Devoted, possessive top x carefree, clueless bottom who flirts and runs, also known as The Only Way to Kill the Son of Fortune Is to Become His White Moonlight
In his old world, Yan Ze was a workaholic who held down several jobs to pay off his debts. He never imagined that after dying of overwork and transmigrating, he would still be stuck doing backbreaking work for free.
His current boss, the Heavenly Dao's guardian, told him:
The Son of Fortune in this world has gone dark. He's become a major bug, with the protagonist's halo over his head and a villain's script in his hands. The guardian had no other choice, so he summoned Yan Ze, this "cheat code," to kill him.
Yan Ze is the only one who can break the Son of Fortune's immortality.
But looking at that cold-faced killer, who slaughtered people as easily as chopping vegetables, and then at his own meager cultivation, Yan Ze felt utterly doomed. You didn't even give me a starter pack, and now you want me to take on the boss alone?
The Heavenly Dao's guardian: Don't worry. The Heavenly Dao has already picked the strategy with the highest chance of clearing the level. Guaranteed success. :)
Yan Ze: ...You said strategy, right?
This unreliable guardian had assigned him the identity of the other man's late white-moonlight senior brother's substitute, hoping he'd take the route of killing him with love.
Never mind whether Yan Ze was willing. Even if he wanted to use this to get ahead, how could the killer, with his utterly disinterested face, possibly be attracted to him?
As it turned out, Yan Ze had underestimated the power of a dearly departed white moonlight.
At their first meeting, Wen Shuo nearly wiped out an entire sect, but spared Yan Ze alone.
At their second meeting, Wen Shuo said, "My business has nothing to do with you," yet saved Yan Ze three times in a row. The last time, he nearly paid with his life.
Later, to cure Yan Ze's poison, Wen Shuo, who never got close to anyone, even offered himself willingly.
Yan Ze: "Didn't you say you weren't interested in me?"
Wen Shuo: "I gave you your chance."
How was Yan Ze supposed to know that your first warning, "Don't come near me again," meant that?
Yan Ze wiped away the tears of physical reflex at the corner of his eye. "Your senior brother's spirit will be crying in heaven. Seriously."
Wen Shuo: "...Mm."
*
In the eyes of the world, Wen Shuo is a demonic fiend who betrayed his master and the righteous path, slaughtered his fellow disciples, and killed a thousand people to master forbidden arts.
They besieged him again and again, cast him into the abyss at the bottom of the Heavenly Chasm, then watched him crawl out of hell time after time, stronger than before.
No one knows what he is so fixated on, or why he slaughters people and rebels against the Heavenly Dao.
Wen Shuo never explains himself to anyone. After going through too many cycles of reincarnation, he no longer trusts anyone.
He has never forgotten the story his senior brother once told him.
A man pushes a boulder to the top of a mountain over and over, but just as he is about to succeed, it rolls back down to the foot of the mountain. So he has no choice but to keep repeating the task, racing toward a finish line he cannot see.
He used to think the man was foolish and inflexible.
Until that day, beneath the auspicious stars, on the night of his wedding to his senior brother, he watched helplessly as someone controlled his senior brother's soul and forced him to drive a sword into Wen Shuo's chest. In that moment, he too found a goal worth sacrificing everything for, and took on the boulder of fate.
Even if his senior brother doesn't remember him, even if they become strangers, even if it means overthrowing the Heavenly Dao, he will save him.
But why does his senior brother find him every time, making him fall for him all over again?
*
The plan to cling to a powerful ally was going smoothly.
Yan Ze successfully became Wen Shuo's partner, and the two set off together, fighting monsters and leveling up as they sought to reforge a peerless divine sword.
Everything was in place. All Yan Ze had to do was find Wen Shuo's weakness, and his mission would be complete.
To get to know Wen Shuo better, Yan Ze secretly peeked into his memories, studying how that senior white moonlight had bewitched him so completely.
But... the more he watched, the more that white moonlight's behavior seemed just like his own.
Wait, when did he marry Wen Shuo?!
*
Yan Ze: I can't possibly be your senior brother, wife, first love, life mentor, trusted subordinate, [explicit sexual role], best friend, and worst enemy all at once.
Wen Shuo: Why not?
Tips:
1. The top will redeem himself. Everything he does is to save the bottom and this world.
2. This is an unconventional fake-substitute trope, and there is no angst over that. The top recognized him at first sight, but had his reasons for not telling the bottom the truth.
3. The plot calls for it, so there will be some flashbacks to past lives.
4. Younger top, one-on-one, both are each other's first and only, happy ending. They are each other's first love. =v=
5. The overall tone is lighthearted and anything goes, but there is angst too.
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Theme: As long as you don't give up, there will be hope
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