A Gentleman Gone Mad

[A story of the mortal world in the Eastern Continent, from Chronicles of the Four Lands: Past and Present]

[Short version: Two unhinged transmigrators fall in love and fight each other. One lies flat and gives up, while the other is forced to work himself to the bone.]

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They say a gentleman is like the wind. The sons of the Yan and Pei families were indeed gentlemen who were "mad as hell."

Yan Cuixue transmigrated into an ancient world while still in the womb. As a child, he grabbed for books during the first-birthday ritual and fell out with his childhood friend Pei Lanfu, who was also a transmigrator.

Pei Lanfu flourished in officialdom, while Yan Cuixue wandered around brothels. Who could have guessed their lives would keep intersecting despite their apparent lack of connection? From nighttime strolls through the market to major capital-city murder cases, they were always running into each other. Eventually, in a ridiculous turn of events, they became legally married husbands and spent every day cleaning up after the emperor.

One day, having had enough of the emperor's nonsense, Yan Cuixue said, "Do you have a gun? Let's go into the palace and shoot that bastard emperor."

Pei Lanfu pulled an AK out from behind his back.

Yan Cuixue was shocked. "You really have a gun?!"

Pei Lanfu: "I have a System."

Yan Cuixue: "???"

We both transmigrated here, so why are you the only one with a System?!

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After transmigrating into his mother's womb, Pei Lanfu knew before he was even born that he had a System and was supposed to achieve extraordinary merit for this dynasty.

Pei Lanfu: "Can I refuse?"

System: [Death warning]

Pei Lanfu had known from the start that Yan Cuixue was also a transmigrator. He worked himself to death in government service to complete his System missions and keep himself alive. He thought Yan Cuixue was eating, drinking, and having fun all day to complete System missions too. Who knew the guy didn't have any stupid System at all!

Pei Lanfu, the court's 007 official, broke down. "We both transmigrated here, so why are you the only one without a System?!"

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Pairing: Chaotic-evil, shameless, foul-mouthed madman Yan Cuixue x a tiger pretending to be a pig, outwardly proper but just as crazy, Pei Lanfu

[This story is also known as Why Don't I Have a System If We Both Transmigrated?, Why Don't You Have a System If We Both Transmigrated?, and Transmigration: Working Like a Pack Mule in an Ancient World]

Theme: Since we are true friends, we should treat each other sincerely.