Stealing Jade on Solitary Mountain

Chu Zheng was the finest escort in the entire escort agency: ruthless, steady-handed, and second to none.

So when someone offered three thousand taels of gold to hire a personal escort, the chief escort assigned the job to him without a second thought.

The client was the only son of a wealthy merchant, rumored to be fat as a pig, with a belly round as a drum.

Chu Zheng was an escort.

A qualified, top-tier escort.

Whether the person walking toward him was human or immortal, he had eyes only for his charge.

Even if the other man wore red like a flame and was breathtakingly beautiful.

Their eyes met. Chu Zheng didn't even turn his head. He walked away.

The greatest escort in the Great Liang dynasty made his first mistake because he failed to recognize the person he was escorting.

A shameful disgrace.

Chu Zheng would never allow it to happen a second time.

The journey from Huai'an to Chendu was long and fraught with danger. He decided that, in every twelve-hour day, he would stay by his client's side for thirteen hours, never giving a villain the chance to harm his reputation as the greatest escort.

But things never go as planned, and the world is full of surprises.

You can guard against everything, but never against a thief in your own home.

After a lifetime spent protecting his clients, Chu Zheng failed for a second time.

All because, as the man tied up his hair, he murmured absentmindedly, "Zhengzheng, what is the snow like in the north?"

And so the greatest escort in the Great Liang dynasty stole from his own charge, kidnapped the most precious thing in his care, and ran away.

Across the desert beneath its vast, smoky skies, through the warm waters of Jiangnan, from now on, I will be the escort who protects only you.

· A devoted 1v1 romance! They both think the other is the most beautiful, wonderful, and amazing person in the world.

· I just love watching couples fall in love. I don't favor either side.

· The top disguises himself as a woman at the start, but only briefly. He changes back into men's clothes once they set out together.

· Beautiful top and beautiful bottom, scholarly top and martial bottom, young master top and cute deadpan bottom.

· Please check the above for your personal likes and dislikes. Hope everyone finds a delicious meal to their taste. Heart!

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Yan Zhihuan was a little bird raised in the palm of Lord Mengzhang's hand. Every day, he walked on the heads of the gods and smacked the lord with his wings. His greatest hobby was causing trouble for Lord Mengzhang, taking full advantage of the lord's favoritism to throw his weight around.

Who could have guessed that while he was down in the mortal realm grabbing a bite to eat, Lord Mengzhang would suddenly die, the passage between heaven and the mortal world would close, and Yan Zhihuan would be stranded on earth?

Grieving over the loss of his meal ticket, Yan Zhihuan was approached by the Heavenly Dao. "Become my agent, and in a thousand years, I'll help you return to heaven."

And so Yan Zhihuan's memories were sealed, and he became the Heavenly Dao's agent.

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For six hundred years, Yan Zhihuan diligently helped the Heavenly Dao reduce what was excessive, replenish what was lacking, settle karmic debts, and govern the seasons. The tasks were simple and trivial, but dull and tedious.

He was even starting to hate them.

When he drifted into the Cave of Darkness and, as usual, prepared to follow the Heavenly Dao's instructions and eliminate the evil demon inside, he suddenly met a pair of deep, shadowy eyes.

His sword tilted two inches off course, earning him a vicious bite. Yan Zhihuan gently wiped the blood from his neck. His eyes gleamed with a light whose source he couldn't explain. "Would you like to come with me?"

The evil demon, Cang Shuo, was no easy one to deal with. He hated this and despised that, stirring up trouble across three mountains and five cities.

But Yan Zhihuan didn't stop him. He thought, A person locked away where he couldn't see the sun for three hundred years is bound to grow a little dark inside. That's understandable.

And after going so long without seeing another person, craving a little touch... was understandable too, right?

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Later, Cang Shuo raised a sword powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth.

He turned to the person who had always stood by his side and asked, word by word:

"Today, I'm going to make this filthy world disappear for good."

"Aren't you going to stop me?"

Yan Zhihuan looked at him and smiled. "I told you I'd always stand by your side."

The Heavenly Dao flew into a rage and sent down divine punishment. Yan Zhihuan's divine power was exhausted, his divine bones peeled inch by inch from his flesh, and golden blood spilled across the ground.

Cang Shuo watched his retreating figure. Without his divine power, Yan Zhihuan was more fragile than a mortal, as if a gust of wind might knock him down.

Yet he stood straight in front of Cang Shuo, his fiery red hair and snow-white robe whipping in the gale.

Cang Shuo suddenly remembered those three hundred years in the Cave of Darkness, where there had been no light.

He'd thought there would never be any again.

Until Yan Zhihuan came along.

World-weary, compassionate bottom * obsessive black-lotus top

Devoted 1v1, no switching or breaking up

Inspired by Chinese mythology, but with lots and lots and lots of original worldbuilding

Theme: Love life