Reborn, I Overstep My Place with My Husband

(Fidgeting) The two upcoming stories at the bottom are "Brother, Open the Door, I'm Your Husband" and "Once It's on My Body, It's My Tentacle"

A mad dog in public, a green-tea schemer in private, seme x a sickly beauty who keeps his feelings in check, younger seme, 12-year age gap

The day his adoptive father, Qin Ruzhou, died, Shen Huaiyan cried for the first time.

The murderer was Qin Tianbai, Qin Ruzhou's other adopted son. What was done could not be undone.

Fate gave Shen Huaiyan a second chance: he was reborn at sixteen, back at the orphanage.

Everyone knew that Shen Er had been a vicious dog since childhood.

When the other children at the orphanage picked on him, he bit back.

When classmates cornered him in an alley, he gritted his teeth and refused to beg.

When the other children bullied his brother, Shen Er punched them and knocked out two of their teeth.

Later, Qin Ruzhou appeared at the orphanage gate, dressed in black, his face pale.

Qin Ruzhou wanted to adopt a son as his heir. He took the most capable boy, Qin Tianbai.

But then he turned back and took Shen Er too.

And so Shen Er got a new name: Shen Huaiyan.

He thought he had a new life.

Shen Huaiyan had always been second to Qin Tianbai. Qin Ruzhou only allowed Qin Tianbai to call him Father, and only allowed Qin Tianbai to share his surname.

By coincidence, the Qin family steward's surname was Shen. As if granting a favor, Qin Ruzhou let Shen Huaiyan keep his surname and registered him under the steward's household.

For a long time, Shen Huaiyan believed he was nothing but a stimulant meant to spur Qin Tianbai on.

Qin Ruzhou never taught him anything. He was simply an adopted son Qin Ruzhou had brought home on a whim.

But after being reborn, Shen Huaiyan realizes something is off. Qin Ruzhou's gaze seems to hold an improper affection.

It seems his adoptive father kept him off the same household register because he wanted their relationship to become something more.

Qin Ruzhou, plagued by illness, grows ever more pale.

Qin Tianbai's ambitions are plain for all to see.

Using the memories from his previous life, Shen Huaiyan wins over shareholders and grows the business, successfully becoming the heir.

He advances his medical studies and solves difficult problems.

He will save Qin Ruzhou,

and himself too.

After they get together, Shen Huaiyan often wakes from nightmares. What if Qin Ruzhou hadn't turned back that day? What if he hadn't been given another chance?

His violence is only a disguise, and he is always suspicious of Qin Ruzhou's feelings.

Pinning Qin Ruzhou against the wall, he brings up the past again and again: Do you love your younger son more?

Later, Qin Ruzhou can't understand how a business genius like him ended up wrapped around this kid's finger.

Every day, Shen Huaiyan makes him drink those bitter, unpleasant medicines, baring his teeth to threaten him: If you don't drink it, I'll stay up working until I kill myself, and then there'll be no one to look after you when you're old.

Qin Tianbai increasingly thinks Shen Huaiyan is a green-tea schemer.

He was just fighting off ten people in an alley and acting all tough. How did he suddenly end up rushing into their adoptive father's arms, crying and whining?

He just pretended in front of their adoptive father that he had no business sense. How did he suddenly win over all the major shareholders?

He just said he was going abroad to chase handsome guys. How did he come back with a medical degree from K University?

Highlights:

1. Whether I write seme or uke depends entirely on which perspective is more fun. I think a younger seme who initially plays weak before turning the tables is more fun.

2. At first, the adoptive father holds all the power, while the orphan hasn't found his footing. It's perfectly reasonable for him to act like a green tea and borrow his father's authority. Once the seme grows up, he starts taking power and then takes his adoptive father. That's all.

3. They're both my darlings... Sneaking in the original title I like: Adopted Son, Great Trouble. It's not angsty, because absurdity is my defining trait.

4. Very, very strong mutual feelings. In every life, they're mutual feelings, bolded and enlarged. Everything they do is to protect each other.

5. Half romance, half plot: personal growth, business warfare, and revenge.

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Upcoming story 1

"Brother, Open the Door, I'm Your Husband"

Scheming, innocent-looking, secretly dark seme x blind, gentle uke

Whenever Duan Shuyu introduces his younger brother to others, he smiles warmly and says, "My little brother is sweet and obedient. He's always polite, and he never gives me any trouble."

The first villain, who tried to flirt with Duan Shuyu and got beaten black and blue, glances at Jiang Xu, whose face is full of menace. How is he sweet and obedient?

Duan Shuyu also says, "My little brother has always been timid and gentle. People can easily bully him."

The second relative, who tried to seize the inheritance, looks at Jiang Xu holding an iron bar, rubs his injuries as he cries. How is he easy to bully?

Duan Shuyu: "My little brother gets poor grades, and our family is poor. He went out to make his way in the world early. I don't expect him to make a name for himself. I just want the two of us to have a hot meal."

The third villain, a business rival who just went bankrupt, stands on a rooftop. What a joke. Jiang Xu being useless is the funniest thing he's heard all year.

Jiang Xu: "My brother's getting older. I'm going away to study, so I need to find him a husband to take care of him."

Duan Shuyu (nodding): "Tall or short, fat or thin, whether he can make money doesn't matter. He has to be a good person, and he absolutely must treat my little brother well."

Jiang Xu is pleased. Jiang Xu nods and stands tall. Jiang Xu looks in the mirror. His brother must mean him.

While his little brother is away, Duan Shuyu grows very fond of this new husband.

He just doesn't know that this husband... has been his little brother all along.

Jiang Xu comes home after graduating.

Duan Shuyu: "Little brother, I missed you so much. Also, you have great taste. The husband you picked for me is very considerate, a great cook, and a good person."

Jiang Xu finishes clearing away the dishes, turns off the lights, and touches his brother's face. "Yes, Brother. I have to admit, I'm very talented at cooking."

The next morning, Duan Shuyu is bewildered. Duan Shuyu is confused. Duan Shuyu reaches down to hold his lower back.

Wait, are my brother and I talking about the same kind of cooking?

Wait, that's not the point. Why does my brother taste... just like my husband?

Where is my husband?

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Upcoming story 2

"Once It's on My Body, It's My Tentacle"

A deeply repressed, highly intelligent researcher seme x an outwardly cute but inwardly wicked tentacle monster uke

At an interstellar auction, Jisite wears a black cloak and tries to bid on tonight's prized item.

Tsk, someone outbid him at the last second.

Jisite grits his teeth and fixes his sights on the buyer. "I'm Jisite. I'll get my tentacle back no matter what!"

Eka'an notices that things at home haven't been right since he bought that tentacle at the auction for an experiment.

He wakes up to find something touching him.

The tentacle he left in the freezer has vanished too.

There's no time to lose. Eka'an takes a spaceship back to Blue Star in the middle of the night.

He locks the tentacle in the lab and finally feels at ease.

Jisite grits his teeth as he watches the spaceship shrink into the distance. Damn it, his tentacle has run off with it too!

He seethes. Once he gets his tentacle back, he'll kill that researcher.

Eka'an discovers that the tentacle isn't ordinary. It seems to have a will of its own and keeps wriggling around.

Perhaps because he's been handling the tentacle so often, he starts having strange dreams. He even grows tentacles himself.

The research institute catches Jisite trying to break in.

Locked up in prison, Jisite stares at Eka'an.

Why have his tentacles grown onto this man's body?

Jisite: "Give me back my tentacles..."

Eka'an (reaching out a tentacle to touch the furious Jisite): "These tentacles are surprisingly handy."

And so life in the lab changes from this:

Jisite chases Eka'an, begging him to spare his poor little tentacle,

to this:

Eka'an corners Jisite and uses his tentacles to feel him all over.

Jisite bites his lip and doesn't make a sound.

How did he lose his tentacle and his body too?

Eka'an (smiling): "I'm the real winner in life."

Theme: Be independent, work hard, and help others