon-Slaying Male Lead

[Clingy, spoiled young master shou, adored by everyone x gloomy ghost older-brother gong with a controlling streak]

When Shi Sheng was ten months old, his parents brought home a new older brother. The new brother was beautiful, but he didn't like to talk.

As Shi Sheng tilted his head to study him, a being calling itself the System appeared and pointed at his new brother, issuing a warning.

"He's the Dragon-Slaying male lead of this world, and you're the villain who bullies him. In the end, he'll kill you on a rainy night when you're twenty."

"Host, do you understand what I'm saying? You need to suppress the male lead and become the true winner in life."

Shi Sheng blinked from his crib. Baby doesn't understand.

Though he couldn't understand the System, he still got into a scuffle with his new brother. He puffed out his cheeks and bit his brother hard, and his brother bit him back. The System watched from the sidelines, clapping and cheering them on.

The System thought its Host had finally come to his senses and was about to draw up a plan for his life when things took a sharp turn for the better.

At dinner, his brother awkwardly and clumsily fed Shi Sheng spoonful after spoonful of steamed egg custard as an apology. Shi Sheng happily hugged his brother's face and kissed him twice.

Brother: "!!!"

From then on, Shi Sheng's brother took part in every day of his life, giving him anything he wanted.

Xie Zhinan knew he was sick. He could give Shi Sheng anything, but he would never allow Shi Sheng to leave him.

He obediently went to see a therapist, but deep down, he knew his illness was terminal, and Shi Sheng was the only cure.

After Shi Sheng learned to speak, the first complete, fluent sentence he said was, "Brother, don't be sad. Nianbao will always stay with you."

The first award certificate Xie Zhinan received after starting school was used to fold a giant paper crane for Shi Sheng. On the back, he wrote, "Shi Sheng, everything I have is yours."

On the night Shi Sheng turned eighteen, the System, which Shi Sheng had angered into shutting down early, finally rebooted and began blaring alarms as if its life depended on it.

[Host warning: You are a villain with a tragic ending. The Dragon-Slaying protagonist will kill you on a rainy night.]

[Important notice: The Dragon-Slaying target is your older brother.]

Leaning against the table, Shi Sheng looked at the man who had long since reclaimed his family's fortune and returned to the center of power, and smiled.

"Brother, someone says you're going to kill me."

Shi Sheng took a sip of wine. The next second, someone took the glass away and wiped the wine from his lips.

The male lead the System said would kill him only asked, "Who said that?"

* Sunny, carefree, spoiled young master shou x aloof, obsessive ghost older-brother gong

* Lighthearted, happy child-rearing story. No blood relation.

* No common trigger warnings. I'm not sure about more niche ones.

* The gong has some psychological issues and a strong possessive streak. They get worse as he grows older.

Theme: Learn to love others