The Orphaned Heir's Strategist Doesn't Want to Be Pinned Down

[New work coming soon: My Long-Lost Brother Became a Big Shot and Says He'll Take Care of Me. It's a sweet, feel-good danmei story!]

Gentle, sickly strategist uke × younger emperor seme / The uke “raises” the seme

Young Master Ji Heng is as gentle as jade, bright and untainted, like an immortal descended to earth.

Rumor has it that he was a child prodigy, exceptionally skilled at divination. At seven, he sat with the emperor and discoursed on the Dao, speaking with eloquence and not the slightest trace of nervousness.

Ji Heng: “...Sorry, sorry. I was transmigrated into this world before I was born...”

When Qi Wang Jiang Xun was thirteen, he inherited the throne. It was Ji Heng who governed in his place and made Qi a prosperous, flourishing state.

Jiang Xun had also grown up under Ji Heng's watch. As a child, he learned to read and write in Ji Heng's arms. When he grew up, he governed at Ji Heng's side, deeply dependent on him.

Later, Jiang Xun built up his army and became a great martial emperor.

The histories recorded in vivid detail the bond between the two, who were lord and subject, teacher and student, and family to one another.

But the histories never mentioned that Jiang Xun held him every night as they slept, or whispered in his ear, “A Heng, I want you again...”

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Ji Heng transmigrated into a book, into the world as the son of the renowned scholar and tutor to the crown prince, Grand Tutor Ji.

After Grand Tutor Ji passed away, the former Qi Wang took him in as a younger brother and brought him to the palace to raise him.

From then on, a little boy followed at his heels, chasing after him every day and calling, “Little Uncle! Little Uncle!”

Later, Qi Wang died, leaving behind three children.

The eldest, Jiang Xun, was only thirteen and had to govern the fiefdom. The youngest, A Bao, had only just been born and still needed milk.

All the affairs of state and household fell to Ji Heng, this “Little Uncle,” though Little Uncle was only seventeen himself!

What could he do? Tough it out.

So he cared for the children, ran the government, and outwitted the emperor and the neighboring princes all at once!

He had been frail from birth, and now he worked himself sick, coughing up blood at the drop of a hat!

He could only console himself with the thought that things would get better once the children grew up.

Then one day, the children really did grow up.

Jiang Xun in particular had grown tall and strong, brave and imposing, with the bearing of an emperor. He was also gradually learning to manage state affairs on his own.

Ji Heng then realized that, yes, the boy had grown up, but it seemed he had started harboring improper thoughts about him...???

What could he do? Tough it out.

What? The kid I raised wants to get on top of me?

> Ji Heng, uke × Jiang Xun, seme

> Sickly, gentle strategist cat uke × younger emperor seme

> 1v1 / Both are virgins

> Inspired by the Western Han Dynasty, with a system of commanderies and kingdoms

-----Forthcoming work: My Long-Lost Brother Became a Crypto Big Shot-----

After getting into trouble and leaving school, Lin Jiachen felt completely lost about his future.

He dyed his hair pink and spent three nights straight at an internet cafe, thinking that once he ran out of the two hundred yuan in his pocket, he might as well go work in a factory tightening screws.

He was walking out of the internet cafe with his hands in his pockets and a cigarette in his mouth, his underlings trailing behind him, when a gleaming Rolls-Royce slowly pulled up in front of him.

A man in a suit stepped out of the car and asked, “Isn't it Monday today? Why aren't you in class?”

Lin Jiachen stared in disbelief. “Big Brother?!”

This really was his long-lost “brother”!

Lu Jiming frowned at his pink hair, then shoved him into the car and said, “Come home with me.”

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Lin Jiachen had never had a father.

Then, when he was six, his mother brought home an old geezer, and the geezer brought along a son.

The old geezer was no good, but his son was pretty great.

He cooked noodles for Lin Jiachen when his mother worked the night shift, let him sleep in his room during thunderstorms, and watched over him while he did his homework.

Later, the old geezer disappeared for years for no apparent reason, and his mother raised the two boys together.

They were poor during those years, but the family was still quite happy.

Then the old geezer suddenly turned up again and took his brother away.

They were separated for many years.

And now the old geezer was dead, his brother had achieved financial freedom, and he wanted to give Lin Jiachen a good life. How could anything this wonderful be real!

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Life after reuniting with his brother was sweet, but also a little overwhelming.

He said, “You don't have to go to school, but you must take the college entrance exam. My minimum acceptable result is admission to a top-tier university.” (He went to a top-two university and then an Ivy League graduate school.)

He said, “I'm financially free. Wherever you get into college, I'll buy a house nearby and stay with you. Once you start working, I'll buy a house near your company and stay with you there, too.” (He's single and has no plans to marry or have children.)

Later, he even said, “Baby, show me your legs.” (He...!!!)

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> Pretty baby brother uke, sometimes obedient and sometimes prickly × doting older brother seme, sometimes gentle and guiding, sometimes a domineering old-school patriarch

> The younger brother will go to college and have his own little business. He won't be a world-beater, but it will suit him and let him enjoy himself.

> The seme has cashed out at the top and achieved financial freedom. He's rich and has plenty of free time, working only one hour a day and spending the rest “raising” his younger brother: doing his laundry, cooking for him, and helping him with his homework. They move in together as soon as they reunite!

> Also known as My Laid-Back Life with My Financially Free Brother in a Tier-Two City. A sweet, slice-of-life story.

> 1v1, both pure / Eight-year age gap

Theme: Peace and prosperity for the people, with bountiful harvests