After Being Reborn as My Arch-Enemy's Disciple

*Modern setting. Don't get it wrong. The blurb and title have been heavily revised, so please refer to the current version.*

Gu Changdong was sickly from childhood and didn't live to see twenty. When he opened his eyes again, a hundred years had passed, and he had been reborn as a short-lived ghost who would have only three days to live unless he absorbed yang energy.

Even worse, his new body's master was his old nemesis, Xi Yuan, hailed as the greatest genius of the mystic arts.

Having witnessed firsthand his nemesis's thunderous methods for dealing with enemies and his vindictive nature, Gu Changdong thought of all the times he'd offended Xi Yuan. His first reaction was: Run!

But before he could even get out the door, Xi Yuan's abundant yang energy left him unable to move.

Gu Changdong immediately clapped his hands and decided: First, he'd mooch off Xi Yuan's yang energy. Once he was healthy again, he'd run as far away as possible.

Then he heard that after his death all those years ago, Xi Yuan, his sworn enemy, had gone to extraordinary lengths to summon his soul. The whole affair had looked like he meant to hunt Gu Changdong down and destroy him completely.

Trembling, Gu Changdong clutched his secret identity close and prepared to flee in the dead of night. But when he turned around, he ran straight into his nemesis, who was staring at him with a dark expression.

A sense of foreboding washed over him. Before he could say a word, his vision spun.

"I let you absorb my yang energy."

"I let you hold me, too."

The man clamped a hand around his wrist and repeatedly whispered his childhood name in his ear.

"Why are you still running?"

Their breaths mingled. The man's voice was humble and plaintive, but his actions were forceful. He pressed his thumb hard against Gu Changdong's lips, as if venting his frustration.

Gu Changdong, whose secret identity had just been exposed: ...

He was completely stunned.

Xi Yuan fell in love with someone when he was young. That person was the pampered young master of the Gu family, delicate and quite temperamental.

He often made the young master angry, but he couldn't stop himself from wanting to see him.

By the time he understood his own feelings, the other man died of illness on the very day Xi Yuan had resolved to confess.

That youthful affection became a nightmare and an obsession that haunted him for the rest of his life, accompanying him through a century of winter snow.

A silly, beautiful, spoiled receiver x a possessive attacker who secretly watches from afar and patiently schemes

* The receiver has a bit of a universal-admiration aura, but this is a one-on-one romance.

* The attacker is possessive enough to get jealous of himself.

* Soapy drama. Very soapy.

* I'll add more when I think of it =^-^=

New blurb posted on 2022.12.1

Theme: When interacting with others, let go of arrogance and prejudice. Don't judge people through colored glasses.