I Returned to the Scene at Thirty-Five

[I'll be unpublishing this. Thank you all for being with me. I've been sick for too long, and I can't keep writing...]

Warmhearted, free-spirited swordsman seme x sharp-tongued, clever physician uke

The uke pursues and spoils the seme, with a ridiculously huge arrow of affection.

Ten years ago, the demonic sect and the orthodox factions fought over a manual left behind by an elder. The battle was immense, and its aftermath shook the entire martial world for nearly five years. For those five years, mention of the Battle of Wangchuan made every orthodox fighter's blood boil and every member of the demonic sect tremble in fear.

Everyone knew that a formidable leader had emerged among the orthodox factions in that battle: a chivalrous swordsman with a heart of gold!

This mysterious master was surrounded by powerful allies! Everyone in the martial world whose name was known was his friend, and every sect treated him as an honored guest. Just hearing his name sent the demonic sect's rabble fleeing in terror!

And yet, after the battle, this great hero sought neither fame nor fortune. Instead, amid all the commotion, he quietly retired...

He was none other than...

Duan Shui Jiang Lou, Jiang Xingchuan.

[Seme's perspective:]

Jiang Xingchuan took part in a great battle between the orthodox factions and became the only unlucky soul to contract the strange poison Lang Zui.

Because of this wretched stuff, his handsome face, once famed alongside Xiao's as the finest in the south and north, no longer seemed quite so handsome! He'd let his guard down for a moment and been ambushed. If word got out, where would that leave his pride?! How humiliating! And the poison couldn't be removed or cured!

He let out a long sigh and decided to find some remote mountain hollow where he could spend his remaining years in peace. He ended up living there for ten years.

But there were always people who wouldn't leave him in peace...

It was time to go see some old friends and remind the martial world of his name, Duan Shui Jiang Lou.

He just never expected to run into someone he shouldn't have met again so soon.

The man's unreserved, headlong love, unwavering for decades, was like peach blossoms raining down in the middle of winter. It was a miracle.

[Uke's perspective:]

He Guan of the Divine Physician Valley, courtesy name Linzhou, is known as the "Demon Doctor He Guan." His medical skills are beyond compare, and his cold expression keeps everyone at arm's length.

What's more, Jianghu Baixiaosheng announced at Liujiao Tower that he'd offer a hundred taels of gold to anyone who could make the Divine Physician Valley's Demon Doctor smile. The reward notice hung at Liujiao Tower for ten years. The hundred taels grew in value to ten thousand, but the notice was still there.

In a corner where nobody could see, He Linzhou had only one small wish: to find Jiang Lou and tell him that the slap he'd given him all those years ago had been his mistake.

But he searched for ten years and found nothing.

Then one day, at a martial arts matchmaking tournament hosted by someone else's daughter, he caught a man who had been watching the spectacle.

"Jiang Lou!"

The other man turned around. His ordinary face, the kind you'd forget as soon as you saw it, wore a carefree smile. "Brother, you've got the wrong person, haven't you?"

He Linzhou looked at him for a long moment, then smiled as everyone else stared in terror. "Yes, I do."

Everyone: I think I just saw ten thousand taels of gold...

Seme-focused, 1v1, ensemble cast, multiple couples. Main couple: Jiang x He, happy ending.

[Some things to keep in mind]:

1. Because of the poison, the seme looks exceptionally ordinary early on (important: early on)! Literally ordinary! His ordinary-looking buff is maxed out, to the point where he'd disappear into a crowd instantly! But he's actually incredibly handsome, as beautiful as Pan An.

2. Second-chance romance, another buff stacked on top!

3. The uke is a hopeless romantic, with an enormous arrow of affection! Those who've read my last book should know I don't have a particular preference for either side (I just like writing from the seme's perspective! Don't come after me for it. If you do, I'll get mad and then get mad about it.)

4. [New] Secondary couple: unscrupulous prince seme x beautiful, gentle courtesan uke, Huo Kailiang x Xiao Rusheng. Tragic ending, the uke changes partners.

[Upcoming novel]: Restarting the Script

A slightly crazy, troublemaking, career-driven seme x a cautious, highly capable uke who just wants to survive

Jiang Nanyi received a letter with no return address. The familiar handwriting had been absent from his life for five years, and the letter said, "Bro, save me!"

There was also a white card and a mysterious item called "Persephone's Promise."

A strange church, a bloodstained axe, an empty street, the stench in the air, a narrow wooden bridge, a smiling old man...

He took Jiang Beilu's identity card, assumed his younger brother's name, and became A426 in a world where the script could restart.

He was caught in a life-or-death struggle within the script. He had to find his younger brother while also cleaning up the mess his brother had left behind.

Jiang Nanyi, a lazy person, hated that sort of thing most of all. Until...

"You're Jiang Beilu?" The man looked down at him, his gaze cold. The gun in his hand pointed its black muzzle at him.

Jiang Nanyi narrowed his eyes and looked for a moment, then laughed.

If all the messes were like this, he supposed it wouldn't be so bad.

//

The System knew Jiang Beilu was strange,

but it hadn't expected the one who came in to be a monster.

The monster asked them:

"Would you be willing to come back to life for me?"

The crowd and the ghosts erupted into a frenzied celebration, their fanatic, twisted faces burning away all reason.

The man sat on a throne built from corpses and raised his glass to it from afar:

"Cheers!"

1v1, seme-focused, ensemble cast, multiple couples.

Theme: May you and I always stay positive, cheerful, and full of sunshine.