Master, Please Follow the Rules of the Strange Tales

I have 200,000 words drafted, but no matter how I write the rest, it doesn't feel right. When I first started, the ideas flowed endlessly, but now my inspiration is running dry. I have an outline, but I don't know how to write it. I'm putting this book on hold for now and plan to start the one next door that I'm more inspired to write. Sorry about that. Once I've gotten back on track, I'll finish the rest. I promise to fill in this book's plot hole.

I'll also put up a preorder for "What Do I Do After Accidentally Using My Ex-Boyfriend's Family Card?" in my author profile. The blurb is at the very bottom!

Blurb for This Story

A rule-based horror game about a master, but not scary.

A seemingly aloof, white-haired, lazy master who is the bottom x a possessive demon lord disciple who turned dark after his master "died," the top

Jiang Jingchen x Xiao Qingze

"Congratulations, you've entered the Master's Rules World and become a master."

"Now, please follow these rules."

"Rule One: Do not take in disciples of unknown origins. Do not take in disciples who are not human. Do not take in good-looking disciples."

"Rule Two: Do not take in disciples with either too little or too much talent."

"Rule Three: Do not take in disciples! Taking in a disciple will have irreversible consequences for the master!"

The words on the note were bright red, as if written in blood.

When Jiang Jingchen saw the note, a little white bundle was clinging to the door outside, looking at him pitifully.

The little bundle called out to him in a childish voice, "Master."

The first rule for masters: Do not take in a disciple.

But what was he supposed to do now that he already had one?

"Rule Four: If you insist on taking in a disciple, do not take in one with a pleasant-sounding name. A disciple with an ugly name is absolutely safe, such as Li Dazhuang or Zhao Erniu."

Jiang Jingchen looked at his disciple and quietly asked, "What's your name?"

His disciple blushed. "Xiao Qingze... Master, do you think my name sounds nice?"

Jiang Jingchen: "..."

Oh no. Was it still in time to rename his disciple Li Dazhuang?

After that, more and more little notes appeared, all filled with inexplicable rules for masters.

Following the notes, Jiang Jingchen diligently raised his disciple to adulthood.

"Rule Five: A master must not fall in love with their disciple. If your disciple confesses to you, you may fake your death to escape."

Faced with his disciple, now grown and half a head taller than him, awkwardly confessing his feelings, Jiang Jingchen fell into deep thought.

What was he supposed to do now that his disciple had really confessed to him?

He planned to follow the rules.

"Rule Six: Your disciple may be a human-demon hybrid. Stay away! Stay away! Stay away!"

When he received this note, Jiang Jingchen was lying on a large bed in the Demon Palace.

His limbs were bound by chains, and his disciple, though perhaps he should now say the Demon Lord, was looking at him with blood-red eyes, full of hatred and love, and every emotion in between.

It seemed... it was already too late.

In the Demon Palace, red candles flickered, and the atmosphere was tender and intimate.

In a hazy moment, Jiang Jingchen saw a note slowly drift down.

It read:

"The final rule of the Master's Rules World: If the situation becomes uncontrollable, the master may choose to feed himself to the demon."

Reader's Guide

1. One-on-one romance, the protagonist is the bottom, happy ending. No switching roles or breaking up.

2. Not scary, and breaking the rules doesn't bring much punishment. The rules are just something the couple uses to spice up their sweet life.

3. There is no romance before the top turns eighteen. He's a little clueless about love and hasn't figured out his feelings, while the bottom looks after him as his disciple and has absolutely no improper intentions. The early chapters are about raising a child, with hand-holding at most. The romance only develops after the top grows up.

4. The couple is sweet together, and the romance is pure love.

5. I can't think of anything else to write. I'll add more after I start posting. Anyway, a novel by Xiao Yi is guaranteed to be pure love.

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A sharp-tongued, world-weary bottom who's so handsome people can't help but adore him x a seemingly aloof guy who posts gloomy updates every day and acts cool, but is actually an affectionate puppy of a top

Song Xi x Xie Junyi

One day, Xie Junyi received a family-card payment receipt.

"Family-card payment receipt: Amount charged: 1.4 yuan. User: Baby Xixi. Payment scenario: Green Group Takeout. Payment method: Bank card."

Family card? Green Group Takeout? An amount of 1.4 yuan?

Most importantly... the user was the only person pinned to the top of his chat list.

His ex-boyfriend... Song Xi.

That day, Xie Junyi asked all his friends what you could buy for 1.4 yuan on Green Group Takeout.

At last, his roommate told him there was a feature on Green Group Takeout called Group Meal. He downloaded the app too, found the Group Meal section, and discovered that a restaurant near campus was selling shredded potatoes for 1.4 yuan through it.

After carefully composing his message, he sent it to the pinned contact whose last message was from a year ago: "Baby Xixi."

Xie Junyi: How do you order a Group Meal? The food on Group Meal isn't healthy. I'll transfer you 3,000 yuan so you can eat something good.

The next second, he received a bright red exclamation mark and a conspicuous message.

"Baby Xixi has enabled friend verification. You are not their friend."

*

As everyone knows, ordering a Group Meal on Green Group Takeout requires two people to join together for the order to go through.

Song Xi hadn't expected that helping his roommate order a Group Meal would find his Green Chat balance insufficient, automatically switch to the family card for payment, and then, with one slip of his finger, complete the payment automatically.

Looking at the meal that now showed as successfully ordered on his phone, he trembled as he opened Baidu and typed, word by word:

"What do I do if I accidentally used my ex-boyfriend's family card to order a Group Meal?"

Theme: Journey through mountains and seas with the one you love.