The Sickly Beauty Was Carried Off by a Stray Dog

The Shen family, the leading salt merchants of Jinyang, had just suffered a death in the family.

Shen Qingshun, the young master of the Shen family and son of its main branch, had been bedridden for years and had no one to look after him.

His uncles were just waiting for an excuse to seize the family business and leave him to die somewhere out of sight.

Little did they know that, in a Shen household surrounded by wolves, Shen Qingshun would drag his sickly body through a city in chaos and bring home a half-dead man.

In the middle of winter, the man lay wrapped in snow from head to toe, filthy as a stray dog caught in a storm.

Shen Qingshun didn't mind. He rolled up a bedding mat and took the man into his room.

Shen Qingshun's purpose was clear.

He wanted to shut his ambitious uncles up and drive them all out.

*

Gu Chengsi had been dug out of the snow.

When he opened his eyes, the candlelight in the room was dim. All he could see was a cool, aristocratic face, with fingers resting on his wrist, cold as jade.

Gu Chengsi used convalescence as an excuse to stay on at the Shen residence.

In public, he helped handle the Shen family's sordid affairs. In private, he served tea and water and cared for Shen Qingshun in every way, obedient as a dog that had found its master.

Until Jinyang changed hands.

Only then did everyone learn that the man in Shen Qingshun's room was the young general who had once commanded two hundred thousand iron cavalry, a young god of slaughter.

*

Later, Shen Qingshun became the head of the Shen household.

Only then did Gu Chengsi learn that this sickly beauty, who was usually cool and distant toward everyone, would bite his lip and turn red-eyed only at night, when Gu Chengsi pinned him beneath him on the bed.

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★ Short story, a sweet little treat

Please add my new story, How to Survive in the Hands of a Tyrant?, to your collection.

Lou Lianyue was the reviled treacherous chancellor of the Yu Kingdom, with power over the court and countless admirers.

The novel had barely begun when the tyrant had him torn apart by five horses for offering malicious advice.

Ning Bozhou couldn't help applauding when he read that part. Serves him right.

Then he closed his eyes, and when he opened them again...

He had transmigrated into a book.

And this college graduate, who had yet to work a single day, was about to face not only an ancient version of the 996 work schedule, but also a role he'd cursed out countless times: the treacherous chancellor Lou Lianyue!

Ning Bozhou: Um... could someone tell me what chapter of the novel we're in?

Steward: My lord, you should be going to the palace to offer your advice.

Ning Bozhou: ...

*

The ruler of the Yu Kingdom, Qi Wudu, had ascended the throne in his youth.

With his position insecure, Lou Lianyue controlled everything at court.

Over the years, Qi Wudu had cultivated loyal followers and gathered evidence, all so that one day he could bring the traitor down.

But then...

The once arrogant, powerful chancellor suddenly returned all his authority to the emperor.

Qi Wudu: You want to resign?

Ning Bozhou: Your Majesty, this is early retirement. Please remember to pay my pension, thank you.

Qi Wudu: Denied.

Ning Bozhou: ?

*

Ning Bozhou thought Qi Wudu had probably gone mad.

Ever since the day the man failed to kill him, his workload hadn't decreased, his leave requests hadn't been approved, he had to work overtime for free at night, and afterward he even had to watch out for sexual harassment from his boss. If this happened in the modern world, Ning Bozhou would absolutely post about it online.

Until...

On the night before Ning Bozhou planned to skip work and run away, his unscrupulous, cold-hearted boss suddenly slipped into his residence in the dead of night. With eyes almost bloodred, he kissed Ning Bozhou's lips greedily.

Ning Bozhou: ...Your Majesty, I have a memorial to submit.

Qi Wudu: Speak.

Ning Bozhou: Does Your Majesty like me?

#My Boss Is a Vile Capitalist

#My Boss Tore Up My Resignation Letter in Front of Everyone

#My Company Keeps Making Empty Promises

#I Reported My Boss

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