Silver Boat at Dusk

Originally titled "I Accidentally Picked Up a Beautiful Partner"

More than a hundred years after the apocalypse, humanity has gradually restored order and entered a period of rebuilding.

As a time traveler who journeys through time to carry out special missions, Ye Yinzhou transmigrates into the past. He never expected to get caught up in such a simple mission.

A long-haired beauty pins him to the ground, handcuffs him, and ties him up tight.

They say Captain Chu, the one who tied him up, is beautiful as the moon reflected in water and stars in the sky, but cold and violent, like a human weapon. Any overzealous admirers who dare approach him meet a terrible end.

Ye Yinzhou pretends to be one of his admirers, yet gets away unscathed. He even joins Chu Ximu's squad.

A few days later, late at night, he sneaks off and activates his teleportation device to head back.

At the last possible moment, Chu Ximu suddenly appears and grabs his wrist tightly once again.

The machine overloads and malfunctions, sending them both to an empty wilderness at an unknown time and place.

Oh no! What do I do after accidentally picking up a beauty like this??

The two men, so different in temperament, are forced to become each other's one and only partner.

Neither of them expected it.

This bond would last a lifetime.

Ye Yinzhou finds Chu Ximu cold and hard on the outside, sharp as ice all over. Only after getting to know him does he realize that Chu Ximu wraps his soft heart in a hard shell, becoming an unstoppable force to protect those around him.

Chu Ximu realizes that Ye Yinzhou is a natural-born actor, exceptionally good at disguising himself and playing roles. It's impossible to tell what kind of person he really is. The more Chu Ximu learns about him, the more his heart aches for him.

Along the way, they have entered a fake marriage, leaped off cliffs, survived in the wilderness, and met all sorts of people. They've also discovered that neither can live without the other. After all their twists and turns, they'll always meet again.

Their hidden souls bring warmth to each other, and their drifting hearts finally find a place to land.

Ye Yinzhou: "Partner? Now I'm your boyfriend!"

They travel through different points in time, facing crises and witnessing history. Secrets, their pasts, unknown alien species, and a conspiracy whose tip is just beginning to show...

On the Mobius strip, the fates of two people from the past and the future, tangled in a web of cause and effect, begin to intertwine.

A sunset and a little boat, separated by billions of light-years, are captured in a painting, yet can still sit close together.

Later, Chu Ximu forgets all the confusing events of those few months and carries on with his life as usual.

One day, his notebook falls to the ground. As the pages flutter, he catches a glimpse of writing on the blank pages in the back.

Puzzled, he finds the page. The handwriting is unmistakably his own:

Ye Yinzhou, we'll meet again.

He can't remember when he wrote it. He buries the question in his heart, never finding a clue.

Until one day, much later, he glances casually into a crowd and sees a stranger's face tilted downward. He doesn't know the man, yet his heart pounds like a drum, and instinct surges into his temporal lobe...

He thinks he's found him.

Memory can deceive you, but the longing etched into your soul cannot.

The stranger says:

"Hello, my name is Ye Yinzhou."

"I've come to take you home."

[Playful, sunny, big-dog experimental subject top with emotional deficiencies X violent beauty, initially cold and sharp-tongued, later a tsundere flirt bottom]

Their initial personalities are both protective disguises. Gradually, their true cat-and-dog natures come out.

Reader's guide:

1. Not an apocalypse survival story. The core is traveling through time and experiencing different periods of the apocalypse, with bonds and cycles of cause and effect between people from the past and future.

2. Abilities come from technology. The monsters have mutated. Includes wasteland and sci-fi elements.

3. One-on-one romance, mutual devotion.

4. The sci-fi elements are made up according to my own style, so don't overthink them. Enjoy the story!

Thanks to everyone who reads my work!

The cover features the two leads, drawn by a friend!

Theme: Suffering cannot make us yield. There will always be someone who faces hardship head-on.