After Our Engagement Was Called Off, the Top Alpha Regretted It

My upcoming novel, "So What If I'm Cannon Fodder? I'll Still Drive the Protagonist Wild with Desire," is open for bookmarks! Here's the blurb:

Ji Yunshu transmigrates into a book as a minor cannon-fodder character who dies the most horrible death.

In the original story, the cannon fodder has a peerless beauty that could belong to either sex, but is a deeply twisted and perverted person. He takes the young male protagonist into his chambers and torments and tramples on him in every way, leaving the boy physically and emotionally scarred and permanently disabled. After returning to his homeland, the protagonist leads an army back, razes the cannon fodder's kingdom, and has him torn apart by five horses.

Ji Yunshu arrives on the very day the protagonist is brought into his chambers.

To save his own skin, Ji Yunshu immediately rewrites his character and drops to his knees to apologize. "The way I treated you before was all to get your attention. I love you. I promise I'll treat you well from now on and never let you suffer the slightest grievance."

From then on, he turns over a new leaf. He raises the young protagonist from a scrawny, 165-centimeter runt into a towering, 190-centimeter... ahem, handsome man. He gives him special treatment and money, and even lets his own chancellor father serve him.

When the emperor, afraid the protagonist will take revenge after returning home, orders him killed, Ji Yunshu pretends to agree. Then he risks his life to send the boy back to his homeland.

When his betrayal comes to light, he is thrown into the imperial prison. The emperor, furious, demands to know why he dared defy the decree and protect the enemy. Ji Yunshu clings to his lovesick persona: "I love him. Of course I want him to have a bright future and a lifetime of glory."

Who knew he'd raise such an ungrateful brat? Barely a month later, the protagonist leads an army to surround the city, nearly making Ji Yunshu drop dead on the spot from sheer rage.

Unlike in the original story, the army hasn't come to take his life. It's come to take him away.

An imperial decree of marriage sends him straight to the Eastern Palace to become the Crown Prince's principal consort.

They agree to fake a marriage for one year, then divorce and go their separate ways. Ji Yunshu lies flat, enjoying the good life and happily passing his days.

Too bad the place is full of handsome men he can look at but not touch. Driven nearly mad with frustration, he finally can't take it anymore and starts flirting with the cold-faced Crown Prince.

He boldly kisses the red lips he's been longing for.

The young Crown Prince says, "How dare you! I will... kill you!"

"Go ahead and kill me. To die beneath the Crown Prince's lips would make me a happy ghost."

The young Crown Prince says, "I'll give you one chance to reform."

Is this going somewhere?

The next day, Ji Yunshu pushes his luck: "I'm scared. I want to sleep holding you. If you won't let me, then I'll..."

The young Crown Prince says, "Fine. You're pitiful, so I'll indulge you this once. But you may only hold me. If you dare try anything else, I won't let you off."

"Mm-hmm, I promise!"

In the middle of the night, the Crown Prince's voice wakes the entire Eastern Palace: "Ji Yunshu, where are you touching me? I'll kill you!"

Ji Yunshu says, "Go ahead and kill me. At least I'll finally be free. I can't stand this miserable life of being able to see you but not touch you. I might as well be dead."

The young Crown Prince says, "Then I'll make an exception and take you to bed once. We're getting divorced soon, and after that we'll each go our own way. Whatever you do will have nothing to do with me."

Ji Yunshu says, "All right, all right. We'll talk about the future when it comes!"

The morning after, Ji Yunshu wants nothing more than to grab the divorce papers and run.

But the unhinged Crown Prince has become completely addicted to him and starts clinging to him and playing dirty. "Divorce? I don't remember agreeing to that. You're not going anywhere for the rest of your life."

The blurb for this novel: His family elders are pressuring him to marry, so they set He Nanxing up with an S-rank Alpha.

He Nanxing is dismissive. He has no interest in someone who was left over by someone else.

Then he is forced to go on the date and discovers that his match is the benefactor and big brother figure he's been searching for all these years: Su Yan.

When they parted years ago, He Nanxing made a promise that when he grew up, he would become Su Yan's Omega. Su Yan agreed, too.

But when they meet again, He Nanxing realizes that Su Yan seems to have forgotten him and their promise. He now goes by the name Qi Huaishen.

As He Nanxing wonders how to get close to him again, Qi Huaishen hands him a marriage contract.

He Nanxing already likes him, so naturally, he's more than happy to agree.

They soon register their marriage and move in together. But just then, Qi Huaishen has an episode and loses his memory.

After losing his memory, Qi Huaishen sees their little red marriage certificate and assumes they're truly married. He listens to He Nanxing's every word and dotes on him endlessly.

Their feelings deepen, and they accidentally take their roleplay too far. Unexpectedly, the shock brings Qi Huaishen's memory back.

He thinks they'll finally get their happy ending, but Qi Huaishen asks him for a divorce and terminates their contract. His reason: his glands are damaged, so he can't give He Nanxing a permanent mark.

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Qi Huaishen is used to being alone. He doesn't want to change anything, and he has always believed that if you never begin, you can never lose anything.

He drew up the marriage contract to put his grandmother at ease. Now that she's gone, there's no need for them to keep pretending.

But only after the divorce does he realize he isn't as unfazed as he thought.

The little Omega who should have belonged only to him is smiling at someone else and leaning against someone else's shoulder, acting sweet.

Only then does Qi Huaishen realize that he's already become hopelessly lost in the marriage game he himself set in motion.

Full of regret, he launches into a frantic pursuit of his wife. But after he hurt the little Omega so cruelly and pushed him away, will the boy really be willing to come back to him?

Theme: Love means helping each other grow and moving together toward a better future