[Reborn] I Stole an Emperor to Be My Husband

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Gentle, cool-headed gong x clingy, poker-faced shou

Both are reborn. They both died in their previous lives: the gong fell in battle, and the shou followed him in death. This time, they get a happy ending.

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When Jiang Chuliu was nine, he rescued a delicately pretty little child from a wild boar at the foot of the mountain. He called the poor little thing Yun'er.

He and Yun'er grew up together, hunting and farming, eating and living together, and getting scolded together. They were inseparable, and eventually fell in love with each other in secret. Before long, they married.

He thought they'd spend their lives like that, until people from the capital arrived and forcibly took Yun'er away.

When Jiang Chuliu next received news of Yun'er, he learned that he had become the supreme ruler, high above everyone else.

He had climbed over mountains of corpses and crossed pits filled with the dead. He'd earned countless military honors and become the youngest great general in history.

When Jiang Chuliu returned to his side, all he saw was a pair of eyes cold beyond measure.

He went to war beyond the border to protect him, only to receive the terrible news that every member of his family back home had been executed.

Even when he died amid the chaos of battle, all he carried with him was the title of "traitorous minister."

When he opened his eyes again, he was back at the age of nine.

At his feet, to the left, lay a dead wild boar. To the right was a delicately pretty little child.

He glanced at the child, then at the boar. Without hesitation, he dragged the boar away and never looked back.

He never spared the child another glance.

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As a prince who had been lost outside the palace, Shen Hegui had never had any ambitions. His only wish was to grow old together with his childhood friend, A-Liu.

But fate had other plans. When he was forced to ascend the throne, even catching another glimpse of A-Liu became an impossible dream.

He did everything he could to protect A-Liu, but in the end, it was all for nothing.

When he learned that his A-Liu had died in battle, he could bear no more and hanged himself at A-Liu's general's residence.

When he opened his eyes again, all he saw was A-Liu's back as he dragged the wild boar away.

He rushed after him without a second thought.

He only wanted to hear that person call him Yun'er one more time.

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(Adding disclaimers as I go)

1. There is no groveling-and-redemption arc. Both leads are hopelessly in love and adore each other. This is a story about healing each other and rekindling their love.

2. They dote on each other. Readers with extreme character preferences, proceed with caution.

3. In his previous life, the shou married a consort, but they never had any kind of relationship (important). They barely knew each other and hardly spoke.

4. There will be no intimate scenes before the main characters are adults!

5. Neither lead is perfect; they both have flaws. Please be understanding.

[Preorder] The Unwanted Cannon Fodder Is Mine

Gentle, upright, fatherly gong x former delinquent, now sweetie shou

Age gap, the gong is eight years older than the shou

Gu Mingyu was a schoolteacher who transmigrated into a book one day, and he was born into it as a baby.

It was a Mary Sue romance novel he'd confiscated from one of his students, and he'd become a background character with just one line in the story.

Just like in his previous life, he went through the first couple of decades of his life, following the same steady routine.

Until one day, a distant relative he'd barely heard of asked him to look after a boy.

The boy was called Xia Qing.

Gu Mingyu remembered the name. In the original book, Xia Qing was an obnoxious, fly-like thug who drank, gambled, whored, and did every kind of evil. He'd even been to prison, constantly harassed the female lead, and eventually got tossed into a psychiatric hospital by the domineering CEO, where he starved to death.

Gu Mingyu didn't like this kind of delinquent and had no intention of getting involved.

Until the boy rode his motorbike recklessly and crashed into a guardrail, landing in the hospital.

Out of basic human decency, Gu Mingyu went to check on him. The boy, looking like a little monkey, lay in the hospital bed with his head bleeding, cursing and swearing. He had only fifty yuan to his name, and nobody cared about him or even asked after him.

From then on, he was bound to this little monkey by a fateful connection.

For six whole years, under Gu Mingyu's (meticulous) (strict) (care) (and guidance), the little monkey went from a delinquent to a respectable flower shop owner.

Gu Mingyu held his thermos, leaning by the balcony to soak up the sun. He was happily sipping the tea his good boy had brought him when he turned his head...

And saw his good boy standing before him in a suit and tie, wearing a slightly ridiculous bow tie and holding a huge bouquet of red roses. Blushing, he stammered, "I like you."

Gu Mingyu: ?

Have you heard yourself?

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1. The gong is eight years older than the shou. At first, he really did raise the shou as his son.

2. The shou really is a delinquent at first, with a bunch of bad habits. Of course, he changes in the end.

Theme: Don't give up in the face of setbacks