Arranged Ghost Marriage

[Also known as "Arranged Ghost Marriage". The extra chapters are complete.]

The second son of the Xu Group, who had been kidnapped, was found and brought home. It became the hottest news in Jiang City.

In the news footage, a pale, blind boy in shabby clothes was sent back to the Xu family, clutching the only schoolbag he owned.

The Xu family held a grand welcome ceremony for their second son, then spent a fortune sending him to the finest private academy.

Xu Muchan walked slowly across campus in an expensive but ill-fitting uniform. Feeling the malice coming at him from every direction, he lowered his head timidly, though the corners of his mouth curled up in secret. In a voice no one else could hear, he murmured with feigned sadness, “Big Brother, they all want to bully me.”

*

Xu Muchan had a hard time fitting in at his new school.

The blind boy was completely out of place among the young masters and ladies born with silver spoons in their mouths. Being mocked and pranked was part of everyday life.

And it didn’t help that he was so beautiful and so timid.

One day they locked him out of the classroom; the next, they locked him in the restroom. The students came up with one nasty prank after another.

Yet not a single one ever worked.

The locked classroom door would mysteriously fly open in a sudden gust of wind.

The blind boy, who should have been locked in the restroom, seemed to be led back to his seat by an invisible hand. Smiling sweetly, he would say in a soft voice, “Thank you, Big Brother.”

Later, those who had pranked Xu Muchan would say in terror that they had encountered a ghost. They would line up in tears, apologizing and begging him to let them go.

Xu Muchan ignored them.

Clutching the little bundle he had brought from the village, he strolled along the edge of the artificial lake. His frail body swayed as if he might fall in at any moment.

The invisible presence that had been following him quietly appeared and wrapped its arms around him, sighing, “A Chan, don’t be naughty.”

At last, Xu Muchan smiled and hugged it back. “I knew you couldn’t bear to leave me behind, Big Brother.”

*

What people outside didn’t know was that Xu Muchan hadn’t wandered off by accident. His own parents had sold him to human traffickers.

He grew up in a remote mountain village steeped in superstition. When he was ten, he was offered as a sacrifice to “It.”

It had no name.

The villagers called It the Mountain God.

People from beyond the mountains called It an evil spirit.

Only Xu Muchan called It Big Brother.

1. Chinese-style horror with a touch of cosmic horror. The two leads have eyes only for each other.

2. Synopsis written on 2023/02/05.

3. This story is entirely fictional. We oppose feudal superstition and believe in science.

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Historical danmei novel "The Hostage Prince", also known as "I’m Frail and Helpless" and "After They Found Out I’d Tricked the Enemy General into Marriage".

A sickly, stunning beauty who lies through his teeth and is deeply scheming × a fierce, untamed lone wolf of a man who loves claiming territory. Please add it to your reading list =3=

1.

The Battle of Chenliu ended in a great victory for Northern Chu.

At the victory banquet, the once pampered Crown Prince of Southern Yan was forced to attend as a hostage from the defeated state.

Swallowing the shame of defeat and the blood in his throat, Fu Xueqing bent his pride and, despite his illness, maneuvered among the wolves circling him.

His father, the emperor, hoped he would die in Northern Chu and make room for his brothers. Northern Chu’s officials hoped he would make a mistake, giving them an excuse to start another war and take his life.

But Fu Xueqing refused to give them what they wanted.

Shen Jiao, Regent of Northern Chu, commanded three hundred thousand cavalry, controlled the young emperor, and wielded absolute power at court. He was the only person who could keep Fu Xueqing alive.

Fu Xueqing carefully laid a trap and delivered himself into Shen Jiao’s bed.

The peerless, brilliant immortal became a merciless demon from the eighteenth level of hell.

2.

The Emperor of Southern Yan was gravely ill.

As Crown Prince, Fu Xueqing had to return home and seize the throne.

On the night before his departure, Fu Xueqing invited Shen Jiao to drink with him.

He slipped a sedative into the wine, and the unprepared regent drank it.

Clutching a dagger, Fu Xueqing sat awake all night, but couldn’t bring himself to act as planned.

He had only been pretending to care in order to survive, but in the end, Shen Jiao had warmed his heart.

Before dawn, Fu Xueqing slipped out of the city with his trusted followers.

But Shen Jiao realized what was happening and came after him with his men.

Facing each other across the battlefield, Fu Xueqing shed his gentle disguise. His immortal-like face was now filled with cold indifference. “General Shen, ours was nothing but an act. Now that the performance is over, why keep pestering me?”

3.

It was common knowledge in Northern Chu that the Crown Prince of Southern Yan had toyed with the regent’s affections, then discarded him.

Everyone said that after the regent reorganized his armies, he would crush Southern Yan and build a monument of skulls with the Crown Prince’s head.

On the day of the coup in Southern Yan, Shen Jiao indeed led a troop of soldiers into the imperial palace.

In a room unseen by others, Shen Jiao cut off the ruler of Southern Yan’s head with a single stroke. Gritting his teeth, he said fiercely, “Marriage or war. Your Majesty, choose one.”

Fu Xueqing leaned closer, lightly touching Shen Jiao’s lips with a fingertip. His gaze shimmered with captivating warmth. “I happen to need an empress. General Shen, would you be willing to take your place in the inner palace?”

[The frail beauty is a demon from the eighteenth level of hell who has grown a heart. The attack is the ultimate beauty lover who would rather have a beauty than an empire, and he rages helplessly as he gets darker by the day.]

Theme: Oppose feudal superstition and promote the sciences.