[A hardworking, handsome uncle vs. all kinds of younger tops]
Ji Zibai has reached middle age and is facing a career crisis. He goes out drinking with friends to drown his sorrows, but gets hit by a drunk driver and dies. Afterward, he is bound to the System and forced to play a passerby in various novel worlds to stay alive.
The handsome uncle is suddenly thrust into the world of gay romance. With no time to adjust, he is flooded with a pile of missions. He can only follow the mission requirements, playing a passerby while helping the protagonists, the top and the bottom, and pushing the story forward.
"The Handsome Guide Next Door"
This is an interstellar world with a rigid class system, where family background and bloodline determine a person's social standing. It has countless dazzling high-tech inventions, as well as slums rife with filthy water and decay.
Ji Zibai is a Grade A guide from the slums. With no family connections, he relies on hard work and a decent amount of talent to become a new teacher at the Royal Academy.
His neighbor is Fu Yuanqing, the protagonist bottom. Orphaned and all alone, he is so pale and frighteningly thin from malnutrition that he looks terribly frail. But Ji Zibai knows that if he can just make it through this period, he will differentiate into an S-rank guide.
To make sure the protagonist bottom follows the plot and gets into the Royal Academy, then enters the Central Tower after graduation, Ji Zibai takes care of him like both a mother and a father. At the same time, he has to deal with several protagonist tops at school, keeping him frantically busy.
As a result, he doesn't notice the way his students keep sneaking glances at him, the protagonist tops' secret advances, or the protagonist bottom's faintly discernible dark moods.
[Teacher's waist is so slim... He smells so good...]
[Anyone have a new photo of Teacher Ji? No hoarding, share it now!]
[Why does Teacher Ji treat them so well? Anyone can be a good dog, can't they?]
[Who got Teacher Ji's class, anyway...?]
Surrounded by a pack of wolves, the handsome uncle has eyes only for his mission. He merely frowns and pulls one boy after another off him as they stray from the plot.
[Cut it out. Good students listen to their teacher.]
*Includes forum posts
"The Handsome Grand Tutor Next Door"
Kyoto bustles with carriages and horses, its streets full of song and dance. It is a prosperous age, yet beneath the peace, undercurrents are stirring.
Ji Zibai is a newly appointed Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince. This is a novel about a beloved Crown Prince pursued by everyone, telling the story of how he ascends the throne with the help of various tops, while navigating an ambiguous relationship with his childhood friend, a young general, a cool and aloof scholar, a loyal bodyguard, and others.
Ji Zibai glances at the Crown Prince beside him, who hasn't yet had his hair bound and is wearing a baby-faced pout...
The emperor is busy and his health is steadily declining, so Ji Zibai has no choice but to dust off his child-rearing skills. He teaches the Crown Prince the classics while taking charge of his daily life, painstakingly raising him, never realizing that the little one's gaze is growing strange...
"The Handsome Beta Next Door"...
Reader's Guide:
1. The author's tastes are common as dirt, very old-fashioned and clichéd.
2. The setting is fictional, not a collection of unrelated stories, and all the tops are chaste.
3. There are many scenes of the bottom being pursued, but no romantic ambiguity between tops.
4. The bottom will give out some rewards, but generally won't reciprocate anyone's feelings.
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Theme: Be diligent and kind, and face challenges head-on
Boss, I have been crying [crying] [crying] [crying] When will I come back to see the child?
Oh my god, the rice tastes so delicious. I hate seeing you so late, teacher [crying]
Teacher, are you still updating? Your writing is really good [Come on], just wait for the update [poor] [poor]
Teacher [let me be healthy] [let me be healthy] [let me be healthy], I really want to see it, I want to see it, I want to see it
A small personal suggestion, the cover is too ugly, can you change it [please]
It's okay, teacher. I'll wait for you [Spread Flowers]. Teacher, take care of the three lives first.
It's okay, teacher, three times is very important. I wish teacher three times a happy and smooth life.
The teacher's writing is really very good. I hope the teacher will not put too much pressure on me. The heartthrob uncle is so good [Three Flower Cat Head][Three Flower Cat Head]
Come on, teacher! Wish you all the best for the third time!
It is normal for this kind of peace of mind to solve problems easily [rainbow fart].
I wish you all the best for the third time [hugs].
Teacher, I really want to read another chapter. Woohoo.
Come on! I wish you a good job!
Boss, I have been crying [crying] [crying] [crying] When will I come back to see the child?
Oh my god, the rice tastes so delicious. I hate seeing you so late, teacher [crying] Teacher, are you still updating? Your writing is really good [Come on], just wait for the update [poor] [poor]
Teacher [let me be healthy] [let me be healthy] [let me be healthy], I really want to see it, I want to see it, I want to see it
A small personal suggestion, the cover is too ugly, can you change it [please]
It's okay, teacher. I'll wait for you [Spread Flowers]. Teacher, take care of the three lives first.
It's okay, teacher, three times is very important. I wish teacher three times a happy and smooth life. The teacher's writing is really very good. I hope the teacher will not put too much pressure on me. The heartthrob uncle is so good [Three Flower Cat Head][Three Flower Cat Head]
Come on, teacher! Wish you all the best for the third time!
It is normal for this kind of peace of mind to solve problems easily [rainbow fart]. I wish you all the best for the third time [hugs].
Teacher, I really want to read another chapter. Woohoo.