A transmigrated prince versus a sunny young general, with an age gap and a slow-burn coming-of-age romance
Xiao Yanheng transmigrates into a political intrigue novel and becomes the protagonist's young uncle, an idle prince with barely any lines.
He thinks he'll be able to lie flat and coast through life, fighting crickets, walking his birds, eating and drinking, and waiting to die. What a nice life.
Until one day, the plot floods into his mind like a surging tide.
That's when he learns that the ending of this lousy book is that Su Xingran, the young son of the great general, loves the protagonist desperately and helps him seize the throne, only to have his entire family executed. Imprisoned deep within the palace, he eventually dies of illness in the Cold Palace.
Worse still, Su Xingran is only six years old this year, and every time he sees Xiao Yanheng, he greets him sweetly.
So when the emperor brother plans to send Su Xingran to the protagonist as a study companion, Xiao Yanheng gets to him first.
When Su Xingran stands up to injustice and beats up a young lord, Xiao Yanheng helps clean up the mess.
When Su Xingran champions a flower girl on the street, Xiao Yanheng watches with delight from the Moonview Tower, nearly applauding.
What do political schemes, succession struggles, and the original plot have to do with him?
He only wants to watch the boy carrying a wooden sword, with eyes bright as stars, grow up full of life.
But Xiao Yanheng forgets one thing.
He thinks he's simply raising a child.
But children grow up, becoming boys, then young men.
And he never imagined that the white tangyuan had black sesame filling.
[One-line summary]
I've seen how your story ends, so in this life, I insist on giving you a happy ending.
