The Masked Lover Returns to Before the Torturous Romance

Digging a hole to bury this in later.

When Jiang Xu was ten, his wings of ambition were broken, and he became a dance-training machine.

He spent his life following the rules and obeying his parents, only to be cruelly abandoned, saddled with enormous debts, and left homeless. Neither betrayal by friends nor bullying by classmates could break him.

At the darkest moment of his life, Liang Yu, someone Jiang Xu had always thought was far beyond his reach, walked up to him unhurriedly. Without drawing attention to it, he tilted his umbrella toward Jiang Xu. With a cold expression, he gave him a hand. "Are you really that short of money? Jiang Xu, do you want me to take pity on you?"

Liang Yu seemed dissatisfied with his reaction. He took the cat from Jiang Xu's arms and held it himself, then frowned and looked down at him with sharp eyes. Still wearing that cold expression, he quietly and firmly pulled Jiang Xu up from the ground.

Jiang Xu went with him and became his secret lover.

Everyone in the industry said that Jiang Xu, the silent assistant to music king Liang Yu, was a drifting weed Liang Yu kept by his side. No one knew he was the man Liang Yu loved with all his heart.

Later, the weed he had kept by his side withered and died, leaving him a cat and a suicide note. The note explained everything, except for the words "I love you."

Jiang Xu was reborn at eighteen. He decided to do three things: get his life back on track, be himself again, and stay away from Liang Yu.

Liang Yu was reborn too. His heart pounded wildly, and he wanted to do only three things: tell Jiang Xu that he had loved him in the past, loved him now, and would love him in the future, then kiss and embrace him again.

Time reversed, the second hand turned back, and Liang Yu went off course for him.

Liang Yu was the mayfly who depended on Jiang Xu to live.

Hatred and affection both slip beyond control. Lovers, as you tend to each other's wounds, are you full of flaws too?

In the illusory sixty-first second, they punish each other by loving each other into the next moment.

Reader's guide:

1. This is a writing exercise for fun, so don't overthink it. Both are reborn! One-on-one, happy ending, the top pursues the bottom, same couple throughout, both are each other's first and only, and this isn't a typical crematorium-style groveling arc.

2. Please don't mindlessly insult the author or either lead!

3. There are lots of misunderstandings between them. They'll only ever love each other, from beginning to end! Slow burn!

4. Readers who are extremely devoted to either the bottom or the top, or who aren't enjoying the story, are welcome to leave without telling me.

5. If it's not your thing, please don't bash it. There are past-timeline chapters marked P and present-timeline chapters marked N. I'll label them in the titles~

6. Please don't offer unsolicited writing advice or leave warnings in the comments. Original title: The Sixty-First Second.

Coming soon: 1. My Online Boyfriend Is My Childhood Friend and Roommate

Coming soon 2: Forced to Marry a Eunuch

1. Ye Peihan transmigrated into a political intrigue novel full of twists and turns, becoming a calculating hostage prince in disguise.

The palace was rife with danger, and the emperor's spies had him surrounded in secret.

Ye Peihan: ? You have to know when to bow to the inevitable.

He was already living under someone else's roof. Why make waves and cause trouble? He only had one life.

Knowing he wouldn't survive long otherwise, Ye Peihan played the fool and the spoiled playboy, making a scene and losing himself in the pleasure quarters, and managed to stay alive.

Who could have guessed that the Sheng Dynasty emperor would lure him into a trap, call him innocent and kind and in the prime of his life, then, out of guilt for not taking good care of him, arrange for him to marry Min Wenlin, the head of the Eastern Depot?

Rumor had it that the man from the Eastern Depot had a face so terrifying even children wet themselves at the sight of him. They also said he killed without blinking, had a violent temper, and used ruthless methods.

Ye Peihan: ? Shudders.

Better to shatter like jade than live like a roof tile! You expect me to marry a eunuch with nothing down there who's uglier than a demon? Your grandpa's done putting up with this!

2. On his wedding day, Ye Peihan escaped through the dog door of the hostage residence with a bag of gold on his back.

He hadn't gone far when a cold voice rang out behind him. "My wife, where are you going?"

Ye Peihan turned around in surprise.

The man was dressed in a red flying-fish embroidered robe, with a narrow, curved Embroidered Spring Saber at his waist. He had handsome, refined features and clear eyes. He narrowed his eyes slightly, reined in his horse, and nodded at Ye Peihan. Behind him, a wedding procession stretched for ten miles, while the people gathered to watch and offer their congratulations.

Ye Peihan shrank back a little, then put on a brave face, waved at him, and forced a smile.

This guy is a beast in fine clothes, and rich enough to rival a nation!

I'll marry him!

Blurb written: Evening of July 9, 2023

Reader's guide:

1. Here, "beast in fine clothes" is a compliment.

2. The top is a fake eunuch.

More to come.

Theme: The happiness meant for you will find you, no matter how many twists and turns it takes