Chi Li was a pampered Omega who had grown up with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Just how pampered was he?
He wouldn't drink anything but natural glacier water or wear anything but designer silk. His nightly face masks cost hundreds, and his skin was so delicate that even a breeze seemed like it might leave a mark.
But even a silver spoon can break one day.
When his family fell on hard times, Chi Li was forced to leave. After a day and a night on a long-distance bus, he arrived, bedraggled, in a small town he had never even heard of.
His first step off the bus landed in a puddle. His leather shoes were soaked in mud, and then someone stopped him and tried to extort money. The Omega crouched by the roadside, close to tears.
Then he saw Zhang Moshen.
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When he was young, Zhang Moshen had once gone to a big city and served as a companion to a young master.
In his memory, that person had been the center of attention, sitting with his legs crossed at his desk and whining that his hands were tired after doing just two problems. He had a terrible temper, yet a face so beautiful it was almost unfair.
After they parted ways, Zhang Moshen never thought he would see Chi Li again.
The man was crouching beside a muddy puddle, the tip of his nose red. When he looked up at Zhang Moshen, tears seemed to brim in his eyes, just short of falling.
The Beta clenched his back teeth and silently repeated three times:
This time, he absolutely would not let himself be fooled again. He absolutely would not go soft again.
Then he walked ahead with a cold expression, but slowed his pace, tacitly allowing the other man to follow him all the way home.
#Bonus Scene#
Years later, a self-made business tycoon arrived in City A in a blaze of glory.
People outside speculated endlessly, wondering how the once-unknown poor country boy had turned his fortunes around against all odds.
Some envied his good fortune, saying he had been in the right place at the right time and caught the tailwind of a changing era.
Others joked that a man who loves his wife will prosper, and that destiny must have a hand in it.
At a later banquet, everyone finally glimpsed the answer.
The hall was filled with prominent guests and dazzling lights. The man wore a black suit and carried himself with quiet authority, yet his arm was wrapped around a beauty with delicate features and skin like jade.
It was none other than the young master of the Chi family, who had disappeared after his family fell into ruin all those years ago.
"A Beta who says one thing and means another x a pampered, beautiful Omega"
Reader's guide:
1. One-on-one romance, with no switching or alternate pairings.
2. The main story's later chapters or the extras may include pregnancy and childbirth.
3. The seme has hearing loss in one ear, but it does not affect his daily life.
*The setting has the feel of a period novel, but it is fictional.
*Both protagonists have character arcs, though they grow in different directions.
-Archived on 2026/7/8-
Theme: Fortune changes in thirty years. Never look down on a poor young man.