One-on-one romance. There is only one true love!! The true love is pure!!
On a bright Monday, the stock market hadn't crashed yet, but Yu Chen's love life, career, and health had all collapsed.
His boyfriend cheated on him and broke up with him.
On the phone, his capitalist boss screamed at him in a hysterical tirade.
Yu Chen gripped the diagnosis that said "schizophrenia" and tore it to pieces.
I can't live like this anymore!
1
Ever since he developed a mental illness, Yu Chen has found that he's somehow more impressive at night than during the day.
By day, he's still a miserable office drone who works without complaint.
At night, he's become the pampered crown prince of the Eastern Palace.
Even more absurdly, his arrogant boss has become a convict slave, kneeling obediently in front of him with a basin of foot-washing water.
By day, Yu Chen sees his ex-boyfriend picking out jewelry with his new lover.
At night, a down-and-out young master with his ex's face presents him with the exact same thing.
Yu Chen "reluctantly" accepts the jewelry, then turns around and rewards the convict slave with a dog collar studded with gems.
By day, his unattainable crush stands him up. At night, the crush becomes a reserved tutor.
The tutor's slender fingers play music through the night, just for him.
You are all nothing but my playthings.
Looking at the handsome men bowing and scraping to him throughout the hall, he suddenly thinks...
Maybe this illness doesn't need to be treated after all!
2
From then on, Yu Chen sees things in a whole new light.
By day, his boss wakes him up to revise a proposal. "You're so young. Why are you taking a nap?"
At midnight, he has people drag the convict slave out of bed. "You're so young. Why are you sleeping?"
By day, his ex-boyfriend puts an arm around his new lover and sneers at him. "We were just having fun. You didn't take it seriously, did you?"
At night, Yu Chen refuses the down-and-out young master's request to sell himself to save his father. "I only went along with you to have some fun. How could you take it seriously?"
By day, his unattainable crush stands him up. At night, the tutor kneels outside his hall, begging him to go to class.
3
He had thought this was a worker's exclusive fantasy, a private high. Until...
The injuries on the convict slave's body appear on his boss.
The down-and-out young master loses all his family wealth to him, and in the real world, his ex-boyfriend is also swindled out of everything.
The tutor's reputation is ruined by him, and the next day his unattainable crush is trending online.
Yu Chen: ...Wait a minute, is my mental illness not quite right?
[Bonus scene]
Yu Chen's condition keeps getting worse.
On the day he's sent to a psychiatric hospital, he pushes open the door.
Instead of the smell of disinfectant, a hall full of dragon's musk fills his nose.
And instead of hospital gowns, he sees a court full of officials in dark blue-green robes.
The next second, all the officials kneel in unison. "Your Majesty, long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"
[Reader's Guide]
1. One-on-one romance. The boss is the true love; everyone else is just passing through.
2. The true love is pure, and has been the true love from beginning to end.
3. By day, they torment me a thousand times; at night, they kneel before me.
4. The core principle of this novel: Others may compete for favor, but the true love must win!
Theme: May illness never afflict the world. Work well and live well.
