Married by Contract to My Ex's Big Brother

[Cold, aloof, restrained powerful top × scheming, wickedly charming beauty bottom] [Top has a skin-contact disorder]

Zhou Jiyao had a bewitching face that could mesmerize anyone. After getting together with the second young master of the Fu family, he gained a lot of popularity by playing up their couple image. But one day, Zhou Jiyao discovered that Fu Jiayan was cheating on him.

He never really cared about whether or not love was involved.

Zhou Jiyao had grown up fighting for survival among the ruins of a poor district. There were only two things in his eyes: fame and fortune.

So just when everyone thought Zhou Jiyao was about to become a laughingstock across the internet, he turned around and married someone else.

And not just anyone. He married the actual head of the Fu family, a household renowned throughout J City: Fu Zhuoyuan, the elder brother whom even Fu Jiayan feared and respected.

Overnight, Zhou Jiyao went from being mocked by thousands to being feared by thousands.

The aloof man, cold as the moon, adjusted the expensive silver-and-diamond watch on his wrist and laid a marriage-of-convenience contract before Zhou Jiyao. In a low voice, he said, "In return, I can give you everything you want: money, power, fame, and fortune."

"Except love."

Is that so?

Zhou Jiyao curled his lips. "Deal."

As the eldest son of the Fu family, Fu Zhuoyuan was known for his ruthless methods. Everyone knew he was untouchable, like a god, but no one knew he suffered from an ailment he could hardly speak of: a skin-contact disorder.

The touch of anyone else brought Fu Zhuoyuan pain and revulsion. Only Zhou Jiyao's touch could put him at ease.

On their wedding night, Zhou Jiyao straddled the desk in Fu Zhuoyuan's study, twirling the man's tie around a fingertip as he smiled. His voice was flirtatious. "You mean we need to have some... necessary skin contact?"

Fu Zhuoyuan knew exactly what Zhou Jiyao was like. He was flamboyant and flirtatious, a fox in luxurious fur, with his heart set on fame and fortune.

Facing the beautiful man with the wicked smile, Fu Zhuoyuan's Adam's apple bobbed. His reason won out over his desire, and he said coldly, "I advise you not to get any ideas you shouldn't have."

With the title of "Fu Zhuoyuan's legal spouse" behind him, Zhou Jiyao quickly became famous nationwide. Everyone knew the gorgeous, ambitious top-tier star from the slums.

Later, Fu Zhuoyuan gave Zhou Jiyao everything he could, convinced that this would ensure Zhou Jiyao never left him.

But on a rainy night, after Fu Zhuoyuan's condition was cured, Zhou Jiyao packed his bags and left the Fu residence. For once, the usually composed and unflappable Mr. Fu lost control.

Fu Zhuoyuan pinned him to the bed with both hands, trembling as he spoke, his voice almost pleading. "Yao Yao, could you love more than just my money and power? Could you love me, too?"

Reader advisory:

* SC, HE, the leads are an exclusive one-on-one couple

* Older top, five-year age gap

* The leads are not perfect. Because of his childhood and upbringing, the bottom's moral standards differ from those of ordinary people, and his pursuit of money is almost obsessive. He'll gradually heal~

[Coming soon: Tough, no-nonsense, fatherly mechanic top × pampered, spoiled young master bottom]

For the first eighteen years of his life, Lin Yu was a pampered young master who had the very best of everything. Then his family suffered a sudden upheaval, and just before starting his senior year of high school, he was dumped in a tiny backwater county.

The place was full of old buildings and crumbling tiles, with utility poles and clotheslines crisscrossing between old apartment blocks. It was a world apart from the one he had come from...

To make matters worse, his cousin Chen Luyuan couldn't stand the sight of him.

Chen Luyuan owned a repair shop in town. He stood six-foot-three, with muscles all over and sharp, rugged features. In a white tank top and army pants, he was the undisputed heartthrob of the whole town.

Unfortunately, the handsome man was quiet and aloof, always keeping his head down and working. Plenty of girls who came hoping to meet him were put off by his coldness. He was a bona fide straight guy.

And Chen Luyuan especially couldn't stand his delicate little cousin.

The young master was spoiled and willful, with skin so soft and pale it seemed unreal, and he was too delicate to endure the slightest hardship.

And he loved to act cute, too. (At least, that's what Chen Luyuan thought.)

When Lin Yu transferred to the town's high school for his senior year, he wore the cheap, shoddy uniform the school had given him. That very night, his back broke out in a rash.

Frowning, Chen Luyuan washed his hands, still stained with gasoline, twice with soap. He applied ointment with fingertips roughened by a thin layer of calluses, then reached out with his strong, sturdy arms. "Come here."

Too proud to give in, Lin Yu whined and protested. "No, go away! I don't want any ointment!"

Chen Luyuan said in a low voice, "Acting cute won't work. I'm not falling for that."

Lin Yu: "???"

That night, Chen Luyuan, who supposedly wouldn't fall for it, drove to the city in the middle of the night and arranged for three custom-made school uniforms for the young master...

Much later...

When the boy beneath him had cried until his eyes were red, he bit the other's shoulder in a sulky complaint. "Chen, be gentle. It hurts."

The supposedly "straight" man felt his heart melt.

He's just a kid. It's normal to be delicate. You've got to spoil him.

So much for that.

Theme: Sincere hearts deserve sincere love