Hunter Jiang's Scholar Husband

(Coming soon: After the Canary Flew Away, He Went Begging for Forgiveness. Please add it to your collection~)

A naturally playful teacher bottom x a slow-to-realize hunter top

Yu Shou is the youngest teacher in Wenzhu Village, and everyone respects him.

One would expect a teacher to be gentle and refined, but Yu Shou is a bit of a prodigy in his own way.

While the teacher in the neighboring village spends his free time reading, playing the zither, composing poetry, and painting, Yu Shou instead...

Takes his students up the mountain to pick fruit, down to the river to catch crabs, and out to catch birds. He does it all.

As Yu Shou puts it, you have to make time for both relaxing and studying.

Of course, relaxing comes first.

Even though he's so playful, he still turns out plenty of students who pass the imperial examinations every year.

But there's only so much fruit to pick, fish to catch, and birds to catch and release. Apart from teaching, Yu Shou's life is unbearably dull.

He thought his days would all be the same, until a hunter suddenly arrived in Wenzhu Village.

The hunter is skilled at his trade, able to hunt deer and trap pigs with ease, but he seems to be illiterate.

Yu Shou is thrilled to have found a new pastime at last: I'll teach you to read, and you teach me to hunt! Perfect!

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Jiang Changgong has no parents. He's wandered from place to place since childhood, and learned to hunt to make ends meet.

He thought he had no desires or hopes left, and that nothing could stir his heart again.

Until, passing through Wenzhu Village, he heard a hearty laugh coming from the schoolhouse.

Through a bamboo window propped open, he saw...

A handsome young man standing among his students, smiling as he watched a butterfly perched on his fingertip. Light sparkled in his pale eyes.

For the first time in his life, Jiang Changgong found himself wanting something.

He wanted a cheerful young man.

Reader's Guide:

1. Yu Shou is the bottom (28), Jiang Changgong is the top (22). Younger top, because I just love this age gap, haha.

2. For special reasons, the bottom did not pass the imperial examinations, but he's still very capable.

3. I'm busy with work, so updates are irregular. You may want to wait until there's more to read, haha.

Coming soon: After the Canary Flew Away, He Went Begging for Forgiveness

Everyone knows that Xie Nanguan is a canary kept in a cage by Shi Bochen. Aside from his handsome face, he's good for nothing.

Even Xie Nanguan thinks so himself.

His parents abandoned him, his brothers betrayed him, and he was nearly harassed and raped by his employer. If Shi Bochen hadn't come to his rescue, he would have died long ago.

Later, he became Shi Bochen's secret lover for three years, doing everything a lover was supposed to do.

He was beautiful and gentle, modest and obedient. He never made a scene or asked for anything.

He always thought Shi Bochen loved him.

The only reason Shi Bochen couldn't give him a title was that he was the eldest son of the Shi family and heir to its business empire.

Until Shi Bochen's one true love returned from abroad. In front of the entire Shi family, Shi Bochen put an arm around that person's waist and tenderly drew them into his embrace.

Looking at that familiar face, Xie Nanguan suddenly understood: he was nothing but a replacement.

He could have all of Shi Bochen's boundless affection, but he would never receive even a little of his love.

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Shi Bochen always thought Xie Nanguan was the most obedient of all his lovers who stood in for someone else.

Xie Nanguan was modest and compliant, never competing or making demands. Even in bed, he could satisfy Shi Bochen's every whim. So Shi Bochen was willing to spend lavishly on him, and, when in a good mood, even say sweet things to make him happy.

Over time, Shi Bochen saw the passionate love in Xie Nanguan's eyes, but it was something he could never return.

He could offer him a little kindness, but never passionate love.

Besides, how could such a pitiful little thing live without him?

But the day Xie Nanguan truly left, Shi Bochen finally realized...

He loved Xie Nanguan so much it drove him mad.

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"Some people, once you miss your chance with them, are gone for good."

Gentle, modest canary bottom * playboy, heartless top

Reader's Guide: 1. This is an extremely old-school, angsty melodrama. I love this kind of story, and it's my first time trying it.

2. Please don't flame the author, please don't flame the author. Love you all / heart.

Theme: Love can make us invincible.