[A rowdy-looking but actually sweet bottom x a quiet-looking but actually scheming top] Self-inflicted trouble, reverse home invasion and robbery! Forced possession? No, he's delivered right to your door!
[Hard-luck drama queen vs. a logic black hole] Also known as "The Purehearted Bandit Chief and the Hapless Husband He Kidnapped"
(Ensemble cast, long-running foreshadowing, witty banter, character growth, and a shifting style~)
Xia Canyang: ten years as a farming-game player, a master of running businesses, and a strategic genius at staying alive. He plays the villain in Linlang, where the authorities are absurdly powerful. In the four years since he transmigrated, his greatest achievement has been building a five-A-rated, beautiful and tranquil stronghold in the middle of a godforsaken no-man's-land. The first golden rule of his Survival Guide: Keep your reputation score in check, and don't mess with the Patrol Office.
Until the day he unexpectedly ran into a stunning beauty in red
On the carriage, with a gentle breeze stirring and the curtain fluttering, that slender, taut waist, those long legs, that noble air. It took Xia Canyang just 0.01 seconds to decide: This is my soulmate, born of different parents!
My bandit-stronghold missions have been reminding me all along that I'm missing a bride for the stronghold!!!
Can't beat him? Drug him! Can't keep him locked up? Set traps! You think I read more than three hundred books on villainous conquest for nothing?
So they exchanged vows, entered the bridal chamber, and the title of the stronghold's bride spread everywhere.
Xia Canyang was practically bubbling with joy~
Then Er Gouzi came rolling and scrambling up from the foot of the mountain, howling. He screeched to a halt, face-planting right into the footstool. When he lifted his head, his dusty face was full of admiration. "No wonder you're the chief. What an eye you have, kidnapping none other than Duan Kongwan, the Patrol Office's greatest fighter!"
He paused, unconcerned. "It's just that the Patrol Office is furious. They say when they find the culprit, they'll chop him into tiny bits, then hang his head on the flagpole for three years as a warning!"
Wait!!!
The fruit in Xia Canyang's mouth dropped to the ground with a plop.
... You said his name is Duan Kongwan?
I kidnapped Duan Kongwan???
The disaster-class number-one fighter of the Red Qilin Patrol Office???
He whipped around. In his own room, the beautiful man in red, whose "drug is still wearing off," was calmly going through his private stash, petting his white cat, and using his blankets, utterly unruffled and completely at home.
Duan Kongwan: Mm-hm. Go on, I'm listening.
Looking at the "red-clad hungry wolf" occupying his room,
Xia Canyang: ...Is it too late to send him back?
(Bracing himself) (Trying to win him over) (Kicked out the door)
Xia Canyang (anguished, pro-max edition): This is my home! My home!!! Duan Kongwan, do you have any sense of reason????
[Main focus: running a business; secondary focus: solving cases] With the Patrol Office's greatest prodigy, Duan Kongwan, having "fallen into misfortune," all the various factions converge. What kind of commotion will they stir up?
He accidentally kidnapped a beauty who turned out to be the King of Hell, and the "tyrant chief" was thoroughly devoured.
It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send one away! He's stuck with me! Completely stuck with me!
Years later, Xia Canyang, cozily nestled in Duan Kongwan's arms, would often think back to that afternoon when he foolishly kidnapped the wrong person.
"Kongwan." Xia Canyang's cool fingers poked Duan Kongwan's cheek. He rolled onto his back, his voice sweet and cloying. "You're so strong. Why didn't you run away?" He smiled slyly. "Could it be... you fell for me?"
Before he could finish speaking, Duan Kongwan pulled him closer, and he met those calm, dark-jade eyes.
"Mm," he said.
[The two of them, basically]
Xia Canyang: Beautiful man, you're so unlucky to have fallen into my hands, because I'm the greatest lecher in the world, even though I've never actually... Hey, hey, don't pull at my clothes...!
Duan Kongwan: Quietly, and everything will go smoothly.
[Dig deeper, and what are their true natures:?]
Theme: Love at first sight, reverse home invasion and robbery, a hilariously ill-fated match!
