The Pretty, Sickly Straight Guy Clings to His Medicine-Obsessed Traditionalist Sugar Daddy

[Feudal, domineering, nonhuman top who stands above all × sickly, straight male bottom with a strong survival instinct and plenty of schemes]

[Main story complete, one-on-one, both pure, happy ending]

One-line summary: Aren't I the Imperial Preceptor's most capable, brilliant, and versatile strategist? Why is everyone outside saying the Imperial Preceptor took in a beautiful, sickly male concubine who's jealous and manipulative? Is this the wrong script?!

You Shao has a terminal illness. When he closes his eyes, he finds himself in a strange, unknown dynasty.

He's heard the Imperial Preceptor can make a miraculous medicine that cures every illness.

You Shao is skeptical. Is this stuff over the limit for heavy metals?

He swallows the dark pill, and his illness really does improve by half!

Desperate for a chance to live, he goes to the gates of the Duke's residence and kneels to ask for a job.

But then he suddenly falls ill and faints.

Rumor has it that a beautiful man in white, coughing up blood and pretending to be frail, schemed his way into the Duke's residence.

*

You Shao gets the job and discovers that his feudalistic superior seems to be very protective of his own.

When the boss's younger brother throws a tantrum and hurts You Shao, the next day he's sent off to study etiquette and never dares overstep again.

At the sacrificial ceremony, a spy shoves You Shao in front of a blade to use him as a shield. The Emperor orders his execution, then suddenly spits blood and dies.

You Shao is a loyal subordinate who knows how to repay a kindness. He obediently meets every demand and works hard to make himself indispensable.

It isn't until the Imperial Preceptor kisses him and they become entangled that You Shao realizes the rumors are true.

He's the male concubine the Imperial Preceptor keeps in his residence.

Aww... but it really does feel good.

The new Emperor issues an order appointing him to an official post in the south. You Shao doesn't want to make things difficult for the Imperial Preceptor, so he willingly takes his leave.

The Imperial Preceptor looks at him tenderly. "You are my wife. All I ask is that you stay safe."

You Shao is moved to tears, thinking only of returning home as soon as his term is over.

But he has no idea that countless shadow guards are following his carriage south.

A thick black fog will come from a thousand miles away, shrouding him at night and watching him.

*

For a while, You Shao thinks his position is a job for life.

Until one night, when he accidentally trespasses into a forbidden place.

A wicked god sits in silence atop the altar.

In the alchemy furnace, traces remain of pills made from human beings.

You Shao's heart turns cold. Under cover of night, he flees back to the modern world, faking his death.

That night, black fog wraps tightly around his body. A familiar voice speaks, low and heavy. "My wife."

*

The Imperial Preceptor gazes quietly at his sleeping wife, frail and beautiful, in his arms.

To him, it's nothing more than his wife being young and too playful. He lets her make a fuss.

His wife is timid. She shouldn't have to know what a cage is.

He likes her innocence better.

Reader's guide:

1. Fictional setting, loosely inspired by the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties.

2. Very feudal, very domineering. Careful, attentive devotion comes before desire, and the power imbalance is extreme in the early chapters! The society is extremely feudal! If you can forgive a nonhuman pure top who has abstained for a thousand years, he'll pursue his wife back ^_^

3. The bottom is a horny straight man. As long as it feels good, he doesn't care about anything else. Spoiled wife warning!

4. There's more to the alchemy and faked-death plot, and it relates to the top's identity. I won't reveal it in the blurb for now. The key point is that he's nonhuman, nonhuman, highlighted here, and his way of thinking differs from a human's.

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Check out my upcoming historical novel, "Pretending to Be the Tyrant's Younger Brother While Moonlighting as a Deity"

Ambitious tyrant top × spoiled fake deity bottom

Su Qingyan transmigrates into a book and becomes Xiao Jinxuan the Tyrant's long-lost younger brother. He just made that part up.

This delicate little weakling coughs for ages whenever the wind blows. When he meets the tyrant, the first thing he says is, "Brother, I'm your beloved Fifth Brother!"

The tyrant says nothing, simply reaching out to help him up.

Su Qingyan starts putting on a divine act, pretending to know everything. His only trick is having read the original novel.

The tyrant has just executed a military traitor. Wiping the blood off his sword, he asks with a smile, "Little brother, have you received another divine revelation?"

Su Qingyan trembles. "There'll be a heavy rain in three days. We shouldn't march."

Sure enough, a torrential downpour floods the city and destroys the bridge along their route.

Xiao Jinxuan draws him into his arms and tucks a hand warmer into his hands. "Your divine body cannot endure worldly dust. Don't catch cold, little brother."

Su Qingyan sleeps soundly, satisfied. Heh, I've got my powerful backer secured now.

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Xiao Jinxuan could tell at first glance that this younger brother was a fake.

But watching the frail, pitiful little liar put on such a clumsy act in front of him was oddly entertaining.

That is, until an assassination attempt, when the fake younger brother takes a sword for him.

He cries from the pain, yet still flatters him. "Brother, you are blessed with great fortune and are a wise ruler who saves the people from suffering. I took this tribulation in your place."

For the first time, Xiao Jinxuan thinks: He is a god who descended to the mortal world for me. He is my younger brother, bound to me by blood.

He reverently kisses the bleeding shoulder. "From now on, I'll protect you."

To end wars and bring peace is the finest offering to a god.

He will make his younger brother a true deity, revered by all the people.

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Everyone knows that King Xiao dotes on his divine younger brother. Whenever he conquers a city, he lets him preach, spread charity, and care for refugees.

Before long, people are bowing before tablets honoring Immortal Venerable Suqing.

They say the Immortal Venerable is transcendent and compassionate, a divine being sent from heaven to assist the new Emperor.

They say King Xiao is the rightful heir to Heaven's mandate.

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Su Qingyan monopolizes the tyrant's affection and even forbids him from marrying a princess of the former royal family, claiming it would "damage the fortune of the new dynasty."

In reality: Waaah, all her scenes are mine. If she shows up, I'm a goner.

The tyrant feeds him grapes and affectionately wipes the juice from his lips. "All right. You're all I need."

Blurb written on April 12, 2026

Theme: There is always light at the end of the tunnel. Never give up.