Purehearted College Boy, Yet a Nation-Toppling Temptress

Ning Zhao, a college athlete at a sports institute, breaks the world record in the 5,000 meters at the World Championships and takes the gold. Before he can even celebrate, he dies in a car accident. When he opens his eyes again, he's become a favored concubine whom the tyrant of the Great Liang dynasty has cast aside.

Counting the harem's collection of gorgeous temptresses, Ning Zhao feels reassured. “Danmei novels never lie. Tyrants are all gay, and their kingdoms always fall sooner or later! I'll keep my head down until he loses the throne, then run off with the money!”

But the longer he lies low, the more things seem off. Why does the tyrant keep coming to see him more and more often? Why does he keep receiving more and more gifts, from gold and silver vessels to all kinds of delicious food, with the best of everything provided for his food, clothes, lodging, and travel? Big brother, weren't you supposed to be ignoring me? Your character's totally OOC.

Liang Jingyu: “My beloved consort, are your dizziness and shortness of breath any better? Have you coughed up blood again this month?”

Ning Zhao, fresh from a cold shower and a 5,000-meter morning run, planning to hold the first Olympic Games in ancient times: Dizziness and shortness of breath? Coughing up blood? Oh no, I'm OOC too. What do I do? •﹏•

Only belatedly does Ning Zhao realize that the original owner was frail and delicate, panting after every few steps, a genuine sickly beauty. He was abandoned by the tyrant because he was always sick.

He transmigrated here without figuring out the original owner's character or backstory. It's not too late to change now!

Watching his beloved consort lie in bed and pretend to be sickly, Liang Jingyu smiles. “My beloved consort, I've already had a track built in the outskirts of the capital, the one you mentioned. Won't you go try it?”

A track? The college athlete Ning Zhao is itching to give it a go. But he can't. He's frail and delicate, so he can't run on the track. “I appreciate Your Majesty's kindness, but cough, cough, I've coughed up blood again. I may not have much time left...”

Liang Jingyu sighs. “What about that Olympic Games you mentioned? The Guard Bureau has specially assigned three thousand soldiers. Won't you compete with them?”

“Maybe in my next life.” Ning Zhao clutches his chest and pretends he can't catch his breath.

Liang Jingyu produces a gleaming round medallion made of pure gold, engraved with five rings. “My beloved consort, you don't want the gold medal either? It's solid gold, and quite heavy.”

Ning Zhao stares at the medal and swallows. “I want it!”

Olympic gold medals are only gold-plated. The tyrant is giving him a solid-gold medal. He can run away with it and live comfortably for the rest of his life. He absolutely has to take it!

A secret report from the palace guards says that Consort Ning has been acting very strangely lately, possibly possessed.

Consort Ning, who used to be frail and sickly and cough up blood, has suddenly become strong and full of energy. Not only that, but he runs fifty laps around the imperial garden before dawn. According to the guards, Consort Ning, who used to avoid meat, now demands something called protein every day: lean beef and chicken breast. He forbids the chefs from cooking with rich sauces and insists that everything be boiled or steamed. Even stranger, the original Consort Ning was bony and gaunt, with barely any flesh on him, but Liang Jingyu has discovered that the Consort Ning in his arms has muscles!

A thin layer of muscle, just the right feel. Touching him, it's obvious he's not the same person!

Where did the original Consort Ning go? Who is this person who does nothing but eat and run around the imperial garden? Why does he look exactly like Consort Ning?

After investigating and finding no answers, Liang Jingyu decides this must be some kind of demon. It must have eaten the original Consort Ning because it's so greedy.

The little demon has just arrived in the human world and isn't very good at its job yet. It doesn't even know how obvious its flaws are. All it does is grin foolishly, without a trace of cunning. Afraid it might eat someone else, Liang Jingyu orders the imperial kitchen to prepare all sorts of food for it. That is, protein.

Liang Jingyu: “My beloved consort, what sort of road is a track? And what is the Olympic Games for? Making a gold medal is simple. I can do that.”

The little demon blinks its clear, foolish eyes and clings to His Majesty's arm, pleading sweetly. “Your Majesty is truly wonderful. Thank you.”

A demon raised at home shouldn't have to suffer when it first arrives in the human world, Liang Jingyu thinks, holding his beloved consort around the waist. Fortunately, the little demon knew to seek the protection of the human emperor. Otherwise, with how foolish it is, it would have been captured and burned alive by some unscrupulous Taoist priest if it wandered into the common world. Poor thing hasn't even had the chance to cause trouble in the human world before being burned to death. What a terrible injustice.

Since it's already here, he, the emperor, will help the naive little demon.

Kissing the little demon's lips, Liang Jingyu coaxes, “What do you want, my beloved consort? Shall I build a deer terrace and a wine pool with a forest of meat? Or dig out the old Prime Minister's heart for you to enjoy?”

Ning Zhao's eyes go wide. “Tyrant! You can't do any of that!”

Later, after learning the truth, Ning Zhao straddles the tyrant and grips Liang Jingyu by the throat, gritting his teeth. “You're the demon! Your whole family are demons! Who knows where your beloved consort went? Maybe your rotten Prime Minister ate him!”

Liang Jingyu is thoroughly satisfied. “It's even better that my beloved consort isn't a demon. Then I don't have to worry that he'll abandon me once he has fulfilled his destiny. I've decided to build another track for you!”

A college athlete who only knows how to eat and run, the uke, x a scheming, sinister, and treacherous tyrant, the seme

Theme: In their confusion, young people seek true love, companionship, and protection.