After the Poor Little One Was Forced to Marry a Stuffy Rich Daddy

【Reborn Top】 Blurb: At twenty, after his family’s investments fail, Song Ciyu, the son who was never favored, is offered up by his father to marry into the Huo family and repay a debt in place of his half-brother. The current head of the Huo family, Huo Tingyan, is said to be twelve years older than him. A car accident in his youth left him with a limp, and his moods are notoriously unpredictable. There are even rumors that he is so cruel and vicious that, since he can’t walk properly himself, he can’t stand seeing anyone else with healthy legs either, especially in bed. Song Ciyu, who has lost all interest in life, doesn’t care anymore. The Song family raised him to trade him for resources. If they weren’t sending him to this family, they’d send him to another. He would actually prefer it if Huo Tingyan were especially rough with him after he arrived, ideally killing him in one go and putting an end to it all. - Song Ciyu’s desire to die reaches its peak. But once he arrives at the Huo family home, he’s given a huge room he never dared dream of, and served meals carefully prepared by a private chef. For his birthday, he even receives a gold longevity lock specially made for him, its meaning a wish for a long life... What’s more, Huo Tingyan, rumored to be psychologically twisted, is surprisingly gentle with him. On their wedding night, he sees how nervous and afraid Song Ciyu is, pulls him into his arms, and pats his back as if soothing a child. He guides him every step of the way, making sure it doesn’t hurt at all. For the first time, Song Ciyu feels like he’s truly living as a person. - The first time Huo Tingyan hears the name Song Ciyu is in the news. As a brutally tortured corpse, abandoned beside a river. The victim’s ID photo shows a pair of rare gray eyes, reminding him of a child with the same eyes whom he once saved many years ago. He had saved him once, but failed to save him a second time. Everyone has their fate. Cold-blooded and indifferent, Huo Tingyan doesn’t dwell on the matter, but over the next twenty-odd years, he keeps thinking now and then about the owner of those eyes. Some people say that’s love. Huo Tingyan scoffs at the idea, but when he’s had enough of life and decides to bid farewell to this tedious world, the last person he thinks of is still Song Ciyu. Then he is reborn. Back to a time when Song Ciyu is still alive. - After they marry, Huo Tingyan devotes himself to observing and caring for his little wife. His wife has a weak stomach and can’t eat much, but fortunately he isn’t picky. Huo Tingyan asks a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to prescribe nourishing dishes and incorporates them into his daily meals, carefully tending to him. His wife is deaf in his right ear and gets headaches when people speak loudly. Huo Tingyan gives him a hearing aid and speaks softly from then on. Even when he has to scold someone, he closes the door and takes them elsewhere. His wife is very sensitive to pain, yet his wrists are covered in countless scars. Huo Tingyan kisses them tenderly again and again, holds him every night, soothes him, and tells him, “I’m here. Don’t be afraid.” Over time, the outside world’s opinion of Huo Tingyan changes from a cold-hearted, brutal tyrant to a hopeless romantic. Huo family head: Ha! Me? A hopeless romantic? The kid I adopted in my previous life was the hopeless romantic. He couldn’t walk straight whenever he saw his wife, clung to him all day, and begged for kisses. How could I possibly be a hopeless romantic? Song Ciyu arches his foot helplessly, blushing as he looks at the man holding his calf in one hand. His voice comes out in broken gasps. “Huo Tingyan... stop kissing me...” 【Sensitive and insecure, self-destructive and broken wife VS iron-fisted and ruthless to the outside world, gentle and guiding only with his wife, hopelessly romantic older top】 P.S.: 1. Heights: 178/197 cm; ages: 20/32. Both are each other’s only partner. 2. The bottom is deaf in his right ear, and the top has a limp in his left leg. He walks slowly, so it’s not obvious. Neither condition can be cured. 3. The bottom’s unusual eyes are related to his background, not a mutation. 4. The rumors in the blurb are false. The top has had no other partners in either life. The son from his previous life was adopted, as explained in the story. He has no unusual sexual preferences. 5. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting. 6. The cover is a template and does not represent the characters. Theme: Open your heart and bravely step outside. After the rain, rainbows are everywhere.