Chi Jing was killed by an object falling from a great height in his previous life. The System told him his body was destroyed and he couldn't be revived. As compensation, Chi Jing could choose one of two novel worlds and enjoy the dazzling life of a protagonist adored by everyone.
A male-oriented novel's underdog-to-dragon hero story, or a female-oriented novel's groveling-after-the-wife-is-gone romance.
Everyone said the male lead of a female-oriented novel started where a dragon hero's story ended, so the habitual slacker Chi Jing immediately chose the latter.
As he saw it, making a comeback as a dragon hero was far too arduous, and he'd constantly be flirting with death. As the male lead of a female-oriented novel, all he had to do was be a decent person, avoid the ridiculous groveling plot, and enjoy an easy, carefree life with the protagonist's halo.
After successfully reincarnating, Chi Jing flirted with everyone day after day and made no effort to improve himself. He even had his servants spread rumors that he was into men, utterly ruining his reputation among the eligible young women of the capital.
He thought he'd played it perfectly, and that no innocent young woman would ever want to marry him.
It wasn't until Crown Prince Li Shen clasped Chi Jing's hand with tender affection and proposed a secret affair that Chi Jing realized something was wrong.
He never imagined that in this so-called groveling-after-the-wife-is-gone story, he would be the "wife" being pursued.
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Li Miao never had his father's favor. His mother died young, and doubts surrounded his birth, so it seemed he had no chance of inheriting the throne. The State Preceptor, An Shentong, cast a divination for him and said there was someone in the capital blessed with both wealth and official status, with extraordinary fortune. If Li Miao could take this person as his consort, he would one day rule the world.
"Which family's young lady is it?"
"It's not a young lady. It's a young master."
The capital's playboy he hated most, the third prince's favored companion, the Heir of Huaiyang, Chi Jing.
Health-conscious, easygoing uke x proud, superstitious seme
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Theme: The process of resisting fate may itself be a kind of fate.
