Su Yanqing, the Right Chancellor of Great Liang, taught the emperor for ten years, only to be rewarded by his student with a cup of poisoned wine.
When he opened his eyes again, he had become the doomed second male lead in a wealthy-family novel: a man whose family was ruined and who had slit his wrists to kill himself.
The original heroine sent him a message: “Let’s not contact each other anymore. It wouldn’t look good if anyone saw.”
Su Yanqing: ? He had fought on the northern frontier in his previous life. He couldn’t accept dying like this.
With the patience he once used to examine case files, he pieced together a complete chain of evidence from two thousand old emails, exposing the original heroine and the mastermind behind her.
Then he knocked on the door of Gu Tingzhou, the original story’s greatest villain.
“Help me get my ancestral home back, and I’ll tell you which flight not to take three years from now.”
Gu Tingzhou: “...Deal.”
Later, Gu Tingzhou went from “This man is dangerous” to “Why isn’t he answering my calls?” The distance between those two thoughts was just one unread message.
He said, “Mr. Su, don’t flatter yourself,” while slipping Su Yanqing’s medical report under the door with a note: “Your vitamin D is low. I recommend at least twenty minutes of sun exposure every day. I’m not worried about you. If you collapse, I can’t do business with you.”
Su Yanqing tucked each note into the lining of his notebook and never called him out on it.
Until much later, when Gu Tingzhou cornered him in front of the bookshelf and handed him a sapphire ring engraved with a replica of the Latour family crest.
“The emperor you taught in your previous life owed you. This time, someone will repay that debt.”
Su Yanqing raised his hand and spread his fingers before him.
“Put it on.”
[Cool and alluring schemer who can strategize across kingdoms, a powerful minister transmigrated into a book × Madly protective, all bark and quick to act, proud heir to a wealthy family / Male-male romance · Transmigration into a book · Feel-good power fantasy · Happy ending]
