The next morning, Guiying woke up with his back pressed against a hard surface, his eyes immediately darkened.

Why was it that every morning, he woke up to Liuxian by his side when he clearly went to bed alone?

He knew this would become a habit.

"Are you awake? I can tell you’re rather pissed to find me in your bed."

-_-

"If you know then why are you still here?"

The arm around him tightened, silence followed after the sentence. And it went on for a while before Liuxian broke it.

"I want to apologize for yesterday. I’m sorry, I should have seen things from your point of view, I was angry you got hurt, it slipped my mind that you may have let that happen. You’re not an object I can lock away and keep forever but while we’re together, I want to create an environment where you can live freely without the burdens and chains from your past holding you back. If you want me to destroy the Xue family, all you have to do is say the word, if you want me to kill your cousin, just say it. Whatever causes you discomfort I will take it away. Since I’m older, I will carry the burden for you and clear the path."

Guiying was taken aback, he didn’t think the first time he’d hear in the morning was Liuxian’s apology.

He wasn’t even expecting it.

Shifting, he turned to face Liuxian.

He appreciated the thought, but the Xue family, Xue Peng, they were his burden to carry, he would make sure they never have a moment of peace.

He didn’t know what to say and instead, hugged Liuxian. This was the first time someone had openly supported him.

It felt nice, knowing he wasn’t alone in the world.

"Fine. But I’ll take care of the Xue family myself, I appreciate the offer though."

He buried his face into Liuxian’s chest, he never expected anything from this marriage but he was receiving so much.

"Do you have any plans today? I won’t be able to make it for dinner so don’t wait up."

Guiying nodded, he didn’t have any plans that involved him leaving the house today.

"Alright. I’ll go take a shower and head to work."

After saying this, Liuxian got up from the bed.

He was shirtless, only wearing a sweatpant so Guiying could see his upper body clearly.

Liuxian’s body was well proportioned, not too little or too much.

Then he noticed the pain relief patches on his back.

Wasn’t it a little early to be having back pains?

Maybe he should schedule a meeting with an orthopedic doctor.

Pain relief patches weren’t the only solution.

He slid down from the bed and headed to the bathroom, wanting to brush his teeth.

He noticed his eyes were a bit sunken, probably because he didn’t sleep until four am in the morning.

And because he was in a deep sleep, he didn’t notice when Liuxian had entered.

His agenda for today, he thought.

Was to check if there was any update from 404, invest some more and check if the real estate deal he has been waiting for had opened up in the market.

He also needed to check Tang XiaoYu’s account, Liuxian had created a Weibo account and given him permission to manage it as he pleased.

He hasn’t opened it once, he didn’t even remember it existed until today.

He quickly brushed his teeth, washed his face and moved to the desk.

All his devices were charged and ready for use.

He checked his notifications, no new messages from 404, he only had Liuxian and the members of the ORF in his contact list.

He also had some messages from Bai Feng and Shen Mingzhu asking if he was okay.

Guiying gave them both the same reply "I’m okay."

Before moving to his socials, his Weibo and WeChat for his alias Tang XiaoYu was on his laptop.

He opened Weibo to see a lot of notifications, somehow over the last few days.

He had over one hundred thousand followers, was it because they thought he was married to Liuxian?

He was, but they didn’t know that.

There were so many tags, tagging him to different replies and articles.

And then there was Liuxian who was always paired to posts and tags concerning him.

Liuxian had only one post, one he had taken with the president.

Guiying had a feeling he did this out of courtesy.

That one post had six million likes and over three hundred thousand comments.

It wasn’t surprising after all he had twenty million followers just by being a pretty face.

He checked his message box and saw the unexpected.

Brand deals, model gigs, from both popular and new brands, there was even an advertisement deal in there.

All these just for being Liuxian’s partner???

Weren’t they taking it a bit too far?

The advertisement deal was quite interesting, it was a ramen advertisement, meaning he’d be one of the first persons to get a taste of the new flavor.

Another thing that caught his eyes was one of the brands.

He knew this name.

TongShu

This was a popular brand in his past life, he noticed all the clothing Shen Zihao bought was from this brand.

He picked up his phone and looked up the name.

If his guess was right, he just hit a jackpot.

A greedy smile appeared on Guiying’s lips.

Indeed, he had hit a jackpot.

TongShu right now was just a startup brand, with little to no recognition.

If he accepted their deal, he would become one of their highest paying models in the next five years.

"Liuxian must be a bringer of fortune, that or my mother’s amazing genes. Either way, this works in my favor."

The message was brief, it was them asking if he could model their spring collection.

Dear Tang XiaoYu,

We’re thrilled to collaborate with you on our Spring collection! We’d like to offer ¥250,000 RMB for the campaign, plus a product collection worth ¥300,000 RMB. As well as ten free outfits from our spring collection as a gift.

We believe this partnership will be mutually beneficial and look forward to working with you.

Best regards,

TongShu Team.