I Married the Male Lead's Older Brother by Agreement

[Complete] Content warnings at the end of Chapter 1

Cool, aloof, and teasing bottom who trains his dog x Dark, obsessive, devoted top

Shen Xingyue is an overworked model employee at the Space-Time Administration, working himself to the bone.

Not only does he take on a high-difficulty S-rank mission, he also grabs an NPC from a small world and signs a marriage agreement with him, settling down there for good. He really knows how to bring work into his personal life.

The NPC is called Wen Che. His father doesn't care about him, and neither does his mother, but he has a car, a house, and a fortune worth hundreds of millions. He's perfect in every way, except for one thing: he's been implanted with a lovestruck program and has no idea that their marriage is only a contractual arrangement.

When it's cold, he reminds Shen Xingyue to bundle up. When it's hot, he tells him not to eat too much cold food. He seems to love Shen Xingyue with all his heart.

But Shen Xingyue has seen plenty of NPCs controlled by their preset personalities. Wen Che is just one of them.

No matter who his wife is, Wen Che will love her passionately.

So Shen Xingyue has never taken Wen Che's attentions to heart.

Everyone privately laughs at President Wen for throwing himself at someone who's cold to him. Shen Xingyue has coldly waved away his invitations more than once, saying, "Stay away from me. This is just a contractual marriage. Don't take it seriously."

No matter how many times Shen Xingyue rejects him, the man turns away and falls silent for a moment, then comes right back.

Until an accident causes the S-rank mission to collapse.

Flames consume the train car. Wen Che, who should have been away on a business trip, arrives covered in blood and shields Shen Xingyue with his own body.

His hot breath, mingled with the smell of blood, falls against Shen Xingyue's ear. "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you."

When an exploding piece of metal tears through Wen Che's back, what flows from the wound isn't data, but scorching blood.

For the first time, Shen Xingyue realizes how fiercely Wen Che looks at him. His gaze burns even hotter than the flames leaping toward the sky.

When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself back in the year he and Wen Che first got married.

Just before he was reborn, he had turned down Wen Che's invitation to a family dinner and coldly warned the NPC not to cross the line. They would each live their own lives and have nothing to do with each other.

"Got it. Go to the family dinner or don't, it's up to you." His newlywed husband stands beside him with a stern expression, his voice taut. "But you'll answer my messages, tell me when you go out, keep your name on the company, and split the shares with me. I'm not giving in on those things."

Shen Xingyue: ...

"You don't have to give in." He hooks a finger in the man's tie, delighted to see his pupils tremble. "From now on, I'll go with you every time."

Only later does Shen Xingyue learn that one particular NPC's preset personality includes decisiveness and turning the tables against all odds, but being lovestruck isn't one of its features.

Those clumsy gestures of care, restrained touches, and even the light left on in the study late at night were all part of a protective net woven over many years by an awakened being for the one he loved.

Wen Che loves him instinctively.

Reading Guide:

1. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting. The story mainly focuses on married life.

2. Both leads are sexually inexperienced and devoted only to each other, with strong mutual feelings.

3. This is a fictional rebirth story. Please don't compare it to real life or real people.

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"After Being Reborn, I Trained the Real Young Master to Be a Dog"

Blurb:

Sang Qi (bottom) x Lu Yuran (top)

In his previous life, Sang Qi was the fake young master of a wealthy family. His reputation was ruined, everyone despised him, and he became a laughingstock in Beijing's high society.

The real young master, Lu Yuran, was especially bad. Every time he saw Sang Qi, he would look at him with disgust. One day, Sang Qi got so angry that he passed out, and when he opened his eyes, he was back in his youth.

At that time, Sang Qi was still the pampered young master of the Sang family, arrogant, flamboyant, and willful. Anyone who saw him would bow their head a little.

Meanwhile, the real young master, Lu Yuran, was still doing backbreaking work in the countryside.

Hah. You little bastard, you're dead!

Sang Qi floored the accelerator and drove into the countryside, ready to beat Lu Yuran to a pulp, grind his bones to dust, and make sure he was never found.

Who could have guessed that, as soon as he arrived, he'd find Lu Yuran being beaten up? A few street thugs had cornered a slender figure against a wall. One punch landed, and the sharp crack of a broken bone rang out clearly.

The man who had always held his back straight and worn a haughty expression in Sang Qi's previous life now had his forehead pressed against the rough concrete, his eyes bloodshot.

"Cough... Who are you?"

Sang Qi tilted his head and admired his miserable state for two seconds, then leaned down.

"I'm here to save you."

"Beg me. Be my dog, and I'll consider crushing these people one by one."

The boy before him was dazzlingly fair. His smile was wicked, yet radiant. Lu Yuran's breath caught.

Then he grabbed the boy's trouser leg. "...Please."

Everyone in Beijing's high society knows that Lu Yuran is a mad dog kept by Young Master Sang.

"How could Young Master Sang ever fancy some country bumpkin?"

"With that crazy streak, he'll be tossed aside as soon as Young Master Sang gets bored of him..."

Lu Yuran never paid any attention to the gossip. He just kept working, day and night.

Only then would his master smile and reward him with a kiss, panting as he praised him for being a good dog.

He had always done a good job. Until one day, a file appeared on his desk.

It turned out Sang Qi was the fake young master, and Lu Yuran was the heir to the Sang family who had been lost outside the family all these years.

Wonderful.

Lu Yuran slowly smiled, his fingertips trembling with excitement.

He would never have to be afraid of being abandoned again.

Next door, the young master was impatiently calling for him from the bathroom.

"You bastard, get it out!"

Lu Yuran calmly put the file away, then tossed it into the fireplace.

"Be patient. I'll be right there to serve you... Master."

This story is also known as: Young Master Sang's Dog-Training Diary

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are devoted to each other, body and soul.

2. Everything in the plot is here to serve this sweet couple. My ship is locked in.

3. No real-life inspirations or borrowing from other works.

Theme: Even when trapped in a desperate situation, keep striving to move forward.