After the Villain Got Obsessed with Me

[Opening May 11: the fantasy danmei novel "After My Ex-Boyfriend Defected". Its blurb follows this one.]

Blurb:

Gu Yuanzhi transmigrates into a novel full of admirers and romantic rivalries, becoming the violent villain emperor's milk brother, a character who doesn't even exist in the original story.

The original story's violent villain emperor is ruthless and will do anything to steal the protagonist shou.

But one night, the emperor, who should have been pursuing the protagonist shou, appears in Gu Yuanzhi's room.

Gu Yuanzhi trembles on his knees, but the emperor grips his chin and forces him to raise his head.

They are close enough to touch. The fingers that usually hold the imperial brush press against his lips...

Gu Yuanzhi: Is this something a ruler and his subject are supposed to do?

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Jiang Yusheng is naturally suspicious and finds it hard to trust even his closest confidants completely.

But on the day he left Huating, he looked back and saw his milk brother dressed in mourning, and a plan took shape in his mind.

Once he had secured his footing in the capital, he would bring this beautiful milk brother, beautiful enough to make one's heart skip a beat, to his side.

He could have a trusted courtier, one everyone knew was his most favored.

But one night, his milk brother, who wasn't even on duty, rushed into the burning building. While everyone else ran out, and no one dared enter the flames to save the emperor...

Gu Yuanzhi came.

Jiang Yusheng remembered the way Gu Yuanzhi ran toward him, and the anxiety on his face.

Perhaps he wanted more than what he had wanted before. He wanted more, and he wanted to give more.

He would no longer simply find ways to promote Gu Yuanzhi and give him gifts.

He would give Gu Yuanzhi supreme power, and everything he could possibly offer.

Including his heart.

Reader's notes:

An alternate setting, very alternate, with tons of original worldbuilding.

Transmigration into a book, but the character doesn't exist in the original story.

Both are each other's first love. The gong really is ruthless, and the shou is irresistible to everyone. If you can't see it, that's on me.

Angst and melodrama, so proceed with caution if that's not your thing.

Brooding, suspicious, violent emperor x sensitive beauty of a Embroidered Uniform Guard

Weibo: Xie Shuanghua

Cover art non-exclusive authorization:

CG: Happy Fried Chicken Shop - Xiaoxin

Upcoming fantasy danmei novel "After My Ex-Boyfriend Defected" blurb:

Yu Chuchen and Duan Yan stood side by side all the way from military academy to the military, opening up new territory for the Federation and defending it against foreign enemies. Their military achievements were outstanding.

They became the youngest major generals in the Federation, hailed as the Federation's twin stars.

After years of love, they had completely marked each other and thought they would never be separated.

Until one day.

Duan Yan defected, and the twin stars fell apart.

Yu Chuchen endured the pain of being betrayed by his alpha, watching Duan Yan transform into a prince of the Empire, his heart full of resentment and confusion.

After all their years together, how could Duan Yan discard him so easily for the allure of being a prince?

Yu Chuchen withdrew from the front lines, thinking that he would never see Duan Yan again.

Then the Federation lost the war, and the two countries began negotiations.

The Federation's top officials sent Yu Chuchen, long since removed from the center of power, to Duan Yan's bed.

The gentle, considerate boyfriend of the past was gone. The man standing before Yu Chuchen now was the Empire's de facto ruler, having seized power in just three years.

"Reunited with an old flame."

"General, don't you have anything to say?"

Duan Yan stroked the omega's vulnerable gland, his eyes full of dangerous intent.

Yu Chuchen was as stubborn as ever. He suppressed the joy his omega body felt at reuniting with an alpha, and stubbornly refused to bow his head to Duan Yan.

Theme: Love, understand each other, and move forward together.