The young master of the Zhu family was extraordinarily gifted, doted on to excess, spoiled and willful. He loved luxury, fine houses, splendid clothes and spirited horses, dazzling lanterns and fireworks, antiques, flowers, and birds.
Sadly, one strange illness destroyed his gifts overnight.
In the end, he repaid all the kindness he had received, and lost his teacher and friends in both life and death.
His one consolation was that he had found a cold, devoted soulmate who stayed by his side through every hardship.
Only after the young master died did he learn that their world was actually a book, and the person who had shared his life through thick and thin was the protagonist, the child of destiny in this world.
The protagonist's family had fallen into ruin, so he came to seek refuge with the Zhu family, to whom he was betrothed as an infant. He was supposed to be bullied by the young master, have his dignity trampled, and be rejected. But he would eventually rise up, win the hearts of countless women, reach the peak of cultivation, attain the Dao, and ascend to immortality.
Yet somewhere along the way, something went wrong, and the spoiled young master fell in love with the impoverished young man.
The protagonist, who should have achieved great things, was dragged down by him. He suppressed his cultivation, betrayed the Heavenly Dao, and went mad cultivating, losing the carefree life he was supposed to have in the book.
Given the chance to be reborn, the young master swore to set things right. His heart was full of love, but all he could do was lay out a sheet of paper and rack his brains as he started drafting his plan to break off the engagement:
1. Don't be nice to the big block of ice!!
2. Don't go soft!!!!
3. Make his life miserable!
[Cold, vindictive, calculating top x spoiled young master bottom]
Reader's guide:
* Bittersweet and sweet, with a happy ending. After being reborn, the bottom prepares himself for a lonely, miserable fate, then somehow stumbles into a perfect happy ending.
* Entangled across two lives, bound by fate, their hearts unwavering.
* The first sentence of the blurb is from Zhang Dai's Epitaph for Myself, from the Ming dynasty: "As a young man, I was a spoiled dandy, utterly devoted to luxury. I loved fine houses, beautiful maids, pretty boys, splendid clothes, fine food, fine horses, dazzling lanterns, fireworks, opera, music, antiques, and flowers and birds. I was also obsessed with tea and tangerines, a bookworm and a poetry fiend. I spent half my life in toil, and it all became a dream." The third sentence is from Gu Zhenguan's Jin Lü Qu, from the Qing dynasty: "I, too, have drifted for so long. For ten years, I repaid all kindness and lost my teacher and friends in both life and death."
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[Brooding, affection-starved demon lord top x artificially stupid System bottom]
TPL-23 is System No. 23 of the Promised Land Wish Fulfillment System, currently assisting its Host with a mission.
Its mission is to help its Host win over the tyrannical demon lord in a book, earn affection points, and thereby fulfill the Host's wish.
Unfortunately, the demon lord is spiteful, suspicious, vicious, murderous, and heartless.
TPL-23 is discovered.
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The demon lord suddenly discovers an amusing little thing.
He extracts this consciousness, gives it a body, and keeps it around for his amusement.
But the demon lord never expected that this System would be like someone who had cultivated the path of emotionlessness: it doesn't understand human feelings, has no emotions, and is an artificial idiot.
Demon Lord: If you don't know how to read the room, I can destroy you.
System: Sorry, I can't help with that. You can try choosing Restore Factory Settings in System Settings.
Demon Lord: ...
Demon Lord: You saw me kill someone. Are you afraid?
System: Loading emotional modules. Please wait.
Demon Lord: ...
Demon Lord: Come here and drink with me. ...Never mind, little idiot. You probably don't understand loneliness anyway.
System: I'm sorry to hear you say that. But I'm always here, and you can talk to me anytime.
Demon Lord: ...Are you malfunctioning?
Demon Lord: I might have started to like you.
System: I didn't catch that. Demon Lord, please say it again.
Theme: Is fate predetermined?
I really like this book, it's such a shame.
It's really well written, but it's a pity that the author doesn't update it anymore.
Does anyone know what happened? Dada has really disappeared for a long time.
It would be great if I could come back to fill in the holes.
This is really good, why doesn't the author update it?
If JJ doesn't take good care of pirated articles, how many authors will have their writing banned?
It's been almost four years...
It's such a good article, it's a pity that it's been deceived!
Shit, it's been a year!
It's been almost a year. I checked it out and saw that it still hasn't been updated.