The Immortal Lord Hasn't Slept Either

Up next: "I'm the Villain, Let Me Die First!". Blurb at the bottom. Please add it to your reading list~ Mwah mwah mwah~

[Story blurb]

In Ning Wensheng's mind, immortals kept their distance from the mortal world, disliked mortal things, and never deigned to associate with mortals.

But after he transmigrated into a book and invited an immortal by breaking his own finger bone, that belief was completely overturned.

At first, when the immortal turned his broken finger into a bone flute and added, "You vulgar mortals should never come near me," Ning Wensheng smiled and thought only two words: Go die.

But later

When the immortal shared half his bed with him,

Ning Wensheng: I'm a little grateful, but suspicious.

When the immortal personally handed him food for the nth time,

Ning Wensheng: I'm a little touched, but not that much.

When the immortal called him naively foolish, but sincere and pure-hearted,

Ning Wensheng: I'm a little happy, and blushing pathetically.

When the immortal covered his eyes with a hand, shielding him from the sight of thousands of people burning in a blaze,

Ning Wensheng: I'm done for. I've fallen for this immortal.

Ning Wensheng has always kept a secret.

He had a dream.

In the dream, he lay foot to foot with someone, tangled up with them in bed, and spent a wild night together. That person's face was exactly the same as the immortal he had summoned.

He thought it was only a dream.

Even after he really spent a wild night with the immortal outside the dream, he continued to keep the secret to himself.

Until one day, after staying up all night, he accidentally discovered the immortal's secret.

The bone flute hanging on the immortal wasn't the only one. The other flutes had all clearly been made from the broken fingers of the same person.

And, by an incredible coincidence, they were all his.

His healed fingers began to ache faintly, and Ning Wensheng finally realized that none of it might have been a dream.

He wanted to run away, but when he turned and saw the immortal sleeping on the bed, he regretted the idea.

The immortal shared half his bed with him and brought him food.

The immortal was good to him.

He couldn't understand why the immortal had lied to him.

What he understood even less was how this lying immortal could sleep so soundly.

So he shook the immortal awake, thinking viciously:

If I can't sleep, then neither can you, Your Eminence.

◆ Update time: before midnight. If there's no update, I'll post a note saying I'm taking the day off~

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Blurb for "I'm the Villain, Let Me Die First!":

Xie Jiuyuan died.

But then he came back to life.

He was back in his youth, at his most ambitious, before the immortal sects and demons joined forces to kill him.

All four limbs intact, and most importantly, his pretty face was still there.

Great.

But for some inexplicable reason, he became bound to a System called "Do One Good Deed a Day, One Evil Deed a Month." He had to build up good karma while completing villain missions, then fake his death and disappear.

Xie Jiuyuan, who had done every evil under the sun, declared:

Life is a play, and acting is everything.

Pretend to be virtuous? That's easy. I'll put on a show for you.

And so

Xie Jiuyuan cured his senior brother, who had been ill for a long time.

Xie Jiuyuan restored the crumbling Four Yi Sect.

Xie Jiuyuan risked his life to slay an ancient monster that was wreaking havoc in the mortal world.

The immortal sects: This young man is pure-hearted. He'll surely achieve great things in the future.

Later

Xie Jiuyuan stole a treasure from the immortal sects.

The immortal sects: Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Xie Jiuyuan betrayed his sect and defected to the demon realm.

The immortal sects: He must have his reasons!

Xie Jiuyuan had a secret affair with the Demon Lord and became a favored guest in the demon palace.

The immortal sects: The Demon Lord must have bewitched him!

At that very moment, the Demon Lord had Xie Jiuyuan pinned beneath him, laughing softly.

"I hear you were bewitched by me and gave yourself to me?"

Xie Jiuyuan's waist trembled, and he couldn't get a word out.

He swore to himself: Just wait. I'll die right in front of you, and you'll be the one crying as you bury me!

Once his good karma reached one hundred percent, the immortal sects joined forces to attack the demons.

Without hesitation, Xie Jiuyuan stepped in front of the Demon Lord.

"Stop! I'm the villain, let me die first!"

The Demon Lord fell silent.

He took a sword for me. He loves me.

The Demon Lord had an epiphany.

He was willing to die for me. He loves me to the depths of his bones.

The Demon Lord swept him behind his back and pointed his sword at the immortals.

"Whoever dares touch him will be buried here."

Xie Jiuyuan: "…"

Thanks, but that really isn't necessary.

A "flamboyant drama queen" x a "respectable-looking lunatic"

PS: "Respectable-looking" is specifically from Xie Jiuyuan's point of view.

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Theme: Accepting yourself is the key to living more comfortably.