Your Highness, I Get Arrogant on Your Favor

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Completed: Are You Sick, Classmate?

Blurb for Are You Sick, Classmate?: During winter break of their second year of high school, Qi Feng was dragged by his mom to help the hospital boost its numbers.

Bao, circumcision surgery.

One swipe of the scalpel, and he was stuck in a hospital bed for a week.

The surgery was done in the morning. Not long after he arrived at his room at noon, Qi Feng met his fellow patient.

Xiao Mo, losing a health bar with every step, was half dead as he flopped into bed and greeted Qi Feng: "Well, what a coincidence."

Coincidence, my ass. I'd told him not to come. I said it hurt like hell, but he wouldn't listen.

Qi Feng gave a cold snort. "Does it hurt? Good, you deserve it."

Xiao Mo rolled his eyes through the pain. "You don't get it. The second one's half price."

Before the two could decide who had the better deal, their third roommate, Xu Yichen, rolled into the bed next door in a wheelchair.

Qi Feng: "You..."

Xu Yichen: "Special price."

Ten minutes later, Bai Yu and Wang Hao came into the room, supporting each other.

Qi Feng covered his face and chuckled. "Great, we've got the whole dorm together."

*

The four of them had always thought Xiao Mo was a cold, aloof rich young master. It wasn't until they all moved into the same dorm that they finally realized the truth.

Xiao Mo was clearly a flashy peacock with a mouth full of dirty jokes and a miser's wallet.

A beverage shop had launched a new quarterly promotion: all drinks were half price for couples.

Xiao Mo patted Qi Feng. "Come on, I'll buy you a drink."

Xiao Mo asked the clerk, "Hey, any couple gets half off, right?"

The clerk nodded. Xiao Mo grabbed a bewildered Qi Feng, quickly kissed him on the face, then turned back. "Two of your most expensive coffees."

Clerk: ...

Qi Feng: Damn it.

They went to buy outfits for the school's welcome party and ended up at a Nike store.

They'd picked out their tops, and all that was left was pants.

The group chose a pair of black trousers priced at 199 yuan.

Xiao Mo objected and pointed to a pair of off-season black quick-dry shorts. "These."

Everyone else: Why?

Xiao Mo: "They're 99 yuan cheaper, and they're cooler."

Everyone else: ...

Qi Feng held back the urge to hit him. "It's the middle of winter. You want to wear shorts?"

Buying roasted chestnuts in winter.

Xiao Mo: "Hey, how much are the chestnuts?"

Street vendor: "25 yuan a jin."

Xiao Mo: "How about 22?"

Vendor: "Sure."

When it was time to pay, Xiao Mo scanned the QR code. "Hey, make it an even 20. I'll come back again, so think of it as getting a repeat customer."

Vendor: ...

After their original group of four became a party of five, a saying spread around their year: No one was more handsome than Qi Feng, richer than Xiao Mo, smarter than Xu Yichen, better at fighting than Bai Yu, or better at cursing than Wang Hao.

Simply put, a southern peacock had flown into a northern beast squad.

Qi Feng: fastidious snow leopard

Xiao Mo: peacock

Xu Yichen: scheming snake

Bai Yu: expressionless Chinese village dog

Wang Hao: chatterbox bear

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2023.7.7

Blurb: (Clearheaded, clever, flirtatious young prince consort x protective, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside princess.)

Lin Qing transmigrates into the body of a female historian disguised as a man, a profession where money is hard to earn and the work is miserable. To stay alive, she diligently completes the tasks assigned by the System.

But she never expects the current Princess Xie Ci to take a liking to her. An imperial decree arrives, ordering Lin Qing to "marry the princess."

As an Imperial Censor with neither power nor connections, Lin Qing has no choice but to obey the emperor. She becomes the prince consort of the Li Dynasty, and spends every day nervously guarding her little secret identity.

In the end, Xie Ci discovers that she's a woman disguised as a man.

Lin Qing: I'm done for.

*

A year later, Lin Qing has become the beauty who divides public opinion throughout Huaxia, thanks to her own efforts.

At the Dali Temple, Lin Qing rushes forward and gives Li Jingyin a roundhouse kick, then looks pitifully at Xie Ci. "Your Highness, my foot hurts."

Xie Ci: "You've been through so much."

At a palace banquet, Lin Qing carries over a basin of water and dumps the whole thing on Prefect Wang. Without a hint of remorse, she apologizes. "Sorry, Prefect Wang. My hand slipped."

Prefect Wang argues his case. "Your Highness, the prince consort is far too arrogant. She must be punished."

Lin Qing sits beside Xie Ci and secretly hooks her little finger around his. "Your Highness, your servant is spoiled by your favor."

Xie Ci takes her hand, his expression serious. "The weather is hot and stuffy. The prince consort meant well. Prefect Wang, why don't you thank her?"

Prefect Wang: ???

Everyone else: The wind is howling and the rain is pouring. The weather... is hot?

*

When Lin Qing's identity is exposed, she is thrown into prison. To save her, Xie Ci reveals his own identity, pledges his life to the cause, and leads an army against the coalition of three kingdoms.

Xie Ci leaves for the battlefield without saying goodbye to Lin Qing, leaving only a letter behind.

"I protect this peaceful world for my wife alone."

*

After the war is put to rest, Lin Qing becomes the only princess of Huaxia, while Xie Ci regains his male form and becomes Prince Dingbei.

Powerful, rich, handsome, and devoted to his wife, Xie Ci soon becomes the dream lover of the noblewomen of the capital.

At a banquet, a noblewoman tries everything to charm Xie Ci, then boldly confesses her love in front of everyone.

Xie Ci barely lifts his eyes. "You're noisy. I should send you to the border to spend your days spinning cotton with your mouth."

The noblewoman is mortified. "Is Prince Dingbei being a little too brazen?"

Xie Ci ignores her and leans his head against Lin Qing's shoulder, looking a little vulnerable. "Your Highness, your servant is spoiled by your favor."

Lin Qing had thought Xie Ci's behavior at the banquet was already shocking enough, but she had clearly underestimated him.

That night, Xie Ci refuses to let Lin Qing go. He kisses away the tears at the corner of her eye, smiling like a god fallen to earth, or a bewitching demon.

"Your Highness, spoil your servant."

From then on, those were the words Lin Qing dreaded most.

Highlights: Marriage first, love later; mutual salvation; intense romantic tension; sweet romance with a deceptively innocent hero.

Contest entry reason: [The heroine transmigrates from being a journalist into the role of a historian, going against her original aspirations. But as she grows into her role as prince consort, she ultimately helps Huaxia break through the siege of three kingdoms and realize her life's worth.]

Note: None of the characters are perfect, and they all have flaws.

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Theme: Mutual salvation, helping each other become the best versions of themselves