Reborn, I Was Spoiled Rotten by the Academic Ace

The blurb for my upcoming story, The Kind Ghost's Soul Snare, is at the end~

A laid-back bottom who lies flat after burning out from the rat race, and a top who works himself to the bone so the bottom can keep lying flat.

After the eldest young master of the Xie family dies of a terminal illness, he is reborn and has to deal with a wicked stepmother, a scheming younger brother, and a bunch of awful relatives...

After experiencing death, Xie Lin thinks: Let it all burn. I'm tired.

Once the little prince of all-night gaming, a junk food connoisseur, and a game operations supervisor, he now not only goes to bed at nine and gets up at six, but also keeps goji berries steeping in his thermos.

Shi Yu watches all these changes from the sidelines.

Shi Yu: Xie Lin, you've changed, but I still really like you.

And so, the laid-back young master Xie meets the academic genius Shi, who indulges him in lying flat.

When Xie Lin can't solve a problem, Shi Yu teaches him. When Xie Lin is bad at a game, Shi Yu carries him. When Xie Lin can't be bothered to deal with someone, Shi Yu takes care of them. When Xie Lin doesn't want to take a bath, no problem, I'll wash you...

"Get lost."

Just when Xie Lin thinks this is how the rest of his life will go, he discovers that the terminal illness was fake, but someone really did try to kill him; the love is fake, and the suspect really is from the Shi family...

Bonus Scene

He chases, he runs, but he can't escape.

Shi Yu: We grew up together.

Xie Lin: As long as you stay away from me, you can call me whatever you want.

Shi Yu: You still owe me money.

Xie Lin: ...

Shi Yu: When you borrowed money, you called me Brother Yu. Now that it's time to pay me back, you call me a pervert.

Reader's Guide

1. Both are reborn.

2. One-on-one, happy ending.

Upcoming Story Blurb

As the leader of the evil spirits of the twenty-first century, Zhou Ran manages a gang of underlings: a puppet that tears out people's tongues, a female ghost that gouges out eyes, a clown that cuts off heads...

Three hundred years ago, Zhou Ran let his underlings run wild, causing the deaths of over a hundred members of the immortal sect's Ji family. The young master, Ji Ming, had his bones and heart torn out and died a gruesome death.

Carrying memories of his past life, Ji Ming is reborn and becomes a ghost exorcist, living among the shadows of towering buildings and dedicated to eliminating soul-snatching evil ghosts and life-taking demon spirits.

On a moonless night, Zhou Ran sheds his ghostly aura and, by a stroke of fate, crashes his Lamborghini into Ji Ming's shop.

Ji Ming strides forward with clenched fists and gritted teeth. "Well, well, Ghost King. I didn't come looking for you, and yet here you are, delivering yourself right to my door."

Zhou Ran feels a chill run down his back and denies everything. "Ghost King? What Ghost King? It's illegal to become a spirit after the founding of the country."

Ji Ming knows that until every ghost is vanquished, the Ghost King can't die.

The moment Zhou Ran falls into Ji Ming's hands, he knows it's time to repay what he owes him from back then...

Bonus Scene

Faced with a hundred kinds of torture implements:

Zhou Ran: Put some muscle into it! Have you even eaten? You're no good at this. Ah, yes, right there, right there. I'm starting to feel something!

Ji Ming: ...

Am I torturing him, or doing something unspeakable to him?

A goofy, seemingly silly bottom who is actually a shrewd, century-old Ghost King, and a seemingly cold top who is actually a serious ghost exorcist and hopeless at everyday life.

Reader's Guide

1. Happy ending, one-on-one.

2. The bottom isn't older. He just looks younger than the top.

3. There was a misunderstanding in their past lives.

That's all for now. I'll add more if I think of anything...

Premise: I decide my own fate, not Heaven's.