Welcome to a Day of Playing the Kept Lover After Going Broke

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+++Coming soon: The Top Student's Guide to Climbing the Social Ladder. Blurb below.

Updated with the rankings; otherwise, every other day.

Seven-year age gap, both virgins, unconventional kept lover, long-planned scheme, spoiled by favor

His college entrance exams have just ended when his family goes bankrupt and his carefree adoptive parents run off. Millions in debt fall from the sky, leaving the sheltered boarding student Yun Shile dumbfounded.

The whole city of A is waiting to laugh at this adopted son. Yun Shile smiles on the outside and curses them as idiots on the inside. Obviously only an idiot wouldn't run.

Before he can make his escape, his creditors join forces and dump him in a bar. They want to see him earn money to repay his debt, sure, but mostly they want to watch the young master suffer humiliation, dressed as a woman.

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As a study influencer, Yun Shile makes full use of his initiative and switches up his old study-focused channel, starting a new one: "Welcome to a day in the life of a bankrupt young master working off his debt in women's clothes."

The rich second-generation villain who bullies him has to be in the video. In the internet age, rumors can be used to bring people down.

He can't show his whole outfit in women's clothes, either. That's a treat for his future fans.

Thinking he'd have to endure this hopeless life, Yun Shile watches someone "borrow another's power to throw his weight around" and suddenly has an idea. Why hadn't he thought to find himself a powerful backer?

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Shang Mingyu, 25, male, used to be a useless rich kid. No one expected his overseas startup to become an overnight success after graduation, making him a bona fide business tycoon.

He's always been chaste. He doesn't go for women, let alone men.

More importantly, he's the son of the neighbors Yun Shile grew up beside, a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years.

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Shang Mingyu's name is so useful that the people who used to bully Yun Shile only hear about him without ever seeing him. Given enough time, they naturally start to doubt.

Villain A: "Didn't you say you were with Shang Mingyu? Where is he?"

Villain B: "You dare lie to us, you little brat? We'll teach you a lesson."

Villain C: "Hahaha, Shang Mingyu? He's nowhere near here."

Just then, at the entrance to a deep, dim alley, a stretch Maybach pulls to a perfect stop. Shang Mingyu steps out in a crisp suit, his gleaming leather shoes dazzling the villains.

Yun Shile, who had been debating whether to start a livestream to protect himself, doesn't care why Shang Mingyu is there. He lifts his skirt and throws himself down beside Shang Mingyu's legs. Looking up with tear-filled eyes, he cries, "Boss! Mr. Shang! Hubby! Master! They're bullying me!"

Shang Mingyu has just learned that his childhood friend's family went bankrupt and rushed over in a panic, only to see his crush dressed as a woman: ...

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After paying off Yun Shile's millions in debt and taking him into his home, Shang Mingyu tells him to come to him first whenever he's in trouble.

He even adds, "You don't need to call me those things. Just call me big brother."

Yun Shile has already cast himself in the role of a kept lover, and won't let Shang Mingyu be so generous without getting anything in return. He unbuttons his clothes, ready to fulfill his duties, but the zipper on his dress is too high for him to reach, so he needs Shang Mingyu's help.

Shang Mingyu rubs his forehead. "...You don't have to do this."

Yun Shile looks aggrieved. "It's fine, come on! I can't let you get nothing out of this!"

Anyway, he's not straight. One night is worth several million! Totally worth it!

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Yun Shile spends Shang Mingyu's money without a second thought and comes up with a new direction for his channel.

His study channel turns into a bankruptcy channel, and soon after, into a kept-lover channel: "Welcome to a day in the life of a bankrupt young master stubbornly playing the kept lover."

Less than ten minutes after the video goes up, the platform forcefully takes it down for "promoting the wrong values."

Yun Shile is furious. He came up with the idea by putting his own ass on the line! How can he just give up?

He's determined to make a living as an influencer!

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1. Shang Mingyu x Yun Shile (yue): domineering, arrogant gong who spoils him at the drop of a hat x dramatic, attention-seeking young master shou who loves daydreaming

2. Seven-year age gap, childhood friends reunited after a long separation, a fated meeting

3. There will be a little on-screen chat and comments, but not too much. I'll keep it under control, qaq.

4. The shou occasionally dresses in women's clothes.

5. There is a secondary couple.

The Top Student's Guide to Climbing the Social Ladder

Older gong | Not mutually doting | Childhood sweethearts, reunited after a breakup

In public, Ping Zhen has everything it takes to be a model student: top looks and top grades. He and the class's spoiled young master, Xue Jinlang, act like strangers.

In private, the good student does everything he can to please him. His greatest wish isn't getting into a top school or making something of himself, but climbing into his young master's bed.

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As the son of the Xue family's housekeeper, Ping Zhen grows up alongside the family's eldest son, Xue Jinlang, becoming his best companion and playmate.

A playmate? Ping Zhen wants far more than that.

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The first time they meet, seven-year-old Ping Zhen spots mud on Xue Jinlang's little shoes, kneels down, and carefully wipes them clean with his hands. In return, the young master says, "The housekeeper's kid really is a natural servant."

From then on, every day, Ping Zhen does his best to serve his young master. When they eat out, he picks the scallions, ginger, and garlic out of Xue Jinlang's food. He runs errands for their clique and buys them snacks. Even when there's a fight, he's expected to be on the front line.

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At seventeen, Ping Zhen is no longer content with the status quo and grows increasingly bold. One day, he happens to hear that the young master he's watched grow up likes men. Rather than let some shady people at school seduce him, Ping Zhen thinks, he might as well be the one.

He hands over a love letter he spent two whole nights writing with great care, only for Xue Jinlang to mistake it for a set of practice problems and toss it in the trash.

On the way home from school, Ping Zhen tries to hold Xue Jinlang's hand. Xue Jinlang pulls away and asks if he's still too old to walk by himself.

Even when Ping Zhen finally works up the courage to strip naked and climb into his young master's bed, the two have never once said they like or love each other.

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Reader advisory:

1. Spoiled, foolish young master gong x poor, black-flower top student shou who wants to climb the social ladder

2. The gong bullies the shou, including ordering him around and hitting him. They don't dote on each other equally, and later the shou hits back.

3. Childhood sweethearts reunite after a breakup, from school days to adulthood

Theme: Face your challenges bravely, and leave tomorrow filled with happiness!