Yan Shu is famous for being cold-hearted and ruthless.
Even a peerless beauty can’t sway him, and he’ll never compromise for money.
No matter how many different female leads pursue and love him year after year, cherishing him above all else, he can still push them into the male lead’s arms without so much as a change in expression.
Yan Shu: Don’t fall for me. It won’t end well. I’m just an emotionless matchmaker, that’s all.
Then one day, the cold and aloof male lead, who was supposed to make an exception only for the female lead, suddenly rushed into his room, flushed and half-soaked. He buried his face against Yan Shu’s neck, rubbing against him and acting coy as he whispered words of love.
Yan Shu: ...
System: Host, your heart rate is too high.
Yan Shu covered his heart and gave a dry cough. “It’s nothing. This body has a congenital heart condition.”
System: ...Yeah, right.
They both thought it was just a fluke, but...
One world
The movie-star male lead, threatened by a letter of intimidation, didn’t cling to the naturally strong female lead for protection. Instead, he pinned Yan Shu in a corner.
His hands roamed freely over Yan Shu’s waist as he unleashed his hormones. “Mr. Lawyer, what do you think of me?”
Yan Shu, trying to protect his client and figure out how to get the two of them together, was so stressed he nearly went bald. “I don’t think much of you. :)”
Another world
The major general male lead, undercover in prison, was barely getting by and nearly had his limbs torn off by the villain. But instead of rushing to the prison doctor, the female lead, for treatment and help, he pursued Yan Shu relentlessly.
In the dark prison punishment room, the male lead hung there on his knees. When he saw Yan Shu, his eyes lit up. He lifted his head and rubbed it against Yan Shu’s hand, looking wronged. “Warden, I’m hurt this badly. Won’t you let me spend one night in your bed?”
Hearing that the male lead was about to be beaten to death, Yan Shu ran so hard his lungs nearly burst. “Why not just beat you to death and be done with it? :)”
Yet another world
A forgotten god was on the verge of disappearing, but instead of making time to get close to the exceptionally talented female lead, he came to Yan Shu’s bedside.
The god pressed a large hand against Yan Shu’s numb legs and leaned in to whisper in his ear. “Little investigator, if you’re willing to become mine, I’ll make you stand again. How about it?”
Yan Shu, injured in the line of duty and half-paralyzed in bed, unable even to follow the plot, changed expression. “Damn it, you’re cheating!”
The System watched in despair as Yan Shu’s career went down in flames. Ever since this new male lead showed up, he hadn’t managed to complete a single matchmaking assignment.
System: Host, don’t worry! I’ll report him right now. That bastard! I’ll get the boss to fire him!
Yan Shu gave a dry cough and grabbed the System. “Wait, um... there’s no need to rush that much.”
System: ...
Warning: Extremely slow world-hopping.
PS: A versatile, proactive, seductive (?), sometimes fierce and sometimes sweet seme VS a tsundere uke who complains out loud and acts like he’s rejecting him, but secretly adores him.
PSS: The female leads are all lovely too. None of them are bad people. The uke loves the female leads like little sisters.
PSSS: Most worlds have happy endings, and the overall story has a happy ending. One or two worlds may have bad endings.
Coming Soon: "Give the Cultivation World a Taste of Idle-Game Shock"
"Carefree Cultivation" is a text-based idle cultivation game. Its grind and pay-to-win mechanics are appalling, but fortunately, it’s incredibly easy to play: all you ever do is tap.
Tap left: a million cultivation techniques, a thousand worlds’ worth of magical treasures, divine beasts for mounts. They’re mine, mine, all mine.
Tap right: become an immortal or fall into demonic ways, turn into a monster or become a ghost. Countless paths of cultivation: challenge the heavens, challenge the earth, they’re all trash.
Take to the skies and burrow underground. Do anything you want. The myriad worlds are in your hands.
Tan Bei, an unlucky player with clumsy hands, reluctantly uninstalled his last gacha game and downloaded a cultivation game said to be playable even by pigs.
You don’t know until you try it. The game had a huge cast, beautiful art, and intelligent dialogue. The more he played, the more hooked he got.
Until the text turned into 2D, the 2D turned into 3D, and the 3D turned into full immersion...
Tan Bei: Wait, isn’t something wrong here?!
*
The Wanxian Sect recruited another batch of new disciples, but one of them was just a tiny bit strange.
At the auction, the new disciples stared at the items in the catalogue, drooling.
Cultivator A: I’m going to whine to my parents. If they don’t transfer me spirit stones, I’ll kill myself!
Cultivator B: So what if it takes grinding? I’ll go kill monsters and do quests right now!
Tan Bei grabbed several Qiankun bags. “I’ll go meditate and breathe for a few more days. Hopefully I can produce a few more spirit stones while I’m at it!”
The other cultivators: ...?
Wait, what did you say you could produce by meditating?
At the cultivation competition, the elders praised the final rankings.
Pill-refining Elder: Oh, first place went to a newcomer this year. This little Tan Bei is quite something.
Sword-cultivating Elder: What a coincidence. My first-place winner is also named Tan Bei.
Artifact-refining Elder: Haha, there sure are a lot of people named Tan Bei this year. My first-place winner is Tan Bei too.
Everyone: ...
Sect Master: Just how many Tan Beis do we have in our sect?
Elder D, looking world-weary: Could it be... that they’re all the same person?
Everyone: ?
Feeling unworthy of being Tan Bei’s master, Tan Bei was bundled off to the forbidden grounds overnight, and eventually delivered in front of an old ancestor who was in seclusion.
The two of them: ...
Tan Bei smacked his lips, wiped his mouth, and bashfully said, “Well, it’s not like I’m against it.”
The old ancestor: ...
Late at night
The old ancestor stared in shock at Tan Bei, sitting on top of him with his robes wide open.
What are you doing! Do you even know who I am?!
Tan Bei blinked innocently. “You’re my master!”
He tried to tear both their clothes off. “So hurry up and dual cultivate with me to transfer your power!”
The old ancestor: ?
The old ancestor: ???
PS:
1. A brainless comedy with no logic whatsoever. I’m doing my best to throw away my brain and make it even more illogical as I go.
2. The romance is up to fate, and its prominence is uncertain. The seme appears very late... Anyway, definitely not early.
3. This story is so ridiculous that I had countless funny conversations with my writing friends while working on it. I’ll post them in the author’s notes from time to time. It’s more fun to share the fun.
Theme: Everyone is adorable, and everyone deserves happiness