Island Villa: Guidance from a Fanatic

Yu Zhanpeng, a struggling shut-in writer, gets a call from his cousin inviting him to a book club gathering at a villa on a remote island.

But it turns out there is no book club. Instead, a bizarre series of events unfolds in the villa. As the investigation progresses, Yu Zhanpeng realizes the truth is far more complicated than he imagined. Beyond the murders on the surface, a deeper conspiracy is at work.

A possessive, unstable seme x an ordinary, hardworking uke with a decent head on his shoulders

Detective work in the early part, then things heat up later. Any more and I'd spoil it, lol.

In short, this is a very serious (fantastical) mystery and detective story, using the classic locked-room-in-a-snowstorm setup. It's full of familiar tropes.

Inspired by Perfume, The Endless Rain of September, and a whole lot of mystery novels and RPGs.

Some aspects of the seme's background are based on Grenouille, the protagonist of Perfume.

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