The Fake and Real Young Masters Got Together

[Anthology; the title refers to the second story]

1. The Widow

The Crown Prince meets Ye Wei, the late heir of the Duke of Qing's widow, at the heir's funeral.

Her features are as lovely as a painting, her beauty ethereal, and every glance is full of charm.

She inspires tender feelings in anyone who sees her.

So that very night, Ye Wei is sent to the Crown Prince's bed.

[Crown Prince, pursuer x widow, pursued]

Also known as "After Becoming a Widow, I Married the Crown Prince"

2. The Real and Fake Young Masters

Yun Qiao unexpectedly learns that he is the real young master of the Marquis of Anping's household, switched at birth. The awkward part is:

The fake young master is brilliant, while he never studies.

The fake young master passed the imperial exam and became its top scorer at eighteen, while he roamed the martial world at the same age.

The fake young master is now a high-ranking official, while he is still a commoner with no title or position.

Of course, none of that is the most awkward part. The most awkward part is...

He just got out of the fake young master's bed.

[Fake young master, pursuer x real young master, pursued]

Also known as "The Real and Fake Young Masters Get Together"

3. The Beauty Seeker

The previous emperor was depraved and tyrannical. He appointed palace eunuchs as beauty seekers and sent them out among the common people to find beautiful women.

The new emperor takes the throne and has no interest in women, leaving his harem empty. The newly appointed beauty seeker is put forward to test the new emperor's attitude.

The lofty emperor scrutinizes the handsome beauty seeker from head to toe, then smiles roguishly.

"Why go looking for beauties among the common people? The ones I've seen aren't as lovely as the beauty seeker. Why not have you enter my harem instead?"

[Emperor, pursuer x eunuch, pursued]

Also known as "The Dog Emperor's Many Schemes to Win Over His Pretty Little Eunuch"

4. The Great Thief

The notorious thief Mo Chengfeng is famed for stealing any treasure he sets his sights on.

One day, Mo Chengfeng makes a bet that he'll steal the most precious thing in the imperial palace...

So he carries off the emperor.

[Thief, pursuer x emperor, pursued]

Also known as "After Carrying Off the Sickly, Beautiful Emperor, I Rose to the Top"

Reader's guide:

1. An anthology. Each story stands on its own.

2. The title refers to the second story.

3. Every couple is one-on-one, with a happy ending.

Coming soon: "After Returning from the Infinite World"

1.

Jiang Xie and Ji Tan have been married for years and are deeply in love.

2.

Jiang Xie used to be a big shot in the Infinite World, forced to work for the System Lord. He worked around the clock, all year long, and after enduring countless hardships, finally cleared the game and escaped the capitalist System Lord's exploitation.

After all he had been through, he only wanted to live an ordinary life.

Jiang Xie got a boyfriend and, while he was at it, got married to keep up with the times. His husband was a domineering CEO, so the big shot from the Infinite World became a pampered CEO's wife. After getting married, Jiang Xie finally lived the lazy life he'd always dreamed of.

3.

Ji Tan is the System Lord of the Infinite World, who has controlled it for billions of years and is cold and heartless.

Until Jiang Xie entered the Infinite World. On his very first day, he demolished a scenario, then pulled off one earth-shattering stunt after another.

And so the god turned his gaze upon him.

Ji Tan kept watching Jiang Xie, accompanying him as he grew and seeing his every joy and sorrow, until he eventually fell in love with him.

After Jiang Xie left, Ji Tan abandoned the Infinite World and followed him to the human world. He took on a new identity to pursue him. The two fell in love and eventually got married.

4.

One day, Jiang Xie brings up his former capitalist boss.

He angrily recounts how the boss exploited him, refused to let him leave even after he'd earned enough points, and accused him of damaging public property (the scenarios), forcing him to keep working to pay off the debt (by turning him from a player into an NPC).

Ji Tan, who had tried every trick to keep Jiang Xie from leaving: ... He doesn't dare say a word.

Coming soon: "I Have to Play a Different Creature Every Time"

"Second Life" is the most popular role-playing full-dive game in the interstellar era. Each scenario is a complete world, featuring all kinds of people and places, ancient and modern, from every culture and ethnic group.

Players can be randomly assigned different identities in different scenarios. They can also choose between an immersive mode that seals their memories and a non-immersive mode that lets them retain them, experiencing all kinds of different lives.

It became a sensation across the stars as soon as it launched.

Jiang Yu recently started playing this full-dive game too.

But why is he never playing a human character?!

1. Merfolk

Jiang Yu is a merfolk who illegally crosses the ocean and is mistaken for a mermaid. He's captured and presented to a noble. When people discover this mermaid can't speak, they treat him as defective and put him up for auction.

Jiang Yu: ???

Jiang Yu (smiling): Sorry, we're pure-blooded merfolk from Huaxia. We don't speak foreign languages. (Waves goodbye)

2. ABO

Jiang Yu is an omega carefully trained by the Empire, as well as its finest undercover agent, sent to infiltrate the neighboring Federation.

Because he performs so well, his good looks help him successfully enter the upper echelons and become the Federation's governor's lover.

Just as he's rubbing his hands together, ready to steal intelligence, the governor proposes to him.

Jiang Yu: Well, this is awkward...

3. Incubus

Jiang Yu is an incubus imprisoned in a temple by a god for a hundred years.

On the 132nd day of fighting the god with every trick he can think of, losing again and again, he finally escapes and makes his way into the human world.

Starving, the incubus picks up a high-quality man as emergency rations. His new meal ticket is wealthy and powerful. He not only treats Jiang Yu wonderfully, but also feeds him every day.

The incubus is completely satisfied with his life.

Until one day, he realizes his meal ticket looks an awful lot like his archenemy, the god!!!

4. Witch

Jiang Yu is a witch who opens his eyes to find himself on a stake, about to be burned alive.

Jiang Yu: Is it too late to say I'm a man?

Lu Ting rescues a beautiful witch from the stake and takes him back to his castle to raise him there.

As a duke who owns a third of the Empire's land, he knows perfectly well that the witch hunts are merely a tool the aristocracy uses to strengthen its rule. He doesn't believe witches really possess any mysterious powers.

One day, he discovers that the frail witch he's been raising is actually a male witch.

Later, he discovers that the male witch in his house really is a witch, the kind who can fly.

5. Nine-tailed fox

6. Elf

7. Vampire

8. Robot

Theme: Everyone can meet the one they're destined to be with