You Don't Have to Hold a Knife When You Confess

Name: You Don't Have to Hold a Knife When You Confess
Author: Bu Rongxu

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by Bu Rongxu (步容栩)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 340k Words
Genre: Danmei (BL)
Era: Alternate History
Updated: 18d ago
Source: JJWXC

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A car accident sent Yu Chuan to a dynasty he'd never even heard of, and his body became that of a six-year-old child.

His parents were dead from the start, and he had an ugly birthmark on his face. He was the sort of child everyone disliked on sight. To make matters worse, he was sold as a servant to the Lian household.

The Lians were an earldom, with a lofty title and prominent status. In a great household like theirs, servants' lives were worth the least.

With the many rules of ancient feudal society and its strict class system, Yu Chuan, given another life, didn't have grand ambitions. As long as he could survive and live out his days in peace, he'd count himself lucky.

But things never go as hoped--

"You've got a nice face. Shame about that ugly birthmark."

Someone gripped Yu Chuan's chin and lifted it. The large birthmark, usually hidden by his hair, was fully exposed.

The servant standing before him approached with a knife, sneering in disgust.

"Let's add a little something to your right cheek too... It'd look so uneven if only the left side had a mark! What do you think?"

"Which of you was just threatening to cut up his face?" The Lian household's young master, who had just turned seven, picked up the knife from the ground and glanced at the servants beside him, whose legs were trembling. A trace of coldness entered his eyes, revealing a child's unmistakable cruelty.

He walked over to the servant who had been brandishing the knife at Yu Chuan and held it out to him. "Cut your own face."

"If you can't cut it up, I can help."

"..."

After dealing with the matter, the young master walked toward Yu Chuan with the bloodied knife in hand and said in a flat tone,

"You're going to be my wife someday. From now on, stop spending all day with the servants. It's improper."

Yu Chuan: "...?"

Years later, a grand spring flower-viewing banquet was held in the capital. Yu Chuan, now a prince, had politely turned down quite a few sachets and decorative cord charms.

When another sachet was offered to him, Yu Chuan sighed. "General Lian, sachets are tokens used to express romantic affection."

Lian Chuan'an held the sachet out a little farther. "I know."

He had just returned from the battlefield, dusty and travel-worn, with fresh wounds all over him. He hadn't even had time to change his clothes before rushing to the spring banquet.

Looking at the sachet hanging from the hilt of his knife, Yu Chuan gently took it down and said helplessly,

"Has nobody ever told you that you don't need to bring a knife when you confess your feelings?"

Yu Chuan x Lian Chuan'an

[A top with a quiet sense of doom x a bottom with an intense streak of madness]

[Before You Read]

1. Main character is the top, one-on-one pairing, no multiple love interests, no role reversal.

2. Set in a fictional world, not researched for historical accuracy. Please don't compare it to actual history. I made all of it up, bugs and all.

3. The main character has a slight tendency to attract everyone's attention. It's generally a wish-fulfillment story, so feel free to toss your brain in the trash while reading.

4. Contains a little supernatural content.

5. If you find you don't like it, spit it out! It makes me sad to see anyone force themselves to eat something they dislike, okay?

Theme: Once you've done all you can, even fate can be changed.

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