I Snatched an Ancestor to Be My Wife

Preorder title: Reborn Little Scion Pursues His Husband

A sweet, debt-repaying bottom vs. a vindictive, fiercely protective top

------------ Snatch an Ancestor to Be My Wife ------------------------------

Bai Yanchuan snatched a beauty and brought him home. The beauty was pure, otherworldly, strikingly elegant, and so handsome he hit Bai Yanchuan right in the heart. Seized by lust at first sight, Bai Yanchuan immediately set about worshipping heaven and earth with him and taking him to their wedding chamber. Their wedding night was short, and Bai Yanchuan was utterly bewitched. As the beauty softly asked in his ear, "Husband, are you willing to share life and death with me?"

At the most crucial moment, Bai Yanchuan kissed him all over and agreed without thinking. "Forget sharing life and death, I'll give you my life!"

Their wedding night was all sweetness. His wife was not only beautiful, but also completely devoted to him. Just as Bai Yanchuan was so smitten he no longer knew up from down, his wife suddenly disappeared.

Bai Yanchuan was frantic, but there was something even more urgent: the deposed crown prince, Liang Chengmin, had raised an army in rebellion and taken three cities. Now he wanted to negotiate with them!

When they met again, Liang Chengmin's eyes were icy. "General Bai, I command a hundred thousand elite soldiers. I can offer you high office and generous rewards."

The moment the envoy took off his hood, Bai Yanchuan's head started buzzing. The beauty's cold words stung his ears, and he instinctively snapped back, "Are you relying on that face of yours, or that mouth?"

Liang Chengmin turned and walked away. "We'll meet on the battlefield. It will be you or me!"

Bai Yanchuan: ...I knew he came to take my life!

The old emperor was senile, and the realm was in decline. The crown prince, Liang Chengmin, was virtuous and upright, welcomed remonstrations, and cared for his people. He had the support of the court and the people, yet the emperor believed slander, deposed him, and sentenced him to death. Liang Chengmin then raised an army to rescue the emperor, only for his forces to run into Bai Yanchuan, a fierce White Tiger general who refused to obey orders or follow commands. Liang Chengmin had always cherished talented generals, so he decided to win him over.

Unexpectedly, Liang Chengmin was wounded by an assassin along the way and lost his memory. Someone rescued him. His rescuer was gentle and kind, pampering him at every turn. Liang Chengmin's heart wavered, and in the end he succumbed to that person's sweet words. They grew closer day by day, whispering in each other's ears and sharing every intimacy like a loving married couple. Only after his memories returned and the truth came to light did he realize there had never been any tenderness or affection, just a scheme.

Having given his heart to the wrong person, he decided that if Bai Yanchuan was no good as a husband, he would become the blade in Liang Chengmin's hand!

The royalist army heard that their lord had won over a former dynasty's general without losing a single soldier and gained a hundred thousand elite troops. That mighty White Tiger now followed their lord's every command: if the lord said east, he would never dare go west; if the lord told him to chase dogs, he wouldn't dare chase chickens. The generals clapped and cheered, though some couldn't help feeling jealous.

They were all key forces in the royalist army, and they all wanted to earn credit for helping the new emperor ascend the throne. Why was he the one getting all the attention?

Whenever their lord wanted to attack a city, he volunteered to lead the vanguard. When their lord wanted fish, he went to catch some. When their lord craved sour plum, he went searching for the freshest ones. He was practically throwing himself away!

Bai Yanchuan: How can you compare? You're earning credit for helping him take the throne. I'm taking care of my wife!

Late at night, a shadow slipped into the commander's tent and wrapped its arms around Liang Chengmin, who was reading. It whined pitifully, "Surely it's my turn to lead the troops today? Old Wu is getting on in years. Let him take it easy."

"Old Wu is experienced and steady. Using him against the enemy will wear them down." Liang Chengmin restrained the hand tugging at his clothes, his expression cool. "General Bai, mind your manners. I didn't summon you today. Leave."

Bai Yanchuan was furious. "You summon me when you want me, then dismiss me when you're done. What do you take me for?"

Liang Chengmin: "Your duty as a general is to help me take the imperial capital. You should know your place."

Bai Yanchuan: "I may not know my place, but I know what I want best."

The soldiers discovered that something had set off the White Tiger, who became even more ferocious than before. The imperial capital should have taken three months to capture, but he took it in little more than one.

When the new emperor ascended the throne and rewarded his followers, everyone thought the White Tiger had done enough to earn a noble title. But the new emperor didn't ennoble him, and the soldiers began to wonder if the emperor planned to kill the dog after the hunt.

Then came an imperial decree that left everyone stunned: the new emperor was making the White Tiger his empress. Everyone regretted having been so loud around him. If they'd known he was after the empress's place, who would have been foolish enough to compete with him for favor?

Bai Yanchuan: At first, I only wanted to snatch myself a wife. Then my wife insisted on becoming emperor. A good husband, of course, has to fulfill all his wife's wishes.

Liang Chengmin: At first, I only wanted to win over a great general. But he insisted on becoming my empress. A good ruler, of course, has to fulfill all his beloved general's wishes.

Bai Yanchuan: Including the penetration kind. Thanks. :)

-------- Preorder title: Reborn Little Scion Pursues His Husband -----

A sweet, debt-repaying bottom vs. a vindictive, fiercely protective top

Yun Xi, the biggest young scion in Tanzhou, lived a carefree life and died a miserable death. In his early twenties, he drank the strongest liquor, listened to the most intoxicating music, and embraced the most beautiful women. He spent money like water and called friends from every walk of life his brothers. His life should have been carefree, but then, with a sudden snap, it was cut short.

The Yun family was framed. His parents died unjustly, and their vast fortune was divided up and stripped away by their wicked relatives. The once-noble young master fell into the mud, suffered endless humiliation, and died miserably in the street. Afterward, he was dumped in a mass grave without even a ragged straw mat to wrap his body.

His soul drifted over the mass grave, where he waited until Gu Mingting arrived, his eyes bloodshot.

Gu Mingting dug out his body and gave him a proper burial. He avenged him and took back his family fortune, repaying every humiliation he'd suffered a hundredfold. Yet at night, he held Yun Xi's memorial tablet and wept. Yun Xi had only a wisp of a soul left, and as he floated by Gu Mingting's side, he finally couldn't help asking, "Do you like me?"

The drunken Gu Mingting murmured, "Yun Xi, you still haven't paid me back. What gives you the right to die?"

As a ghost, Yun Xi couldn't understand. "What do I owe you? Spell it out!"

It turned out that he couldn't be reincarnated because he hadn't settled his debt. But what exactly did he owe? It was enough to drive a ghost crazy!

When Yun Xi opened his eyes again, he had somehow returned to his youth. He was pinning his sworn enemy, Gu Mingting, down and beating him. Gu Mingting had a bruise around one eye that Yun Xi had just given him, and he was panting as if he planned to fight to the death. "Yun Xi, I'll remember this! You're not getting away with it!"

In a panic, Yun Xi hurriedly helped him up and apologized. "Don't hold it against me! I'll pay you back, okay? Why don't you punch me once too?"

He couldn't let Gu Mingting keep a record of this. The debts Gu Mingting had written down for him had kept him from reincarnating, leaving him condemned to wander the wilds as a lonely ghost. How miserable!

Having learned his lesson after a lifetime of mistakes, Yun Xi had two important tasks after being reborn: change the wrong path he'd taken in his previous life and save the Yun family from the same fate. And he also had to make it up to Gu Mingting. He couldn't let that petty guy keep adding to his tab. He needed to make Gu Mingting remember all the good he'd done instead.

So Yun Xi followed Gu Mingting around, trying to please him:

"I'll pay you back for the Huzhou inkstone."

"I'll pay you back for the crystal buns from Linglong Tower."

"I'll pay you back for the new clothes my mother made."

"The essay the teacher assigned? Oh, you wrote that for me."

Yun Xi thought he was settling their accounts, but he didn't notice that Gu Mingting's gaze was growing stranger and stranger. Then, one dark and windy night, Gu Mingting blocked his mouth with a kiss. "You owe me a lot more than this. You think a few trifles like these will settle the score? It's not that easy!"

Yun Xi was kissed senseless. "Huh? What else do I owe you?"

Gu Mingting rubbed their lips together, refusing to let him go. "Pay me back for that kiss first. I'll collect the rest slowly."

Gu Mingting had a dream.

He dreamed that he returned to Tanzhou from the capital to collect his sworn enemy's body. The beautiful, arrogant boy of the past had been dumped in a mass grave, turned into a lonely ghost wandering the world without rest. Gu Mingting wanted to help him find peace, so he helped him take revenge. But even after his revenge was complete, the ghost Yun Xi still couldn't be reincarnated. Seeing him drift about so pitifully made Gu Mingting's heart ache. He drank some wine and held Yun Xi's memorial tablet as he cried.

In a daze, he heard the ghost Yun Xi ask, "Do you like me?"

Gu Mingting woke with a start. The dampness between his thighs made his face darken. Yun Xi hadn't even paid back everything he owed. What right did he have to die? Not even in a dream!

Pinning him in a narrow alley, Gu Mingting coaxed him gently. "Yun Xi, you keep trying to please me every day. Are you after something?"

Yun Xi played dumb. "Huh?"

Gu Mingting coaxed him again. "Want to know when you'll finish paying me back?"

Yun Xi: "I do!"

His ultimate move: "Kiss me, like they do in those storybooks. A hundred kisses and we'll call the debt settled."

Yun Xi rose on his toes and hooked his arms around Gu Mingting's neck, kissing him even more passionately than in the storybooks. "Does this count?"

Gu Mingting wrapped an arm around Yun Xi's waist and breathed in his faint fragrance, thinking: I'll have to save this debt for the wedding night and collect it slowly then.

A sweet, debt-repaying bottom vs. a vindictive, fiercely protective top

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