Treading Across the River Plains

[My new novel, "Rhapsody.N," is out now. Come by and say hi!]

Ruthless, pretend-innocent top x compassionate, powerful bottom

Chu Yinchen had a cool, aloof air and usually kept strangers at a distance. One day, he took pity on a young boy being hunted and rescued him at the foot of a mountain. He never expected the child to latch onto him, but seeing how well-behaved and adorable he was, Chu Yinchen took him on as a disciple.

The boy was bright, obedient, and sensible. He would surely be able to take over the sect one day.

But who could have guessed that it was all an act? Selfish, cold, and ruthlessly self-serving, that was his true nature. From the moment he became Chu Yinchen's disciple, all he wanted was protection and to use Chu Yinchen's position to restore his kingdom.

Chu Yinchen devoted himself to raising his good disciple into a worthy successor, never noticing how the people around him had begun to look at him differently.

Every night, the boy came up with all sorts of ways to climb into his bed, claiming, "I don't dare sleep alone."

Chu Yinchen thought the attempted assassination in the boy's childhood had left him traumatized, and comforted him softly.

The habit continued even as the boy grew up. And because Chu Yinchen trusted his disciple without reservation, he never thought much of it.

What he didn't know was that every night, his good disciple climbed into his bed and repeated Chu Yinchen's name over and over in his heart. Out of Chu Yinchen's sight, he coldly threatened anyone who got close to him, and dismembered those who harbored ill intentions toward him.

Chu Yinchen remained immersed in the world his disciple had carefully constructed, where the boy seemed sweet and obedient only to him, until one day the boy laid his feelings bare.

Chu Yinchen was stunned. His disciple, whom he had raised from childhood, had those kinds of feelings for him...

P.S. An utterly lovesick top and his powerful master

[The unhinged blurb]

I'm just a lovesick dog. When I can't get what I want, I go crazy.

I've coveted my master for ages. I wake up in the middle of the night grinding my teeth over him.

But when I look at his cool, serious face, I don't dare make a move. It hurts like ants are biting me from the inside.

After weighing things carefully, I decided I should just hold back. I'm a prince, after all. What's wrong with being a ninja? As long as I can win my master's affection!

I hide my fangs and tuck in my tail, acting like a lapdog in front of him.

But one day, he tried to abandon me for someone else!

My eyes went red with rage. I bared my fangs and demanded to know how he could do this to me. But when I saw that the sorrow beneath his cool expression was even more painful than mine, my heart softened again. I comforted him, reasoned with him, and begged him to accept our relationship without guilt.

But that damned righteous upbringing made him impossible to persuade!

So I went crazy. That night, I "bit" him.

Afterward, I repented bitterly: "Master, I'm sorry. I was wrong."

I'll do it again next time...

[Reading guide: younger top]

Coming soon

"Rhapsody.N"

Chu Xinhua opened his eyes in a white room that looked like a laboratory, but the person in a lab coat beside him insisted it was just an ordinary hospital.

He had completely lost his memories of how he had ended up there. Before he could even start investigating, Chu Xinhua discovered that someone had secretly searched his home from top to bottom.

Just then, he received a notice from the Central Tower: he had been appointed the next chief of the city.

Chu Xinhua had landed in a position everyone coveted, and countless people came to curry favor with him.

But at the banquet, before any of the powerful guests could make their move, a tall, imposing man in a custom-tailored suit came to his side. He was Shang Qinfei, the feared major general of Action's Third Legion.

Shang Qinfei gallantly kissed the back of Chu Xinhua's hand and invited him to dance. No one at the banquet dared to steal the first dance from him.

"My bullet once passed through the body of someone who looked exactly like you." But when he leaned close to Chu Xinhua, his voice turned icy, his eyes scrutinizing him with suspicion.

Chu Xinhua instinctively felt that his words had to do with his lost memories. "Major General Shang, would you be interested in conducting an experiment?"

As he spoke, he placed the man's hand against his chest, and a contract without any written terms was formed.

But before Chu Xinhua could begin investigating his lost memories:

The Sun-Radiant Organization, which claimed to represent the sun, stirred up riots among the upper classes and repeatedly tried to take his life.

Monsters held captive in the mutant forest invaded human settlements, seemingly intent on obstructing his plans.

He entered the church to once more seek out The Divine Decree, which had appeared in his memories, but the sanctuary suddenly caught fire.

The underground kingdom's traces appeared again, ominous ghostly shadows foreshadowing unpredictable events...

Fortunately, Chu Xinhua had a pretty good contract "partner" who could take bullets for him, grant him access to the military, and let him move freely through all three tiers of the city.

But as time went on, his "partner" held him tighter and tighter, his gaze growing ever darker and more crazed, as if a storm were about to break.

"You can use me however you like, but you have to be mine. Remember that, or we'll die together."

Chu Xinhua cupped the man's cheeks. He was best at pretending, and he loved anything he could make use of. He would turn this madman into his loyal dog.

And as one foggy mystery after another emerged, they also brought to light the buried truth about humanity...

[Coming soon!]

[In short, they're both a little crazy: two beasts in suits]

Coming soon: "Who Says I Can't Have a Side Hustle?"

[Ghost Realm ancestor top x money-loving, timid bottom]

Su Xu had been able to see things ordinary people avoided since childhood, and he was always saying shocking things.

"Grandma, there's someone over there."

"There's something black at the window."

"Grandma, a blue-faced monster with fangs is stealing our chicken."

Every time he excitedly reported what he saw, the people around him looked at him with more and more disgust and unease. At the village entrance, he sometimes overheard people whispering about him.

His grandmother said he was sick. She took him to see many folk healers and even invited people to their home to perform exorcisms.

At last, one day, he said he could no longer see anything. His grandmother and the villagers smiled at him again.

So he buried the secret of being able to see ghosts deep in his heart.

Until, at the age of twenty-four, he knocked a black orb off a handsome man's shoulder, and the man grabbed his hand.

"Young man, I can see you have extraordinary talent. Interested in taking on a side hustle?"

At first, he refused. Then he saw the money pouring into his bank account.

Excitement gleamed beneath Su Xu's glasses. "I'll take this side hustle!"

By day, Su Xu was an unremarkable office worker. By night, he was the bane of every ghost within a hundred-mile radius.

"Your grandpa's here, little cash!" In an abandoned building, Su Xu fought his way through with a wooden stick in his right hand and talismans in his left.

But the atmosphere at the job site that day was extremely strange. His sixth sense warned him of danger, but fortune favors the bold, so he went anyway.

After he had cleared out all the little ghosts and was about to leave, black clouds covered the moon. A huge ghost in a black robe, radiating a sinister and oppressive aura, appeared in the air...

Bonus scene:

"Su Xu, have you been overdoing it lately? Why are you so weak? Your face looks all shriveled up!"

Su Xu looked at the speaker with lifeless eyes, on the verge of tears.

"My lord!" In the bathroom, Su Xu dropped to his knees with a thud and kowtowed three times to the huge ghost hovering in midair. "Please, have mercy and leave! You've been clinging to me this whole time. You're going to drain all my yang energy! I can't go on like this!"

The handsome ghost in fine robes above his head looked amused. "If you become my slave from now on, I'll consider draining less of your yang energy."

A slave? Su Xu was furious. It was the twenty-first century, and he was still pushing that feudal despotism nonsense? Unforgivable!

"Sure thing, my lord!" A deferential smile spread across Su Xu's pale face. He could endure what others couldn't. He hadn't made enough money yet, and he couldn't let this huge ghost suck him dry!

One day, after the huge ghost rescued Su Xu from a vengeful spirit he couldn't handle, Su Xu's eyes lit up as a business opportunity struck him. This ghost was so powerful. Now he could take on more dangerous, more lucrative jobs...

I make money exorcising ghosts as a side hustle, but a vicious ghost has me in its sights.

Theme: Uphold the righteous path and guide people toward goodness.