Bai Canglan is the youngest son of a tenant farmer on the Lu family's estate, a delicate, handsome young man with captivating eyes. Even in plain clothes and a hairpin, he is a peerless beauty.
After the Lu family's eldest grandson passed the imperial examination for the title of xiucai, he decided to study at the top academy in Jiangnan. While there, he would inevitably need someone to "look after" him.
After painstakingly choosing from among many candidates, the Lu family matriarch selected the beautiful, honest Bai Canglan to be his personal page.
Though the tenant farmer's son couldn't read a single character, he was undeniably gorgeous and would serve well enough.
Most importantly, Bai Canglan was a man and couldn't get pregnant.
The Lu family's eldest grandson had never liked being "waited on." He was going to study and had no improper intentions.
But after seeing Bai Canglan for the first time, and noticing the covetous looks of his male cousins, he still agreed.
"While we're at the academy, studying comes first. Don't let anything else distract you."
Bai Canglan kept his young master's words firmly in mind and focused on being his personal page.
And secretly, he studied.
Yes, secretly studied.
As someone who had transmigrated from the modern world, there was no way he could avoid reading!
The belief that all occupations are inferior and only studying is noble is carved into the genes of the Flower Nation!
What's more, as a "personal page," he was already at the very bottom of the social ladder.
Once at the academy, Bai Canglan did his best to act like a proper page while secretly studying and learning.
But the young masters at the top academy in Jiangnan didn't seem to want him to be too proper. Every one of them wanted him to attend to them personally, and offered him money for it.
He needed to earn enough to buy land and purchase his family's contracts of indenture.
So Bai Canglan expressionlessly became the personal page of at least five people.
One moment, he was helping a general's son undo his belt.
The next, he was taking off a young marquis's undergarment.
He even had to test the bathwater for one young master.
When the Lu family's eldest grandson realized his page was spending every day with other men, his veins stood out with anger.
A man who had always kept his emotions in check could no longer control his hands.
Blurb dated 2026.3.1
Theme: Live earnestly even in adversity, and a whole new world will open up