A Cool and Aloof Husband Can't Possibly Be the Villain

[Exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City] + [Exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City]

Ji Chen, a Kunqu opera successor, gets drunk and wakes up in another body: the only son of the head of a declining opera troupe, with a husband who looks aloof and hard to approach.

His father's troupe is about to disband, they have nothing to their name, and his beautiful husband was nearly divorced by the original owner.

Ji Chen uses his Kunqu skills to put the troupe on the right track, but under the persistent advances of his aloof husband, he falls in love.

Ji Chen, his heart brimming with joy, says, "Lanlan, I like you."

Xu Lan grips Ji Chen's chin. "Your affection sure comes cheap!"

Ji Chen's eyes fly wide open. "!!!"

*

Xu Lan wakes up one day to discover that he has become a ge'er, and even become... a man's... well, husband.

Unable to get a divorce, he goes for the kill.

But the man who was on the verge of being buried suddenly comes back from the dead!!!

Even stranger, his personality has completely changed, and every move he makes reminds Xu Lan of the person he once protected in his previous life.

Xu Lan gradually molds him into the person in his memories, intent on keeping him completely under his thumb.

But just as he is about to close the net, he hears the man call out, "Brother Lan."

*

One day,

Ji Chen comes home drunk and flops into his arms, all soft and warm. In a drunken mumble, he asks, "Lanbao, could we... consummate our marriage?"

Xu Lan looks at him for a long while, then sheaths his claws and lets Ji Chen push him down. "Okay~"

Note:

1. This story is categorized as [Romance], so please keep that in mind. There will be relationship conflicts along the way. After all, [no affection comes from nowhere]. Kunqu opera is Ji Chen's faith and mission, but there is also someone he wants to hold on to. Xu Lan's love has endured hardship across two lifetimes, and one day it will surely burst forth. Please give them some time, everyone. Mwah.

2. Set in an imaginary dynasty. Everyday-life style, 1v1, with plenty of creative liberties.

3. Reference materials and books quoted will be listed in the author's notes for each chapter.

4. Musical scores mentioned in the story are marked with "".

5. I'm working hard to research Kunqu opera. If anything is inaccurate, please feel free to point it out.

6. Everyone in the story has their own position, experiences, and pursuits. It isn't a matter of intelligence or social skills...

7. The title may change. I haven't thought of a suitable one yet. (I'm terrible at titles and blurbs, and tearing my hair out over it...)

8. If this isn't your cup of tea, please feel free to click away. Don't waste your time or good mood. You're welcome to leave without telling me~

My new story, There's Always a Fool Calling Me a Spirit Beast, is now open for advance collection, dears. Please add it to your library, mwah~

Blurb:

Qi Bao spends his entire fortune on a spirit beast egg, only to hatch a snake, and an especially ugly one at that.

Qi Bao is so scared he starts crying, but the snake cries even louder than he does.

Its whole body convulses, shuddering all over.

The snake cries itself unconscious.

The first thing it says when it wakes up is, despairingly, "You have a pot, right? Hurry up and stew me."

Qi Bao asks, "If I stew you, can you turn into a spirit beast?"

"No. I want to be reincarnated."

Qi Bao: "..."

*

Mo Xuan, an underworld civil servant, is on vacation. But the moment he steps into the human realm, he has the worst luck imaginable and somehow ends up inside an egg.

How could a mere eggshell possibly hold him...

The instant he breaks out of his shell, Mo Xuan breaks down.

And beside him is a reckless human, patting his head. "Don't cry, don't cry. I don't mind what you look like."

The human is so noisy, constantly offering him all sorts of useless things. "Little Black, Little Black, if you eat spirit stones, can you turn into a spirit beast?"

"Little Black, if you drink spirit liquid, can you turn into a spirit beast?"

"Little Black, Little Black, here's a spirit fruit..."

"And here's a divine beast bone..."

*

One day, the human drags his badly wounded body inside, crawling in on his last breath. "Little Black... they said if they eat me... they'll become immortal... I don't want them to eat me... I'll let you eat me instead."

For the first time, Mo Xuan shields the human beneath him, using the snake body he hates most to drive away the ill-intentioned humans.

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