I Really Wasn't Trying to Die

At twenty-three, Wen Nanxing's dreams had fallen apart, and he moved from a major city to a small third-tier county town.

On his very first day there, someone stole his wallet. Luckily, his landlord was a kind man who offered to rent him a shabby little room on the top floor, and even said he could use the abandoned rooftop as well.

Gazing out at the night sky, Wen Nanxing thought his retirement years were going to be pretty nice.

But then a loud “wee-woo, wee-woo” sounded from the ground floor. Just as he was about to get up and see what was going on, someone behind him suddenly shouted:

“There are plenty of men in this world! If you're happy, get a new one every day!”

“There's no need to kill yourself!”

The shout startled Wen Nanxing. His foot slipped, and he really did fall.

The man grabbed him and fell with him.

Only afterward did Wen Nanxing learn that his kindly landlord had thought he'd been dumped and was about to jump, so he'd called the police.

The man was a firefighter.

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After that day, Wen Nanxing's ankle swelled up like a giant bun.

Pointing at the door across the hall, the man said to Wen Nanxing when they bumped into each other, “Oh, that's my place.”

Then he looked at Wen Nanxing's foot. “You can't get around easily, right? I'll carry you!”

Wen Nanxing: “...”

Perched on the man's broad back, Wen Nanxing thought he was like Dahei, a friendly, easygoing dog who got familiar with people right away. Mostly because his skin was the same color.

They were both pitch-black.

Later, Dahei moved into his place, taking care of him, doing the laundry, cooking, and handling all the chores. He even fed him...

Wen Nanxing: “...It's just my foot that's hurt, not my hands.”

Dahei, sternly: “Equal treatment.”

He'd only wanted to enjoy the view from the rooftop, but somehow ended up with a broken leg and, just as inexplicably, “living together” with someone...

Wen Nanxing had a headache.

Later on, the person rumored to be the cause of his “heartbreak” kept popping up on trending topics.

Dahei cut the only internet cable in the house, then turned around and warned him fiercely, “Try killing yourself again and see what happens!”

Wen Nanxing: “.”

So how could he prove that he really wasn't trying to kill himself?

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[Extra Scene]

Three years later, a rising star appeared in the entertainment industry.

The agent had originally signed Wen Nanxing to launch his acting career.

He looked delicate and fragile, like a little white flower, but deep down he was wilder than anyone.

He insisted on playing rock music.

Even more surprising, he got married and came out in public.

He brought his one-of-a-kind bass guitar on every tour.

So there was always someone backstage boasting to everyone, “Cool, right? That's my wife.”

· Reading Guide ·

◎ Cen Li x Wen Nanxing

◎ Naturally optimistic, rough-around-the-edges firefighter x gloomy, pessimistic young master from a wealthy family

◎ The bottom plays rock music but isn't the lead singer / height difference / skin-tone difference / each other's first love, no rivals in love, the top gets jealous all on his own / romance is the main focus, career is secondary / gently healing

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[Your Majesty, Think Twice!]

[Dark and scheming tyrant x mute, socially anxious illegitimate son]

Rumor had it that the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household, soon to enter the palace, was a breathtaking beauty with a graceful figure.

Only Emperor Xiao Su knew the truth: the person sent to the palace was indeed an exceptionally beautiful one, but unfortunately, he was a mute young man.

Reborn in this life, Xiao Su couldn't reconcile the bright, lively youth before him with the man who had lain in a pool of blood in his previous life.

When the Prime Minister offered his daughter, Xiao Su said, “The Prime Minister has an illegitimate son, doesn't he? Send him to the palace.”

The ministers were baffled. “Your Majesty, think twice.”

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The illegitimate son, Yun Sui, thought he was entering the palace in his sister's place to become a consort. He was cautious at every turn, afraid of being exposed and incurring the emperor's wrath.

But just three days after he entered the palace, other consorts came looking for trouble. One of them accidentally scattered pollen all over him, making him break out in itchy rashes.

The next day, the emperor said with a dark expression, “You really are a fine lot of subjects. Since there are so many consorts in the harem, why don't you each take one home and look after her?”

The harem was dismissed, and the ministers turned ashen. “Your Majesty, please think twice!”

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The Prime Minister wouldn't give up on his hopes for his daughter to become empress. He tried to use Yun Sui to get her into the palace, but Yun Sui accidentally drank the prepared medicine. When he woke up the next day, he kicked Xiao Su, who had shared his bed, right off it.

The emperor, whose plans had been thrown into disarray, slammed the table. “Since the Prime Minister wants to grow closer to me, I'll make your beloved son my empress. What do you think, Prime Minister?”

The ministers were terrified, but didn't dare defy him. “Your Majesty...”

Holding a bowl of milk pudding, the future empress was debating how to apologize for his rudeness the night before. Hearing this, he could only cry out in his heart, with genuine anguish:

Your Majesty, think twice!!!

Theme: Have the courage to pursue your true self