The King's Beloved Was Reborn

This story is complete and has a reverse V. Sweetness guaranteed. Thank you for your support! (There's a bonus story in the collection on my profile.)

Coming soon: "Don't Flirt If You Don't Love Me [ABO]". The blurb is at the very bottom. Add it to your collection! >3<

In his previous life, Ji Muqing was the son of the Grand Tutor and had been childhood friends with Crown Prince Xiao Beichen for over ten years. Unfortunately, they were too young and naive to understand their feelings. One misunderstanding separated them for three years.

When they met again, Ji Muqing took the initiative and used a fake wedding to draw out the truth. But before he even had time to change out of his wedding clothes, he was separated from the one he loved forever.

The heavens took pity on him and gave him another life. This time, he swore to give his all, making up for both lifetimes. Yet, in the end, he was the first to be cherished above all else.

One day, watching the heaven-blessed prince carefully place food in his bowl, Ji Muqing muttered, "I'm the one who wronged you first. Why won't you give me a chance to spoil you properly?"

Then he looked at the soup offered to his lips and Xiao Beichen's tender gaze, and understood at once: The heavens brought me back to lie flat.

Now that they both knew how the other felt, Ji Muqing threw himself into his career.

He had no choice but to recite poetry and drink tea at the Flower-Seeking House. As he was about to leave, the door suddenly swung wide open, and Xiao Beichen walked in with a smile. "Qingqing, are you tired of your husband?"

He got out of the carriage midway to invite a friend along. Xiao Beichen didn't seem to press the matter afterward. He only asked, "Qingqing, would you like an orange? It's sweet."

Ji Muqing: "I think I'm a little cold."

People say Crown Prince Xiao Beichen was greatly favored by the emperor, yet he knelt for a long time in the main hall just to marry one person. Ji Muqing was a refined young gentleman, yet he went to war in the desert for one person's sake, vowing not to return until he succeeded.

Comparing the two, people still thought Ji Muqing loved more deeply.

Who could have guessed that when he returned victorious, he would climb onto the new emperor's back in full view of everyone and whimper, "It hurts. I'm exhausted. I don't want to fight anymore."

Xiao Beichen looked at him with affection. "Then you don't have to fight. I'll be your pillar, strong enough to hold up the sky."

*Gradually spoiled rotten x endlessly doted on from the start

*A bold, passionate, flirtatious bottom who can't handle being flirted with and chickens out first (Ji) x a gentle, doting husband who occasionally gets sly and rains on his parade (Xiao)

P.S.

1. Two equally strong leads, with mutual affection and devotion. They are each other's one and only in both lives.

2. The bottom slays demons and devils outside, but tears up easily in front of the top.

3. An alternate universe with many original settings. Please don't overanalyze.

4. The plot and romance develop in parallel.

New book blurb:

Everyone at school says Luo Yuli, the campus heartthrob, and the Omega from the School of Arts are a match made in heaven. Their pheromones, white pine and orange blossom, have a compatibility rating of 90%.

Yu Xian doesn't agree. Besides, his compatibility with Luo Yuli is 88%. Having always believed in going after what he wants, Yu Xian is good-looking and from a good family. It only takes him a few days of effort to steal the campus heartthrob away from this storybook romance.

Yu Xian thinks his charm can overcome that 2% difference. But seven years into their marriage, he's still living in the shadow of that Omega, constantly being compared to him.

The other man is a sought-after stylist, while Yu Xian is famous for being a pretty face who relies on connections.

His relationship with Luo Yuli grows increasingly dull and full of conflict.

Given another life, he decides to let Luo Yuli go and free himself, too. He walks right past the two of them and becomes the unattainable dream Omega in his own world.

He's still the same Yu Xian who goes after what he wants. He hasn't fallen behind in his grades, his work, or his acting. So why is that Omega still making a scene over Luo Yuli because of him?

After accidentally witnessing the Omega get rejected, Yu Xian realizes he never had the chance to mock him like this in his previous life.

"Don't blame the road for being uneven. You're just not good enough."

Later, he accidentally discovers that Luo Yuli has been secretly supporting research into altering pheromones, and suddenly understands another truth: What's mine is still mine.

The sun was shining and the room was bright and clean. Yu Xian beckoned with a finger at the impeccably dressed man.

The man looked surprised and a little flustered, but still gripped Yu Xian tightly around the waist. "Didn't you say you don't like Alphas like me?"

Yu Xian smiled and tapped the man's lips. "You're the one who started flirting with me."

Theme: Be brave and pursue the one you love. Don't wait until they're gone to learn to cherish them.