After Rising to Power with a Ball the Sickly Beauty Gave Up

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Author:
长尔鲨
Status:Ongoing

Summary

Ning Yichu is the fake young master of the Ning family, and everyone around him says he’s inherently despicable—
As a child, he knew how to pretend to be the lost young master of the Ning family to sneak into the wealthy circle.
Even after the real young master returned home, this fake young master shamelessly clung to the Ning family.
As an adult, he even climbed into the bed of the He family’s young master, who was about to be engaged to the real young master.
In the end, as a man, he got pregnant and even flaunted it, rising to power with a ball.
Such a shameless person, dying early from childbirth complications, isn’t that just karma?

Ning Yichu knows everyone around him despises him, including He Shixia, who married him out of a sense of duty.
But he doesn’t care; he just wants to seize every opportunity to climb up.
However, at the brink of life and death, Ning Yichu realizes he’s just a cannon fodder villain in a novel about a real and fake young master—the real young master of the Ning family is the protagonist.
And he, Ning Yichu, born weak and sickly, abandoned, suspected, compared, and despised, no matter how hard he tries, he gets nothing, and finally dies when everyone else is celebrating—that’s his whole life.

Living again, Ning Yichu doesn’t want to repeat the same mistakes, but his timing for rebirth is unfortunate; he opens his eyes on the second day after getting the marriage certificate with He Shixia.
Looking at his three-month pregnant belly, Ning Yichu says, “Let’s divorce. I’ll get rid of the child, and you just compensate me with money.”
He Shixia remains silent for a long time and then replies, “Okay, after you accompany me to finish the show, we’ll get a divorce.”

—He Shixia, the Film Emperor, at the peak of his fame, is rumored to have married due to a one-night stand.
To quell the frivolous scandal, He Shixia takes on a variety show and agrees with Ning Yichu to participate together.
In the past life, Ning Yichu was cautious and meticulous on the show, yet things always went wrong, leaving him almost universally condemned.
In this life, Ning Yichu gives up, not caring about anything, just waiting to get the paycheck, finish the show, and go home to divorce—

Facing a seemingly friendly but actually malicious popular young star,
Ning Yichu directly exposes: “Do your fans know you have a girlfriend? Does your girlfriend know you’re married and planning for a third child? Do your teammates know you deliberately caused his fracture and stole his resources?”

Facing someone who openly wants to trample him into the mud and secretly loves the real young master,
Ning Yichu speaks destructively: “I climbed into He Shixia’s bed, breaking the engagement between the two families for him and the Ning young master. Didn’t that give you a chance to pursue the Ning young master? Why haven’t you divorced and gone after your crush?”

Facing his nominal husband—He Shixia’s considerate care,
Ning Yichu refuses: “We’ll divorce after the show, stop pretending to be loving, it’s troublesome, and I won’t hypocritically praise your skills anyway.”

Netizens: “Huh? Can we really hear this?”

After the show recording ends, Ning Yichu takes out the divorce agreement.
He Shixia seriously negotiates: “If you divorce now, you’ll only get a small amount of money. But if you cooperate with me to maintain the marriage for three years, I’ll give you ten times the compensation.”
Ning Yichu: “…One can’t just give up money for the sake of pride.”

However, after three years, He Shixia says again: “If you cooperate with me for another five years, I’ll give you twenty times more.”
Ning Yichu: …

Novel Items

Marriage Certificate

Document

The official certificate obtained by Xi Xingye and Shen Qinci at the Civil Affairs Bureau. Shen Qinci later tosses it into a toolbox beside her motorcycle, showing her disregard for it.

Prenuptial Agreement

Document

The contract Su Hongdou produced from her camel-colored platinum bag outlining the terms of the fake marriage: one month of marriage for 35,000 yuan, to be transferred within five days. Shen Baizhou signed it immediately.

Will

Documents

A will drafted by Wen Qinghe on the study's computer. If she remains asleep for three months without waking, 50% of her assets transfer to the butler. The remaining 50% will be donated to a major disease treatment foundation upon her confirmed death.

Medicine Box

Medical Supplies

A medicine box Lu Qizhou had exchanged, containing gauze and bandages. He saved it for serious injuries and as a sample to make similar products when he obtains cotton.

aphrodisiac powder

Materials

A potent drug hidden by Zhang Shufen in the brown sugar water meant for Song Wanyue. Half a packet was used initially, and the remaining half was found by Song Wanyue on Zhang Shufen. Song Wanyue redistributed it to Zhou Shanshan and Gu Dahai as part of her revenge plan.

Drug Testing Report

Document

A report from a testing agency that analyzed the pills in Ning Yichu's medicine box. It confirmed the pills were vitamins and glucose but found traces of other drug powders. He Shixia obtained this report after the hotel incident.

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LordSleepless Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ March 28,2025

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how well-written the dialogue is in this chapter? Because I'm genuinely impressed. Each character has such a distinct voice that I can basically tell who's speaking just by reading the lines without looking at the names. Ning Yichu's dialogue is absolutely vicious and I love it. "I'm not the one who's been cuckolded and raised an illegitimate child for fifty-three years" — this man does NOT hold back. And then there's the exchange with He Rulin where he casually drops "You're an illegitimate child of an illegitimate child, it's normal for a legitimate child not to want to discuss seniority with you." That's not just a comeback, that's a surgical strike. He's basically dismantling He Rulin's entire identity in one sentence. He Rulin himself has such a deliciously annoying voice. "I wonder how little Chu found out. By the way, Shixia listens to you so obediently, is it because you have some leverage over him?" This guy is literally trying to stir the pot while the house is on fire. And the fact that Ning Yichu just smiles and delivers that line about illegitimate children? Perfect. He Grandfather's voice is pathetic in the best narrative way. He goes from deflection to self-pity to this weird performance of remorse, and it's clear he's not actually sorry — he's just trying to manage the damage. The line "All these years, if I had any ulterior motives towards you, with your abilities, you would've discovered it long ago, right?" is so transparently manipulative that I almost laughed out loud. And He Shixia! The way his dialogue shifts from cold warnings to quietly asking "Do you want to eat a little more?" while his partner is dismantling the entire family? That contrast tells us SO much about their relationship without any exposition.

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BABUDADA Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ September 25,2025

Let me break down the stakes in this batch because they're layered in a way that's really satisfying. On the surface: He Shixia wants to give Ning Yichu his shares. The He family doesn't want that. Ning Yichu doesn't care. But underneath all of that, there are SO many conflicts happening simultaneously. Ning Yichu's internal conflict is the most painful one. He says he doesn't want love, family, friendship anymore. He says He Shixia "deserved it too" for not accepting his kindness in the past life. But then he also says "I'm suspicious by nature, so I'd probably be doubting while falling for you" about He Shixia's past-life behavior. He's aware of his own capacity to be manipulated even while trying not to be. That's real conflict—not just "I hate you" but "I know I could still fall for you and that terrifies me." He Shixia's conflict is equally complex. He wants to give everything to Ning Yichu, but he also knows the family will fight him. He offers to let Ning Yichu tarnish his reputation in creative ways—"as long as it's not cheating or committing crimes, I can cooperate." He's willing to be the villain if it makes Ning Yichu happy. But is this genuine redemption or just another form of self-sacrifice that will eventually resent him? The He family's conflict is greed masked as concern. He Rulin openly admits he wants the shares. He Ruxue is the only one who sounds almost reasonable—she knows her limits. He Grandmother and He Grandfather are terrified the family name will change to Ning. And He Ruyue's theory that this is all a performance is both the funniest and most dangerous observation in the room. The stakes keep rising because everyone wants something different. Ning Yichu wants survival. He Shixia wants redemption. The family wants control. And none of these goals are compatible.

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MRUKNOWN2 Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ October 15,2025

I need a minute. I genuinely need a minute after reading Grandmother's confession scene. Let's talk about He Ying — He Grandmother — because this woman is absolutely devastating in the best way. She's been the matriarch, the rock, the one who held the He family together through everything. And the revelation that her entire life, her entire identity as a wife and mother, was built on a lie? The text says she was "so angry that her mind went blank, almost unable to speak." That's not just shock — that's the ground being ripped out from under your entire existence. But what broke me was the detail about her first child. She gave birth, she fainted from the difficulty, and when she woke up, her baby was gone. And Grandfather told her the baby died, but actually — he'd already swapped it with an illegitimate child. She mourned a child who was alive, and raised a child who wasn't hers, for over five decades. FIFTY-THREE YEARS, people. That's not a secret, that's a life sentence she was forced to serve. And then there's Dingbang. Oh, Dingbang. The text describes him as "even more desperate," realizing that Grandmother won't consider their fifty-plus years of mother-son relationship because he's not actually her son. He called her mom his whole life. He thought he belonged. And now? He's literally being told he's expendable. The most heartbreaking detail though? Grandfather's excuse: "Telling you both things at once would be like killing you." Bro, you ALREADY killed her by living a lie for fifty-three years. This isn't protection, this is cowardice dressed up as mercy. And through all of this, Ning Yichu just sits there eating porridge, watching the drama unfold. The contrast between his calm and everyone else's devastation is... something else entirely.

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Synister Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ January 18,2025

The dialogue in this chapter is absolutely stellar and Ning Yichu is the MVP of sharp-tongued one-liners. Let me just collect some highlights because I need to memorialize them. 'I made a mess, so it's only right for you, my legal spouse, to clean it up, right?'—this is delivered with such casual confidence that it's almost insulting how well it works. Then: 'Why can't it be that he just lost his mind?' when someone suggests Ning Yichu drugged He Shixia. The man is turning accusations back on his accusers like a verbal judo master. And then the line that started it all: 'Both of us have no blood relation to the He family, so why can you speak, but I can't?' This is the kind of dialogue that makes you laugh out loud because it's so perfectly timed and so devastatingly accurate. He Grandfather's voice is also great—'You should be checked into a mental hospital!' is such a classic angry elder response, and He Grandmother's 'Explain yourself' is delivered with the cold authority of someone who has run this family for decades and isn't about to lose control. The servant dialogue is a nice touch too—'such high-society gossip was not something they could afford to indulge in up close'—it grounds the scene in reality. And He Ruzhu's loofah soup joke? 'Sixth Brother, your wife seems a bit fiery. Maybe the kitchen should make him some loofah soup...' The fact that this joke lands as poorly as it does is comedy writing at its finest. Every character has a distinct voice, and the banter flows naturally. The author clearly understands that dialogue isn't just about what characters say—it's about what they reveal about themselves in the process of speaking.

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brokensouls Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ November 8,2025

I need to talk about He Shixia because honestly, this guy is a walking contradiction and I love it. On one hand, he's the 'Love Saint' who apparently did all this planning to expose the He family's secrets. On the other hand, when he finds Ning Yichu on that swing, he immediately starts pouring out his childhood regret like he's been sitting on this for years. And the way he phrases it — 'I regret standing by and watching' — bro, you watched an eight-year-old kid cut swing ropes in the dark with a head injury and you just... stood there? In the shadows? Like some weird guardian angel who forgot to actually be helpful? But here's the thing that got me: He Shixia found Ning Yichu's elementary school diary. His DIARY. After Ning Yichu died in their previous life, He Shixia went to the Ning family, searched through his old belongings, and found a political science textbook that had been used as a diary because the real one got burned. That level of obsession is either deeply romantic or deeply unsettling. I'm still deciding which. Ning Yichu's reaction to all this is perfection. He doesn't melt. He doesn't get soft. He literally slaps He Shixia's hand away when he tries to catch him jumping off the swing and says 'I still have things at the Ning family that I need to get.' This man has been through hell and his immediate response is 'actually, I should go collect my stuff.' The emotional walls are immaculate.

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CastlePandaSoy Review ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ April 15,2026

This one scene. Just one scene. Ning Yichu on that swing, He Shixia finding him, and the whole thing unravels. I read it three times. The swing itself — it's described as 'the most ordinary kind of swing, with two hemp ropes tied to a tree branch, connecting to a not-too-big wooden board half a meter off the ground.' Half a meter. That's it. That's the entire setting for what becomes the most emotionally charged moment in these chapters. No grand ballroom, no dramatic rainstorm, just a dusty old swing in a garden that nobody uses anymore but nobody dismantled either. It's perfect because it's exactly the kind of thing Ning Yichu would connect with — ordinary, slightly forgotten, barely holding together but still functional. And then He Shixia says: 'When I was fourteen, I went with my family to a Ning family banquet. I saw you in the Ning family's back garden. That was the first time I saw you; you should have been about eight years old then.' The first time he saw Ning Yichu. He remembers being eight. He remembers the bandages on Ning Yichu's head, the way he was crying while cutting the ropes, not very efficiently. He saw a sick, injured child trying to enact tiny revenge because no one else would give him justice, and he watched from the shadows instead of helping. And now, years later, he's standing there wanting to take that child home and raise him properly. Ning Yichu's response? 'Yeah, I cracked my head open, couldn't even get up, but driven by revenge, an eight-year-old kid managed to sneak out of his bedroom, steal a utility knife from someone else's room, and without being caught, went to the back garden to cut the ropes. Is that impressive or scary?' He's daring He Shixia to call him pitiful. He's saying: I was already dangerous, I was already vengeful, don't you dare soften this into a sad story.

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