The Crown Prince's Young Companion Is Still Trying to Stop Him from Becoming a Hero

Also known as The Years Childhood Friends Spent Studying in Ancient Times

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Qin Yuming (top) x Lu Haonan (bottom)

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Five-year-old Lu Haonan was sent by his father to serve as a study companion to the Crown Prince.

Before a month had passed, he couldn't help secretly complaining to his father that the Crown Prince was such an irritating kid.

He spent all day playing with cats and dogs. He loved everything except studying, and he was a crybaby who cried even more than the newborn little sister of Prefect Li's family.

Whenever he couldn't solve a problem, he'd look at Lu Haonan with teary eyes, so Lu Haonan had no choice but to take the paper and brush from him.

Right in front of his father, Lu Haonan boldly declared, "With a Crown Prince like this, the empire is doomed. Dad, let's run away!"

For the first time in his life, Lu's father smacked his palm. "Don't ever say things like that again."

Lu Haonan held up his red palm and burst into tears.

The next day, the Crown Prince saw it and started crying too, holding Lu Haonan's hand and bawling.

Lu Haonan pouted, annoyed, and thought,

It's all your fault. Why are you even crying?

But he still wiped the tears from his face and told a little lie, then sternly scolded him. "Your bad grades got me beaten by my father. You need to study hard from now on, understand?"

Qin Yuming nodded hard. When he saw Lu's father again, he put on a stern face and tried to intimidate him like his own father. "I'll study hard. You mustn't hit Jingyu again!"

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Five-year-old Qin Yuming's greatest dream was to become a great hero who roamed the world with a sword, occasionally robbing the rich to help the poor.

But before he could even escape the palace, his little study companion reported him, and his father beat him until his backside was covered in welts.

In the end, he never became a hero, and instead learned that he himself was the son of the richest landowner in the realm, one of the "rich" targets those heroes loved to rob.

His backside hurt like hell. Qin Yuming could only lie face down on the bed, clutching it in despair and muttering, "How could Father do that, right in front of you...?"

Lu Haonan asked quietly, "Does your butt still hurt?"

Qin Yuming gave a weak shake of his head, still refusing to face reality. "How could it? How could I be the villain in a storybook?"

Lu Haonan clumsily tried to comfort him. "Being a hero is dangerous, and then you won't be able to play with me."

Qin Yuming, his nose running and tears streaming, cried, "I'll never smile again! I'll make Father regret this!"

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Emperor Wu was wise all his life, but in the end, he had only two regrets.

First, that he had Qin Yuming, a rebellious son who wanted to be a hero all day long. That brat was going to make him die ten years early.

Second, that he had assigned Lu Haonan to be Qin Yuming's study companion. It was a complete waste of the boy's potential.

He regretted it even more after secretly seeing Qin Yuming coax Lu Haonan into kissing him.

You little brat! Are you trying to make your father lose face in front of Chancellor Lu?

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Reader's guide:

1. An alternate world, a school story set in ancient times, a silly and cheerful little sweet treat.

2. A slow-burn story of everyday life and childhood friends growing up together. They are five at the start.

3. Intimacy happens after they come of age. 1v1, both are virgins, and the top and bottom stay as they are.

Blurb dated 2025.4.22

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Here's an upcoming story~

Wait, You're Really Not Flirting with Me?

Lu Yi'an x Xie Huaiqing

Sunny boy x gloomy overthinker who assumes everyone is into him

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The cherished young master of the Lu family, Lu Yi'an, had enjoyed over a decade of smooth sailing, until at eighteen he finally ran into a clichéd plot from a novel:

The real and fake young masters.

Unluckily for him, he was the fake young master who'd taken someone else's place.

His childhood friend stayed up all night writing him several plans for how to handle it.

But all his wariness vanished when he saw the real young master, wearing a pair of faded sneakers, sitting cautiously on the sofa.

He'd heard that the boy had been abused, but was shrewd and resilient, and had worked hard to get into the country's top university.

Lu Yi'an had been raised well and given plenty of love, so he decided to take on the responsibility of being an older brother and treat him as well as he could.

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Xie Huaiqing met the person who had taken his place.

The young master sat on the sofa with his eyes lowered, like a swan perched high above everyone else.

But he was only pretty on the outside. In truth, he was as disgusting as the rest of that family. He'd even seduced Xie Huaiqing just to stay and enjoy a life of luxury!

Defending him when others looked down on him, deliberately drinking milk in front of him...

Xie Huaiqing pressed his lips together. They were nothing but cheap tricks, and he swore he hadn't cared about them at all!

Until one day, Lu Yi'an was told he had to enter an arranged marriage.

Xie Huaiqing: Wait, you're really not flirting with me?

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The bottom is the fake young master, and the top is the real one.

The top is brought back to his family, and the bottom feels terribly guilty about it.

Bottom's perspective: Take care of the poor, helpless little brother. Stand up for him and protect him.

Top's perspective: That fake young master who stole his place is as disgusting as the rest of the family. He even tried to seduce him just to stay and enjoy a life of luxury!

Then he realizes the bottom really doesn't like him.

Top: QAQ

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1v1, both are virgins. I'll keep revising the blurb before I start writing, but the general premise won't change.

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Theme: Study hard