The Bedwarmer Ran Away

01

Fang Shanlian, a young man, was born into the Yan family's rural estate as a hereditary servant, the lowest of the low.

He had a secret crush on the eldest young master, Yan Yushan, so he worked hard at reading and arithmetic until he became the young master's personal page.

It wasn't long before the young master took him to bed.

Truthfully, Fang Shanlian hated all the different things the young master did in bed. They were so embarrassing, and every time they left him crying and trembling.

But he loved the young master too much to refuse him. No matter how shy he felt, he always did as he was asked.

When he first became the young master's bed companion, Fang Shanlian thought:

I hope the young master likes me. I wouldn't dare hope to be his favorite. It's only right that I come after the wife and concubines he'll have someday. I just want him to save the tiniest little place for me in his heart.

But when he finally heard that the young master was discussing a marriage match,

Fang Shanlian cried all night.

The next day,

he packed a small bundle and slipped away.

02

Yan Yushan, the Yan family's legitimate eldest son, was brilliant, handsome, and domineering by nature. After passing the provincial examinations, he went straight to the Capital Judicial and Prison Bureau to serve as an investigating censor. He had earned the emperor's favor, and his future looked bright.

The sons of other prominent families in the capital secretly resented him.

So when they heard that Yan Yushan had asked the emperor for leave and was searching day and night, turning the whole city upside down, for a bed companion who had run away, many of them gleefully watched the spectacle.

Someone mocked him. “That little slut probably only wanted to trick you into removing his servant status. He never loved you. Now that he's free, of course he ran off.”

Yan Yushan dropped all pretense of decorum and stomped on him. “Who are you calling a slut?”

A moment later,

he added two slaps. “Lian-ge loves me very much!”

After several months, he finally got a lead on Fang Shanlian.

On the way to catch him, Yan Yushan's mind was full of dark, brutal ways to lock him up and have his way with him in bed.

But when he actually saw his Lian-ge kneeling on the ground, face deathly pale and trembling,

Yan Yushan suddenly couldn't bring himself to get angry at all.

He gently gathered the young man in his arms and coaxed him softly. “Lian-ge, will you come home with me?”

Don't be afraid of me.

Be just like before. When you see me, let your eyes light up and give me that silly smile. Keep loving me with all your heart, okay?

[Reading Guide]

1. A domineering, spoiled, powerful top x an adorable puppy-like bottom; one-on-one, happy ending, both virgins, little age difference, more or less childhood sweethearts, with the young master two years older.

2. The top pampers his spouse in practice, but doesn't understand things at first. He's rebellious and sharp-tongued in his angsty phase, intensely curious, and especially bad in bed. He loves dirty talk. Don't read if that's not for you.

3. A story steeped in feudal remnants. The two are hopelessly lovestruck, with a touch of bittersweetness.

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Theme: Everyone is equal, and love knows no class boundaries.