When a Cool, Detached Buddhist Disciple Enters an Old-School Crematorium Romance

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Xie Xianyu, the notorious treacherous official of the Great Zhou dynasty, was known as the Jade-Faced Asura. After wreaking havoc at court for more than a decade, a memorial from his sworn enemy got him exiled three thousand li away, where he was forced to become a monk.

Face-to-face with oil lamps and the Buddha, he'd finally cultivated some spiritual nature, only to open his eyes and discover he'd transmigrated into a book.

He'd become the protagonist, the bottom, in an old-fashioned angst novel about a scumbag facing the consequences of his actions.

The protagonist was a D-list celebrity, with a gambling-addict father, a weak-willed mother, a sick younger brother, and a life in ruins. For his family's sake, he agreed to become the scumbag's kept lover, and eventually fell in love with him.

The scumbag abused him physically and emotionally. Even when he watched the man cheat, he could only shed aggrieved tears. One apology and a kneel from the scumbag, and he would forgive him immediately.

Xie Xianyu: "..."

Xie Xianyu drew a deep breath, squeezing his prayer beads until they creaked, and silently recited, May the Buddha show mercy.

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At a certain banquet, the original owner embarrassed himself and angered the scumbag's lover. Everyone waited for him to come out and apologize.

Instead, Xie Xianyu appeared, with long black hair, cool and clear features, and a string of white jade prayer beads in his hand. He was detached from worldly desires, transcendent and refined.

Everyone: ???

Where had this Buddhist monk of the entertainment industry come from?

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When the scumbag, Pei Yu, realized Xie Xianyu no longer chased after him or looked at him with adoring eyes, he panicked and went to find him.

Xie Xianyu shut his eyes, coldly rejected the man, and said, "Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form."

The original owner's gambling-addict father and weak-willed mother were afraid he'd offend Young Master Pei and lose their source of money, so they urged Xie Xianyu to suck up to him.

Xie Xianyu said, "Lay followers, you're being much too impatient."

His gambling-addict parents flew into a rage.

Xie Xianyu: "See? Impatient again."

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The entertainment industry also noticed that the formerly self-conscious Xie Xianyu, who always kept his head down, had disappeared. The new Xie Xianyu was transcendent and refined, skilled at calligraphy and playing the zither, as if an ancient gentleman had come back to life.

A high-ranking monk even sought him out to discuss Buddhist teachings.

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Just as the whole internet had decided Xie Xianyu was a compassionate, Buddhist-minded, frail beauty with a cool demeanor, the scumbag sought him out again on a variety show. Xie Xianyu held his prayer beads in one hand and punched the scumbag's jaw crooked.

Everyone: ???

Xie Xianyu rolled his prayer beads between his fingers, as cool and clear as jade.

If you will not listen, lay follower, this humble monk knows a little martial arts too.

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The day after Xie Xianyu beat up the scumbag, Pei Xiangjing, the head of the Pei family, personally came to apologize. He was impeccably dressed, with red lips and a handsome face wearing a smile that was especially infuriating.

As soon as Xie Xianyu opened the door, he found himself face-to-face with a familiar man: the chancellor of the Great Zhou dynasty, the sworn enemy who had gotten him exiled three thousand li away.

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Xie Xianyu didn't know that after he was exiled, the chancellor had died of illness, holding his jade pendant in one hand and a letter to his wife in the other.

I entrust my sorrow to the bright moon, which will follow you all the way west to Yelang.

Top: Open your eyes and look at me. I refuse to believe there's nothing in those eyes.

Bottom, on the outside: As clear as a bright moon, pure of heart and desireless.

Bottom, on the inside: Guys, I've found another lunatic.

P.S. The bottom only seems aloof. His murderous intent was so intense that he was forced to become a monk. After becoming one, he sends people to the next life with his fists.

The top is utterly devoted and a hopeless romantic.

Cool, aloof bottom x flirty, smooth-talking top

2024/08/18

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