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Next up: Infinite Survival on a Raft. Blurb below

The Celestial Crown Prince Song Junjing and Jiang Ruye, the Heavenly Dao's demon seed, should have been enemies, regarding each other as irredeemable foes. They had even killed each other's uncles and harmed each other's mothers.

Even the gods of the Three Realms believed they would be lifelong enemies.

Yet when Jiang Ruye truly fell into demonic corruption, Song Junjing proposed investigating what had caused his fall, leaving the gods astonished.

They never imagined that the Celestial Crown Prince would disguise himself as a maid and sneak into the Demon Realm for his sworn enemy, much less kiss him by force. If word got out, people would laugh about it for hundreds of thousands of years.

Jiang Ruye sat in the seat of honor, his robes loose. He merely glanced at the maid beside him, dismissed everyone else, and kept him there.

"Brother Jing, why put yourself through all this?"

That infuriating mouth made him itch to bite. So he leaned in and bit him.

Jiang Ruye flew into a rage. He clenched his fist to stop himself from slapping him. "Take your Dragon Scale Flute back. From now on, we're strangers."

They had once loved each other more than anyone, keeping their relationship secret from the Three Realms, their fathers, and their mothers...

Until after the war between the Celestial and Demonic realms, when Jiang Ruye was no more.

He knew he'd been wrong. Memories of their sweetness and happiness flooded back, filling him with guilt.

He traded his own dragon bones to bring Jiang Ruye back to the world, then waited bitterly for five hundred years.

Who could have guessed that five hundred years later, Jiang Ruye wouldn't kill Song Junjing, and would even...

"Congratulations, Your Highness, on your wedding today."

"Thank you all for coming! I'll drink to you!"

Everyone sat down and picked up their chopsticks. They took one bite, then fell silent, saying nothing at all.

Song Junjing sensed something was wrong. Jiang Ruye ladled him a bowl of fish soup.

"A Jing, I made this fish soup especially for you."

"Oh... that's... very kind of you, dear."

He could practically feel the danger. It was soup, but it seemed more like poison...

The gods of the Three Realms watched him drink every last drop and marveled at how considerate he was toward Jiang Ruye.

"You're a real master of soup, dear!" Song Junjing held the bowl, his fingertips still trembling.

"Really? Want some more?"

Everyone rushed to rescue him from the flames, coming to help whenever trouble arose.

"Your Highness, let me offer you a toast!"

"All right, thank you!"

"Your Highness, a toast from me too!"

"Thank you, Immortal Venerable Hailing!"

For some reason, the fish soup tasted even more unusual after being mixed with alcohol. Sour, spicy, bitter, and salty flavors surged through him, nearly making him lose his balance.

Everyone present had thought the alcohol would help, just as he had, but no one realized it would make the taste even more extraordinary.

Jiang Ruye was still immersed in his happiness when everyone began to leave.

"Ahem... I have official business to attend to, so I can't stay any longer! I'll make it up to you with a wedding gift next time!"

"I'm heading back to the Celestial Realm too. I won't disturb Father and Mother on their wedding night!"

Jiang Ruye blushed at that, and Song Junjing immediately carried him off into the room.

The guests from the Three Realms outside:

"Quick, quick, quick, take it home!"

"Why is my mouth so spicy?!"

"Second Prince, you'll be in for a treat from now on!"

"So that's why they kept fighting. Who would've thought he'd risk everything to poison his own husband..."

Song Junjing (gong): Mature, steady, and responsible, but secretly clingy and possessive, always seeking affection.

Jiang Ruye (shou): Aloof, solitary, and sharp-tongued, but secretly protective and arrogant, with a very short fuse.

[Reader's Guide]

1. A faithful, one-on-one romance.

2. Happy ending.

3. The story is mainly told from the gong's perspective, with a broad supporting cast.

4. The gong may accidentally kill the shou. Bringing him back later comes at a price, and it won't be a small one. If this is a dealbreaker for you, expect a little angst (?);

5. The gong and shou's child isn't born. He's a little jade dragon who appeared when the protective heart scale was stained with the shou's blood and shattered.

6. There probably aren't any other potential dealbreakers, but I'll add them if there are.

7. I've revised the blurb again!! A forum writer's incredibly useful post finally helped me get it, and I rewrote the blurb. Oh my gosh, I love her! Her advice was so good, it was a revelation! I have to tell her how much I love her! This is the best I can do with what I've learned about writing blurbs for now. I'll keep revising it from time to time!

Infinite Survival on a Raft

[Green tea, airheaded fish with a black sesame heart gong x brave, kind, and upright shou]

Lu Jinghuai, a visual communication designer working 996 hours, entered the world of raft survival after an unexpected surprise from the System. He thought he could just fish out some trash, finish the mission, and leave.

The System did give him a mission.

[Rescue the Sea God for 10 billion seashell coins]

"...I'm not rescuing him."

Perhaps the System thought his life was already difficult enough, so it decided to make it even harder!

[Congratulations, player. You have made a pact with the Sea God. If you do not die, he will not perish. He will protect his devout believers until the end of the world.]

He naturally thought of a few things.

My Exorbitantly Expensive Husband, I'm Here to Take You Home

How I Brought My Exorbitantly Expensive Husband Home

My Exorbitantly Expensive Husband Has Amnesia

"I don't want this!"

He refused. He'd rather stay single than stake his life on rescuing this elusive Sea God, becoming a slave to money for the rest of his life.

The System didn't care. It simply kept sending him into instances, forcing him to complete the mission.

[Instance: Paradise Island has opened]

No, no, no! He didn't want this!

Whether he wanted to or not, he had to enter the instance. If he didn't, he'd die anyway, so all he could do was fight desperately for his life inside. The Sea God would always protect him.

Protection might work for a while, but it couldn't last forever.

That saying was an exception for Lu Jinghuai and Su Muqing. It simply didn't apply to them.

"None of you are getting away. Stay here... and be buried with him!" Lu Jinghuai picked up Su Muqing's body, which was on the verge of fading away. He was still himself, yet an unfamiliar detachment emanated from him. Only toward Su Muqing was he different. "My Sea God, your most devout believer has returned."

Who was he, exactly? Su Muqing wanted to know too. Why was the gentle white light emerging from Lu Jinghuai's body so similar to his own spiritual energy?

"Lu Jinghuai, who are you, really?"

He couldn't remember anything about himself. Lu Jinghuai felt familiar, yet he also stirred a feeling in him that he couldn't explain.

Theme: Listen to the silence and understand the depths of the human heart.