When the Cannon Fodder Top Meets the Male Lead of a Feel-Good Novel

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Before becoming an alchemist, the poor Ling Fei was full of hopes for the profession. But... he only got poorer.

Even low-grade spirit herbs cost more than a dozen spirit stones, and although his pockets were as empty as his face was bare, he had the appetite of a glutton.

Every day, he either robbed people or went up mountains searching for treasure and down into the sea to fish, but he still couldn't fill his belly.

Then a dazzling, high-ranking senior suddenly appeared before him. An old friend reunited, both of them on the verge of tears, and rare treasures arriving of their own accord. Who could resist?

"Yuanjin... Move away. The junior disciples are watching..." Qi Zheng whispered to the person sprawled on top of him.

Ling Fei lazily stretched. "Your precious junior is watching too. Keep this up and people will think you abandoned me..."

Qi Zheng helplessly covered his mouth. "Fine. Lean on me, then."

Ling Fei (Ling Yuanjin) & Qi Zheng

A casual cultivator with a demonic cultivator's exterior and an immortal cultivator's heart, a love of swordsmanship, a talent for mastering all kinds of skills, and the vibe of a shonen protagonist's big brother & A tragic sword cultivator and senior disciple who was shocked to catch his junior and a man in an intimate scene, left to clear his head, and ended up pinned by his friend

It's a story about two natives of the cultivation world... A proper shonen-protagonist type meets an unconventional all-receiving type, and the two shonen-protagonist types decide to get together.

Updates follow the rankings. The blurb's content starts from chapter twenty.

Coming next: "Falling for My Uncle Is My Destiny"

Nine years after divorcing his wife, whom he married for business reasons, Ying Fangqi had become the pillar of his family.

His nieces and nephews were afraid of him, yet kept their eyes on the money and power in his hands.

His eldest brother was living it up abroad when an enemy shot him in the head. The butler brought home a pale, slender young man who was supposedly his brother's illegitimate son.

The boy stood obediently before him, penniless and waiting to be taken in.

"Uncle, I'm Ying Huai," the boy said.

Ying Fangqi thought this was probably his eldest brother's final act of revenge.

Ying Huai had been out of school for a year. If he didn't go back soon, the school would expel him.

When his mother was down on her luck, she finally tracked down Ying Fanglin, with whom she'd had a one-night stand at a club years ago. She sold him their son for eighteen million, then fled with the money.

Ying Fanglin was annoyed by him. His legitimate son, Ying Huai's older brother, had stolen the girl he liked and gloated about it in front of him, then ordered Ying Huai to drop out and work as a ball boy for him and his spoiled friends.

He wasn't paid, and he was always forced to take the blame for their misdeeds.

If he disobeyed, he'd get beaten. No matter where he ran, he couldn't escape.

Ying Huai lived meekly, begging for his survival. He didn't want to be beaten. He just wanted to live a decent life.

Just then, Ying Fanglin, who had been backing Ying Huai's legitimate older brother, was shot in the head abroad. As the family sorted through Ying Fanglin's belongings, they found a paternity test. Ying Huai, the eldest of his illegitimate children, was brought before the family head.

Twenty-year-old Ying Huai looked at thirty-six-year-old Ying Fangqi, wondering how to ask his uncle for six thousand in tuition fees.

Thirty-six-year-old Ying Fangqi looked at twenty-year-old Ying Huai and thought, If only he were my son.

At a family banquet, someone pulled a dirty trick on Ying Fangqi. He ended up sprawled on Ying Huai, out of his mind and doing something he shouldn't have.

Ying Huai: Uncle, it hurts a little when you thrust.

Ying Fangqi: Then don't be so damn big! You're practically a donkey!

A story about a man who wants to raise his lover as his son, only to fail right from the start.

Ying Huai top & Ying Fangqi bottom

Warnings: The top loves the bottom, and the bottom loves the top. Neither is exclusively top or bottom. The bottom is not a virgin, and the top has someone he likes early in the story. There is no groveling redemption arc. Enter with caution if you dislike a large age gap.

Disclaimer: The two leads are not related by blood. This will be explained in the story.

Theme: Keep improving yourself and work hard to pursue your dreams