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Ten years ago, Xingyu left his family and inheritance behind to try to find his own life overseas. He loves his brother, but it wasn’t worth it to stay with his father, subjected to cruel and oppressive lessons designed to shape him into the perfect businessman. He has no intentions of ever going back. But then he meets Weiran, who wants more than anything to get revenge on the organization Xingyu’s family is a part of, and Xingyu makes up his mind. It’s time to return home, reunite with his little brother, and destroy everything his father ever cared about.

Tropes
Brothels & Prostitution, Brother’s Best Friend, Dubious Consent (DubCon), Emotional Scars, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Kidnapping, Morally Grey, Plot Twists, Revenge, Secret Relationship(s), Political Intrigue, Secret Society, Touch Him & Die, Tragic Backstory, Who Did This To You

Tags
M/M, High Spice, Brother’s Best Friend, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Kidnapping, Morally Gray Characters, Revenge

Content Warnings

This book contains sex work, dub-con (inflicted on a main character, but not by his love interest), self-harm, mentions of a suicide attempt, kidnapping, torture, murder, graphic depictions of bodily harm, and mentions of childhood sexual abuse, and may contain other potentially triggering ideas, concepts, and scenes.