Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty Is My Modern-Day Boyfriend

[Blurb]

The brilliant boy from ancient times whom I found at ten turned out to be the future Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty. Later, when he held all the power in the realm, he wrote on the title page of my textbook: "May I be like the stars, and you like the moon, shining together night after night."

When Wen Nuan was ten, she found a handsome little boy from ancient times in the old study at home.

He said his name was Zhang Baigui, and that he would pass the imperial exams and become the top scholar one day.

Watching him write with a brush, Wen Nuan thought transmigrating was really cool.

And so the underachiever Wen Nuan had a secret: she had coaxed a brilliant boy from the past into doing her homework with her.

She taught him pinyin and English, and he listened as she rambled about how her parents were working late again.

The lights in her home shone brightly, and the light in his eyes slowly found its way into her somewhat lonely childhood.

Zhang Baigui had always known that Wen Nuan was the strangest variable in his life.

At first, he thought she was a fox spirit. Only later did he learn she was from five hundred years in the future.

The world she described was bizarre and wonderful, but she herself was as innocent as a blank sheet of paper.

Under the pretext of learning simplified characters, he read her history textbooks from elementary through middle school.

Then he reached that page and saw his own name: Zhang Juzheng, Grand Secretary under the Wanli Emperor, reformer, whose family was confiscated after his death.

That night, the boy sat beneath the candlelight until dawn, clutching the book in his hands.

[Reading Guide]

One-on-one romance, childhood sweethearts growing up together, and a mutual journey across time.

Modern underachiever Wen Nuan, who grows over time x ancient academic prodigy Zhang Juzheng

Plot: Modern knowledge gently nurtures a formidable Grand Secretary, while he struggles against the tides of history.

Romance: I passed through your childhood, but became part of your entire future.

The first English word I taught him wasn't "Hello," but "Future."

And later, he truly won a future for himself, and for the Ming Dynasty.

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Next up: "Wow, Huo Qubing, I Want to Be Your Accessory"

[Blurb]

The most stubborn patient in history x the fiercest doctor in history

Xu Jia, 20, is an heir to a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, descended from imperial physicians.

She enters a historical virtual-reality game, pays for a System, and transmigrates to 119 BCE. She has just one goal: save Huo Qubing, who died young at the age of twenty-four.

Then she discovers he might be the most difficult patient of her career.

Take medicine? Huo Qubing: "It's bitter. I'm not taking it."

Acupuncture? Huo Qubing: "It hurts. I'm not doing it."

Rest? Huo Qubing: "I'm busy with military affairs. I'm not sleeping."

But as a paying player, she has her ways: anesthetic patches for acupuncture, honey for bitter medicine, and calming incense to keep him from staying up all night.

Huo Qubing thinks he's fighting her, never realizing he's up against a modern woman with cheat codes.

At first, he thinks the girl is crazy. Later, he realizes that for all her scolding, her medicine really works and her soup really tastes good.

After that, he starts looking forward to being scolded by her.

He goes to her as soon as he's injured.

He secretly drinks the soup she makes in the dead of night.

On the battlefield, he even turns back to reinforce his troops, just to make sure she's safe.

"Didn't you say you weren't afraid of dying?"

"I'm not, but someone is afraid I'll die, so I have to stay alive."

The great northern campaign ends in victory, and Huo Qubing wins glory at Mount Langjuxu.

She stays by his bedside for three days and nights. Burning with fever and barely conscious, he grips her hand:

"Don't go... I'll take my medicine... I'll be good..."

Later, Chang'an gains a miracle-working physician at the Champion Marquis's residence.

Emperor Wu of Han drops by for acupuncture now and then, while Wei Qing always smiles as he watches his nephew being kept in line, finding it one of life's great pleasures.

Then the System alert sounds: "Main quest complete. Returning to the real world in 24 hours."

Only then does Xu Jia remember that she came here to save someone, and that she is supposed to leave once he's saved. But she'd already forgotten this was a game.

"I'm leaving."

Huo Qubing holds her hand and stays awake all night.

She does too.

At the final moment of the countdown, the System suddenly sounds an alarm: "Data anomaly detected. Due to prolonged contact with the Host, the target's consciousness has developed cross-temporal resonance and can be transmitted alongside her."

Xu Jia is stunned.

Huo Qubing smiles. "I'll go with you."

Theme: I used modern knowledge to nurture him, and he taught me to grow through the spirit of the ancients.