After Awakening, My Shadow Guard Overstepped His Place

Stoic, loyal, taciturn bodyguard gong × sickly, beautiful master shou

Updates at 9 p.m. First sex, then love. Romance-focused with a slow-moving plot. Don't read if that's not your thing.

Upcoming story: Housecats, Pick Up a Human! Blurb below.

Shiyi × Jiang Niangui

1.

After being driven to a desolate mountain, Jiang Niangui fell seriously ill due to his frail health. When he awoke from his fever, he was astonished to learn that he was a villainous cannon fodder in a power-fantasy novel about a cannon-fodder character's rise to power.

In the book, he was abandoned by everyone and died a miserable death on the mountain, his body never recovered.

After awakening to the truth, Jiang Niangui changed from his old, capricious self. He watched coldly as events unfolded exactly as he'd planned.

Those bothersome rats either died horribly or ended up in chains, one by one.

But whenever anyone tried to harm the sickly young man on the mountain, a tall man in black would mercilessly cut them down with his sword.

Jiang Niangui would emerge from behind the man, his face pale and a cruel smile playing on his lips.

"Throw them in the back hills to feed the wolves."

2.

The bodyguard who had always followed his master in secret held his master's corpse in his arms until his own death. After awakening, Jiang Niangui's face was pale and sickly. His slender, ivory-white fingers, cool and faintly scented, gently traced the other's pale, scarred skin.

"Be loyal to me. Obey me. That's what makes you a good, obedient dog."

His alluring voice accompanied the sight of a slender frame beneath layers of blue robes.

Only then did the taciturn bodyguard, who knew nothing but how to follow orders, realize that his sickly, aloof master could also have tears in his eyes and a flush across his face.

3.

Shiyi realized his master had suddenly changed. He no longer beat or scolded him at every turn. Instead, he smiled warmly and lowered his noble head.

His face was pale as snow; his full lips were red as blood. He looked just like the monsters from old stories who fed on people's vital essence.

His master clung to him, seemingly cold yet somehow affectionate, temptation shimmering in the corners of his eyes.

"They say you're my most loyal dog. Is that right?"

Shiyi bowed reverently. "I will serve you faithfully until death, Master."

Upcoming story blurb:

1.

Xu Qingzhe was an outer disciple of Wuqiao Sect. He had an ordinary aptitude but made up for it with diligence. Yet this utterly ordinary man was pushed off a cliff during a sect trial.

When he opened his eyes again, he was astonished to find a huge tiger's head right in front of him. It looked fierce and mighty, as though it could swallow eight people in one bite.

Just as Xu Qingzhe started trembling all over, the white tiger excitedly nuzzled him. It didn't seem to mean any harm.

And that wasn't all. No matter what Xu Qingzhe did next, the white tiger would roar with excitement, and Xu Qingzhe could understand what it was saying.

He ate a piece of fruit. The white tiger cheered, "Wow, wow, wow! You can eat fruit by yourself! Amazing!"

He slept in his clothes. The white tiger cried, "Oh my gosh, you can sleep quietly! Incredible!"

Xu Qingzhe stared silently at the white tiger. "Are you raising me as a pet?"

2.

Mo Dongliu was the guardian divine beast of Wuqiao Sect, the greatest cultivation sect, and one of the ancient divine beasts. Bored, it returned to its sacred mountain to escape the summer heat. When it woke from a nap, it found a long-haired, disheveled person at the entrance of its cave.

Housecats! Can you believe it? I found a person!

Excited, it carried the person back in its mouth. It healed his injuries and even made him a nest.

Now that Mo Dongliu had a little person of its own, everything about him was adorable. It wished it could tuck him under its arm and bring him back to the sect.

The way he could eat by himself was so cute. The way he could sleep by himself was so cute. Even just quietly watching it was cute!

Overjoyed, Mo Dongliu couldn't help signing a contract with him. But the next day, the person disappeared.

3.

Xu Qingzhe didn't get the chance to say goodbye to the white tiger before his senior fellow disciple rescued him. But just a few days after he got back, the sect leader sent him to look after the sect's guardian divine beast.

A sign on the door read: This is a ferocious tiger. No unauthorized visitors.

Mo Dongliu, who had deliberately summoned him, was thrilled. It struck a fierce, handsome pose not far from the entrance, but Xu Qingzhe looked at it as if it were just some strange tiger.

Its expression fell in an instant. Without hesitation, it pounced on the stunned Xu Qingzhe and knocked him to the ground.

Its tongue, covered in barbs, gently and joyfully licked him. My person! My person!

Recognizing the white tiger, Xu Qingzhe blinked and gave its head a rub, right in front of his senior fellow disciple, who stared in shock.

The next day, the whole sect was talking about how the outer disciple Xu Qingzhe had the guardian divine beast on his side.

Theme: Even a destiny set in stone can be defied.