Transmigrating Into A Male-Targeted Novel To Build Infrastructure

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In the book The Emperor's Legacy, the male lead Huo Yan is born into a family of generals. After government corruption destroys his family, he becomes a servant in the Prince of Qing's household.

The heir to the Prince of Qing is cruel and domineering. Huo Yan is abused and humiliated for years, nearly dying several times from his injuries.

When chaos finally engulfs the land, he escapes the prince's manor, gradually seizes control of the military, and sets out to conquer the world.

After ascending the throne, he has the heir to the Prince of Qing torn apart by five horses.

Lu Yu has the rotten luck to transmigrate into the doomed heir to the Prince of Qing.

To stay alive, he decides to:

Stockpile grain, build high walls, and wait before declaring himself king.

Grow crops, develop infrastructure, open trade routes, and build up the army, forging a way to survive in a world at war.

Gradually, he realizes that the male lead's gaze is getting stranger and stranger.

One day, enemy forces attack. The male lead arrives in armor, wielding a blade, his handsome features making him look like a god of war.

After driving off the enemy, he comes to claim his reward:

In this vast and ever-changing world, all I want is to spend every day and night with you.

Sweet on the outside, dark within bottom × devoted puppy top

Reader's note: This is a fictional alternate-history setting, and the author's worldbuilding takes precedence. It features nation-building, with a slow start.

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After Yu Bai's family dies, he moves in with the Shen family, old friends of his parents.

Sensitive and insecure, he envies and resents Shen Yunzhen, the Shen family's biological son, and gradually turns into a scheming little green tea.

On his eighteenth birthday, Yu Bai dreams of the miserable fate awaiting him after his schemes are exposed. That's when he learns he's merely the green tea male supporting character in a book.

He hugs his still-intact leg and cries all night.

The next day, Shen Yunzhen's parents see him with puffy, tear-swollen eyes and immediately confront their son: “Did you bully Xiaobai again?!”

Shen Yunzhen's face darkens.

Yu Bai hurriedly shakes his head. “No, he didn't bully me!”

Shen Yunzhen: Hmph.

Everyone knows Shen Yunzhen can't stand Yu Bai.

But somehow, before long, two out of every three things he says are about Yu Bai.

- He rolls up his sleeves to show off his new watch, then tells his friends with a stern face, “Yu Bai insisted on giving it to me. He'd cry if I didn't wear it, so I had no choice.”

- He sets a lunchbox on his desk and tells his secretary coldly, “Yu Bai insisted on bringing me lunch. I wonder if it'll taste any good.”

- He puts a childish photo of them in his room and tells his parents with a dark expression, “Yu Bai insisted we take it. You know how much he loves to cry.”

One day at a party, someone sees Young Master Shen smoking furiously in a corner while the little green tea beside him sniffles softly.

Young Master Shen says hoarsely, “I only kissed you once. What are you crying for?”

The little green tea lets his tears fall, spoiled by affection: “I want to cry.”

Young Master Shen frowns helplessly. “Then kiss me back.”

Crying green tea bottom × domineering top who can't help falling for him

Theme: Give someone a rose, and its fragrance will linger on your hand.