I've Turned into My Archrival's Empathy Doll!!

*The blurb may be revised, but the premise and character settings won't change~

Xia Zhining was a well-known extreme sports enthusiast in his circle, but he died unexpectedly during an ordinary rock-climbing trip.

When he opened his eyes again, Xia Zhining stared at his soft little hands and feet, lost in thought.

Why had nobody told him that after death, you didn't go to heaven or hell, but became a cotton doll?

Xia Zhining struggled to explore the “giant's room,” and eventually spotted a photo frame on the bookshelf.

Sixteen-year-old Xie Shuyan looked cold and sharp, but a brief softness showed in his eyes as he looked at the camera.

He had actually become a cotton doll in his nemesis's home!

Xia Zhining was terrified. In a moment of carelessness, he fell straight off the bookshelf.

He never expected that when he woke up again, he would see a handsome man taking off his clothes...

Broad shoulders, a slim waist, and lean, well-defined muscles. Exactly Xia Zhining's type.

Except for the huge, horrifying purple bruises across his back, and that familiar face, frowning at him.

Well, then.

Xia Zhining sighed. Sure enough, you couldn't get rid of your nemesis, even after you were dead.

*

After something happened to Xia Zhining, Xie Shuyan's unchanging life shifted in subtle ways.

Sudden, inexplicable pain in his back, the strange sensation of someone stroking his head, a faint itch on his neck, red marks appearing out of nowhere on his arm...

The doctor said that he might be experiencing distorted sensations after a major shock, and recommended that he see a therapist.

Xie Shuyan didn't believe it.

Xia Zhining had nothing to do with him. How could his death possibly be a major shock to Xie Shuyan?

*

Xia Zhining was a wreck at being forced to live with his nemesis. Every day, he was either planning his escape or trying to put it into action.

After doggedly waiting, he finally got his chance. Once he was sure Xie Shuyan had left, he squeezed through the crack in the door that had been left ajar...

Only to be caught by the man standing right outside.

Xia Zhining: Squeak.

*

Xie Shuyan had raised a doll with his own hands.

Xie Shuyan had thrown away the doll once it grew up stubborn and disobedient.

Xie Shuyan never thought the doll would be injured somewhere he couldn't see, its life hanging by a thread.

But luckily, the doll had come back to his side.

In a more fragile and helpless form than ever.

Xie Shuyan built him a brand-new, comfortable cage, and would never again allow him out of his control.

Reader's Guide:

1. A thickheaded, extreme-sports-loving, stubborn younger gong who refuses to listen x a possessive, sharp-tongued, elite CEO shou. The gong didn't die, and will return to his own body later.

2. In the blurb, “Xie Shuyan had thrown away the doll once it grew up stubborn and disobedient” is the shou's self-deception. He tells himself, “I was the one who threw him away,” to reassure himself that he doesn't care that much about the gong.

The truth is more complicated and involves spoilers, but no matter what, they both care deeply about each other. Please don't use this to attack either the gong or the shou.

3. The cotton doll the gong transmigrates into was custom-made to look like him, then given to the shou.

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