After being poor for more than twenty years, Xia Bozhou suddenly learns he's the real young master of a wealthy family, switched at birth.
Because his vicious older cousin has his eye on Xia Bozhou's kidney, his wealthy biological parents have to put off bringing him into the family.
In the meantime, Xia Bozhou's rich parents give him everything they should, and the fake young master never gives him a hard time.
Life after learning he's the real young master goes pretty smoothly for Xia Bozhou. Of course, it would be even better without that one person.
That person is named Ji Fenghe. His family has been close with Xia Bozhou's biological parents for generations, but from the very first day Xia Bozhou came home, Ji Fenghe treated him like dirt.
When Xia Bozhou goes to school, Ji Fenghe becomes a lecturer there.
When Xia Bozhou takes a part-time job at a cafe, Ji Fenghe sits there all afternoon.
When Xia Bozhou finds a job and starts working, Ji Fenghe buys the company...
Will this ever end? Why won't this guy leave him alone? If he wants to mess with him, he should just say so!
But in the end, Xia Bozhou gets perfect grades in the course, earns a bonus at his part-time job, and sees the company's benefits improve dramatically.
There has to be a reason for all this!
After a coworker who has “read a lot” offers an analysis, Xia Bozhou decides Ji Fenghe must be treating him as a stand-in.
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Sometimes Ji Fenghe really wants to uninstall all the red, yellow, green, and blue apps on Xia Bozhou's phone. If he did, his pursuit of Xia Bozhou wouldn't be so difficult.
He's tried everything: clinging to him, pretending to have amnesia, acting dumb, throwing money and resources at him... What on earth will it take to make Xia Bozhou believe that Ji Fenghe isn't treating him as a stand-in?
Whenever Ji Fenghe sees Xia Bozhou wearing the so-called “original's” clothes or using the “original's” perfume, he wants to tear that “original” limb from limb.
Why wear the “original's” clothes? Wear his!
What “original”? He's definitely a love rival, a love rival!
Ji Fenghe, seething helplessly: dead
P.S. The fake young master, also known as the “original,” is straight and has a very good relationship with his fiancée. Maybe being treated as a part of the two protagonists' play is his comeuppance for enjoying life as a rich young master for so many years.
Synopsis for Married, Yet Still Strangers
To avenge his older brother, Zhuang Yan schemes to marry Yue Lu, the young master of the Yue family.
The Yue family's wealth and connections stretch across the country, making their power the perfect tool for his revenge. To be chosen to marry into the Yue family, Zhuang Yan studies Yue Lu's preferences and even stages a drama about an illegitimate child trying to seize the family fortune, forcing Yue Lu to marry.
But on the wedding day, Yue Lu runs away, leaving Zhuang Yan to complete the ceremony alone. Zhuang Yan tells himself: “You have to endure small things to accomplish great plans. If I don't avenge this, I'm no gentleman!”
A month later, Zhuang Yan “runs into” Yue Lu at a dessert shop. Yue Lu hasn't been home in a month.
Zhuang Yan expects Yue Lu to be cold and sharp-tongued, or at best to act like a stranger. To his surprise, Yue Lu starts a conversation with him.
After that, Yue Lu makes a point of picking Zhuang Yan up from work. When Zhuang Yan goes into heat, Yue Lu takes time off to help him through it. For Zhuang Yan's birthday, Yue Lu takes him to the outskirts to set off fireworks. When Zhuang Yan has a day off, Yue Lu spends the whole day with him at the library...
If you overlook the little incident at the wedding, they really do seem like a loving married couple.
So when Zhuang Yan learns that someone has set Yue Lu up and triggered his rut early, he goes to help him without a second thought.
Afterward, Zhuang Yan is still groggy when he gets a call from the Yue family butler. Yue Lu actually wants a divorce!
Oh, you bastard. You get what you want and then refuse to take responsibility? Zhuang Yan is determined to confront Yue Lu in person.
But Yue Lu refuses to see him and is even going away on a month-long business trip. At the same time, Zhuang Yan discovers he's pregnant.
Fine. You may not care if an illegitimate child ruins your reputation, but your mother certainly will.
Zhuang Yan goes to Yue Lu's mother and uses the baby as leverage, asking her to help investigate the case involving his brother from years ago. He'll keep the child for every day the case remains unsolved. The baby can only stay in the womb for ten months at most, so Yue Lu's mother has no choice but to hurry up and clean up after her son.
As Zhuang Yan gets through the unpleasant symptoms of pregnancy by relying on the pheromones of other Alphas, Yue Lu pulls him into his arms. “You're carrying my child, and you're throwing yourself into another Alpha's arms?”
He was the one who asked for a divorce first. How is this Zhuang Yan's fault? Old and new grudges all come spilling out, and Zhuang Yan slaps Yue Lu across the face. “Mr. Yue, we're already divorced.”
Only then does Yue Lu realize that the person he married was Zhuang Yan. And Zhuang Yan finally learns that Yue Lu has secretly loved him for years.
Premise: The world may wound me, but I will answer it with a song.
I should say that this conflict is too weird. Would a normal person think this way? Especially when you see that Shou has to work a part-time job, you know that his adoptive parents are not good people, so they are indolent, but this attack has been living a good life. Haha [Eh~][Eh~]
"Bao" is a big thorn in the side of the author~