Can I Take You Home?

Shen An is the Shen family's adopted son, a former S-rank Omega whose gland has been damaged. He accepts his adoptive parents' arrangement to marry into the Cheng family. His fiance is five years older than him. They've been together for three years, get along well, and are expected to marry next March.

On a sunny day, the results of his premarital health check arrive. Shen An takes the subway from home to First Hospital. The ride takes fifteen minutes.

Fifteen minutes later, the doctor tells him he has less than a year to live.

The forced treatment looks painful and undignified. Shen An thinks there's no need to put himself through such suffering, but there's one thing he can't stop worrying about.

Shen An likes picking things up.

As a child, he picked up clothes, textbooks, and cacti that people had thrown out. As an adult, he picked up birds that couldn't fly, turtles, and a dog missing half an ear. A few years ago, he even picked up a baby still in swaddling clothes.

On the night Shen An is diagnosed with a terminal illness, torrential rain pours down, and a bloodied man lies unconscious by the roadside.

Shen An picks him up.

The man insists he doesn't want to go to the hospital, so Shen An takes him home instead.

The next day, Pei Yanhuai wakes up and knocks over a glass of warm water on the coffee table.

The glass shatters.

The birds, turtle, cat, dog, and child in the house all scream at once.

Extra scene:

Sprite is a famous pet influencer with many pets. In today's fiercely competitive pet-influencer scene, he's risen to the top thanks to his beautiful, slender white fingers and pleasant voice. He's never shown his face. Many people have offered vast sums of money for a glimpse of his looks, but Sprite has turned them all down.

During one livestream, Sprite accidentally reveals an Omega pheromone-blocking patch on the back of his neck. Beneath the semi-transparent patch, faint bite marks can be seen on his fair skin.

The comments instantly explode.

Sprite: Ah... this? A friend helped me with a temporary marking.

Sprite: Mm, that's right. I haven't been feeling very well lately.

Sprite: (laughs) We're really just friends.

Sprite: Hire a nanny? Hmm... I'll think about it. The kids are very well-behaved. I don't think I need one for now.

Later, medical tape starts appearing often on the back of Sprite's hand. Sprite says he's been ill and is receiving treatment, so his livestreams may be less frequent.

The comments lament the news, but suddenly a little child rubs their eyes, runs into the frame, and buries themself in Sprite's arms.

Before the comments can explode, a pair of long, well-proportioned hands with prominent knuckles reaches in from off camera and lifts the child off Sprite.

The man asks, "Are you streaming?"

Sprite: "...Yeah."

The man says, "Come to bed early."

Sprite nods obediently. "Okay."

The comments scream silently: A man? Come to bed?? It sounds a bit like Pei Ye???

Sprite smiles. "Ah... that's the nanny I hired recently."

[Bottom who raised a whole family from a young age and picked up a husband for himself x Accomplished young top who knowingly became the third party, then finally got picked up by his wife]

1. Extremely devoted 1v1 with mutual pining. The ex-fiance is just an NPC.

2. Not a pure fluff story. Bittersweetness is the main flavor.

3. Nothing else for now.

Theme: Where there's a will, there's a way.