The Second Young Master Shoulders the Burden

Apart from losing his third younger brother as a child, Fu Yanghua, the Fu family's second son, had no complaints about a life where all he had to do was spend money and enjoy himself.

But soon, everything changed when his third younger brother was found. Before long, Fu Yanghua realized that his eldest brother had developed unusual feelings for their younger brother.

Fu Yanghua: ...Seriously?

Luckily, his third brother hadn't noticed his eldest brother's feelings.

Just as Fu Yanghua was torn over how to deal with it, he suddenly no longer had to choose between sides.

Fu Yanghua (closing his eyes in anguish): Haha, those two got together just like that!

At first, they exchanged smoldering glances in front of everyone and acted intimately. Later, they went on business trips and shared a hotel room.

Watching his eldest and third brothers grow bolder by the day, Fu Yanghua ran into a new dilemma: how could he help them cover up their full-of-holes romance while still breaking them up?

In the end, after racking his brains, he came up with a solution: find a proper, publicly acknowledged couple to take the fall!

As it turned out, his plan was great, but he was the one who got sacrificed. Still, if he really wanted to keep people from finding out, breaking those two up was probably the best option.

Just as Fu Yanghua had tried and failed every trick he could think of, someone finally produced evidence at a banquet that his third younger brother wasn't really their third younger brother.

Fu Yanghua (eyes lighting up): What?! That's a thing?

Onlookers: ...Huh? Aren't you supposed to be furious and kick this fake young master out for trying to steal the family fortune?

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Zhong Yu was born into a wealthy family whose influence surpassed the Fu family's. He'd heard that the Fu family's second son was incredibly handsome, but had always assumed people were just flattering him.

That changed when the Fu family held a banquet for the child they'd lost. He saw with his own eyes a handsome young man standing beside the Fu family's heir apparent.

The young man had fair skin and a beauty mark at the corner of his eye. The instant he looked up at Zhong Yu with a smile, Zhong Yu felt his heart race and realized the rumors had been absolutely right.

Later, Zhong Yu discovered that he wasn't the only one who'd fallen for someone. The young man seemed to have feelings for him too.

Once they officially started dating, Zhong Yu thought it was time to meet each other's parents and take the next step. But the young man kept putting it off.

At first, Zhong Yu thought their relationship had progressed too quickly and the young man hadn't told his parents yet. But after news broke that the child the Fu family had found wasn't their biological son and was dating the Fu family's eldest son, Zhong Yu was suddenly dumped at lightning speed. Looking back on everything that had happened, he let out a cold laugh.

--So someone had been using their relationship as a smokescreen for his dear eldest brother all along.

But there was no way Zhong Yu would agree to just let him go.

Later, he pinned the young man, who had nowhere left to hide, onto the bed. His hot breath brushed against the other's neck as he asked in a husky voice, "Are we breaking up or not?"

The young man trembled all over and pleaded pitifully, his voice strained. "N-No, we're not breaking up..."

[Warnings]

1. The eldest and third brothers both knew they weren't related by blood before they started dating.

2. The secondary couple's story moves the main couple's relationship forward, so it will definitely take up a fair amount of the plot.

3. I'll add more if I think of anything.

Core theme: Stay positive and keep moving forward.