I Compete with the Gods for Longevity

[A pampered, scheming uke with eight hundred tricks X a rigid, straightforward, scholarly immortal seme]

Nobody in the capital thought He Lanyuan and Luo Jiangqian were a good match.

Luo Jiangqian had been gentle and courteous since childhood. He Lanyuan had driven countless tutors away since he was little.

Luo Jiangqian was renowned throughout the capital for his talent. He Lanyuan was the cautionary example parents held up to their children.

Luo Jiangqian was quiet and reserved. He Lanyuan was a walking disaster.

Luo Jiangqian placed second in the second tier of the palace exam. He Lanyuan was a good-for-nothing who barely passed the lowest imperial examination on his last attempt.

In short, Luo Jiangqian was an uncut gem, while He Lanyuan was a useless piece of wood.

Everyone thought: The He family's little tyrant must have pestered him relentlessly, and Young Master Luo must have been forced into a relationship with him.

But then...

He Lanyuan's father retired, and He Lanyuan took the imperial exams, placing third in the palace exam and having his name inscribed on the Wild Goose Pagoda.

From then on, he rose rapidly through the ranks, skillfully maneuvering in officialdom until he reached a position second only to The Outcast and above everyone else. The new emperor treated him with deference, and the great scholars of the age shared wine and laughter with him.

What's more, according to those in the know, the reason Luo and He ended up together was that Luo Jiangqian had pursued He Lanyuan relentlessly.

Everyone: "..." That stings.

He Lanyuan had thought he would spend the rest of his life in quiet happiness, never imagining they would have another life, and then another after that.

Because his partner was an immortal.

But before they could resume their bond, he had to resolve a little domestic dispute: his partner wanted to leave him.

The reason was that immortals and mortals followed different paths. Mortal lives were short, while immortals lived long, and to avoid a rift between them in their next lives, they should part ways.

He Lanyuan reached out and tapped him on the head. "The soul never fades, and mortals don't die. There's no reason we can't live as long as immortals. What kind of immortal are you, anyway?"

The one who'd made the mistake had eyes shining brightly. "Then you and I can be together in every life, Zhuiyi. Let's see who lasts longer!"

He Lanyuan: "..."

After spending his entire life setting traps for others, Lord He finally got to experience what it felt like to fall into one himself.

But...

A challenge was a challenge. Who was afraid?

There's a saying that every star in the sky is tied to an immortal's fate.

The star He Lanyuan had gazed up at countless times streaked across the heavens and fell into darkness.

"Look, in the end, I won."

Lanyuan's rambling thoughts:

They say a rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its burrow. Luo Qingchuan and I had known each other since childhood, and he turned around and took a bite.

I've also learned how he expresses his love.

Money, treasures, fireworks, love poems... None of that.

He just came right out with, "I'm in love with you."

Did he think I'd agree so easily?

I would.

After spending a whole life being lovey-dovey with Luo Qingchuan, I went to the underworld after I died and realized I'd really hit the jackpot.

My partner was an immortal.

Reader's guide:

1. Main character is the uke; blurb from the uke's perspective.

2. First-person narration.

3. A light, sweet, slice-of-life story (in name only, except for the final two chapters); the ending is a bad ending.

4. Paragraph comments are open, with no restrictions.

5. Pure fantasy setting, please don't nitpick the details T∧T

Blurb revised on 2025-02-06

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Coming next: "You Really Can't Go Without Looking in a Mirror!"~

You really can't go without looking in a mirror. Really.

That's what Lin Jijun says.

Otherwise, if you suddenly saw what you looked like, you'd really fall in love with yourself for being so handsome.

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As Test Subject Zero, Lin Jijun escaped the laboratory just as the zombie apocalypse began.

Alone in an empty room, he saw his own face in a mirror for the first time in his life.

Lin Jijun knelt before the mirror and lightly touched the reflection's eye with his fingertip. The person in the mirror caught both his hands and pulled him into a full embrace.

From that day on, Lin Jijun gained a supernatural ability: "Twin Souls."

At first, no one in the apocalypse knew what Lin Jijun's ability was. They thought he was an ordinary person with enhanced physical abilities.

That changed when someone held a sword to Lin Jijun's throat, only to see him smile at them, delight appearing in his eyes.

"Oh dear. Someone's in for a bad time."

The next moment, that person watched as Lin Jijun's eyes turned pale gold and his aura grew somber, as if someone else had taken over in the blink of an eye.

Before dying, the person heard "Lin Jijun" say to him,

"You shouldn't have provoked him."

[A highly intelligent, unhinged beauty uke X a steady seme with maximum combat power]

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Reader's guide:

1. A narcissism-themed apocalypse story; the seme is the uke's supernatural ability.

2. Both are powerful.

3. The name Lin Jijun comes from: "On the lonely terrace of the underworld, tonight I call for you again and again. Through the haze I see a single ghost lamp, revealing a peach blossom face."

Feng Chiluo comes from: "In the yellow plum season, rain falls on every home; frogs croak in every grassy pond. My friend hasn't come even after midnight, so I tap the chess pieces idly as the lamp flowers fall."

Lin faces the wind.

Theme: When loving you becomes an instinct carved into the soul