Career-driven tyrant gong × delicate fake deity shou
One-line synopsis: My tyrant brother made me an ancient-world top-tier star (´▽`)
Su Qingyan transmigrates into a book and becomes the long-lost younger brother of the tyrant Xiao Jinxuan. He's making the whole thing up.
A delicate little weakling who coughs for ages whenever the wind blows. The first thing he says when he runs into the tyrant is, “Brother, I'm your beloved Fifth Little Brother.”
The tyrant says nothing, simply reaches out and helps him up.
Su Qingyan starts pretending to be a supernatural being, getting everything right thanks to having read the original novel.
The tyrant has just executed a traitor in the army. Wiping blood from his sword, he asks with a smile, “Little brother, do you have another divine revelation?”
Su Qingyan trembles. “There will be heavy rain in three days. We shouldn't march.”
Sure enough, a torrential downpour floods the city and washes away the bridge they'll need to cross.
Xiao Jinxuan draws him into his arms and hands him a warming brazier. “A divine body can't withstand the mortal world. Don't catch cold, little brother.”
Su Qingyan falls asleep, satisfied. Heh heh, I've got my powerful backer locked down now.
*
Xiao Jinxuan saw at first glance that this brother was a fake.
But watching the frail, pitiful little liar put on such a clumsy act right in front of him had its own appeal.
That is, until the assassination attempt, when his fake little brother took a sword for him.
In pain, tears streaming down his face, he still tries to flatter him. “Brother, you are blessed and destined for greatness, a wise ruler who will save the people from misery. I've taken this calamity upon myself for you.”
For the first time, Xiao Jinxuan thinks: He must be a god who descended to the mortal world for me. He is my own little brother, bound to me by blood.
He reverently kisses the bloodied shoulder. “From now on, I'll protect you.”
Bringing war to an end is an offering worthy of the gods.
He will make his little brother a true god, revered by all the people.
*
Everyone knows that King Xiao dotes on his divine younger brother. Every time he conquers a city, he lets him distribute aid, preach, and comfort the refugees.
Little by little, the people begin bowing before the memorial tablets of the Immortal Venerable Suqing.
They say the Immortal Venerable is a transcendent beauty, compassionate and spiritually attuned, a god sent from heaven to help the new emperor.
They say King Xiao has inherited Heaven's rightful mandate.
*
Su Qingyan has his tyrant's undivided affection, and even forbids him from marrying the surviving daughter of the imperial family, claiming it would “harm the fortune of the new dynasty.”
The truth: Waaah, I'm stealing all her scenes. If she shows up, I'm dead.
The tyrant feeds him grapes and affectionately wipes the juice from the corner of his mouth. “All right. You're all I need.”
Late at night, the tyrant pins the “god” he raised himself onto the bed, his voice hoarse. “Be good and help your brother.”
The “god” has red eyes. “Brother, you're blaspheming!” Yet he obediently lets the tyrant take what he wants.
His eyes glisten, and his moans sound like a cat's meows. As long as his brother dotes on him, he'll do anything.
He doesn't want there to be a rift between them.
Reader's notes:
1. The two have no blood relation. The gong knows from the start that he's not really his brother. One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only.
2. The protagonists aren't perfect. They have good qualities as well as flaws, and the gong is very much a product of a feudal society.
Theme: Face the world's development with a positive attitude, and never give up.
