Can a Frail Beta Be Spoiled by a Daddy-Type Big Shot?

After dying unexpectedly, Shen He is reborn as the second wife of Fu Xizhou, an alpha.

Everyone knows he's just a frail beta canary who married into wealth on the strength of his beauty and can't have children. Fu Xizhou says so, too.

Shen He, now in this body, knows he's truly weak. His slender, thin frame leaves him coughing after only a few steps, his eyes reddened at the corners by his labored breaths.

Yet he has to follow the System's instructions and win over a powerful man who simply likes keeping canaries.

Shen He spends some time trying to win Fu Xizhou over, only to realize that Fu Xizhou seems completely unmoved by his efforts.

Unmoved, he transfers money to his wife.

Unmoved, he shows concern for his wife.

Unmoved, for fear of hurting his frail beauty, he holds him close and rides out his entire rut alone.

It really does seem like he's keeping a canary in a gilded cage.

But that's fine, too. Shen He is only completing a mission, so he doesn't feel burdened. After all, Fu Xizhou is only keeping a canary because he likes keeping canaries.

Shen He is already working hard to win him over. With a powerful man around to take advantage of, he might as well make use of him.

When Shen He wants to do research, Fu Xizhou goes to the lab and finds him precious equipment.

When Shen He runs out of a favorite crisp, snow-mountain-scented incense, Fu Xizhou quietly restocks it for him.

And when Shen He casually mentions one day that he wants raspberry cake, Fu Xizhou brings him one on his way home from work every day for a month.

It's no big deal.

Naturally, no one thinks much of a beta who married into wealth on the strength of his beauty.

But one day, to everyone's surprise, Fu Xizhou, who is allergic to seafood, peels a whole plate of shrimp for Shen He at a banquet.

Under everyone's stunned gaze, Shen He chews the shrimp as if this is perfectly normal. "What is it?"

At banquets, it's impossible to avoid contact with the powerful alpha men. Everyone is curious to find out what makes the wife Fu Xizhou keeps so close so special.

The beta, who carries a cool fragrance, is surrounded by a jumble of pheromones. Fu Xizhou, unable to mark the person he loves, darkens his expression for the first time.

He drags Shen He away on the spot and ties him up at home. Shen He, accustomed to Fu Xizhou's gentle treatment, is baffled. "Why are you suddenly acting crazy?"

Only after Fu Xizhou tosses him onto the bed does the usually gentle, taciturn man reveal a faintly sinister gaze. He holds Shen He by the waist as he tries to escape and says in a low voice, "Be good, Hehe. This time I'll go deeper. I'll be able to mark you."

For the first time, Shen He speaks through tears, struggling to force out the words: "No. Get lost. Get off me."

A tsundere, devoted daddy-type alpha (who undergoes a second differentiation into an Enigma, so he can mark his partner for life) vs. a frail, aloof beauty of a beta

[Reading Guide]

* Marriage first, love later / doting-on-the-wife story / a married couple with a hint of rivalry and tension (← I slipped in my personal preference), 1v1, both virgins, older gong. This is absolutely a story about a powerful man doting on his wife, so dive right in.

* A mission to win someone over turns into being won over instead / the overall story follows the recipient coldly pursuing the gong, while the gong showers him with affection. (?)

[This blurb has been screenshotted and documented on Weibo]

Premise: Love makes cliffs into level ground.