Marrying the Old-Fashioned Heir to a Wealthy Family

*Alternate-universe 1990s Hong Kong | Beautiful hard-of-hearing sweetheart x stern, proper Daddy

As the unwanted extra burden brought along by the third Mrs. Xie of Hong Kong's Xie family, Xie Shuyan wasn't even allowed to sit at the dinner table.

Everyone who had seen him sighed.

So the insignificant hanger-on from a wealthy family, as described by the Hong Kong media, really did have a face so beautiful he could get away with anything. What a pity he was a man who couldn't bear children, and was hard of hearing.

To avoid being used as a bargaining chip and sent to Chairman Chen, who liked men and women alike, Xie Shuyan set his sights on Hong Kong's most prestigious old-money family, the Lus.

As the head of the Lu family, Lu Yao had been strictly raised from childhood. His impeccable manners and bearing were ingrained in his bones. He was a truly refined man who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth and stood above the clouds.

That was what the Hong Kong newspapers said.

Xie Shuyan lowered his lashes and let out a scoff, ignoring his aching waist.

By seniority, he had to call Lu Yao "Uncle"! The old man had no restraint in bed, nothing like the stern, proper man he was in public.

The man had no idea what in the papers had upset his sweetheart. He pulled him onto his lap and kissed him gently. "So even when bb is angry, he's this well-behaved."

They both got what they wanted from the relationship, and it was consensual. After saving enough money to go abroad, Xie Shuyan left without looking back.

Not long afterward, the Hong Kong media reported that Lu Yao's marriage proposal had been rejected. The haughty head of the wealthy family had lost his composure, and even threw into Victoria Harbour the custom-made wedding ring he'd bought for tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Rumors grew wings, becoming more outrageous with each retelling.

Word was that the person who had brought Lu Yao to his knees was the Xie family's "fake young master," who had run off with the money and was also his nephew in name!

All of Hong Kong Island was in an uproar, waiting to see how this drama would end.

Xie Shuyan reappeared at a Lu family banquet six months later. The young man looked like a cold, aloof cat, weariness written across his features.

He was deaf in his right ear and had only eighty percent hearing in his left. The unattainable head of the Lu family gazed at him tenderly, whispering in his ear as he gently rubbed his waist.

*One-on-one, both pure, sweet with a touch of angst. Alternate-universe 1990s Hong Kong, no real-life inspirations, please don't associate it with reality.

*Gorgeous bottom, imperfect personality, the top is head over heels, eleven-year age gap.

*Important: The author is a native Cantonese speaker. The story includes a little Cantonese for atmosphere. If anything makes you uncomfortable, please stop reading. Comments that disrupt the reading experience will also be deleted (bowing!).

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