[Forced love + beautiful but tragic + no harem route + A-to-O + HE]
The cover was commissioned from Xiao Quan!
Fu Ganquan, a disgraced minister of our dynasty, led thirty thousand soldiers into battle, only for the entire army to be wiped out. Ashamed, he fled into the boundless desert.
That's what the history books say.
Later, though, I saw him in the imperial palace.
In the emperor's arms, wearing golden shackles, red marks circling his waist, like a cat.
They all say Fu Ganquan has always been flamboyant and willful, like a little cat with its tail in the air, sleek and soft-furred, flirting everywhere and keeping the powerful men of our dynasty wrapped around his finger.
Fu Ganquan's response: I was just breathing.
The not-so-powerful men in question: It's so hard to resist my cat obsession.
"The serious version"
Fu Ganquan was a gifted young man, victorious in every battle, and a born Qian. He covered his face with a mask every day, and rumors had it that he was hideously ugly.
Those who had seen Fu Ganquan's real face never confirmed or denied it, afraid that more people would discover his peerless beauty.
Until a bizarre defeat saw Fu Ganquan and his thirty thousand troops disappear into the boundless desert.
A few months later, a Kunze male consort appeared in the palace, so captivating that the emperor would gladly have handed over the throne to him.
The male consort was domineering and spoiled, turning the palace into a bloody battleground. He took no notice of the emperor's favor and tried to escape several times. Whenever he was caught and brought back, a pack of persistent followers clung to him again. He was thoroughly played with, yet still taunted the emperor: "If you've got the guts, kill me."
Killing him was out of the question, so he was fitted with a collar, shackles, and chains again and again, until he truly became the emperor's pet cat.
Sadly, some cats can't be kept on a leash. Fu Ganquan ran away once more, and when he was caught, the person clinging to him was someone who should have died in the Eastern Palace long ago.
This time, he was no cat, nor was he a spoiled and domineering male consort.
In that person's eyes, Fu Ganquan was still the gifted young general he had been.
[Sharp-tongued, black-hearted yet unbelievably tender cat-like bottom × seemingly gentle and composed, but constantly jealous snake-like top]
The story has several 1v1 arcs and a main top, but there will also be other what-if routes, meaning multiple endings.
For readers with absolutely no content triggers!❗
A straight male bottom adored by everyone, with a dark, obsessive streak. Once he becomes obsessed, he turns ruthless and loses himself. The bottom is absolutely the protagonist.
All the tops have something wrong with them, but they are all virgins. Ancient ABO setting, A-to-O, physical and emotional abuse, over-the-top angst. The bottom suffers terribly along the way, and even the cannon-fodder tops suffer.
The bottom is completely straight, and only returns the tops' feelings very late.
The main top only appears in the second half and has very little presence.
There is pseudo-incest, which will be explained.
The political scheming is limited and very immature.
Theme: Stop fighting, all of you
