Name: Reduced to a Canary, but My Owner Is Straight?
Author: Sugar Sea

Synopsis

[The transmigrated straight seme takes charge x the proud, refined uke who's aggressive on the outside but easily flustered]

Cen Yue Bai, ruler of the Luoyun Kingdom, has a prophetic dream: he will become the captive plaything of Ni Yingtian, a prince of an enemy kingdom, and suffer endless humiliation and abuse.

But when he actually finds himself bound in chains, he discovers that Ni Yingtian, the Prince of Liang, is nothing like the rumors of a debauched hedonist who loves men. He's a pure-hearted straight man who turns as prickly as a hedgehog at the slightest touch.

Ni Yingtian can't look him in the eye or touch him. He even gets so terrified after sneaking a kiss that he flees in a panic.

Wasn't he supposed to take Cen Yue Bai by force, then toss him aside once he grew bored? Why is reality so different from the prophecy?!

Cen Yue Bai pinned him to the bed and asked him about it. Ni Yingtian immediately spilled everything:

It turned out that Ni Yingtian was a straight man who had transmigrated into an explicit novel about infrastructure development!

He'd also bound himself to a System that could provide food, iron, and knowledge, enough to advance Cen Yue Bai's plans for revenge by ten years!

And all they had to do to trigger the rewards was complete "intimate tasks" together.

Cen Yue Bai's eyes lit up. He gave a slight, teasing smile. "Your Highness, how about we work together?"

-

On the very first day of their partnership, Cen Yue Bai hooked a finger into Ni Yingtian's collar and kissed him by force.

The "straight as steel" Ni Yingtian instantly froze like a block of wood.

The beauty calmly wiped the corner of his mouth. "Give me that Tiangong Kaiwu book you mentioned first."

For some reason, Cen Yue Bai found Ni Yingtian's flustered, blushing expression especially amusing.

Soon, teasing Ni Yingtian became his greatest pleasure besides taking revenge!

He'd be halfway through a book, suddenly lean over to kiss Ni Yingtian, then pester him for the next volume. To earn System points for tools, he'd take off his clothes and ask Ni Yingtian to kiss his collarbone.

Seeing two trails of blood run from Ni Yingtian's nose, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Doesn't Your Highness dislike men? Is that all the self-control you've got?"

With such a useful, entertaining "human tool" at his disposal, the road to reclaiming his kingdom was wide open.

Cen Yue Bai was feeling quite pleased with himself, but he never imagined that the pure-hearted straight man who used to panic at the slightest flirtation would ever come around.

Even less did he imagine that once Ni Yingtian did, Cen Yue Bai would be the one to suffer!

Having gotten a taste for it, Ni Yingtian clung to him every day. He'd fully unlocked the physical potential of a male lead in an explicit novel, and had the stamina of a donkey.

The tasks from his System came in endless varieties, and seemed to keep getting updated.

Cen Yue Bai had had enough. Rubbing his aching waist, he bitterly regretted his choices: If only he'd known, he would never have teased Ni Yingtian!

He tried to run. The moment his hand touched the door, a large hand scooped him back up.

Ni Yingtian kissed him over and over, looking as miserable as an abandoned puppy. "Why are you running... Do you think I'm going to eat you?"

Cen Yue Bai's heart softened, and he was just about to say something when Ni Yingtian brought out a pile of little gadgets he'd never seen before. "The System updated its tasks again."

Cen Yue Bai: "..."

When will this stupid System finally let me uninstall it?!

And who was the one who swore up and down that he was straight?!

[Reading Guide]

1. Told from the uke's perspective. The uke is a native of the world, while the seme transmigrated into a book. The uke will learn about the System, and the two of them will complete various tasks together.

2. The uke isn't a shameless flirt. He's sweet-natured but likes teasing people, and gets embarrassed easily. He's not very good at it, but enjoys it anyway. The romance starts off a little slow, and alternates between sweet indulgence and more intense moments.

3. Content warning: The seme's original body was not sexually inexperienced, but after transmigrating, he's an innocent virgin and devoted to the uke alone. There's a male supporting character with unrequited feelings for the uke, and the seme and uke are very much in love with each other.

---Coming Soon: After Becoming My Nemesis's Orphan's Stepmother---

A dazed, beautiful, widowed, aloof Demon Lord uke x a young wolf who competes for everything and dares to challenge his superior seme

During the war to exterminate the demons, the Demon Lord Xie Huan was shot through the heart by his nemesis.

The Celestial Immortal Zhou Hui was the nemesis he'd fought his whole life, and the "old flame" he'd kept in his heart all that time.

Xie Huan thought he was doomed. When he opened his eyes again, he learned that Zhou Hui had exchanged his life for his, using every last bit of his soul to bring him back.

Zhou Hui's soul had scattered because of him.

To repay the debt, the once all-powerful Demon Lord was forced to live in seclusion and raise the "child" Zhou Hui had left behind.

Xie Huan planned to raise the child until he was twenty, then cast him aside and be done with him.

But the little rascal had a handsome face exactly like his old flame's. The child would blink up at him, cling to him, and beg for kisses and cuddles.

Xie Huan's heart softened. He let the child sit close, follow him around, and even sleep in his arms every night...

He assumed the boy was simply starved for affection and never thought much of it.

Until the boy grew into a young man and began looking at him with ever more passionate eyes. In his sleep, he no longer murmured "adoptive father," but whispered Xie Huan's name again and again, tenderly and with longing...

Only then did Xie Huan realize: This boy was just like his father. His intentions were anything but pure!

But with the agreed-upon age of twenty nearly here, could Xie Huan still get away?!

-

Zhou Su knew his adoptive father had someone else filling his heart: "A Hui."

That was Xie Huan's unforgettable first love, and Zhou Su's "birth father."

But Zhou Su refused to accept it. Why should a dead man be allowed to claim all of Xie Huan's love?

By day, he played the perfect adopted son: considerate, obedient, and beyond reproach.

But only he knew the outrageous scenes he imagined each night while holding his adoptive father in his arms.

Then, by accident, Zhou Su transmigrated three hundred years into the past.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself among the clouds and immortal mountains, in the heady days of youth. There stood Xie Huan at seventeen.

Xie Huan, who had yet to meet Zhou Hui!

The young man, still fresh-faced and full of life, looked at Zhou Su in confusion and asked his name.

His heart raced. He opened his mouth and heard himself say, "Zhou Hui."

"My name is Zhou Hui, the Hui from 'following the winding river.'"

"You can call me A Hui."

History cannot be changed.

But Xie Huan, your youthful first love, the devotion that filled half your life, the name you would think of again and again for the next three hundred years...

I want to claim all of it for myself.

[Reading Guide]

1. Happy ending, mutually exclusive, one-on-one, with a time-loop element. They're the same person, not father and son. The child is the result of a misunderstanding (important). It's a love story that crosses time and runs both ways.

2. In his past life, the uke damaged his mind practicing the ruthless path, so he's dazed and slow to catch on. This is a healing and redemption story. A powerful man lies flat, lives in seclusion, and raises a child.

Theme: Serve the country with loyalty, and save it through infrastructure