The Sickly Outcast Runs Away Pregnant, Only to Be Caught

Wen Xun had known from a young age that people didn't like him.

He was quiet and withdrawn, often like a shadow that could be ignored without anyone noticing. His father and older brother paid him no attention, and his arranged marriage partner was distant, aloof, and unpredictable.

So when a large truck careened out of control and struck him, he didn't have many thoughts.

...No one would care if I died, would they?

-

When he regained consciousness, he was in a shabby alley in the city.

With no money, he walked for a long time, anxious and struggling to get by. He finally found a temporary job and thought things might improve, but then he came down with an acute illness, and everything went back to square one.

The hospital stairwell was lit in cold white. Holding a borrowed phone, he hesitated for a long time before calling his arranged marriage partner.

His older brother had said that once he got married, he would no longer be part of the Wen family.

The faint sound of the call connecting came through. He gripped the phone tightly, not even sure the other person would agree to help.

"Hello, I'm Wen Xun..."

"I think I'm sick. Could you... lend me some money for now?"

There was silence on the other end for a long time. Wen Xun pressed his lips together, anxiously expecting the other person to hang up. Then, through a faint crackle of static, a hoarse male voice came from the other end.

"Wen Xun?"

-

Jin Yuelin of City B had gone from politics to business, building a commercial empire that spanned several continents. They said that since his beloved wife died ten years ago, he had kept himself chaste and shunned romantic entanglements, growing ever more reclusive and obsessive.

And yet, unexpectedly, he gave generously to charity every year, scattering large sums of money without anyone knowing whose blessings he hoped to earn.

He had prepared himself to spend the rest of his life with Wen Xun's belongings, but never imagined that one day he would see the person from his dreams again.

Wen Xun was young, frail, and guarded. Everything had to be done slowly.

The biggest, brightest room, a comfortable temperature, more beautiful clothes than he could ever wear, a nutritionist and live-in doctor on call around the clock: Jin Yuelin conscientiously played the perfect husband.

Just as Wen Xun was growing closer to him, Jin Yuelin was planning to propose again. But after an unexpected drunken night, Wen Xun began avoiding him.

-

When he discovered he was pregnant, Wen Xun's mind went blank.

He instinctively didn't want anyone to find out. In a panic, he packed his bags, ready to flee to another city in the middle of the night.

The day the truth came out, Wen Xun clutched his watch, his heart in turmoil. Jin Yuelin's eyes were dark with repressed emotions and possessive obsession. His voice was gentle, yet terrifyingly low.

"You're pregnant. Why didn't you tell me?"

TIPS / Content Warnings:

1. Frail beauty bottom x widower, doting father-figure top. The bottom thinks everyone hates him, but he's actually loved by everyone. The top is younger at first. Ten years pass after the bottom dies, and the bottom's age stays the same while the top becomes older. The top has a little PTSD because his husband died once, and can be overprotective at times, but he'll be set straight later. One-on-one, both are each other's first, happy ending.

2. The top and the bottom's older brother don't get along. The brother thinks the top will mistreat the bottom, while the top thinks the brother raised him so badly that he can't keep looking after him. They'll be at odds for a while.

3. There will be a substantial amount of pregnancy-related content.

Next book: I Ran Off With the Future Emperor's Baby After Dumping Him. If you're interested, please add it to your collection!

The Great Sheng: A classic power-fantasy comeback story. The male lead, Qin Guanbei, had a miserable childhood and suffered constant bullying, which twisted his personality. As an adult, he overthrew the dying dynasty and established a new government, grinding everyone who had ever wronged him into dust.

Oh, does that include me? Ninth Prince Sui Xingyun looked down at the so-called male lead, who was currently beneath his foot. Once the son of a rebel general, he was now the lowest-ranking servant in the palace. A chill suddenly ran down Sui Xingyun's back.

Pleasing him was out of the question. The emperor had sent the male lead to serve him precisely so he could bully him. Sui Xingyun wasn't interested in picking on people, but he had to keep up appearances.

Only, his bullying always felt strange. He pressed his bare foot against the male lead's chest. The man's breathing grew ragged with humiliation, the veins in his neck bulging as he held back, but his eyes looked ready to devour him.

He ordered the male lead to do rough chores and wash his clothes, but somehow his undergarments kept going missing.

On freezing winter nights, he sent the male lead to warm his bed in the ice-cold room, then sent him away once it was warm. For some reason, the male lead was always even more eager to warm it than he was.

And so on. He kept bullying the male lead like this until the year he came of age and left the palace. Then, after a drunken accident, he was brutally taken that night, and two months later his belly was showing.

He kept bullying the male lead like this until the year he came of age and left the palace. Then, after a drunken accident, he was brutally taken that night, and two months later his belly was showing.

It's over. I spent a night with my enemy and now I'm pregnant with his child. The male lead is going to be furious and kill me.

Just as he was being made a prince and sent out of the palace, Sui Xingyun erased the male lead's name from the roster of attendants and slipped away.

-

Five years later, Sui Xingyun was still an unremarkable prince among the many princes. The once lowly son of a traitor had become a renowned general with glorious military achievements, high rank, and limitless prestige.

For the emperor's sixtieth birthday, the princes returned to the capital and the ministers gathered to offer congratulations. After five years of fighting at the border, the male lead rode into the capital on a tall horse. The first thing he did upon returning was...

Ask for Guang'an Prince's hand in marriage.

Sui Xingyun, lowering his eyes and trying to make himself inconspicuous among the ministers so he wouldn't be punished: ?

-

Outsiders sighed, convinced that the Ninth Prince was in for a miserable time.

They didn't know that, as snowflakes fell in the bitter cold of winter, the room was warm from the heated floor. A beautiful, cool, delicate man was wrapped in a fur cloak and held listlessly in someone's arms.

Beneath the heavy cloak, his belly was unmistakably swollen.

Qin Guanbei gently massaged his sore lower back, then licked and kissed his earlobe. "Are you going to run away again?"

TIPS / Content Warnings:

1. Frail beauty prince bottom x formerly rebellious top who wanted to be emperor, now hopelessly in love. Both are each other's first, one-on-one, happy ending. The bottom isn't a bad person and never actually bullied the top. He only thought he had, while the top was already completely captivated by him.

2. The bottom is a male pregnancy character, with no scientific basis. Hard birth, sweet rather than angsty. There's a second child, so there will also be a fairly long pregnancy arc and standard pregnancy content... yeah...

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