Pampered by the Feudal Patriarch of a Powerful Family

*Alternate-history Nanyang setting | Mining tycoon x sweet, innocent darling. Main story and extras complete

Yan Shuang was in a car accident. When he woke up, he was aboard a ship bound for Nanyang in the 1940s.

After a month at sea, he was robbed of his wallet as soon as he stepped ashore. Penniless, he had no choice but to take hard labor at the docks.

Then an accident left him with amnesia, and somehow Yan Shuang became the young master of the Xie family, the kings of Malaya's tin-mining industry.

In a daze, he moved into the Xie family mansion.

The Xie family patriarch, Xie Junting, was respected by all, reserved, and steady, yet he took exceptional care of Yan Shuang.

He personally taught him to write, grind ink, and hold a brush. When Yan Shuang fell ill, he tested the medicine's temperature before feeding it to him, and stayed up all night by his bedside. One servant even saw the head of the Xie family comb Yan Shuang's hair himself when the young master slept in.

No one had ever seen anyone dote on the young master like that. He was clearly spoiling him like a wife!

Yan Shuang gradually recovered his memories and realized that his supposed identity as a young master had been one huge misunderstanding!

He was grateful for the Xie family's care, and after giving it a lot of thought, he finally told Xie Junting the truth.

When Xie Junting learned Yan Shuang planned to leave, he smiled warmly as always and did not stop him.

That night, Yan Shuang woke to a room lit by red wedding candles.

Xie Junting, who had been lurking in the shadows, wore wedding robes. His expression was gentle and calm, a glimmer of candlelight reflected in his black-jade eyes.

"Since you're awake, come over and perform the wedding rites."

Outside, people whispered that the Xie family patriarch had gone mad. He doted on a fake young master of unknown origins, then dared to marry him openly in the ancestral hall.

A screen separated them from the tumultuous crowd.

Yan Shuang was held down against the windowsill. As the light and shadows shifted, the deep-featured man lowered his eyes and murmured, "Shuangshuang, call me 'hubby.'"

Thanks to the artist @Xian Yun Yi Qing Shan for the illustrations of the two leads.

One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, sweet romance.

*Important:

1. Please read the author's note in Chapter One for content warnings! The male lead is a deeply twisted, possessive yandere, but he's also hopelessly in love. This is simply my personal preference, so please don't force yourself to read it if it's not your thing.

The recipient is very sweet and gentle, and also quite pampered! But he has a character-growth arc.

2. An alternate-history Nanyang setting in the 1940s. The leads are unrelated and have no legal relationship. There are no historical prototypes, so please don't associate them with real people (bolded in the original).

3. No pairing swaps, gender swaps, or self-insert fantasies. I recommend buying chapters one at a time, and please don't subscribe to the whole novel just for the illustrations. Read the content warnings first. Comments that disrupt the reading experience will be deleted. You don't need to tell me if you're dropping the novel.

The blurb was screenshotted and saved on June 16, 2026!

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Marrying the Old-Fashioned Patriarch of a Wealthy Family by Xiao Zhi Yan

"Age gap" *size difference* (beautiful deaf darling x stern, proper Daddy)

As the unwanted tagalong brought into the family by the third Mrs. Xie of Hong Kong's Xie family, Xie Shuyan wasn't even allowed to eat at the table.

Everyone who saw him couldn't help but sigh.

So the so-called insignificant rich-family hanger-on in the Hong Kong media really had a face beautiful enough to get away with anything. What a pity he was a man who couldn't bear children, and was deaf, too.

To avoid being offered up as a bargaining chip to Director Chen, who was attracted to men and women alike, Xie Shuyan set his sights on the Lu family, the most prestigious old-money dynasty in Hong Kong.

As the head of the Lu family, Lu Yao had been raised with strict discipline from childhood. His impeccable manners and bearing were etched into his bones. He was a truly noble man, born with a silver spoon and standing above the clouds.

That was what the Hong Kong media said.

Xie Shuyan lowered his lashes and scoffed, ignoring the ache in his waist.

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

The man had no idea how the newspaper article had offended his darling. He pulled him onto his lap and kissed him softly. "So even when you're angry, bb, you're this adorable."

They each got what they wanted from the relationship, and both entered it willingly. Once Xie Shuyan had saved enough money to go abroad, he left without hesitation.

Not long afterward, the Hong Kong media reported that Lu Yao's marriage proposal had been rejected. The lofty family patriarch had lost his composure, and the one-of-a-kind wedding ring he'd bought for tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars had been thrown into Victoria Harbour.

Rumors took flight, growing more outrageous with every retelling.

Word was that the person who 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 was in an uproar, waiting to see how this drama would end.

Xie Shuyan next appeared at a Lu family banquet six months later. The youth looked like a haughty cat, exhaustion written across his features.

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

*One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, sweet romance with a little angst. Alternate-history 1990s Hong Kong, no real-life prototypes, so please don't associate them with reality.

*The recipient is a breathtaking beauty with an imperfect personality. The male lead is very possessive. Eleven-year age gap.

*Important: The author is a native Cantonese speaker. A little Cantonese is used to set the mood. Please stop reading if anything makes you uncomfortable. Comments that disrupt the reading experience will be deleted (bowing!).

A screenshot was uploaded as proof on June 1, 2025!

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