My Nemesis, You Smell So Good

[This novel is expected to switch to pay-per-chapter starting from Chapter 28 on February 20. Many princesses have raised concerns about the anti-piracy chapters, so here's a general reply: if you haven't bought the whole novel, please wait three hours after the full purchase becomes available before reading, or you may end up buying duplicate chapters.]

A few things first:

1. Please don't guess at plot points that aren't there, and don't believe everything the villains say.

2. I'm not particularly pro-top or pro-bottom, I just find it easier to write with a bottom as the focus. I love my characters, so please don't fight over them (bows).

A carefree, upright top x a ruthless lone-wolf bottom

After being reborn, Shen Cuo discovers he's the villain in a storybook.

His nemesis, Lin Wuxia, is the protagonist.

Lin Wuxia has rare treasures handed to him on a silver platter, and his path to ascension is incredibly smooth.

Why?

Doesn't that make Shen Cuo, who fought tooth and nail in his last life only to die alongside the Heaven's Chosen, a joke?

The System trembles. [Um, boss, the original Host can't make it. Could you play the villain and complete the mission to redeem the protagonist, Lin Wuxia...?]

Shen Cuo closes the storybook. "Redemption? What's in it for me?"

The System opens the store, sees the red lettering that says "The store is not available to native inhabitants," and gives an evasive answer.

[I'll help you ascend.]

A smile spreads across Shen Cuo's lips. "Deal. But I'll have to earn a little something for myself, too."

The System says, [As you wish.]

The probability panel tells the System, [The mission will be completed in an utterly absurd manner.]

The System thinks indifferently, its face blank. As long as the mission gets done, how absurd could it be?

And then it finds out.

Mission One: Keep the male lead safe.

Shen Cuo breaks Lin Wuxia's leg on the spot and throws him into a spatial artifact.

The System says, [...Don't think I didn't see you draw his blood.]

Shen Cuo says, "Just tell me, did I protect him or not?"

Mission Two: Deal with the demonic cultivator controlling the male lead.

Shen Cuo runs them both through with one strike, leaving Lin Wuxia with only a breath of life.

The System says, [...]

With a beaming smile, Shen Cuo claims Lin Wuxia's spiritual weapons and treasures for himself. "Just tell me, did I deal with him or not?"

[...] The System feels like Shen Cuo would rather deal with the male lead himself.

Mission Three: Protect the male lead's reputation.

Shen Cuo knocks Lin Wuxia unconscious with a single palm strike while he's trying to force a kiss on him, then turns to the orthodox cultivators and offers an apologetic smile through gritted teeth.

"Yes, I abducted him and forced him to marry me."

Lin Wuxia gradually becomes twisted under Shen Cuo's hot-and-cold treatment, but so what? Shen Cuo doesn't care.

As long as he can ascend, who needs a bike?

Until Lin Wuxia's refusal to fight prevents Shen Cuo from completing his final mission before ascension. Furious, Shen Cuo raises his knife and plunges it into Lin Wuxia's shoulder.

But Lin Wuxia, his clothes stained with blood, doesn't dodge. Instead, he gently strokes the blade, as if caressing a lover's cheek. "You barely said two words before stabbing me. So passionate today?"

Shen Cuo looks at his blood-soaked, baleful knife and falls silent for once.

Should he be concerned about the mental health of his ascension target?

Cultivation stages in this novel: Qi Refining - Foundation Establishment - Golden Core - Nascent Soul - Soul Leaving - Body Integration - Deification - Tribulation Crossing - Great Ascension

Reader's Guide:

1. The bottom is genuinely wicked, and the top is a little crazy. It's a delicious enemies-to-lovers story, not a groveling-after-the-beloved story.

2. I'm terrible at writing blurbs. I've revised this one six times, so this is what it's going to be for now. I recommend just reading the novel, princesses, sob.

3. The top has reasons for wanting the bottom to stay. This isn't a problem that can be solved just by ascending together.

4. The author isn't very clever, so the plot isn't very clever either. I've done my best. Please point out any problems or holes in the setting, and I'll fix them right away.

Princesses, my new upcoming novel next door, Our Beautiful and Strong and Tragic Types Stay In-House, is fresh out of the oven!

A repressed, unhinged prince top x a workaholic space pirate captain bottom

(Note: Both are Omegas, and neither ever becomes an Alpha.)

When people mention Kaierwen Kalieyang, everyone agrees he's a legend.

An Omega who rose to the top of a pirate crew.

He dared to execute an imperial capital's amnesty envoy on a live interstellar broadcast.

And by taking advantage of the strange distribution of the border star system's asteroid belts, he made the Empire's three great fleets suffer defeat there.

As the Council struggled to contain the crisis, someone proposed a military commander no one could have expected: the disgraced imperial prince, Song Fuying.

When people mention Song Fuying, no one can help but sigh with regret.

Before he presented as an Omega, he was the Empire's most promising heir.

After presenting as an Omega, he became every Alpha on the imperial capital's nightmare.

He was married off three times, and killed all three husbands with his own hands.

The Emperor locked Song Fuying, in heat, in an estate full of Alphas and announced that whoever marked him would get to marry him.

Song Fuying turned the estate into his personal hunting ground. The roses in the garden bloomed beautifully, dyed with Alpha blood.

Thanks to Kaierwen, Song Fuying, who had been imprisoned for years, finally put on his old military uniform and pinned on his general's epaulettes.

Under the gaze of every interstellar media outlet, Song Fuying issued his declaration before battle: "Kaierwen Kalieyang, wait for me."

The news reached its peak the moment the pirate captain Kaierwen answered the call.

On the three-dimensional screen, the man had blond hair and blue eyes, and the thorny rose tattoo beneath his eye looked especially alluring. He spoke lazily.

"Very well. Your country's Alphas are nothing special. Let's see if an Omega might be more interesting."

Everyone thought this was the tense standoff before a declaration of war.

But no one knew that five years earlier, a blood-soaked blond Omega had stumbled into the vast, silent estate.

His wolf-blue eyes brought an unprecedented spark of life to Song Fuying, who was about to leap from the roof.

And the moment Kaierwen looked up, he saw his moon.

Theme: Focus on improving yourself. Success starts with the first step.