What Should I Do If My Ex Is Love-Brained?

Blurb for My Ex Is a Hopeless Romantic

Also known as Taking a Lesson, Then Taking the Same Lesson Again and Again

An overpowered top who hits hard but has low defense × a black-hearted, sweet-talking, hopelessly lovesick bottom

[This story was originally meant to be plot-driven, and I wanted to challenge myself. But I just can't keep writing it that way, so I've decided to return to the comfort of a romance-driven story.]

[But I won't abandon it. I'll probably update slowly until I've worked through the outline and finished it.]

My new story, Me, Marrying the Marshal? (Don't worry, it's romance-driven), is also open for preorders in my profile. The whole thing is drafted, so come give it a try!

Decades ago, a strange crack suddenly appeared in the sky above the Mainas Sea, as if Pandora's box had opened. The "Tales" appeared.

Disasters struck without warning, and everyone lived in fear. Everyone except Wei Ge, who ran rampant.

There was only one reason: his combat strength was off the charts.

At seven, Wei Ge accidentally wandered into a Tale realm and awakened the ability "Karmic Flame" by sheer chance. Then he burned half a garden of precious exotic plants to a crisp.

The Tale: Those were exotic plants I'd spent two hundred years growing! Two hundred years!

At fifteen, he charged alone into an A-rank Tale realm with a sword, stole the owner's weapon, chased them down two whole streets while hacking at them, then tossed their sword into a trash can right in front of them.

The A-rank Tale: He stole my sword? He attacked me? Now he's humiliating me too?

At twenty, he led a group in and out of S-rank Tale realms as if they were empty streets, and "while he was at it," sent several million of their followers to the afterlife.

The S-rank Tale: Do you know how long it took me to gather that many followers?!

Things like this happened all the time, big and small. Wei Ge became famous throughout the world of Tales and landed on their blacklist.

Wei Ge: I was young and reckless. My apologies, everyone.

*

For twenty-two years, Young Master Wei did whatever he pleased. The only hardship he'd ever suffered was heartbreak.

He'd poured his heart into the base's aloof golden boy, coaxing and pampering him with utmost care for more than a decade. Just when they were about to get together, he was hit with the news that the other man's ambiguous attitude toward him was only due to their special "link."

He refused to believe it and rushed over to confront him face-to-face. But the other's repeated silences struck him like slaps, until he finally had to admit defeat.

He had a one-sided "huge fight," then a one-sided "breakup."

They didn't see each other for three years.

Then, after the absurd "real and fake young master" drama got him kicked out of his home, he saw his one-sided ex-boyfriend at the door again.

The other man was in much worse shape than him.

His face was deathly pale, blood running from the corner of his mouth down to his chest. A bright red wedding robe clung to his waist, and his slender shoulders made him look like a butterfly about to take flight.

Those amber eyes stared straight at Wei Ge. His bloodless lips moved, and his voice carried the faintest hint of a plea. "Wei Ge."

Wei Ge had to admit that even in such a sorry state, the man was still breathtakingly beautiful.

He clicked his tongue.

Zhu Baimin would never have acted like this before.

As expected of a heaven-favored son who'd grown up pampered. He couldn't even say a few humble words when asking for help. All he could do was call Wei Ge by his full name.

Without changing expression, Wei Ge lifted his foot, ready to step over him.

Zhu Baimin pressed his lips together and lowered his lashes.

The next instant, a shadow fell over him from above, and the hands he'd braced on the ground were suddenly enveloped in warmth.

The corner of Zhu Baimin's mouth curled in the shadow.

And so, in the blink of an eye, the two of them were dragged into a Tale realm.

Wei Ge: ?

Wei Ge: ...

He knew it!

Hah. Three years later, and Zhu Baimin still had him taking the same lesson over and over!

*

When Wei Ge was twelve, the "Prophet" knocked on the Wei family's door.

As she left, she gently covered his eyes. "Xiao Ge, enjoy yourself for a few more years..."

The "crack" above the Mainas Sea stopped expanding after that.

When Wei Ge was fifteen, he got a sword named Yitian.

When Wei Ge was twenty-two, his parents disappeared, his teacher fell into a coma, his companions were killed, and the "crack" suddenly widened.

He stood on the shore of the Mainas Sea, sword in hand, and thought quietly:

If only I could wield Yitian, cross the sea, and slay the giant whale.

An overpowered top who hits hard but has low defense × a black-hearted, sweet-talking, hopelessly lovesick bottom

(Really, it's a lighthearted, funny, sweet and satisfying story about wreaking havoc on the Tales while falling in love. No logic, no real plot. I just write whatever comes to mind.)

[Stuck on a scene... Updates are irregular.]

(Cover background image courtesy of @Sanxiang, character design image courtesy of @Paloma.)

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Shen Zhimei first met Bai Zhou in the chaotic Lower District. The young man had deep emerald-green eyes and a strikingly handsome face.

His pretty face attracted not only Shen Zhimei, but also those vile maggots. They tied up his hands and feet, gagged him, and sold him like a piece of merchandise to one of the beds in an upscale hotel.

The boy's face was numb with resignation, but his green eyes were like ivy clinging to a ruined courtyard wall, dense with the desire to keep climbing and survive.

So that night, in the hotel's fire escape, Shen Zhimei held the trembling boy and slowly wiped the blood on his hands onto himself.

Then he blinked and made a shushing gesture.

Over the next six months, after someone tried to rape District Chief Shen's son, the power structure of the Lower District was reshuffled one group at a time, and that ivy survived in the cracks.

*

Shen Zhimei met Bai Zhou for the second time at his cousin's coming-of-age ceremony. The young man, barely grown, had uneven, dull blond hair and huddled in a corner of the hall. His cousin pinched his chin with a frivolous smile and announced that the illegitimate son who had just returned to the family would be tonight's prize.

Amid the knowing applause, only Shen Zhimei noticed the fingers hidden behind Bai Zhou's back twitch and form the shape of a gun.

"Bang!"

The next day, his poor cousin was found dead in the street, shot through the head.

*

Shen Zhimei met Bai Zhou for the third time at a celebration that was also a matchmaking banquet. By then, Bai Zhou wore several stars on his shoulders. Years of killing mutants had left him with a battle-hardened, chilling air, and several young heirs from prominent families were already clustered around him, fawning over him as they toasted.

The once-green boy had grown into a formidable captain who commanded respect without a word.

Shen Zhimei gave a mocking laugh.

He calmly crushed the tracking device on his body, then blocked the eavesdropping and tracking apps on his phone one by one. He leaned against the wall on one bent leg.

It wasn't long before hurried footsteps sounded behind him.

The newcomer hadn't had time to change out of his cumbersome formalwear. A few buttons had popped open at his chest as he ran, revealing smooth, honey-colored skin.

His pale golden hair, which had been neatly swept back, had been deliberately tousled. His eyes shimmered like shattered emeralds, and a few drops of wine still clung to his upper lip.

Shen Zhimei let his gaze linger for a moment, then beckoned him over.

"I'm still missing a marriage alliance partner."

A black-hearted, beauty-loving boss who takes charge × a cunning, devoted husband type with a cool exterior

Theme: Serving society is everyone's responsibility.