Beyond the Rules [Reborn]

[Heavily revised after completion. Stolen copies are incomplete. The full story costs only about as much as a cup of milk tea, so please support the official version.] 1. Shen Jin spent half his life being despised. As he lay dying, he regretted two things most: First: charging recklessly into a fire to save someone like an idiot, and ruining his face. Second: not keeping that mute fool Xiao Congmo in bed the night before, so he wouldn’t have had the strength to follow Shen Jin into the fire and end up burned beyond recognition. The character Jin in Shen Jin’s name means to restrain or confine. His mother despised her husband for doing nothing with his life, so she deliberately gave her son a name that carried the sense of admonition and shackles. But the name suited him more as a cruel joke. Shen Jin was a violent troublemaker who got into fights and dropped out of school. He drank and gambled even harder than his late father. Shen Jin never tried to be good. He just wanted to survive. One day at a time. Xiao Congmo was an unexpected turn in his life, the only lifeline in an otherwise terrible existence. When Shen Jin was seventeen, he skipped class and climbed over the school wall. Taking a shortcut past the county sports center, he saw some unlucky scrap collector locked inside. He picked up a scorching-hot rock and smashed open the metal door. From then on, there was someone else trailing behind him who was just as much trouble to handle. Xiao Congmo couldn’t speak and usually kept his eyes lowered, wishing he could shrink into himself. Yet after that day, he learned to write love letters to a hoodlum. Yes, the hoodlum was a guy. Shen Jin thought, Damn gay love. Later, Xiao Congmo was gone, and Shen Jin read those love letters until they were worn and frayed. After being reborn by an unexpected twist of fate, Shen Jin decided to live differently. He’d also bring home that scrap-collecting ancestor of his, clean him up, and worship the ground he walked on. 2. Xiao Congmo had known since childhood that Shen Jin was a delinquent and not someone to mess with. He got into fights every few days, throwing himself into them with reckless abandon, always covered in bruises. Xiao Congmo secretly vowed never to end up living like such a wreck. Later, this man held him close night after night, taking meticulous care of him for the rest of his life. Xiao Congmo watched him rise step by step, shed the gloom that had clung to him, and become someone everyone admired. PS: 1. The shou wasn’t born mute. Later, the gong will find a doctor to help him recover his speech. 2. The author is a die-hard fan of their couples and loves the characters they write. 3. Both the gong and shou have flaws, but neither is weak overall. 4. They dote on each other. Both are devoted to each other and have only ever been in love with each other. Happy ending, and it shouldn’t be angsty. 5. Thank you for reading. Hope you enjoy it! Synopsis first posted on July 30, 2025, and saved on Weibo. Next book: The Stingy Guy Finally Learns to Spend Qin Zhuo grew up pinching pennies and fending for himself. Frugality and the drive to make money were etched into his bones. His grades were average, so after high school he decided to head out and make his way in the world. Making it in a big city was hard. Qin Zhuo hauled bricks, worked in factories, operated excavators, resold secondhand goods, and failed at starting businesses three times. Eventually, he fell ill. He did the math and realized that after all those years of struggling, he was only twenty-three. He did the math again. Great, he owed the bank two hundred thousand yuan. After leaving the hospital, Qin Zhuo rented a secondhand car and worked as a driver by day, then slept in it at night. That numb, repetitive routine ended on a stormy night. The bad news: His car was wrecked. The good news: The driver who hit him was behind the wheel of a luxury car worth tens of millions, so getting compensation went smoothly. The neither-good-nor-bad news: The car’s owner was Shen Shizhou, the top student from his high school class, though they barely knew each other. Qin Zhuo recognized him for two reasons: First, Shen Shizhou was exceptionally handsome. Second, he was the long-lost son of a wealthy businessman. After that day, Qin Zhuo became Shen Shizhou’s personal driver. Later, somehow, they ended up in bed together, and Qin Zhuo became Shen Shizhou’s driver, assistant, and lover. Shen Shizhou gave him money, lots of money! Through countless nights when they couldn’t bear to part, Qin Zhuo didn’t know if he loved Shen Shizhou, but he loved Shen Shizhou’s money very much. Later, Shen Shizhou had an accident. Clutching Qin Zhuo tightly as he lay dying, he asked, “Other than money, what else are you missing?” Qin Zhuo was at a loss for words. Shen Shizhou added, “From now on, you need to treat yourself better.” Later still, Qin Zhuo unexpectedly woke up reborn in his final year of high school. Looking at his own scrawny, sallow face in a home with bare walls, Qin Zhuo let out a long sigh. “Damn it! My house, my car, my investments... They’re all gone!” His gaze fell out the window, and his heart suddenly raced. Whoa! My sugar daddy, Shen Shizhou! Qin Zhuo knew he wasn’t a good person. He meant to latch onto this powerful patron again before Shen Shizhou returned to his wealthy family, but as he kept protecting him, he realized something was wrong. When Shen Shizhou fell, he panicked. When Shen Shizhou got sick, he worried. When Shen Shizhou ran out of money, he paid! Paid! Paid! At last, he understood. Other than money, what he was missing was Shen Shizhou. Qin Zhuo, gong, x Shen Shizhou, shou A stingy, unlucky gong x a calculating, controlling, secretly unhinged shou Reading guide: 1. Both the high school and adult sections get plenty of focus. The exact balance is undecided. 2. Qin Zhuo didn’t figure out his feelings in his previous life because he never got the chance to spend money on his sugar daddy. 3. There is one main couple, and no one is off-limits. If you think something is off-limits, then it is. Respect the characters. 4. Things will be very poor at first. Both of them are broke. 5. Both are devoted to each other, strong in their own ways, and each other’s first love. They dote on each other. Happy ending! 6. Hope you enjoy reading! Synopsis saved on Weibo on September 28, 2025. Theme: Life’s obstacles are crossed one step at a time, and eventually they’ll be behind you. Don’t look back, and don’t let go. Stay to watch the flowers bloom and the clouds drift by, and grow old alongside the person you love.