The Canary's Contract Has Expired

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Blurb:

Past and present lives + romantic tension + showbiz

Lin Mo was a prominent figure among the university's freshmen. He had excellent grades but kept to himself, and his face was so handsome it was almost beautiful. He was the unattainable ideal in the eyes of the girls, and a "sissy" whom the boys envied and ostracized.

His parents divorced when he was young. His mother abandoned him, and his father drank himself to death, leaving him to live with his grandmother and aunt. In front of his family, he wore a mask of obedience, living cautiously.

Lin Mo thought his life would always be this dull, until he met Xu Fangyao, who was like a ray of light shining into his gray life.

No one had ever cared about him so much. He began to become addicted to the feeling of being doted on.

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Lin Mo had always known how pitiful he was. He also knew that Xu Fangyao was a sucker for that sort of thing, so he was happy to play it up in front of him.

As soon as he entered showbiz, someone paid for a wave of smear campaigns against him across the internet. Hashtags like "Lin Mo may be a sugar daddy's kept canary" and "Get out of showbiz" shot to the top of Weibo's trending topics.

The whole internet was waiting to laugh at Lin Mo.

But Lin Mo only blinked and asked Xu Fangyao, "Brother, what does 'canary' mean? Are they insulting me?"

And just like that, he smoothly dealt with that troublemaking childhood friend!

Classmate bullying, a bar owner kidnapping and molesting him, abuse from his own mother: all of it could be used to make Xu Fangyao worry about him and believe he couldn't survive without him!

But why? Why did Xu Fangyao love someone else instead of him?

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Xu Fangyao came from a wealthy family. He was a major investor in the film and television industry in Hong Kong, and his life had been a smooth road to fame and fortune.

The first time Xu Fangyao saw Lin Mo, the young man was spotless and stunningly beautiful. At a glance, Xu Fangyao recognized him as the person who had haunted his dreams for ten years.

His lover from a past life.

The nineteen-year-old had the wariness of a small animal in his eyes. Trapped in the shadows of his family, he had endured one injustice after another. It was enough to make a powerful man rein in his sharpness, give him all the tenderness he had, and raise the boy to be sweet and obedient.

Until the boy stood frozen in the doorway, looking over with bloodshot eyes, though he hadn't said a word.

His body swayed as if he were about to shatter. Why did Xu Fangyao's heart hurt so much?

It wasn't until the boy refused to look back at him ever again that Xu Fangyao was driven mad with fear!

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Lin Mo became an overnight sensation after his film became a hit, making him showbiz's latest top-tier star. By then, Xu Fangyao had spoiled him until he did whatever he pleased.

At a business function packed with tycoons, he spilled wine all over one of them.

On Weibo, he repeatedly liked fan posts shipping him with his rumored sugar daddy, Xu Fangyao. Rumors and all kinds of scandals about them spread everywhere.

That's right. He was determined to ruin himself!

But Xu Fangyao, a major film investor, personally stepped forward and declared his love for Lin Mo in front of the media, saying he was passionately pursuing him.

Backstage, Xu Fangyao was pushed down in front of the makeup mirror.

Dressed in a white Republican-era suit, Lin Mo was proud and bewitching. He stroked Xu Fangyao's face and looked up at him, his features deep and his gaze tender. "Do I look good? Am I more like the person in your dreams now?"

Xu Fangyao surrendered without a fight. "A-Mo, you're the one I love!"

Lin Mo gave a slightly unhinged laugh. "Tch, what's with the act? Isn't this exactly the way you like me?"

Lin Mo pressed a knee between Xu Fangyao's legs, then hooked a finger lightly under his chin and looked down at him arrogantly. "What a shame. I don't love you anymore!"

Is that so?

Of course not. A hunt takes patience!

"Reading Guide"

[1] The top dotes on the bottom, but not with the condescending indulgence of someone powerful toward someone weaker. This is genuine, healthy love.

[2] When someone is truly seen, their authentic self is brought to light, and love can flow between them.

[3] Both are virgins.

[4] No substitute! The top has loved the bottom from beginning to end!

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After Xu Sui died, he discovered that he had transmigrated into a melodramatic rich-family novel as the fake young master who had been switched at birth, the bottom in a tragic ending.

In the novel, after the real young master returned, Xu Sui was kicked out of the house. He could only cling desperately to his childhood sweetheart and boyfriend, the top, Zhao Ziyue. As if under a spell, he and the top were tangled up for a million words, groveling and losing all dignity, tormenting readers until they wore masks of agony.

In the end, on the day the top and the real young master fulfilled their families' engagement, Xu Sui was run over and killed by someone the real young master had hired!

He transmigrated to the day the bottom turned twenty-one, after being kicked out. While frantically chasing after his boyfriend, the top, he was accidentally hit by a car and knocked unconscious. The real young master swaggered into his hospital room and sneered, "You think doing this will make Brother Ziyue feel guilty and pity you?"

Xu Sui: ...

Xu Sui was horrified: This idiotic plot is following me everywhere!

Seeing Zhao Ziyue's angry frown, Xu Sui made a snap decision. "Oh, I wouldn't dare. You two are the real deal. I'm sold. Wishing you a happy 99 years together."

But unexpectedly, after that, Young Master Zhao suddenly went off the rails and wouldn't let him go, acting like a lovesick, tortured lunatic. No, why wasn't he following the script at all?

Xu Sui was terrified. He had to run. He had to save himself!

Xu Sui had made up his mind: he would use Feng Shanjian, the devoted second male lead in the tragic romance who had secretly loved him for years, to get away!

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Feng Shanjian had secretly loved Xu Sui for years, but Xu Sui and his childhood sweetheart Zhao Ziyue were deeply in love, so Feng Shanjian could only watch over him from the sidelines.

Until the day of Zhao Ziyue's wedding, when Xu Sui was murdered!

When Feng Shanjian went to identify the body of the person he loved, he nearly went mad. The Xu family and Zhao Ziyue were all as good as dead!

When he woke again, he discovered he had been reborn.

Looking at Xu Sui, who was smiling at him with such carefree radiance, he was swept over by immense regret, relief, and joy.

This time, he would never watch him walk toward death again. He would do whatever it took to fight for him and claim him, even if Xu Sui hated him!

But who could have guessed that before he even made a move, Xu Sui would already have slipped into his arms? He was no longer the refined young master Xu Sui, gentle as jade. Instead, he wrapped his arms around Feng Shanjian's neck and cooed at him.

"Do you like me? Do you want to marry me?"

Feng Shanjian, on the verge of turning dark, was so flustered he lost his composure. "I do! I want to marry you!" The words spilled out before he could stop himself.

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Zhao Ziyue woke from a nightmare. The person who had once loved him so deeply was now wrapped around someone else's neck, showing a willful, pampered side Zhao Ziyue had never seen before. His lips trembled stiffly, twisting into a crazed, terrifying smile. "A-Sui, you can only be mine!"

Sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, straightforward fake young master bottom VS younger, loyal-dog top who fights to win him VS deranged, scheming, possessive top

Theme: Become your own salvation and your own unbreakable support.