Hey, Can't You Just Be Honest?

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The wealthy Shen family suddenly made a high-profile announcement that they were bringing home an Alpha illegitimate son, Shen Chaoqing.

Everyone murmured in disbelief: The legitimate young master, Shen Qichi, had just had his gland destroyed and his future was uncertain. Was Father Shen already in such a hurry to bring home a substitute?

Everyone sat back, waiting for a spectacle: the legitimate heir of a wealthy family against a common-born illegitimate son.

The two leads certainly didn't disappoint.

Shen Qichi saw Shen Chaoqing as a thorn in his side and constantly targeted him, openly and behind the scenes.

Shen Chaoqing didn't take it lying down. Whoever picked a fight with him, he'd beat them until they were on their knees calling him Dad, then drag them in front of Shen Qichi. "Keep your dogs in line, young master."

They became enemies known to everyone, their hatred blatant and their rivalry fierce.

Except...

Somehow, their fighting led them straight into bed.

At the height of passion, Shen Qichi turned his head and warned him coldly, "Don't really fall for me, and don't imagine we have a future."

Shen Chaoqing nodded casually. "Sure, sure. So, Young Master, could you stop squeezing so tight?"

Annoyed, Shen Qichi squeezed even tighter.

Shen Chaoqing: "..." You say you don't like me, but then you get upset when I believe you.

*

No one knew that Shen Chaoqing wasn't an illegitimate son at all. He was just a thug who sold his gland to Shen Qichi to keep him alive. The whole thing was just business.

The day the gland transfer surgery succeeded, the rest of the payment arrived, and Shen Chaoqing packed up and left without looking back.

True love? Don't make me laugh. He only wanted pure gold.

*

But fate is a funny thing. Years later, the two ran into each other again.

Shen Qichi was now the undisputed head of the Shen family, gloomy and cold. But the moment he saw the ring on Shen Chaoqing's left ring finger, his eyes instantly reddened.

His voice hoarse, he asked for confirmation. "You're married?"

Shen Chaoqing deliberately waved the ring. "Yes. I love him very much."

Shen Qichi's voice trembled. "Then... could you give me a chance?"

Shen Chaoqing: "?"

Shen Qichi: "Let me be the one you keep in the shadows. Give me a place, Chaochao."

Shen Chaoqing: "..." Unbelievable. Do I look like the kind of guy who'd keep a mistress? And, Young Master, where did all your pride go?

[Reading Guide]

1. The top is cold-hearted. At first, he only cares about money, not people; he only returns the bottom's feelings later.

2. Genuine enemies. The bottom's descent into madness goes from "I just want to kill the top" to "I just want the top to do things to me."

3. Contains lots of author-created worldbuilding.

Theme: Be as free as the wind