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Ten years after dying while protecting his master, Xue Ying is summoned back from the dead.
He has lost all his memories and assumes that the emperor who summoned him is his master.
So he vows to continue serving his master faithfully, offering him everything with all his heart.
But for some reason, the harder he tries, the more his master distances himself and avoids him.
This leaves Xue Ying confused and dejected.
Until one day, he learns from someone else that
His true master was actually the emperor's twin brother, the former crown prince.
Ten years ago, while protecting the crown prince...
He died at the emperor's hands.
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Yi Esheng has a knot in his heart he cannot untie.
He wants to know which of him and his twin brother is the true master in Xue Ying's eyes.
But after being summoned back, Xue Ying lost his memories and sees only him as his master.
Yi Esheng doesn't want Xue Ying's clueless loyalty, and the thought leaves him increasingly frustrated and miserable.
He lets Xue Ying learn the truth of the past, ready to accept either that Xue Ying will leave him or that he will kill him for revenge.
After the truth gets out, Yi Esheng waits a long time, but Xue Ying shows no reaction.
The wait makes Yi Esheng so uneasy that he finally can't stand it and goes to ask him in person.
Hearing the truth, Xue Ying's eyes redden slightly as he asks, "Does Master want me to go find the crown prince?"
He draws his blade and presses it against an old wound. "But the crown prince is dead. If Master wants me to find him, then I have no choice but to die, too."
Yi Esheng is nearly driven mad by him. He loses all his usual calm and restraint, holds him in his arms, and torments him over and over, demanding that he call him Master.
Xue Ying lazily opens his eyes and strokes the emperor's head in his arms, secretly laughing to himself.
A bunch of idiots. His master is an idiot, too.
Everyone thinks he can't tell who his true master is.
But he's always known: his master will forever be the man who looks at him, trying his hardest to hold back but unable to conceal how much he wants to devour him.
Bonus Scene
One day, Xue Ying sneaks back from eavesdropping and excitedly tells his master, "I learned a brand-new position at the Junior Tutor's residence today. Master, let's try it tonight!"
Yi Esheng flies into a rage. "Who's corrupting my boy? Drag them out and behead them tomorrow."
The next morning
Yi Esheng: "Someone bring me the Junior Tutor. Reward him... Yes, reward him generously."
A gorgeous, flirtatious human weapon of a guard who knows exactly how to tempt people, paired with an emperor who pretends to smile but is secretly dark and twisted. The guard is the one being pursued; the emperor is the pursuer.
One true pairing, both body and heart. I can't be bothered to make the relationship complicated, so the difference in their status and rank is enormous. For now, there'll be no major angst, just a little heartbreak.
The one being pursued isn't entirely human. I've made up a Tianying Tribe for him, whose members can resurrect once after death and are extremely light.
A preview of "I Have 101 Masters"
On the first day after being transformed into a sword, Dan Zhou is brought down to the mortal world by the Heavenly Dao, his dad, to choose a master.
His Heavenly Dao dad tells him, "Choose a master and cultivate alongside him. After hundreds or thousands of years, when he achieves the Dao and ascends, you'll share in his glory and renown, leave your name for generations, and be able to return to your own world."
Just then, a filthy prison cart approaches in the distance. Dan Zhou points at the gloomy-eyed young man aboard it. "I want the handsomest one."
The young man's eyes are full of resentment and indignation. Mm, he looks ambitious. Surely he'll work hard at cultivation and achieve the Dao and ascend early, and then Dan Zhou can go home!
Dan Zhou happily accepts him as his master. Then he waits a thousand years, and his master, through tireless effort, finally becomes the most renowned and strongest figure in the cultivation world
A couch potato.
Dan Zhou: -_- This can't be right!
After a thousand years of diligent cultivation, Dan Zhou has become a divine sword famous throughout the world, while his couch-potato master's daily routine goes like this:
Read novels.
Sunbathe.
Tease Dan Zhou.
Since his master is such a couch potato, people often take advantage of him, but he never fights back or retaliates. So they get more and more brazen. Finally, one day, they come to his door and say that the sect's most doted-on junior sister has been captured by a demon lord, and Dan Zhou must be handed over in exchange.
His couch-potato master hesitates for exactly zero seconds before sealing Dan Zhou away and handing him over.
Dan Zhou: ...?
Unable to resist, he can only curse his stupid master while watching helplessly as he's traded away, weeping bitterly and regretting everything.
The demon lord takes him and asks with a smile, "Sweetheart, why are you crying?"
Dan Zhou is stunned. "Master?"
Demon lord: "It's me."
From then on, Dan Zhou seems to realize that no matter where he goes...
"Master?"
Some different person, or even something that isn't human, will always answer, "What is it, sweetheart?"
Dan Zhou: "Damn it, just how many secret identities do you have?"
Couch-potato master: "Not that many. Counting my real self, there are only 101."
A beautiful, powerful, hot-tempered idiot paired with his master, who seems like a couch potato but is actually ruthless and cunning.
It should be a day-to-day story of a master and servant bickering with each other.
Theme: Trust and respect are the foundation of a healthy relationship.
😳 Thank you everyone for watching. This article is expected to be published soon. Then there should be a big fat stamp + lottery + small red envelope. After v, I will try my best to have two days off every five or one day off every six! There won't be any cruelty or bloodshed in this article. Baby Xueying and His Majesty are super sweet [dog heads] Please also take a look at the delicious pre-collections, Qiuqiu collection~ Gudan "I Have 101 Masters" This is a sweet article Weihuan's "Prisoner's Paradox" should be a bit silly Click on the author's column or go directly to the end of the article to collect it~
This is the first time I've seen the protagonist named "123".
[Covering face and peeking] You should be happy too! Looking forward to the next one!! 😳
"What should be in the book" is a big thorn in the side of the author~ On the tree [covering face and peeking]
[Covering face and peeking] It's finished so quickly. Maybe you can write a story about what would happen if there were no shadow brothers from the beginning.
The young couple seems to be doing some weird things again [covering face and peeking]
😳😳 Baby, even if you want to feel comfortable, you have to remember your body [cover your face and peek]
One moment he said he was dead, and the next moment he wrote back.
Ah, my brother is not dead. I am a bit confused.
So Xueying didn't retain any martial arts skills [question mark]