The Sickly Beauty's Stand-In Moved On and Found a New Love

[Athlete x Private Tutor]

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★ Next danmei novel: Your Pretty Wife Is Mine [New Top]. Historical danmei novels: Master Took the Dragon-Proud Hero's Child Away and They Regretted It After He Proved His Dao. Blurbs at the end; visit my author page to read them.

Xie Sui was fair, beautiful, and sickly. Countless people pursued him from childhood onward, but he fell for Qu Chengdong.

Raised to be indulged by his family, Xie Sui learned to cook and do housework for Qu Chengdong. He learned to rein in his temper, meekly turning himself into a porcelain vase that was never allowed to feel joy or sorrow.

He saw with his own eyes how his usually stern boyfriend was gentle and attentive with someone else, afraid they might stumble or get hurt, as if they were a treasure in his hands.

Only then did Xie Sui understand. Qu Chengdong wasn't cold and unromantic. Xie Sui was just a stand-in for the person his boyfriend had always loved.

So, on an ordinary morning, Xie Sui looked calmly at Qu Chengdong and said:

"Qu Chengdong, let's break up."

Qu Chengdong thought Xie Sui was just throwing a tantrum and would soon come back. He never imagined that Xie Sui would never look at him again.

Over the years, he lost his job and became haggard and irritable. But when he met Xie Sui again, he found him just as lovely as when they'd first fallen in love years ago.

The man who had always been so restrained and proper around him was now being kissed until the corners of his eyes reddened, showing a bewitching side Qu Chengdong had never seen.

The young man kissing Xie Sui passionately had a bold, striking face. He deliberately asked Xie Sui with a smile, "Teacher, who is he? Why is he ruining the mood?"

Xie Sui kissed him back, his voice flat. "Right, who is he? I don't know him."

Tips:

1. A short story of 100,000 characters, with a focus on pacing and narrative.

2. Younger love interest. They don't date while the previous relationship is ongoing.

3. The bottom is not a virgin, but the top is. Qu Chengdong isn't the current partner.

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★ Your Pretty Wife Is Mine [New Top]

Gu Qingyan and Chu Hao were childhood friends who dated for four years, from high school through college.

Gu Qingyan used his living expenses to buy Chu Hao takeout and stayed up late organizing notes for him. Even though Chu Hao had a bad temper, Gu Qingyan carefully soothed him every day.

He always thought their relationship was stable, until one day he happened to look at Chu Hao's phone.

Someone new had been pinned at the top of Chu Hao's chats: a junior fellow student.

His boyfriend shared his daily life and feelings with someone else, and even missed Gu Qingyan's birthday because of a problem with the junior's experiment.

But Chu Hao had explained that he had an important research project that day.

Just now, Chu Hao had complimented the sky in a photo taken by the junior.

Right there, Gu Qingyan used Chu Hao's phone to block every one of his own contact details and walked out of Chu Hao's life.

Chu Hao thought Gu Qingyan was just being petulant. He bet his friends, "Who taught him to act like that? He'll come crawling back to me in two weeks, tops."

But nearly two months passed, and Gu Qingyan still hadn't said a word to him.

Chu Hao finally panicked. That night, he stood downstairs calling Gu Qingyan's name and begging him to come back. In return, someone upstairs dumped a basin of water on him in the bitter winter cold.

The person who poured the water had striking features and was wearing Gu Qingyan's pajamas. His voice dripped with mockery. "My wife is asleep, big brother... No, my wife's ex. Keep disturbing the neighbors and I'll call the police."

Chu Hao completely lost it.

The person who'd thrown water from upstairs was his own younger brother!

"I've put up with you for four years, bro," his younger brother said. "Happy breakup, scumbag."

Chu Shanye, the highest-paid player in the professional league and the star jungler of an elite S-tier team.

A month ago, during his livestream, he played the song Happy Breakup all day.

His fans were baffled and asked whether he'd broken up and was feeling down and in need of comfort.

Chu Shanye's grin grew even smugger. "I'm playing it for my love rival. He just got dumped today."

"Now that he's single, his wife is mine. What a tasteless guy."

Gu Qingyan happened to walk behind him wearing his team jersey. A fan took a screenshot and posted it online. That very night, the topic shot to the top of the trending list.

#WildGod'sWifeReallyIsBeautiful#

#WildGod'sScumbagLoveRivalHasNoTaste#

★ Master Took the Dragon-Proud Hero's Child Away

[Super lovesick black snake top x delicate, frail, beautiful master bottom]

The dragon-proud male lead of a feel-good xianxia novel was originally a good-for-nothing with no spiritual roots. Then he suddenly awakened, seized resources, built a harem, and ultimately killed his master to prove his Dao and ascend to immortality.

Ye Wang had just finished reading the most satisfying scene in the whole book when everything went black. When he opened his eyes again, he had become the cannon-fodder master who was killed by the dragon-proud hero's disciple to prove his Dao.

The cannon-fodder master was aloof and proud, but he loved the wrong person, devoted himself to fawning over the dragon-proud hero, and even resorted to every trick in the book to spend one night with his disciple.

And at that moment, the story had reached the very night they spent together.

Ye Wang: ...

He felt a faint heat stirring in his body, and had no idea whether the dragon-proud hero had gotten his way.

Ye Wang had no desire to become an obstacle to the dragon-proud hero's ascension. While the other man was still asleep, he fled in the middle of the night. But the drug in his body continued to torment him. As he drifted in and out of consciousness, a handsome young man appeared in time to dispel its effects.

Once he was clearheaded, he left behind a bag of silver and found a secluded village, where he settled into a lazy, carefree life.

Everything was perfectly normal, except for his sleepiness and nausea, and the way his belly slowly grew.

Ye Wang held his back and pondered.

He seemed to be pregnant. Whose child was it?

After he became pregnant, not only did his chest ache and his head spin, but things on his little farm started getting strange too.

A rooster breathed fire and turned the cabbages into spirit ginseng. A pig stoked the kitchen stove in the middle of the night to make him soup. Every day, a mountain bird danced on the windowsill to cheer him up.

And there was a black snake as thick as his forearm. During the day, it wrapped itself around his waist while he worked the fields. At night, it clung to him as they slept together, sharing the utmost intimacy night after night.

Later, when the child was born, strange signs appeared in the heavens. Ye Wang understood.

With talent like this, the child had to be the dragon-proud hero's!

He didn't know how to nurse a baby, so he prepared to pack up and take the child back to the dragon-proud hero.

But before he could leave, the black snake that had been clinging to him transformed into a proud, unruly man. Black scales covered the corners of his eyes. He was none other than the greatest villain in the book, the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord's gaze was sinister as he pinned Ye Wang against the door. His voice was low:

"Who are you planning to give my child to?"

★ They Regretted It After He Proved His Dao

Jiang Zhuoyu, Immortal Venerable of Wuqu, sealed the divine artifact Kunlun Mirror and expended half a lifetime's cultivation, only to suffer a backlash. A wisp of his divine soul was struck down into the lower cultivation realm, where he had to endure three trials before he could return.

Thus, that wisp of his soul became the most hated disciple in a sect in the lower cultivation realm.

The most hated disciple had no name or surname. Born in a patch of weeds, he was given the name A Xing. He wore old clothes, ate coarse grain, and lived in a woodshed.

He practiced day and night, but never got the hang of it. His progress was meager, and people mocked him.

He loved and revered his master, but his master never appreciated him, instead humiliating him and accusing him of fawning and scheming.

Everyone's love was reserved for the junior brother. As long as the junior brother asked, the master and fellow disciples would hand over all the rare treasures under heaven just to make him smile.

Only Xie Wuning, an outer sect disciple, treated him gently and granted his every request. Jiang Zhuoyu was touched. He thought he would wait for an auspicious day to confess his love, and perhaps the two of them could leave the sect and live among mortals.

Until one day, the junior brother came to find him. His voice was as gentle as ever, but every word cut to the bone.

"A Xing, Senior Brother Xie and I have long been in love. Once he passes his tribulation and enters the inner sect, we can become Dao companions."

"You have a spiritual bone in your body. It's perfect for refining the pill he needs to pass his tribulation."

"I know you like him, A Xing. You wouldn't want to see him lose his soul and perish, would you?"

On the day the lightning tribulation descended, Jiang Zhuoyu endured all nine bolts. His soul scattered, but his mind was perfectly clear.

So that was what the three trials were: a trial between master and disciple, a trial between brothers, and a trial of love.

Now that he had passed all three, the divine soul of the Immortal Venerable of Wuqu returned to its place.

Several years later, a newly ascended immortal from the lower cultivation realm reported to Wuqu Hall.

Jiang Zhuoyu had just subdued a demon that had wreaked havoc among mortals. He lowered his head to wipe his spirit sword, long hair falling loose as he leaned lazily against the bed.

He waited for the new immortal to introduce himself. After a long time without a word, he looked up in puzzlement and met a pair of eyes bright with joy.

"A Xing, I've spent thirty years piecing your soul back together."

Xie Wuning's voice choked with emotion as he reached out to him with trembling hands. "A Xing, I've missed you so much."

Jiang Zhuoyu's expression turned cold. He sneered. "Someone teach this new Immortal Lord the rules of Heaven."

He left without sparing Xie Wuning a glance, leaving behind only a resolute silhouette.

"I have always had only one name: Jiang Zhuoyu. Who is this A Xing you speak of?"

Theme: Take control of your own fate and realize your value in life.