Blurb:
Xian Yu transmigrated into a storybook. The rules told him that the young master of the Duke's household was the protagonist.
He was nothing but a heartless plot device, tasked with moving the story along by putting the tragic protagonist through every torment, wringing tears from the readers before ending in a miserable death.
A debauched banquet, humiliation and abuse, persecution by multiple people...
Xian Yu frowned as he read. It seemed like a miracle that the protagonist had survived it all.
"He went through all that and still didn't die. Is he even normal?"
The rules answered, "He's the protagonist."
Xian Yu: ...
So the protagonist was supposed to suffer? Who would enjoy reading such miserable nonsense? Xian Yu was speechless at the storybook.
At the beginning of the plot, the rules nagged him over and over.
"You have to follow the story... or you'll be punished..."
Xian Yu agreed, but as he looked at the protagonist kneeling on the floor below, he thought: I'm not some puppet who does everything I'm told.
And so Xian Yu began his daily defiance of the rules.
The rules told Xian Yu to humiliate the protagonist, but Xian Yu called a physician to treat his injuries.
The rules told Xian Yu to beat the protagonist, but Xian Yu personally fed him medicine.
The rules told Xian Yu to bully the protagonist, but instead Xian Yu stood up for him and took revenge on those who had tormented him.
The rules raged helplessly: "You have to create moments of suffering in his life for the story to continue!"
"What if I don't?"
The rules: ...
The young master of the Duke's household was as elegant as an orchid and as clever as he was handsome. Then disaster struck, and the entire Wei family was imprisoned. He fell from the heights of nobility to become a plaything for the aristocracy.
Before the disaster, the Wei and Xian families had always been bitter enemies at court. Everyone, including Wei Ran himself, thought Xian Yu would surely kick him while he was down.
And that was exactly what happened: Xian Yu brought Wei Ran back to his estate to "torture" him at leisure.
The court of the Miao Dynasty was steeped in debauchery, and the aristocrats were even more unrestrained. Wei Ran had long expected that life in the Xian estate would be hard.
But even so, he couldn't help feeling alarmed when a crowd of thugs surrounded him.
Like a fish on a chopping board, struggling was pointless. Countless dirty hands reached out to tear off Wei Ran's clothes. He closed his eyes in despair.
But in the blink of an eye, the scene changed, and Wei Ran found himself in a lavishly decorated hall.
The steward of the Xian estate bowed respectfully before him. "My lord, it's time for your meal."
Wei Ran was dazed, his voice trembling. "Who am I?"
The steward looked confused. "The Chancellor, my lord."
And the current Chancellor was... Xian Yu.
(Releasing December 18, 2024. I may revise the blurb later, but the general content will stay the same.)
Rebellious assassin Xian Yu x gentle, steadfast prisoner Wei Ran
A Narcissus story
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Theme: Love yourself well.
