The Regent CEO's Stand-In Emperor

Transmigration + Wealthy CEO + Light Mystery + Sweet and Angsty + Comedy

When I opened my eyes, I was sprawled over a redwood desk, my fingertips still stained with half-dried cinnabar. Before me knelt a group of “ministers” in suits and ties. The cold-faced man at their head tapped a board meeting report with his fountain pen. “Is the Young Emperor pretending to be sick again? Was it also you who changed the finance department's talisman system last month into ‘Forward a lucky koi and win a bonus’?”

Wait, wasn't I just hit by a car outside a convenience store?

Even more absurdly, an obnoxious male voice suddenly popped into my head: “Host, welcome to the ‘Emperor Experience Card.’ A friendly reminder: you're my 178th stand-in, and the regent CEO out there has been keeping my urn in his office for ten years.”

Me: “???”

The cold-faced man suddenly leaned over, his knuckles brushing the blood-red birthmark on the back of my neck. His voice was as icy as a blade. “Done pretending to sleep?”

I was grinding my back teeth to dust. This “Young Emperor” body hid the former emperor's resurrection plan, but the dark look in his eyes seemed... less like he wanted to devour me whole?