Beautiful People Have Always Fallen for Mad Dogs

◇ Gloomy, unhinged puppy bottom x scheming, sickly beauty top

◇ Beautiful top, handsome bottom, melodramatic romance

Meng Juan killed his father and brother to seize the throne, then slaughtered meritorious officials and the imperial relatives. Cruel and unpredictable, he is a tyrant feared by all.

The little tenderness he has left is reserved for Lan Zhi.

Threats, drugs, imprisonment: He stops at nothing to win even a scrap of love from him. In the end, he can only watch helplessly as the person he loves kills him in hatred, then takes his own life.

After being reborn, he decides to try letting go of his obsession with Lan Zhi. He won't ask after him, go anywhere he might be, or associate with anyone connected to him.

But the more he tries to avoid him, the deeper his longing sinks into his bones, a bloody itch that drills into his heart.

He thinks this is the greed born of unrequited love. If he can just have Lan Zhi's body, surely his obsession will fade.

He gets him drunk, drugs him, and when he wakes, he finds himself beneath the person he loves: Lan Fan, Lan Zhi's older brother.

The young emperor's world comes crashing down.

**

When the drug wears off, Meng Juan grabs Lan Fan by the throat, intending to kill him.

"Your Majesty loves my younger brother. If you kill me, it will surely sow resentment between you and the one you love."

Meng Juan lets go.

"Spare my life, and I'll help bring Your Majesty and my cousin together."

Meng Juan grudgingly allows this sickly man, who dares to overstep his station, to live a few more months.

**

Unable to control his longing, Meng Juan summons Lan Zhi to the palace every day for company. Lan Fan advises him: If Your Majesty loves him, don't ruin your cousin's future and reputation. I spend my days recovering and reading, with nothing else to do. I could move into the palace.

Meng Juan is about to repeat his past mistake and imprison Lan Zhi. Lan Fan offers himself instead: My cousin has a fiery temper and would rather die than submit. If Your Majesty misses him, I can take his place.

At last, one day, Meng Juan is in danger, and Lan Zhi saves him again. Seeing Lan Zhi injured, the young emperor is so distressed that he immediately orders the imperial physician. But then Lan Fan hurries over, clutching his chest, on the verge of an attack.

Meng Juan forgets all about Lan Zhi and supports Lan Fan.

As he turns away, Lan Fan gives him a cold, triumphant look. Then, panting with every step, he clutches Meng Juan's hand and asks him to rub his chest.

Lan Zhi glares at them, eyes almost popping out of his head. "Your Majesty keeps saying you love me, yet you abandon me without a second thought?"

"Your brother has a heart condition. His life is at stake. You did well protecting me, and I will reward you handsomely later."

"But in our previous life, you always put me first..."

**

Lan Fan is the eldest legitimate son of the Duke's household, a man of pure character, aloof and distinguished. What the world doesn't know is that he has been in love for years with the tyrant who clawed his way out of the mire.

He loves the vulnerability and bewilderment Meng Juan carefully hides beneath his fierce, obsessive gaze. He loves that Meng Juan will stop at nothing to achieve his aims, yet is so clumsy that he doesn't know how to express love.

He knows Lan Zhi is the ray of light that illuminates Meng Juan's darkness, and that Meng Juan doesn't see him at all.

Then, by chance, he finds Meng Juan, out of his mind and pressing himself against him. At last, his chance has come.

Theme: A healthy relationship