The Little Trouble-Maker Became Laid-Back After Being Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness [Reborn]

[Complete. A tangy, spicy, sweet-and-sour flavor: sour and sweet early on, silly and sweet later.] 1. Mu Yang is spoiled and domineering, dramatic and troublesome, a bad kid who leaves people at a loss for words. Just how bad is he? He uses the dying wish of Xie Bieting's mother to force Xie Bieting, who can't stand him, to stay by his side. After they marry, Xie Bieting remains cold toward him from beginning to end, so Mu Yang makes a point of throwing tantrums. He stays out all night to get Xie Bieting's attention, and uses nasty words to make him look annoyed. He even tries to use his terminal illness to trade for Xie Bieting's tenderness and a little bit of love. But Mu Yang has lied too many times, so Xie Bieting doesn't believe him at all. Until one day, Mu Yang lies in the ICU and closes his eyes for good. Xie Bieting, who has always kept his feelings hidden, finally furrows his brow. If there's a next life, Mu Yang never wants to cling to Xie Bieting like this again. But there are no ifs. When he opens his eyes again, he's returned to five years ago, just after forcing Xie Bieting to marry him. 2. No one knows that movie emperor Xie Bieting has been married for five years, and that his spouse is a particularly troublesome minor celebrity. The little husband who had been a nuisance at his side for five years is dead. Xie Bieting seems no different from usual, and life goes on as before. Until one day, he gets into a car accident while traveling to a work event. When he wakes again, he has returned to five years ago. He calmly accepts the fact that his troublesome little husband is back at his side. The first thing he does is tell Mu Yang to get a medical checkup. But when Xie Bieting isn't looking, his little husband quickly signs the divorce papers, refuses treatment, and runs off to some remote place at the foot of a mountain to wait out the rest of his life. 3. During the six months their idol announces he won't be taking any work, his fans are heartbroken, but they also discover an interesting Weibo account. The account belongs to a man asking for advice on how to make another man happy. So the fans, with nothing better to do, start offering suggestions, bringing out every trick they know to teach him how to coax his partner. Someone asks: What happened after that? The fans all burst into tears: Don't ask. We regret it so much our guts are turning green. #What's it like to teach your own idol how to win his wife back?# #What's it like to have casually called your favorite star an idiot?# #What's it like to be the one responsible for your own heartbreak?# #What's it like to personally teach your idol how to coax the entertainment industry's most hated pretty boy back to his side?# Girlfriend fans: I just want to go back in time and slap myself for offering advice. One month later: Huh... these two are kind of sweet. Three months later: As everyone knows, Xie Bieting belongs to everyone, and Yangyang is mine. [In his past life, a dramatic liar; in this life, a beauty who has learned to let go, as the bottom, VS a reserved, indifferent movie emperor who never shows his feelings, as the top.] 1. Bottom's perspective. Mu Yang x Xie (pronounced Xie) Bieting. 2. A tangy, spicy, sweet-and-sour flavor. I personally don't think it's angsty. The top and bottom are devoted exclusively to each other from beginning to end, with no third party. (For specific reading guidance, see the author's note in Chapter One.) My next novel will be Echoes of the Past. Feel free to add it to your collection if you're interested: At the beginning of the Great Collapse, when all life was hanging by a thread, Li Wei did something heinous while standing in the very center of the Contamination Zone. Standing among the rubble beneath a dusky yellow sky, he gave You E a bloodied kiss as he lay dying, then let out a long sigh and said with utter sincerity, "Commander, I've suffered under you for so long..." You E nearly sat bolt upright on his deathbed. He died with his eyes wide open. Li Wei and You E had been bitter enemies for years, constantly at each other's throats. Neither knew how many half-truths they'd told one another, and their greatest wish was to see the other submit and become their prisoner. Li Wei knew You E would never take his words at face value. Given the opportunity, of course he wanted to make sure You E couldn't rest in peace even after dying. Ten years later, the world is a void, sunk deep into contamination. Beyond the lighthouse lies nothing but wasteland. Only then does Li Wei realize that ten years ago, he and You E were both at the center of the contamination. Their mental forms had silently intertwined and eroded each other, leaving him on the verge of losing control and heading toward self-destruction. And the only person who could soothe his mental form had died long ago, with no remains left behind. Li Wei laughs in fury: It was deliberate. It was absolutely deliberate. One night, an even more terrible comeuppance arrives. Countless shadows that look like tentacles climb the lighthouse and wrap around Li Wei's ankles, winding up his long legs. A faint, elusive whisper drifts through the air: "My dear commander, don't you think you owe me an explanation for that kiss?" Li Wei: ... A worthy nemesis should lie quietly in their grave. - Li Wei is wicked by nature, and You E is no better. After learning that Li Wei desperately needs his calming touch, You E keeps his distance every time Li Wei is in so much pain he can barely stand and is on the verge of losing control. He takes malicious pleasure in saying, "If you want something, come over here yourself. Say, 'Please, I want it.'" He even deliberately leaves Li Wei in a disheveled, post-encounter state whenever Li Wei loses his mind, just to see him fly into an embarrassed rage. "How was last night?" "Not bad." Li Wei grips his chin and bestows a lazy kiss on him, as if granting a favor. "That's your reward." "...?" P.S.: 1. Strong characters on both sides, bottom's perspective, with a slight ensemble feel. Their characters are roughly a seemingly cool and composed bottom who's actually wicked by nature, and a top who's mean on the surface and even meaner inside. Neither of them is particularly normal. They're both pretty crazy. 2. A mix of cyberpunk and wasteland fiction, with some Lovecraftian elements and lots of original worldbuilding. Theme: We cannot know in advance what will happen, so we should do our best in the present and leave no regrets.