After My Beautiful Master Was Coveted by a Male Ghost

[Dark, Submissive Top Who Gets Down on His Knees to Be a Dog + Twisted Love + Regret and Redemption]

[Unaware Heartbreaker, Straight Male Beauty Bottom Who Treats Life as a Game x Sinister, Jealous, Ruthless Young Master Top]

1.

Xie Xiyun was handsome, wealthy, and socially adept. He was a once-in-a-generation talent in Songzhou's jade trade.

Few knew that before making his fortune, he had been a sickly young man who'd rescued a mute boy from a pile of corpses and taken him on as his apprentice. The little mute revered and loved him, and had even promised to stay by his side for life.

Then, one day, the boy vanished without a trace.

For eight whole years, Xie Xiyun tried every means to find him, but to no avail.

After that, he fell into a stupor, drinking and debauching his days away. Then, amid wine and women, he caught a fleeting glimpse of someone: it was the little mute!

Overjoyed, Xie Xiyun rushed to claim him as his own.

But the boy said, "You shameless lunatic."

The little mute had lost his memory.

2.

The little mute now went by Chai Jizhong. He was a wealthy young master of Songzhou, a violent and unrestrained libertine whose ruthlessness struck fear into everyone who heard of him.

At his very first glance at Xie Xiyun, he coveted his cool, pale skin, his butterfly-shaped shoulder blades, and his bewitching fox eyes.

He had only wanted to enjoy the man's beauty, but never expected that...

When the weather grew hot, he wanted to fan him.

When it rained, he wanted to hold an umbrella over him.

Whenever the weather turned cold, he wondered if Xie Xiyun was dressed warmly enough.

When he heard Xie Xiyun had a headache, he could hardly resist making him medicine and porridge himself.

He cursed Xie Xiyun as shameless, yet circled around him like a dog.

He thought he was burning with lust.

So, on a steamy, rainy night, he pressed Xie Xiyun into the soft bedding.

He said, "Give yourself to me, and I'll obediently play the part of your mute apprentice."

Xie Xiyun didn't refuse.

So Chai Jizhong bit his earlobe, kissed his fox eyes, called him "Master" with tender familiarity, and occasionally brought up their past.

When passion ran high, they interlaced their fingers, and Chai Jizhong smiled with genuine warmth. "Master, let's stay together for the rest of our lives, all right?"

Xie Xiyun's eyes glistened. He nodded.

The next day, Chai Jizhong burned his bridges and drove him out of the house.

Xie Xiyun stood motionless in the pouring rain, his expression unreadable.

3.

When Chai Jizhong ran into Xie Xiyun again, a refined, gentle young master was already at his side.

That young master stooped to kneel before Xie Xiyun, one hand circling his ankle as the other wiped mud from his trouser leg.

At the sight, Chai Jizhong's eyes reddened. He yanked Xie Xiyun into his arms.

The veins in his neck stood out, and his blood boiled so fiercely it seemed ready to smoke. Almost gnashing his teeth, he demanded:

"How many people have you let touch your legs? How many have laid hands on your body?! If you need someone, tell me. I'll serve you myself!"

He swallowed the blood in his throat, his voice hoarse. "Stop seeking out those shifty-eyed pieces of trash. Keep me at your beck and call for the rest of your life..."

"Keep treating me like that mute boy..."

"I can play the part well. You... thought I seemed just like him, didn't you?"

- A mad apprentice who suffers alone in a sea of bitter love, then begs his master on his knees to let him be a dog

- A beautiful, strong, tragic master who meant to raise a child but accidentally tamed a vicious dog

[Reading Guide]

1. The main couple is a younger seme and older uke, both each other's first and only, evenly matched, one-on-one, happy ending. There is a secondary couple too.

2. The two have plenty of misunderstandings between them, which will gradually be cleared up.

3. The seme will regain his memories later. Their love is twisted, and both have a dark side. Neither is perfect, but at heart, they save each other and dote on one another.

4. The setting is an alternate Republic of China era, with extensive fictional elements. The characters and events are entirely fictional, and the characters have different moral standards that do not reflect the author's own.

-----Upcoming Novel-----

Untainted Beauty

1.

In the twenty-fifth year of the Qianying era, He Changyu, a treacherous chancellor with power over the entire court, was impeached by every official and condemned by the people, who demanded his death.

The emperor was senile and obsessed with immortal pills. Reluctantly, he had no choice but to order He Changyu's execution at Jinluan Terrace.

On the day of the execution, Prince Huai, Song Mingzheng, stood beside the execution platform. He had petitioned the throne to purge the court of corrupt officials, and his face was dark with anger.

The onlookers secretly snickered. The virtuous and gentle Prince Huai had been at odds with the treacherous chancellor for decades. Perhaps he was worried the chancellor's blood would stain his own spotless reputation.

He Changyu thought so too.

The beautiful, duplicitous minister coaxed Song Mingzheng to come closer with a mournful smile. Song Mingzheng stood silent and cold, expecting the scoundrel to lay a vicious curse on him. Instead, he heard him say:

"A-Zheng, when you wear the imperial robes one day, don't forget your wife who died before you."

That very day, the secret commoner wife of Prince Huai was executed in the marketplace. The long-buried case of the sorcerers was also reopened, and a month later, the wrongs were finally righted.

2.

Back when Prince Huai had been wandering among the common folk, running errands and leading horses for others, He Changyu had saved him.

Later, the two fell in love. Though only fourteen, the boys secretly held a wedding ceremony without their parents' knowledge.

That same year, Song Mingzheng was reunited with his birth family. Meanwhile, the honorable He family was dragged into the sorcerer case. He Changyu's father and brothers were executed, and the entire family was stripped of its status and reduced to commoners. The two were suddenly worlds apart.

After a sudden fall from grace, He Changyu finally seized an opportunity to enter Prince Huai's chambers and offer him a cup of wine, begging him to help clear his family's name.

Without a word, Song Mingzheng pressed him onto the bed and spent the night with him. Then he paid him off with two chests of silver.

With nowhere else to turn, He Changyu had no choice but to accept a criminal as his mentor. Gritting his teeth, he committed one crime after another and climbed ever higher, while Prince Huai's faction kept the sorcerer case firmly under wraps, preventing any vindication.

Unable to accept this, He Changyu finally risked everything, using his own death to force Song Mingzheng to clear his father and brothers' names.

He Changyu thought that, reborn, he would make Song Mingzheng taste every kind of suffering and die a miserable death.

3.

He Changyu awoke from a nightmare and found himself back in the twelfth year of the Qianying era.

The stable boy who had stolen his money pouch was kneeling before him. Heughed, but instead of driving the boy away, he lifted his face with the tip of his boot.

"If you want me to let you off, you'll have to offer me something in return."

He tossed him a box of immortal pills, the very kind that the old emperor had been obsessed with in his previous life. They could make anyone who took them willingly become a slave, utterly loyal, and if they ever betrayed their master, the poison would kill them instantly.

He Changyu said, "Either die, or be my slave for the rest of your life."

The boy looked up at the man seated above him, his expression cool as a white jade Buddha, his features as ravishing as a blade slick with blood. Then, in a daze, he bowed his head and crawled forward on his knees, swallowing the pill without a word.

"From now on, command me as you will, through fire and water."

4.

In this life, He Changyu renounced love and desire.

He did everything he could to delay the sorcerer case for several years. He also trained hard in horsemanship and archery, becoming accomplished in both civil and military pursuits. At a young age, he placed first in all three imperial examinations and rose rapidly through the ranks.

He even decided when Prince Huai would be reunited with his birth family.

From then on, he was behind every step in the growth of Prince Huai's faction.

He sent the traitors who had framed him into the imperial prison one by one and investigated the mastermind behind the sorcerer case. He even kept Prince Huai like a caged bird, forcing him to bend the knee and bow his head.

Humiliating a stable boy was pointless. He wanted to put Prince Huai on the throne.

He wanted the emperor himself to kneel and serve as his slave.

5.

On the very day He Changyu had been sentenced to death in his previous life, he held Song Mingzheng close and drank with him through the night.

In their delirious spring-night revelry, Song Mingzheng had drunk so much that he could barely think. From a distance, he saw He Changyu holding a dagger stained with chicken blood and mistakenly thought he was about to kill himself.

Song Mingzheng scrambled over and pressed a hand against the blade. Blood dripped in a stream, but he wrapped one arm tightly around He Changyu, his breath ragged and tears streaming down his face.

In a voice close to pleading, he said:

"A-Yu, I was a bastard. If I've wronged you, humiliate me, beat me, or kill me to vent your anger! I'll trade my life for yours!"

He Changyu knew that only the Song Mingzheng from his previous life had called him A-Yu.

He Changyu x Song Mingzheng

Duplicitous, vengeful, career-driven beauty bottom x Upright on the surface, sinister, insecure, loyal-dog prince top

[Reading Guide]

1. Both are strong, both each other's first and only, one-on-one, happy ending.

2. Includes: both reborn, revenge and taking down scum, bitter love, a regretful pursuit of the spouse, and reconciliation after a breakup.

3. Fictional alternate setting with many invented details, so there is no historical record to consult.

4. The blurb was screenshotted on May 25, 2026.

Theme: Smiles and laughter in the moment, all just the outward appearance of a good person.