The Fake Young Master Is Doted on by His Villainous Childhood Friend

Chi Li accidentally transmigrates into a wealthy-family melodrama as a disposable fake young master. After the leads make a mess of everything, he ends up dead without a body left behind.

Five-year-old Chi Li: ...If I can't afford to offend them, can't I just stay out of their way? I'm done with this!

Before his fake-young-master identity is exposed, he decides to eat, drink, and lie flat, then make his exit as soon as the time comes.

On his first day of kindergarten, he meets Yu Si, the story's biggest villain.

At this point, Yu Si is only six years old. He's adorable, but his background is tragic: even at such a young age, he has to help his nanny mother with hard labor to make ends meet.

Yu Si scrubs the floor, his face red with exertion.

Chi Li: Let go of the urge to help. Respect the character's fate.

Yu Si does laundry in the bitter cold, his hands turning purple in the icy water.

Chi Li: Let go of the urge to help. Respect the character's fate.

Wearing old clothes, Yu Si is cornered by kids his age, who jeer at him and pelt him with stones and marbles.

Chi Li: Let go of...

I can't let go of it at all!

Yu Si is only six!

“What animals!”

Chi Li curses inwardly, but his body is already shielding Yu Si.

That day, Chi Li's smile shone brighter than the sun. From then on, Yu Si's world was never dark again.

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Chi Li keeps his promise and diligently “looks after” Yu Si, right up until the day the real and fake young masters are exposed.

Without a word, he packs his things and leaves home.

Outside, Yu Si waits for him in a faded school uniform, riding a beat-up bicycle.

Everyone: Tsk, tsk. A pampered young master following a poor kid? He's sure to suffer!

But later, as snow falls thick and fast, someone sees Chi Li building a snowman on the white ground. While the man behind him isn't looking, he slips off his knitted gloves.

The rising tech tycoon sees this, scoops him up in his arms, kisses and coaxes him, and carries him toward the Bentley behind them.

Everyone: ? How does Chi Li get so lucky!

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Chi Li thinks he's amazing. He actually raised the villain into a positive, sunny young man!

What he doesn't know is that in the middle of the night, Yu Si sneaks into his room and strokes his cheek, obsessed and besotted.

“Someone on the street was sneaking looks at you again today. I really wanted to gouge their eyes out.”

Yu Si narrows his eyes, running his thumb over Chi Li's full, dewy lips. “But it doesn't matter. As long as you like it, I can pretend to be perfect, even for the rest of my life.”

Sunny, optimistic little ray of sunshine uke x gloomy, love-obsessed seme

Theme: Never look down on a poor young man.