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Check out my next novel in the column: When the King of Hell Comes Knocking
Novel blurb
[Tsundere rich-boy bottom who doesn't realize he's into men x sharp-tongued, scheming green-tea top]
Bottom's POV:
Ke Jin and Shen Yu grew up together, and they're also mortal enemies.
For eighteen years, they've competed over everything: their height, their grades, even how much they could eat. They were like two kings who could never share the same throne.
Then one day after the college entrance exams, Ke Jin woke up and discovered he'd traveled ten years into the future.
Well, ten years later, he's twenty-eight, has achieved nothing, and is married to his mortal enemy.
Ke Jin tries every trick in the book to make life miserable and get a divorce, only to discover that his enemy has hidden away his high school essays, the clothes he'd thrown out, even the candy wrappers he'd left behind...
Seriously, man? Are you secretly in love with me?
So all those eighteen years of fighting, I was the only one who actually meant it?!
Top's POV:
Shen Yu realizes Ke Jin is acting strangely.
The little habits he had at eighteen keep resurfacing, and even his eating habits, which changed at some point, are back to the way they used to be.
Yeah, he thinks he knows what's going on.
So Shen Yu quietly starts trying to win his wife back.
Shen Yu: Your stomach hurts. Take a painkiller.
Ke Jin: Are you trying to poison me?
Shen Yu: Flexes his pecs to seduce him
Ke Jin: So what if you've got pecs?
Shen Yu: ...
When is this straight guy going to turn gay?
[Reader's Guide]
1. Both leads are each other's first and only! The soul in Ke Jin's body during those ten years wasn't him, and the top knows that too. The top has loved Ke Jin, and only Ke Jin, from beginning to end. Don't worry, everyone!~
2. At first, the bottom doesn't realize he's into men and is convinced he's straight. (Yep!)
3. A sweet little romance! In this setting, same-sex marriage is legal. Everything is in service of the couple, so don't overthink it.
4. The most important thing is to enjoy the story.
Blurb for When the King of Hell Comes Knocking
Cold-faced, sickly bottom x fast-talking top
Chang Ning x Qi Yan
Chang Ning was frail and sickly from birth. Right after he came out of the womb, he spent three months in an incubator. He got chickenpox at one, a high fever at three, and a congenital heart condition at six. He caught pneumonia at ten, and nearly drowned at twelve before being rescued. He got sick less often after that, but still looked perpetually unwell.
His family figured it must be thanks to the Bodhisattva, Buddha, the gods, their ancestors' graves, and all the longevity locks, safety amulets, and jade wish-granting scepters Chang Ning wore from head to toe...
Under his family's careful watch, Chang Ning made it safely to nineteen, until one day an unwelcome visitor showed up.
Qi Yan: I'm the King of Hell.
Chang Ning: And I'm the Overlord.
Qi Yan: ...
Qi Yan says he's in the human world undergoing a tribulation. In plain terms, he has to catch a few ghosts and take them back with him.
Chang Ning: Isn't that the job of a self-proclaimed King of Hell like you?
Qi Yan: ...
Qi Yan says he's the top dog in the Underworld, and that once he gets through his tribulation, a wonderful life will be waiting for him.
Chang Ning: You can have it. No need to thank me.
Qi Yan: ...
Qi Yan decides to play his trump card.
Qi Yan: You already have a family in the Underworld. Are you really going to abandon your wife and child?
Chang Ning: ...
Back in the Underworld, Chang Ning looks around at the empty halls. “Where's my wife? Where's my child?”
Qi Yan points at himself. “To be precise, it's your husband. As for a child... should we give it a try?”
[Reader's Guide]
1. More or less the story of a King of Hell who waits in vain for his wife to return from her tribulation, then goes down to find him himself.
2. Qi Yan is the top and Chang Ning is the bottom. The top is older, so don't mix them up!
3. Both leads are each other's first and only, and both are strong. Chang Ning may look sickly, but he's actually very powerful.
4. The top really is the King of Hell.
Theme: Becoming a better version of yourself.
This is actually the first article!!! Very well written!!! There are no misunderstandings in the whole text, and the writing is also online. I finally found a cookie suitable for relaxing. At first, I was a little afraid to read xhs tweets and the traffic of the work, but the character design and copywriting are really delicious 💛!! [Cover face and peek]🤩🤩
"Registration date: 3030..." This is a big catch for the author~ It was just 3026, how come the registration date is 3030?
I wish Shen Ke will continue to be happy in the days that I can't see 🌈🌈🌈
[Spreading Flowers][Spreading Flowers][Spreading Flowers] Finished Spreading Flowers. Although it is late, it is here. I have been too busy these days to watch 😭 😭 😭 at once. Fortunately, I still finished it [Cat's Claw] [Cat's Claw] [Cat's Claw]
It's so hard to finally kiss 💪
Congratulations on the big completion!!!! Finished spreading flowers!!! 😍 Looking forward to the next book~~ Looking forward to the extras~~~ 🥺
Teacher, you sent out the rest at once [Hold your thighs]
[Orange candy] I got it [Purple sugar] kswl [Orange candy] I got it [Purple sugar] kswl [Orange candy] I got it [Purple sugar] kswl finally confessed his love hehehe
Hey hey hey, expose Mr. Shen's secret love [glasses]
Retreat quickly or your head will be kicked like a ball [Applause]