[Dual male leads, historical romance, contrasting personalities, drama queens, two lunatics]
Xiao Che, a courteous and refined Confucian general from the Great Xia dynasty, was a famously wooden man who excelled at talking himself into things.
Then he fell into a love affair that hit him like a home invasion,
and every day Xie Cangshu’s unpredictable words and actions left him completely flustered.
“Lord Xie, please behave yourself.”
“I’m not heavy. Don’t believe me? Why not let the general hold me?”
“Lord Xie, this is completely improper!”
“What is it, then? Marriage? Let’s do it tomorrow!”
Xie Cangshu was officially Great Xia’s first-rank Junior Tutor, and secretly the leader of the imperial guards. Whenever trouble arose, he rolled up his sleeves and got straight to work.
Yet in front of Xiao Che, his acting was so convincing you’d think a breeze could knock him over.
“Thank goodness General Xiao arrived in time, or they would have bullied me again. Sob, sob.”
“Does General Xiao despise me like they do? Do you think I’m a corrupt official?”
“General Xiao is so brave and valiant. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
Behind the scenes, his whole manner changed.
“Let’s all go at once. My General Xiao is waiting for me to have dinner.”
“So you’re the Khitan chief, huh? You dared insult my man on the battlefield today. Are you in such a hurry to die?”
So when everyone saw Xie Cangshu and instinctively shivered and backed away, Xiao Che would pull him behind himself and say, “Don’t be afraid. No one’s going to bully you today.”
Until Xie Cangshu switched to his true persona, stood shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Che on the battlefield, and gently removed his fox mask.
Xiao Che didn’t even furrow his brow. “What? Dropping the act?”
Xie Cangshu grinned, hand on his sword hilt. “The mask was slowing me down.”
In which chapter do you know your identity? The writing is very good!