Pretending to Be a Saintly Father Figure in a Gruesome World

Synopsis:

Dear Yang Ci,

Hello.

I heard your call, and I invite you to come to my world and become my child, my heir.

As my child and heir, you will have three million subjects, hundreds of millions of toys and servants, and a city waiting to expand.

You have qualified to take part in the selection. Please come to the gate before midnight tonight. Your servant will await you inside.

Mayor

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This world has a gate that can be copied, shrunk, enlarged, and moved at will. Anyone who passes through it can reach an entirely new world.

Wearing a hospital gown and shackles, and taking his medication, Yang Ci silently crosses the midnight streets and passes through the gate.

To claim the identity of the mayor's only son, he is about to compete in a brutal struggle in a terrifying world.

It is a world feared and shunned by everyone, much as Yang Ci himself is hated by all. He must go there, disguise himself as the sweetest, most lovable person anyone could imagine, and win the adoration of countless people.

He must obtain this identity.

Even if it takes everything he has, he will do whatever it takes.

And so, despite being despicable, filthy, and mediocre, Yang Ci fortunately gets his wish. All he has to do is keep up the act of being beautiful and kind, becoming the one and only full moon rising slowly over this world.

It's a little disgusting.

But that doesn't matter, as long as he can climb to the top and become a dazzling ruler.

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Yang Ci becomes the only son whom the mayor of Yan City has found again after many years apart. The day he returns, the whole city celebrates. Everyone rejoices for him, and the mayor even holds the city's once-every-three-years entertainment competition ahead of schedule. The winner will have any wish granted.

Someone wins.

In this competition strewn with corpses, the victor makes his demand: he wants to be engaged to Yang Ci. He demands a marriage in which divorce is forbidden, no matter whether they face sickness or health, poverty or wealth, or fading affection.

Beneath the sunlight, the brilliant golden sun blazes overhead. Yang Ci maintains his sparkling smile, while deep inside, his heart is already packed with malice and loathing, crawling over one another in dense layers.

Murderous intent rises.

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Unlike Yang Ci's disguise, that man is a true saint. He's handsome and taciturn, and his persona clashes completely with Yang Ci's real self.

The man is a clingy nuisance. He always wishes Yang Ci good morning, good afternoon, and good night right on time, like a perfectly punctual clock. At night, he prepares Yang Ci's medicine according to the doctor's instructions. In the morning, he makes him hot milk with just the right amount of sweetness. He's so thoughtful that he even massages Yang Ci's wounds every day...

Poison, car crashes, knives... Yang Ci tries every deadly trick he can think of, but the other man remains unharmed. Gradually, Yang Ci grows numb. Then one day, after tricking him into another deadly game, he suddenly begins to feel uneasy. That guy is a bona fide human being, a genuinely good person. What if he really dies?

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The seme has never met a human as gentle as his partner. Yang Ci is a truly good human. Like a soft thing made from some pure substance, his partner is kind and lovely, and his smile shines brighter than the terrifying sun. The seme falls in love with him at first sight.

For his sake, the seme is willing to hide his hideous true self. The fearsome predator takes on the appearance of a human and enters society.

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They are both pretending.

They both love to pretend.

Until they expose one another and see through the illusions, both fall apart, only to become moths drawn to the flame once more, desperate birds throwing themselves against a cage.

Reading Guide:

★ The rules of the competition are inspired by The Long Walk by Stephen King.

★ It's probably □□? The author has never tried □□, so isn't sure.

★ Pretender x pretender. A covert operative pretending to be a saintly seme x a saintly moonlight-white beloved pretending to be a good person. They fall in love with each other's masks first: attraction, discovery, anger, attraction again. Anyway, love, love, love, love. [1v1]

★ Both are gloomy little dogs yearning for something good, so don't be too hard on them. Longing for something good is human nature. Sometimes I just want to write a sweet, wholesome romance.

Theme: Imperfection is a kind of beauty, madness is a kind of talent, and absurdity is always better than utter boredom