The Man Everyone Hates Falls Hard for Him at First Sight

[Advance preview: My Beautiful Beta Is the Fake Young Master. The blurb is at the very bottom. If you're interested, feel free to visit my profile and add it to your favorites!]

He was the only person He Jingzhou kept by his side.

But there's probably a hundred and eight thousand miles between "keeping someone" and "loving them."

He Jingzhou didn't love him?

Fine. It wasn't as if he couldn't live without him.

If this one didn't work out, he'd move on to the next. He was always generous. When it came to love, anyone could have a share.

Even if none of the handsome guys he'd met so far were interested in him...

Was that really going to stop him?

He lived by one principle: cast a wide net, catch plenty of fish, and pick the best of the bunch.

There were so many handsome men in the world. He refused to believe he wouldn't find one who fell for him.

A seemingly shameless but actually timid, ordinary bottom x a seemingly scummy but actually decent top (or tops?)

The bottom is silly and fussy, horny and shameless, a little conceited yet very insecure. He's not only looks-obsessed, but also the type to fall in love at first sight.

[The new updates begin in the second half of Chapter 70. Every chapter before Chapter 70 has been revised. If you've read the original version, you can start at Chapter 70.]

Reader's guide:

1. The main story is in first person.

2. Neither the top nor the bottom is perfect. Not recommended for readers with strict purity requirements.

3. This is an extremely melodramatic story. Everyone hates him at first, then everyone loves him. The writing is simple, so just read for fun. My tolerance for melodrama is very high, and I especially love piling it on, so I may hit some readers' sore spots. If anything feels off, just run. Kisses!

--- Advance Preview ---

After eighteen years of living in comfort, pampered and spoiled, the beta young master Shi Miao was told he was the fake young master.

There was no story about his birth mother wanting what was best for him. She had switched him with the real young master simply because she hated him.

Shi Miao didn't want to leave.

He couldn't bear to give up his life of luxury, and he didn't want to live in poverty.

But on the night he learned the truth, he had a dream:

In the dream, he begged just as desperately, pleading with his adoptive parents, his eldest brother who despised him, and his fiance, who had always treated him with indifference. He begged them to let him stay.

No one paid him any attention.

They watched as he was bullied, then fell into the artificial lake and drowned.

No one saved him.

Because they all loved the real young master, who was a model student, well-behaved, and sensible.

They wanted him gone.

*

The next day, everything happened exactly as it had in the dream, right down to every word everyone said.

This time, Shi Miao had learned his lesson.

He quietly left with his birth mother.

He was afraid of dying.

*

But life after leaving the Wen family wasn't easy.

In a world that looked down on betas, a top alpha's pheromones were the best protection.

He had a beautiful face, and when the corners of his eyes tilted up, he looked like a proud cat. Now he turned his head, baring the pale nape of his neck, and spoke in a sweet, soft voice. "...Help me this once, okay?"

As if offering someone a piece of candy.

He thought he was using them.

He didn't know that when those men took the "candy," their eyes were full of desire to devour him whole.

*

His fiance cornered him in the storeroom, grinding his canine teeth into the soft flesh of Shi Miao's neck. His voice was terrifyingly hoarse. "Didn't you want pheromones? How about I give you as much as you can handle?"

Shi Miao's eyes reddened with arousal, his gaze unfocused.

The next moment, someone kicked the door open.

His usually aloof older brother stood at the front, with several Alphas he knew well behind him.

Every one of them stared at the fresh bite marks on his neck, eyes roiling with dark possessiveness.

Shi Miao blinked, then suddenly smiled.

Moisture still clung to the corners of his eyes as he stretched out a slender finger and pointed at them one by one.

"You, you, and you..."

"Get in line and take turns."

[Bonus Scene]

Later, many onlookers assumed the fake young master, who was supposed to go crying back to his family, had already been carried off to a den by a pack of hungry wolves.

But Shi Miao was curled up in someone's arms, his nape layered with temporary marks, and still grumbled as if it weren't enough: "The pheromones aren't strong enough today."

The Alphas: ...Let us have a turn!

Theme: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.