When he was ten, Young Master Qin Zhan's soul transmigrated into the modern world. He went through the college entrance exams, graduate school, and getting a job, and became a math teacher at an ordinary university.
At twenty-five, Ying Zhan had just paid the down payment on a house when everything went black, and he transmigrated back to the Qin Dynasty, into his original body.
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw guards surrounding the palace and slaughtering everyone in sight. Hu Hai, the good little brother from his previous life, was massacring his siblings, nieces, and nephews.
Ying Zhan: ...
The good news was that he was still alive. The bad news was that Hu Hai had already killed thirty-two people, and he was the last one left to be brutally murdered.
This was ridiculous.
Ying Zhan fled for his life. Before escaping, he also rescued a boy who clearly shared his blood.
The boy looked a lot like his humorless old father, but was much more lovable.
Years later, when the boy started looking more and more like Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zhan finally realized something was wrong.
"What's A Zheng's full name?"
"His surname is Ying, and his given name is Zheng."
After Qin Shi Huang passed away, he woke up again in the body of his nine-year-old self.
By day, he was a nine-year-old Qin prince who had just escaped from the palace. By night, he regained the memories of his adult self, planning from behind the scenes and never forgetting his lofty ambitions.
The person who brought him out of the city was his sixteenth son, Zhan. At the age of ten, Zhan had suffered from a soul-separation illness, leaving him dull and slow-witted. Now that he had recovered, he spent all day muttering things like "I want fried chicken," "Bring me a bowl of beef and potatoes," and "I miss chili powder," saying all sorts of incomprehensible things.
He watched his sixteenth son behave strangely with cold eyes. He had thought the boy was beyond saving, still a blockhead even after his soul returned, but he never expected that all those far-fetched ideas would actually become reality.
Farm tools that benefited the people, smelting techniques that made weapons more cost-effective, and horse-breeding methods that required little investment but brought great returns...
Qin Shi Huang's heart stirred. He decided to take his sixteenth son in hand and reclaim the land of Qin, one step at a time.
Years later, with his empire rebuilt, Qin Shi Huang gazed across the vast mountains and rivers and began considering the question he had ignored for so long:
My sixteenth son, Ying Zhan, has always thought I was his son. How am I supposed to tell Ying Zhan that I'm not his son, but his imperial father?
☆ About This Novel ☆
* Dual male leads, nation-building and conquest. Starting from scratch after losing everything, each thinking the other is his son (nope).
* Ying Zhan is busy raising a child (as the father), while Qin Shi Huang is busy educating his son.
Theme: Transform in adversity. When you lose everything, start over.