On the day Old Master Shen died, two major things happened in the Shen family.
First, the illegitimate son the old man had left behind years ago showed up at their door. He didn't just move into the family home and join the board, he also took over a new project the legitimate heir had been pursuing.
Second, the new wife Old Master Shen had married in his twilight years, Fu Yingzhi, turned out to be a man. And on the third day after his death, he hurriedly registered his marriage to the old man's eldest son.
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A vixen, a plaything, a socialite with no scruples.
Those were the impressions Shen Song had picked up through gossip about his new "sister-in-law" before he entered the Shen family. He thought someone like that would be frivolous and wanton, with a bewitchingly alluring face.
But when he saw Fu Yingzhi for the first time, he found that the man was far too... gentle and well-behaved.
In the mourning hall, the sweet-faced young man stood quietly in front of his eldest brother, carefully rising onto his toes to straighten his husband's tie. There was none of the rumored seductiveness about him. He looked like a student who had only recently entered the working world, with innocence in every strand of hair.
Gentle.
Shen Song had always thought so, until this sweet-faced sister-in-law lightly brushed his thigh beneath the table at a family dinner.
At a banquet packed with the Shen family, he watched the young man lower his head to serve food to his eldest brother and thoughtfully swirled the red wine in his glass.
He added a new description for this sister-in-law.
His smile was intriguing.
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Looks, marriage, feelings.
These were all tools Fu Yingzhi knew how to use best. He used his looks to do business with Old Master Shen, marriage to do business with Shen Yu, and feelings to do business with the little toys he found useful.
Marrying Shen Yu had originally been one part of the plan. But as this new husband became increasingly obtuse and uncooperative, Fu Yingzhi decided to use some new methods to give his business partner a slight warning...
But as it turned out, setting a wolf to swallow a tiger might not be such a good idea.
He didn't like games with such a steep price.
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Shen Song thought love was the most absurd, ridiculous thing in the world, nothing more than a few minutes of passion. He never imagined that one day he would so humbly beg for that subtle chemical reaction to linger a little longer in someone's heart.
At first, he wanted Fu Yingzhi's body.
Later, he wanted Fu Yingzhi's heart.
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"Fu Yingzhi, do you have a heart?"
"What would I need a heart for? Don't you just want to have a good time?"
A sweet-looking but ruthless dahlia-type bottom who devours people whole x
A capricious, arrogant, and clueless top who gradually gets hooked and eats his own words.
A cold, domineering top with a refined, self-serving nature and a ghost-husband vibe.
And many other men who want to be the bottom's dog but can't get a number.
P.S. The ending is one-on-one, and Shen Song is the main top. There will be extra stories about the eldest brother and others.
The bottom only enters marriages after the previous ones have legally ended. While he is flirting with people for his own purposes, he and the eldest brother are in a sham marriage, so it doesn't violate public morals. The bottom is single!!
The bottom has no physical relationship with the old man. Their marriage is in name only.
Warnings:
An outrageous, old-school melodrama full of twists. The bottom is a total heartthrob who treats others like dogs, but in the end, only the official top has a romantic interest in him.
The other tops are dogs from beginning to end. They never get the ticket to his heart, and they're all pretty awful.
Neither the top nor the bottom is a perfect person. At first, they use and test each other. Readers who need either one to be entirely devoted may find this triggering.
The bottom has slept with the eldest brother. The top is sexually inexperienced.
Theme: Do what is right in the name of justice.
