Journal of a Madman

[Updates every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 a.m. I may also update on a favorite CP's birthday.]

(I suddenly changed the update time because I wanted to try my luck on the xuanxue ranking list. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do it, haha.

I still want people to see this story, after all _(:з"∠)_)

Before Xu Wen met Xiao Liang, he was the good-for-nothing disciple of Lan Xizi Xiao Chengyan, the greatest diviner under heaven:

Lazy, greedy, gluttonous, slippery, and so useless he was beyond redemption.

He didn't even know to go rescue his master after his master was kidnapped.

After Xu Wen met Xiao Liang, he learned martial arts and reading for his sake, endured humiliation to find his master, called off his engagement, and abandoned his family and country. He even gave up on becoming an emperor, despite the glory and riches and a harem of three thousand, men and women alike.

"He's only a dead man who borrowed another corpse to return to life, and the enemy who killed your father. You gave up everything for him: immortality, the throne, and eternal life. Was it really worth it?"

"If it's for him, I can't think of anything that isn't worth it."

In the first half of his life, Xu Wen had met people who had deceived him, more or less deliberately or otherwise:

His family weren't his family, his respected master wasn't a master, his close friends weren't friends...

But you alone are truly you.

I never regret meeting you,

Master and disciple are both gay.

Banner line: Fate decides life and death, wealth and honor are up to heaven.

This is another clichéd story of an enemy's son falling in love with an enemy's son, and a royal grandson falling for another royal grandson.

A timid-at-first, bold-later, love-crazed, good-for-nothing gong x a cold-at-first, warm-later, principled and open-minded uke. Very, very slow burn, with plenty of romantic angst.

They dote on each other.

Also, I'm taking suggestions for a title, haha. I'm terrible at naming things.

Writing this blurb in a romance-novel style made me want to rename it Heart's Desire.

There are lots of side couples. I hope you'll find one you like.

I've drawn a huge pie. I hope you can eat it.

If you make it to chapter ten, you've won!!!

A tragic revision note:

On a friend's advice, I added more paragraph breaks to the first section to make it more comfortable to read.

I also hope someone will come read it (tragic).

↓↓↓ Please add it to your collection (courtesy of Meng Hetang's baby voice, reminding you at midnight)