The Pretty Gold Digger Gets Kept by Her CEO Ex Again

Gu Xuechi was determined to make it in the entertainment industry and swore he would become the best actor. But he accidentally offended everyone in the business, and in the end, he was reduced to an ordinary nobody.

One day, while sitting around unemployed at home, Gu Xuechi was hit with a trending topic:

[Shocking! Second Young Master Zhou Xingyan of Ziwei Group returns home! Will he make a comeback in acting or fight for the right to succeed? This time, he’s going to claim everything that belongs to him!]

What do you do when you can’t make it in the industry anymore?

Grit your teeth and get back together with your ex.

Gu Xuechi: This time, I’m going to claim everything that belongs to me too!

Zhou Xingyan sneered. “You? You think you can be a kept man like the others?”

Gu Xuechi put on a brave face. “How do you know I can’t? I’m naturally gifted, okay! It’ll be a piece of cake, a total piece of cake...”

“Is that so?” Zhou Xingyan said calmly. “Fine. Let’s find out.”

Cooking could earn him a role.

Holding hands could earn him a spot on a variety show.

A kiss could earn him an endorsement.

And more...

Only when Gu Xuechi had taken over every street and every streaming platform did netizens finally understand: the “Ziwei” in the rising star’s name referred to Ziwei Group.

One day, Gu Xuechi went to see Zhou Xingyan. Zhou Xingyan talked on his Bluetooth earpiece, beckoned him over, and casually pulled something from a drawer to hand him.

If anyone had walked into the office just then, they would have seen the newly famous top-tier star, known for his stubborn temper, sitting obediently with his head lowered on the lap of a man in a sharp suit, letting him put a brand-new bell collar around his neck.

Zhou Xingyan held his face with a faintly amused smile, but Gu Xuechi lowered his head even more. After a while, he gently took Zhou Xingyan’s finger between his lips and sucked it into his mouth.

“...You really are naturally gifted.” Zhou Xingyan admired Gu Xuechi’s humiliated expression for a moment, then leaned close to his ear and coaxed him in a low voice. “You lick so well. Good boy, good puppy.”

*

Gu Xuechi was born stubborn. He was hard-headed, sour-faced, tough-fisted, and not exactly soft around the waist. Every time, the pain made him cry, but he was terrible at crying too. He just gritted his teeth and didn’t make a sound.

He really wasn’t cut out to be a kept man.

But Zhou Xingyan could never forget the way Gu Xuechi had smiled and run toward him on that snowy night.

So Zhou Xingyan thought:

If Gu Xuechi would just lower his head a little, he could have anything he wanted.

[Reading guide]

1. Rekindled romance after a breakup (though they never really broke up)

2. One-on-one, first loves who have loved only each other from childhood to adulthood, from beginning to end

3. A sharp-tongued couple who say one thing and mean another, always at odds. They’ve done everything, but their mouths are the most stubborn part.

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Revised 2026.01.17

Theme: Love is a transaction, currency, and vocabulary.