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Beauty × wild dog and childhood friend

After her parents die, Song Ruan is taken in by the Sheng family, who have arranged for him to marry into their family. Sheng Changming has been his little shadow since childhood. When they play house, he grabs Song Ruan's hand and says in his babyish voice that when he grows up, he'll marry him and make him his wife.

They share a deep childhood bond and study abroad together. When Sheng Changming takes over the Sheng family and becomes its dazzling heir, standing before the cameras at a press conference to announce their wedding date, their passionate romance is the envy of everyone.

The day Song Ruan receives his graduate school acceptance letter, he happily accepts Sheng Changming's proposal beneath fireworks filling the whole city. But on the eve of their engagement banquet, a car accident leaves Sheng Changming unable to walk, turning him into a cripple. It is also discovered that he isn't the Sheng family's biological son. He was switched with another baby at the hospital.

The Sheng family's biological son has been away for years, but at last he is found. The Sheng family needs an heir, and they also need an alliance with Song Ruan's family to secure the support of the Song Corporation.

The real young master has come home.

When Sheng Changming opens his eyes half a month later, the person he loves most has already become another man's wife.

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The real young master of the Sheng family grew up roughing it in the streets. He's a thoroughly bad character, and has even been to prison. With blood on his hands and tattoos covering his back, he suddenly arrives at the Sheng family and takes over the company. Through ruthless means, he strips Sheng Changming of the power he spent years building up over the group.

This man is Song Ruan's true husband, who has come years late.

On his first day at the Sheng residence, rain pours down. Sheng Yan smokes and leans toward Song Ruan, who is trembling all over with tears on his face. With a soft laugh, he says, "Long time no see. Have you forgotten me?"

Song Ruan nearly collapses. He thought they would never meet again.

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Song Ruan has a secret. In high school, some bullies cornered him in an alley and beat him up. A boy charged in, heedless of his own safety, and knocked them all down. Covered in blood, the boy held Song Ruan protectively in his arms and softly told him not to be afraid. In the last minute before the police arrived, he kissed him and stole his first kiss.

The next day, the school issued a notice: [Li Yan, Class Three, Senior Year, has been expelled for fighting and deliberately injuring others. The matter has been turned over to the police. The school has zero tolerance for such behavior.]

Song Ruan trembled as he stood in the crowd and read the notice. Sheng Changming asked if he was scared.

They belonged to two different worlds.

Now, two parallel lines that should never have crossed have met. Sheng Changming is bedridden with paralysis and depends on medication, but there is still a chance he'll walk again after surgery. Meanwhile, Sheng Yan is preparing to drive the fake young master out. He won't allow an impostor to eke out a miserable existence in the family home.

Song Ruan begs him, "I have to take care of him. He's lost everything. He can't lose me too..."

Sheng Yan laughs and pins Song Ruan against the desk. "Don't forget who you belong to."

Song Ruan is sick of Sheng Yan's forceful ways and wants to escape, but Sheng Yan holds Sheng Changming's life in his hands.

He says, "If you don't love me, Sheng Changming dies."

Money and the medicine Sheng Changming needs to survive lie on the desk. Song Ruan's voice trembles as he cries and kisses Sheng Yan, his eyes red. "I love you."

"Good boy."

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Content warnings: It's all in the blurb. The bottom is not a virgin. A happy family of three.

Forced possession. The real young master is deaf and wears hearing aids.

Theme: Even if you can't have it, you should still fight for it