After Faking My Death, He Regretted It Too Late

[Unhinged top, regret-and-redemption arc] 1. Yue Suxi died on the day the Southern Chu dynasty fell. Because he mistakenly trusted a traitor from an enemy kingdom and wholeheartedly set out to marry Xie Chenghan as his empress, his country was ultimately destroyed. Only as he died did he learn that he was merely a short-lived emperor, a disposable character in a book. And the empress who had destroyed his family and brought the world to heel was someone who had transmigrated into a book. She knew how history would unfold. She knew every plot point. And she used that knowledge to... Destroy his country and drive him to his doom. On the day the capital fell, Yue Suxi plunged from the hundred-zhang city wall, meeting his fated end and fulfilling Xie Chenghan’s ambition and wish. 2. But he was reborn, in the body of his younger brother, a frail prince in Southern Chu with no real power. He was reborn before meeting Xie Chenghan. Meanwhile, his original body, that of Yue Suxi, the emperor destined to face the coming fall of his country, was occupied by a new soul. Staring at his own frail reflection in the mirror, where every step brought a gasp or a cough of blood... Yue Suxi, top in combat prowess: “...?” Well, after being reborn, he’d wound up with an even worse hand. 3. Later. Xie Chenghan seized the throne of Great Wei and rose to power just as he had in his previous life. But he did not marry the emperor whose body had been taken over by another soul, nor drive him to leap from the city wall. Southern Chu enjoyed peace and prosperity, with bountiful harvests and favorable weather. Only on the eve of the anniversary of his death in his previous life... Reeking of alcohol, Xie Chenghan pinned Emperor Yue by the throat and slammed him against the wall, his eyes bloodshot. Amid the snow that filled the sky, Yue Suxi saw Xie Chenghan cry for the first time. “Your mission is complete...” “Can you leave now?” “If you leave, will he come back?” #About how I was reborn after dying, only for my body to be taken over by someone who transmigrated into a book #After my death, he regretted everything Also known as: The Long-Dead White Moonlight and His Mad Dogs; Starting Over, Only to Have My Husband’s Body Stolen; The Beloved White Moonlight Was Suddenly Frail After Being Reborn Content warnings: 1. Unhinged top who goes madder by the day after his beloved dies x bottom who doesn’t care how mad he gets, whose heart is as cold as a dead lamp 2. Unhinged top, no changing tops. The blurb is told from the bottom’s subjective point of view, which is limited and not the whole story. 3. Xie, the silly dog, gets his regret-and-redemption arc. Sweet, angsty, melodramatic romance. The top is not a good person. Love-triangle drama. The beloved bottom is not a stock to bet on. An attempt at a new style, with full-on, old-school melodrama. 4. The bottom will not deliberately seek death. His fall from the city wall is an accident. 5. Blurb written on 2021.10.10 and screenshotted. No plagiarism accusations, please. Cold, pure-hearted, corrupted top x naturally scummy bottom who gets his comeuppance 1. Jiang Yan is the pampered young master of a wealthy family, with long legs and a slim waist, the pinnacle of sexy innocence. He’s a notorious little troublemaker in their circle. To get out of an engagement with a business tycoon, he comes out to his family by introducing them to a poor student working at a bar. His older brother says, “Yanyan, come home when you’re done playing.” 2. Jiang Yan treats this lover incredibly well. He drives him to school in a luxury car, sends him money whenever he’s short, and even takes care of any trouble from Xie Shiheng’s ex-boyfriend himself. He seems like the perfect lover. But it all falls apart on graduation day. Xie Shiheng thinks their relationship is ready for the next step. He spends half a month preparing to propose, but waits and waits, only to receive a breakup text and eight million yuan as a breakup fee. “Are you seriously going to bail on me?” It comes out of nowhere. 3. By the time Xie Shiheng realizes something is wrong, it’s already too late. Jiang Yan’s “perfect lover” act has an expiration date. He’s devoted and passionate in love, but he never stays in love for long. Even worse, he doesn’t believe in marriage. Once he wins someone over, he quickly gets bored and discards them. Then he walks away without looking back. Jiang Yan thinks this guy with the surname Xie will be just like all the countless men he’s broken up with before: eventually, he’ll give up. But one day, his older brother gets drunk late at night and brings a share transfer agreement to him, his fingers trembling. “Yanyan, Yanyan...” “Did you offend someone out there?” Jiang Yan sees the sharp jawline of a man holding a black umbrella in the night rain, not far away. Shit. Why is this breakup so hard? After pinning him down, Xie Shiheng says in a cold, vicious voice, “Didn’t you say you’d love me for the rest of your life?” #Keep walking the night road and you’ll eventually meet a ghost: a story about a natural-born player who flirts with a mad dog #Spoils his lover to no end at first / Gets forced to turn dark later / Younger top who seems downtrodden but is secretly scheming #“If you love me, you’re my darling” / “If I don’t love you, we’re breaking up right away” / Bottom who insists on dating at his own pace and refuses to marry Theme: Hold on to your original purpose and the skies will clear