Reborn and at Leisure

[Entering VIP on Wednesday this week. The discounted chapters are 28 through 62, so readers who've already read them, please don't buy them again. After entering VIP, I'll bring you updates totaling ten thousand words. Thank you for your support. A deep bow.] For someone who has lived an ordinary, unremarkable life, is being reborn really all that special? He had no grand ambitions and only knew how to do his duty. Even after being reborn, he was the same. He studied quietly and lived at ease. He never imagined that the person he'd always looked up to would suddenly appear in his life, and that the two of them would cross paths. From then on, his life took a different turn. This is also the tale of a reborn county magistrate's career, and the development of a poor, barren region! A friendly heads-up: 1. The shou is quiet and gentle, yet resilient and kind-hearted, with a somewhat stubborn streak inside. The gong is powerful, mature, and deep, with a violent, tyrannical, obsessive, and intensely possessive nature. 2. The gong is twelve years older than the shou. Older gong. 3. Both have only ever been with each other. 4. A warm, everyday-life story, perhaps with some political intrigue. ******* Blurb for the upcoming novel, A Good-for-Nothing's Guide to Advancement ************ How does a good-for-nothing become the best of the good-for-nothings? Lin Beichen was a first-rate good-for-nothing. He couldn't write or fight, and knew nothing. Then one day, he and his father, the chancellor, were finally thrown out of Jinling! Everyone thought that this good-for-nothing, banished to the northern wasteland, was sure to end up completely useless! But then... Hey, Old Wang on East Street knows how to brew liquor, and Old Cao on West Street loves to drink! Great, let's start a same-city delivery service in the northern wasteland! What! Madam Liu at Number 72, Lane 12, South Street, is having an illicit affair with so-and-so? Hurry, hurry! Let's get a gossip rag going! Selling calligraphy! Selling calligraphy! The former chancellor has written "Unfilial Son" by hand today! Five hundred taels of silver per character! A friendly heads-up: 1. The shou is thick-skinned, cheerful, optimistic, and righteous, someone who can get by anywhere. He has principles and passions at heart. The gong is deep, cold, and a master of both civil and military arts, with a deranged, obsessive nature inside. 2. Includes a gong chasing his shou after a breakup. 3. The gong is of noble status and pretends to be the shou's "uncle." They are not related by blood in any way. 4. The gong is three years older than the shou. 5. Everyday romance, with a little political intrigue. Theme: Live passionately, find your place in the ordinary