The Protagonists of the Aristocratic All-Boys School Cried and Begged Me Not to Die

Jian Qiao got into an elite academy as a student from a financially disadvantaged background, then was assigned to room with the top aristocrats as their errand boy.

His roommates were a bunch of lunatics.

Roommate Number One, who spent money like water, refused to eat the delicious food in front of him and insisted on eating Jian Qiao’s boxed lunch, calling it an experience of life among the common folk.

Roommate Number Two, an athletic powerhouse who could slap someone into a wall with a wave of his hand, never used the gym equipment and was always dragging Jian Qiao off to work out with him.

Roommate Number Three, a powerful student council president whose every word was obeyed, was friendly to everyone but loved giving Jian Qiao orders for no reason.

There were others, but Jian Qiao couldn’t be bothered to mention them.

He’d been sent to board at the world’s most prestigious aristocratic school as a child. His dream was to graduate ten years later with honors and become the pride of his whole village.

Then, one day, he got into an argument with them.

His roommates all got angry and told him they never wanted to see him again.

Jian Qiao couldn’t be bothered with their usual craziness. He went out to buy some water, planning to splash it on them and bring them to their senses. But once he left the convenience store, the school had changed.

He pushed open the door to his dorm room, seven years in the future.

“I’m back,” he said, holding up his drink.

A few stunned faces greeted him. His roommates, now grown into tall, handsome men, froze in place as they stared at the person who had disappeared for seven years and suddenly returned, their eyes bloodshot.

Jian Qiao expressionlessly closed the door again. “Oh, sorry. Must’ve got the wrong room.”

He didn’t get to leave.

Seven years had passed, but time had left no mark on him. The towering men around him, however, were intensely intimidating.

Watching his deranged roommates sob and beg him not to die, Jian Qiao quietly thought: I shouldn’t have gone out to buy water. How did they get even crazier while I was gone?

Reader’s guide

1. Some elements in this novel were inspired by "Gakuen Alice".

2. Set in a fictional world, with psychic powers and supernatural abilities. Every setting exists to make things as melodramatic as possible!

3. The love interests aren’t in a “regret and chase” arc from the start. They’re loyal, but terrible people, and they gradually fall for the protagonist.

4. I’m grateful to every reader who gives this novel a chance. I love you all so much.

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"The Story of Me and the Entire Court of Officials"

Blurb:

Jian Shu discovers that a life-simulation app has appeared on his phone. The System warns him to be careful about shaping the children’s personalities, but the moment he sees all those adorable kids in the app, his heart is instantly stolen!

One of the little ones is in a bad mood?

Buy everything in the game shop! Get all the tasty treats and fun toys!

One of them has been wronged?

Grind, grind, grind through quests and unlock items to cheer the little one up!

Jian Shu is so absorbed in raising the kids that he’s willing to suffer himself, but not let his beloved digital furballs go without. Then, one day, an accident transmigrates him to an unfamiliar dynasty. He becomes the youngest son of the Minister of Revenue, a spoiled wastrel despised by everyone in the capital.

As he faces one challenge after another and prepares to lie flat, he discovers something unexpected...

The little crybaby from the app is now the richest man in the capital.

The chocolate-loving kid is the celebrated General Zh the Far-Ranging.

And that little one who always blushed when tapped might actually be the Chief Councilor of the dynasty?!

Looking at these powerful, ruthless big shots who are not to be trifled with, Jian Shu recalls how he raised them over the years. He’d teased one with little dresses and another with mille-crepe durian cake. If they discover his secret identity, nine lives won’t be enough to save him.

Jian Shu thinks that as long as he keeps playing dead and guarding his secret identity, he’ll be safe. That is, until the Minister’s household is falsely accused of treason and faces confiscation of its property and exile.

Terrified, Jian Shu clings to a man’s leg. “Please, sir, for old times’ sake, save me!”

The man hooks a finger under his chin and smiles. “Didn’t Lord Jian say a few days ago that he and I were strangers? Why don’t you tell me more about these old times?”

Jian Shu: “...”

System, is it too late for me to run away?

Theme: Cherish the people who are here with you.