A Seductive Beauty, But She Chose the Wrong Target

Synopsis 2, January 4, 2026. Updates at midnight sharp. The manuscript is already 90% complete, so come join the fun! Shen Weixu transmigrates into a book and unexpectedly gets bound to a System, which tells him he must win over the book’s protagonist to stay alive. But before the System can tell him who the protagonist is, it breaks down halfway through and activates its self-repair function. Using the plot fragments provided by the System, Shen Weixu finds the protagonist, a pitiful, helpless boy who is constantly bullied. He puts his greatest talent for winning people over to good use, offering the protagonist warmth and teaching him to read, write, ride, and shoot. It’s easy to earn the boy’s trust. Seven years later, on the very day the protagonist blushes and gathers the courage to confess his feelings, the System finishes repairing itself and tells Shen Weixu he’s been pursuing the wrong person. He mistook Pei Zhiyao, the biggest villain in the book, for the protagonist. At this point, Pei Zhiyao is still harmless and hasn’t yet thrown the court into chaos. Shen Weixu: ...I have a million curses on the tip of my tongue, and I don’t know whether I should say them. A civilized, law-abiding citizen, Shen Weixu reluctantly accepts his fate. He cruelly turns down the confession and flees that very day, bundle in hand, to find the real protagonist and get close to him. After that, the villain follows the original story’s path, passes the imperial examinations, and successfully turns evil. It’s just that the direction of his corruption seems a little off...? In a dark room beneath a clear, bright sky, newly appointed Chancellor Pei Zhiyao gently strokes the blindfold over Shen Weixu’s eyes, his voice mild and harmless. “Brother, your eyes are at their prettiest when they’re looking only at me.” A life-loving, flirtatious beauty of a shou × a devoted, possessive gong who starts out innocent and later turns sly and manipulative Reader’s Guide 1. As is customary, this is a one-on-one romance, with the gong younger than the shou. Their mental ages differ by 12 years, and their physical ages by 5. The first ten chapters cover their relationship growing up, and the main story begins in chapter eleven. 2. The gong and shou are each other’s one and only, with no love triangle. The shou and the original protagonist are good brothers, in the literal sense. 3. The shou will do whatever it takes to stay alive. Both leads have flaws, and the protagonist isn’t omniscient or all-powerful. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing. 4. The dark-room scenes aren’t the traditional kind. My tastes are what they are, but I can’t write truly non-consensual scenes. At heart, these are two boys in a pure romance, with a bittersweet flavor. Political intrigue comes into play in the middle and later parts, but it’s very simplistic and set in a fictional world, so please don’t scrutinize it. Anything that doesn’t match historical fact is my own invention. § Next historical BL novel § Title: What’s Wrong with Being a Spoiled Rich Brat?! One-line pitch: I have a wife. Do you? Synopsis: Wen Ruqing is renowned in the capital as both its most beautiful man and its finest scholar. Gentle as jade and extraordinarily gifted, he was unfortunately born frail and has no chance of entering officialdom. His family has also fallen into decline, leaving them struggling to make ends meet, so he is forced to marry He Yan, the capital’s most notorious spoiled rich brat, as his male wife. On their wedding day, Wen Ruqing is abandoned outside the Prince’s mansion, with no one coming out to welcome him. Inside, He Yan is loudly declaring his defiance to his father: “Even if I, He Yan, have to die! Even if I have to jump into the dry well at the Prince’s mansion! I will never marry some male wife!” The next moment, He Yan turns around and sees Wen Ruqing in his bright red wedding robes, frail and delicate, yet beautiful as a painting. He Yan changes his tune on the spot. “Who let Young Master Wen come in by himself? Hurry and help him back to the sedan! I’m going out to greet the wedding procession myself!” He Yan’s father: “?” In the Great Jing dynasty, male wives are treated as little better than servants. Countless people are waiting to see Wen Ruqing make a fool of himself, and he too is prepared to be neglected and mistreated. But after the wedding, Wen Ruqing realizes that things aren’t quite as he expected. The playboy who spends all day at brothels is actually an innocent young man who only knows how to listen to music and has no clue about romance. The spoiled brat who spends all day shirking his studies is actually acting out because he lost his mother young and his father has spent years away at war. He goes out of his way to protect Wen Ruqing’s reputation, and takes thoughtful care of his health. He genuinely wants to study, but no one has ever disciplined him or expected him to accomplish anything. With years of experience raising his younger siblings, Wen Ruqing understands: this silly boy is starved for affection. And Wen Ruqing’s love is just the medicine He Yan needs. A gentle, sickly beauty of a shou × an innocent, silly rich-brat gong Theme: True affection is precious. Cherish the sincere kindness and pure love of those around you.