Pretty Scum Bottom, 1860s

Michelle has a truly awful personality.

But his face is so unbelievably handsome that even his nastiness has its own unique charm.

America in the 1860s: a nation torn apart by war.

The industrial might of the North clashes head-on with the agrarian South. Everyone is forced to choose between loyalty, morality, and survival, redefining everything in the process.

But what does any of that have to do with Michelle?

Horse racing, hunting, opera, balls!

Eat, drink, and be merry today. He was born to enjoy life!

One gunshot shatters his beautiful old life.

To save his own life, Michelle has no choice but to pay with a kiss, begging the bodyguard he usually hates most to help him escape.

Humiliated by such a threat, Michelle grits his teeth and swears that one day he'll chop the slave to pieces.

But this is only the beginning.

As chaos takes hold, the beautiful, wealthy young master is like a lamb dropped into a pack of wolves. Everyone is hoping he'll be devoured, dragged into the abyss, and left for dead in the wilderness.

But Michelle isn't exactly a good-hearted person.

He'll fight children for food, women for men, and men for resources.

If it means staying alive, Michelle is willing to do anything.

You covet his beauty?

You think you can control and toy with him?

Then you'd better be ready to pay the price.

Even when he's down on his luck, Michelle never loses his nerve or his charm.

One upward glance from those blue-green eyes is enough to make anyone want to risk everything for him, laying money and jewels at his feet.

...Except for three men.

The first accepted a kiss as payment, helping Michelle escape the besieged estate and teaching him how to survive, only to push him into an even deeper abyss;

The second was sinister, dangerous, and brutally violent. He used profit as bait to lure Michelle into submission, hoping to turn him into a caged bird and indulge his depraved tastes;

The third wore his long hair down to his waist and was as gentle and beautiful as a god. Michelle couldn't help being instinctively drawn to him, yet felt a deep, subconscious fear.

Michelle narrowed his eyes.

So what if the men he wants to fool aren't stupid? The one who falls in love first is the one who loses.

He won't lose.

■ Reader's guide:

1. All characters are inexperienced in love; successive one-on-one relationships; the main love interest is the top, the second male lead is the bottom

2. A wicked bottom is just what a wicked top needs. Neither the top nor the bottom is a good person

3. A partially fictionalized, melodramatic story. Please don't nitpick the history~

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Theme: Never give up