Liao Xianfeng, the young master of the Duke of Zhenguo's household, is the capital's foremost refined gentleman: warm and polite, as radiant as the moon, and blessed with an exceptionally handsome, elegant face.
As soon as he comes of age, matchmakers trample the threshold of his home.
But the young master thinks he's still too young and has no desire to plunge into the grave of love so early.
The very next day, the emperor issues an edict ordering him to marry Yu Ran, a disabled, cold-faced and imposing War God famed for his military achievements.
Liao Xianfeng: ...
According to what he's heard, Yu Ran is old, disabled, and bad-tempered. The young master has never suffered such a grievance before, so at first he resists with all his might.
But the wedding rites are already done, and Liao Xianfeng has no choice. They can each go their own way, sleep in separate rooms, and keep out of each other's sight.
But then he sees the once-revered general, the War God admired by all, so down on his luck that even the servants ignore him.
Liao Xianfeng can't bear it. "Forget it, I'll move in with you after all... I'll share some of my good food with you."
Later, late at night.
Candlelight flickers behind layers of curtains.
Liao Xianfeng's eyes are red, his snowy skin flushed pink. "Didn't you say your leg was injured? How can you still do this?"
Yu Ran: "My leg is injured, not my waist."
Not long after, Liao Xianfeng discovers that his disabled husband has ascended the throne.
What a life, lying back and winning without lifting a finger!
Liao Xianfeng: QAQ
[Delicate, pampered, and carefree young master uke X scheming, two-faced, disabled War God seme]
*One-on-one romance, sweet romance, marriage first and love later; the seme is nine years older than the uke.
*An alternate setting with lots of personal worldbuilding!! Mostly in service of the plot~ The writing style is fairly straightforward and easy to understand.
*The seme's legs will be healed later.
Upcoming novel: *Senior Brother Is in Heaven, All Is Well*
Only after Yu Wei awakens does he realize he's a background senior brother in an old-school angst novel.
The taciturn protagonist seme is his master, while the protagonist uke is his own junior brother, whom he has watched grow up: a cold, scheming, and ruthless man.
Yu Wei: ... Crap.
To avoid getting caught up in the drama, Yu Wei decides to leave before the angsty romance begins, splitting off from the protagonist seme and uke and running away early.
He's spent the years since living freely, fishing, farming, and collecting junk. Life is blissful.
Until one day, while out and about, he accidentally gets poisoned by an aphrodisiac.
With no other choice, he has to detox with another fellow cultivator who has been poisoned too.
After a night of passionate entanglement, he struggles to his feet. He starts to say something about discussing what happened, but the words catch in his throat and take a sudden turn.
Yu Wei transcends the mortal world on the spot and embraces his true nature, in short, he dies inside. "This, this, this... isn't that my junior brother?"
When he realizes he's slept with his master's lover and been topped by his own junior brother...
Yu Wei's first thought is to run!!!!
But the protagonist uke has torn his clothes to shreds.
Following the principle that it's better for someone else to die than for him to suffer, Yu Wei can only chant, "Buddha be merciful," while expressionlessly stripping the protagonist uke of every last piece of clothing.
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When Wu Qiancheng is fighting a monster, he carelessly gets poisoned. When he wakes, he discovers that someone has stripped him naked.
He grinds his back teeth in fury, swearing to chop that person into a thousand pieces and feed them to the dogs!
Wu Qiancheng: "Senior Brother, long time no see."
Yu Wei: "... Haha, yeah, long time no see. Are you here to hunt monsters too?"
Wu Qiancheng: "Nope. I'm here to catch you. (smile)"
Yu Wei, bound hand and foot: ...
#In Heaven, All Is Well#
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Wu Qiancheng is vindictive and ungrateful, always repaying kindness with betrayal. Under ordinary circumstances, he would have chopped someone into minced meat and stuffed them into dumplings.
But if that someone is his senior brother...
He wouldn't mind chaining him to his side, locking him up, and slowly... watching him sob.
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