A Peking Opera Performer Plays the Gaohu in a Cantonese Opera Troupe

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Blurb:

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Shao Yuan began learning opera at the age of eight. With his magnificent voice, excellent martial arts skills, and a resilient heart, he caused a sensation in the industry the first time he took the stage.

However, under pressure from all sides, he had no choice but to leave the opera stage.

Later, one day while passing a bookstore, he saw a disc of the Cantonese opera The Flower Princess. Shao Yuan decided to apply to Guangdong University of Chinese Opera.

On his first day there, he met someone named Liang Zhen.

Liang Zhen was a modestly famous male lead in Cantonese opera, specializing in both civil and martial roles. He ran a troupe, and when he saw Shao Yuan carrying an erhu on his back, he invited him to join the troupe as a musician.

Shao Yuan: "?"

I... I sing Peking opera, you know?

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Liang Zhen was only twenty. His father died before he was born, and his mother passed away when he was eight. After that, he and his maternal grandfather depended on each other.

He had trained in martial arts since childhood and was known as "Liaobu Town's number-one male lead in civil and martial roles." After his grandfather passed away, Liang Zhen inherited his Cantonese opera school and became its principal. One day, he recruited a young musician.

The musician was clearly a Peking opera performer, yet he played the strings beautifully. He memorized scores quickly and had nimble fingers. The moment he sat down on a wooden chair, he looked every bit the master. He had big eyes and fair skin. He seemed a little aloof when he wasn't smiling, but when he smiled, he was always so sweet.

Liang Zhen could no longer take his eyes off him.

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Everyone knew that Liang Zhen didn't like performing opera. While Old Master Liang was alive, he could keep him in line. After the old man died, Liang Zhen spent every day loafing around and hardly ever showed up at the troupe.

That was, until a musician from the north joined the troupe.

Whenever the musician was there, Liang Zhen started showing up much more often.

Some people were puzzled; others whispered among themselves.

Then one day, someone saw their young principal pinning the prodigy musician to the sofa in the dressing room, kissing him passionately.

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1. Older top, 1v1, happy ending, both are each other's first and only

After the Sickly Fake Young Master Is Forced into a Marriage Alliance with a Tycoon

[Merciless and Devoted Tycoon Top x Sickly, Sweet, and Obedient Fake Young Master Bottom. The Top Is Gentle with the Bottom, a Guiding Lover Who Spoils and Cherishes Him]

[Size Difference / Childhood Friends / Pregnancy Later On]

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Ning Ning's marriage alliance was with Lian Cheng, the head of Anning Group.

According to rumors, Lian Cheng made his fortune overseas, then rapidly swept across the domestic market after returning home. At the time, news about him was everywhere. The media said he was ruthless, violent, and heartless in business, and just as bad in private.

Ning Ning was merely an unloved fake young master of the Ning family, raised in a dark attic.

As a child, the servants skimped on his meals. When his eye condition flared up, little Ning Ning could only huddle in a corner and cry on an empty stomach. Over time, his health deteriorated, and he became completely blind.

No one told him how a blind man, powerless to defend himself, was supposed to deal with that ruthless and violent man.

Ning Ning's heart turned to ash.

On their wedding night, just as he was trembling with fear, his powerful husband knelt beside the bed and gently brushed away his tears, each one as big as a bean. His voice quavered with concern. "Don't cry, baby. Give me a chance, okay?"

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When news of the marriage alliance between the Lian and Ning families spread, everyone looked forward to seeing the fake young master's downfall.

At a banquet, Ning Ning came down the spiral staircase with one hand on his waist. Standing in the resplendent ballroom, he showed no trace of fear. His bearing was noble, and he was no longer timid and submissive as before. Every gesture carried a hint of the "Underworld King of the business world," Lian Cheng.

The swell of her belly made the sickly madam somewhat uncomfortable. The feared business tycoon instinctively gathered the petite figure into his arms, holding him with unmistakable possessiveness and protectiveness.

His stern face softened a little when he heard the other man softly call him, "Gege."

Lian Cheng lowered his head to kiss his cheek, his eyes filled with a tenderness and doting affection no one had ever seen before.

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Years ago, there was an unbeatable legend in the underground boxing ring of Country N.

He had once served as a human punching bag for professional boxers for five hundred dollars, and he had also knocked a three-hundred-jin strongman off his feet with a single punch.

Step by step, he fought his way up the ring. Once he stood at the top, he became king.

During matches, he always wore a black tank top with a pocket sewn over the left side of his chest.

One day, an accident caused the "treasure" in the pocket to fall out, and everyone saw what it was:

A photograph.

The picture had been taken in a dimly lit attic.

A boy of about seven held a golden ear of corn, nibbling at it like a hamster. He ate so carefully, so reluctantly.

After the match, during an interview beneath the spotlights, Lian Cheng covered his heart and lowered his eyes.

"That's my beloved. He's the reason I keep living."

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1. Gentle older daddy top, a guiding lover. Gentle only with the bottom; in front of outsiders, he's a ruthless and violent business tycoon

Theme: Passing on traditional opera culture; staying positive and loving life