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[Check out my upcoming story: After a Poor Straight Boy Accidentally Offends the Handsome College Daddy. The blurb is at the very end.]

[From the recipient's perspective]

As the Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs, Cui Zhao goes south of the Yangtze on an assignment. After a few drinks, he opens his mouth and curses that the Fifth Prince is worse than a dog.

When he gets back, he dreams of a dagger piercing his heart and runs off in a panic to burn incense.

Then the dagger from his dream suddenly appears. He looks up to see a man's icy gaze stabbing toward him like an arrow, a sinister smile spreading across his lips.

Cui Zhao's legs go weak. The man who will kill him is none other than the Fifth Prince!

To save his own skin, he fawns over the Fifth Prince every day. His efforts finally pay off, and he wins the prince's trust.

Then another dream comes, and he realizes he's been sucking up to the wrong person. It is clearly the Third Prince who wants to kill him!

[From the aggressor's perspective]

The Fifth Prince, Xiao Chong, is despised by the Emperor because his birth mother is lowborn. His circumstances are dire, and he lives like a dog.

On an assignment south of the Yangtze, Cui Zhao of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs comes right to his door. The mere eunuch dares to insult him in front of everyone, saying he's worse than a dog.

He wants to kill him.

But Cui Zhao suddenly changes his tune and starts currying favor with him, offering him his whole heart and following him around, constantly calling him "Your Highness." He's as cloyingly sweet as a piece of malt candy.

Xiao Chong doesn't believe in sincerity and assumes he has ulterior motives. He draws a dagger, lifts Cui Zhao's flawless chin with it, and cruelly orders, "Lick it."

Though humiliated, Cui Zhao still lowers his head and sticks out the tip of his tongue.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Chong suddenly no longer wants to kill him.

The longer they spend together, the more fiercely his longing grows. He wants Cui Zhao's sincere affection.

In return, he stops resisting Cui Zhao's advances, gives him the gold he likes, and joins him for the fish he loves.

Looking at his bright, radiant smile, Xiao Chong's years of resentment suddenly fade away.

He doesn't need to fight for the throne. He would be happy just to spend his life with him.

Until they return to the capital together. The next day, he goes to find Cui Zhao, only to see him laughing in the arms of his Third Imperial Brother.

"Your Highness, I swear, I truly mean it."

He has done for his Third Imperial Brother everything he did for him.

An overwhelming hatred rises up from the ground, and Xiao Chong's face turns instantly dark and terrifying, more so than ever before.

In the palace's main hall, corpses litter the floor. Xiao Chong pins Cui Zhao against the Dragon Throne. His hand strokes the head of his Third Imperial Brother, whose eyes stare open in death, blood dripping steadily from it.

The sound of clothes tearing echoes without end. Xiao Chong's heated breath washes over him, his gaze burning with a strange excitement.

"Zhaozhao, they're all dead. You only have me now."

"I'll be your dog."

"Woof."

After a Poor Straight Boy Accidentally Offends the Handsome College Daddy

1.

Xu Xingmian comes from an ordinary family and studies abroad. Unlike the other rich kids, he spends every day worrying about how to earn enough to live on.

A friend takes pity on him and recommends a part-time job, saying he's the only one who can do it.

A rich kid's girlfriend was stolen by someone, so he plans to pay a hefty sum to hire someone to teach the guy a lesson.

Xu Xingmian: That's easy!

He rolls up his sleeves and puts on a fierce expression, but then...

A sexy bunny outfit with floppy ears is held out to him.

Xu Xingmian: ?

2.

Bowen Hawthorne is the heir to a traditional British aristocratic family and a donor to BA University.

He's always polite and gentlemanly with people, but nobody knows that in the bedroom he has a terrifyingly possessive and controlling streak.

His friends throw a villa party. In the second half of the night, the men and women fall into revelry. Bowen finds it utterly boring and is about to leave when someone runs right into his arms.

Under the hazy, dim lights, the boy's flushed face is framed by long white ears hanging down on either side. Apparently nervous, he clutches his fingers together and asks in a soft voice, "Sir, did you order a bunny?"

Bowen's gaze darkens. He looks at the boy's beautiful face and accepts the offer.

3.

The part-time job goes smoothly. Xu Xingmian manages to wrap the playboy who stole someone's girlfriend around his little finger, and the guy tries every day to get closer to him.

Xu Xingmian keeps putting him off until the rich kid finally pays him. He immediately cuts off contact and disappears, using the money to focus on his studies.

At last, before the end of the academic year, he becomes the sole recipient of the BH scholarship.

On the day of the award ceremony, Xu Xingmian follows the principal to thank the donor.

He looks up and immediately goes weak in the knees, collapsing to the floor.

4.

Xu Xingmian finally realizes he went after the wrong person and offended the one man he should never have messed with.

Worried the scholarship he hasn't received yet will be taken away, he decides to explain and offer a sincere apology.

That night, someone lifts Xu Xingmian from the carpet and pulls him into his arms. Calloused fingertips brush over his reddened lips, making tears spring to his eyes.

The man's palm settles on his similarly flushed knee. With a blissful, obsessed sigh, he murmurs, "My Bunny, you're beautiful."

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