Qi Qi Seems Like Time

A sudden upheaval brought the Shi family, a renowned military clan, to ruin. They were executed down to the last relative, but the emperor stopped short of wiping them out completely and deliberately spared their sole surviving legitimate son.

In a fit of anger, the young Marquis of the Shi family gathered a group of people and ran off to the wilderness, where he became a bandit chief who never robbed anyone. He spent his days lazing about, living in seclusion, and enjoying life.

Year One: He picked up a physician. No more illnesses, check!

Year Two: He picked up a cook. No more worries about food, check!

Year Three: He picked up a pretty boy... A lover, check?

Shi Jiu: "I only want to build my career. I'm an upright young man!"

Someone: "No, you only want to date me."

Shi Jiu: "You! You're talking nonsense!"

Someone: "What was that? You love me so much?"

Shi Jiu: "..."

Red robes with a yellow gown: this is a tomato-and-egg love story.

Ten years of weaving a dream, and when you wake, everything is as it was.

A bird escapes its cage, only to build itself a cage of its own for love.

P.S. One-on-one romance, shou-centered, both are each other's first and only. The originally planned tragic ending is turning into a happy ending (at least, it seems like it will be one for now).

Deeply devoted, scheming prince gong who disappears midway x resilient, helpless shou whose family was destroyed.

I'm still thinking about whether to put the gong, who shares a surname with my own mother, through the wringer, hahaha.

I don't update quickly (very slowly), but I won't abandon the story. Thanks for staying with me.

Theme: Tomato and egg noodles are delicious.