His Muse

[Arc-based story, creator gong x muse shou] World Two complete

Below the blurb is the preview for my upcoming story, After Raising the Villain into My Sweet Wife. If you like it, please support my next story TT

There are always creators in this world who find early fame but then lose heart and decline when their inspiration runs dry; who are forced to abandon what they love to make ends meet and cater to the mainstream, only to fade into obscurity; or who see no results for ages, give up, and live with lifelong regret...

And so 099 was born.

It eagerly approached creators who were frustrated, undiscovered, or utterly defeated, and gave them a chance.

"You're miserable and disheartened, struggling through a creative drought. I can bring you the muse who's perfect for you. All you have to do is create and accumulate prestige through your work."

"That's your only mission."

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[Singer] A washed-up gong whose talent is extraordinary but whose emotions and desires are severed x a gentle, obedient, possessive shou who's always by his side

You're a washed-up singer. Your former glory once made you famous, but then your career and creative talent took a nosedive. Your lyrics and music are mawkish, and online commenters have bluntly called them trash.

At last, a System gave you a chance.

Before long, a contact with a black profile picture appeared on your WeChat. It taught you to sing, helped you find the emotions in songs, and gradually guided you to understand everything. You went on to write countless hit songs because of it.

And you gradually learned that it liked hiding in your shadow and inside mirrors, watching you secretly in front of everyone, and gently taking your hand when nobody was looking.

[Dancer] An ambitious, unscrupulous dancer gong x an elegant, gentle, sensitive disabled swan shou

You're impatient for success, a dancer consumed by ambition and the desire for fame. Since things are moving too slowly, you're about to cripple your enemy and end his dancing career, even if it means sacrificing your own future.

The System gave you a chance, and that very day, you rescued a disabled swan with broken wings and legs.

That night, you dreamed that your deceased idol gently asked in your ear:

"Do you like this elegant, gentle white swan with outstanding ability, or this noble, proud black swan with extraordinary talent?"

And you answered clearly, "I want the swan I had before."

[Puppeteer] A gloomy puppeteer gong who hates being swept up in emotions x a sweet, clingy puppet shou who can leave its master helpless in an instant and make him surrender completely

You're the fourth-generation heir of the Qi family. By your generation, your family's once-glorious craft has fallen into decline. Since you have no idea how to make puppets, you want to give it up, but the System helps you.

Threads begin to grow from your fingers. A humanoid piece of wood quietly peeks at you from beside the door. It doesn't move otherwise, just waits quietly for you to crook a finger and beckon it over. You wait for a long time before realizing that you have absolute control over it.

So you start shaping it little by little and take it along to perform. Your fame grows, and under your control, your puppet becomes lifelike. It grows spoiled and bold, even opening its arms and asking you to hold it and kiss it.

You know the puppet's actions are under your control, but you still can't help lowering your head and gently kissing it.

But the moment you kiss it, your puppet happily jumps into your arms. "Master, I want another one!"

[Reading Guide]

1. A sweet, romance-focused story. The writing is amateurish, and professional reference material comes from the internet. Please point out any mistakes.

2. Gong-focused perspective, pure romance and mutual affection throughout. The gong and shou are both deeply devoted to each other, and they are each other's only partners, both emotionally and physically.

3. The arc order doesn't match the blurb! I'm going by inspiration!!!

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My next gong-focused cultivation story, After Raising the Villain into My Sweet Wife. Blurb below.

[Gong-focused, 1v1, only each other emotionally and physically, and mutually devoted] Starts once I've saved up 50,000 words.

Xu Tansheng was peerless among his generation, famed far and wide. With a sword, he broke through the Nine Abysses, rising from an ordinary mortal to the astonishingly gifted Sword Sovereign at a young age. He was a thorn in the side of the demonic path, an immortal monument to the cultivation world. Every cultivator admired his bearing, yet no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't touch so much as the corner of this extraordinary man's robes.

These are the sort of endings a protagonist should have.

But Xu Tansheng isn't the protagonist.

He's just the most despicable and sinister villain in the game's story, the one who dies the most miserably and tragically.

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As the heir to his family, Yu Buyou is aloof and cynical. His greatest hobby is completing every story route for the villain Xu Tansheng in A Thousand Worlds Drunk.

To that end, he poured in endless money and time until he had every weapon, top-tier gear, and medicinal ingredient, as well as a complete collection of story routes: identity, past, future, and secret endings.

But when he finally reached the ending, Yu Buyou saw Xu Tansheng's self-destruction ending and blacked out. Overcome by rage, he sped off to blow off steam, got into a car accident, and died. When he woke up, he was standing in front of the Ling Tian Sect in the game's beginner village, waiting to begin his protagonist's journey.

Yu Buyou: ...

Why bother playing the protagonist route? With me here, Xu Tansheng is the protagonist!

Yu Buyou immediately changed direction and went off with a smile to find his baby.

Xu Tansheng never expected to be reborn. A thousand years later, he returned to Spring Breeze House, where he saw the spark that had dragged him into the abyss. He hated it so much that he wanted to slaughter everyone in the Nine Abysses.

Until Yu Buyou appeared.

The youth wore his hair in a high ponytail, his eyes like rippling waters beneath the sky. With an air of wealth and nobility, he sat by the wall, smiling at Xu Tansheng with dazzling eyes.

Seeing that he had arrived in time, Yu Buyou jumped down from the outer wall, drew his sword, and cut off the man's hands. He ground the man's head firmly beneath his foot, then lowered his eyes with a smile.

"Will you kill him, or will I?"

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Xu Tansheng was guarded and wary. But all he saw was the other man helping him kill everyone who had humiliated him in his previous life, ruthless and cold-blooded, without a trace of compassion.

But after killing them, he'd turn around with tears in his eyes, coax Xu Tansheng, shower him with rare treasures, and take him along to cultivate and gain experience. Every so often, he'd seize the chance to pat his head and pinch his cheeks, kneading him like a ball of dough until Xu Tansheng grew into a powerful, confident man.

Their everyday life now:

Yu Buyou QvQ: "Baby, you know what I want to hear when I'm unhappy."

Xu Tansheng, having heard this many times already: "..."

"...Hubby."

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A spirited, sunny young master, a fox-spirit-like beauty x a villainous shou who's a sweet wife in front of the gong, but crawls around in the shadows when the gong isn't watching

[Reading Notes]

1. With this premise, of course the gong dotes on the shou. Mutual affection, only each other, and both deeply devoted.

2. The gong likes traditional partner terms like "hubby" and "wife." He's a bit of an S, and details may be adjusted.

3. Yu Buyou is his game name; his real name is Yu Shen. Xu Tansheng is the name he was assigned, and the gong will give him the auspicious new name Jiang Xuanlan.

Theme: Love is the primary productive force.