Book Transmigration: Pretending to Be Blind

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A sunny young general who pretends to sleep, pretends not to fear death, and pretends to be blind VS a reborn, scheming crown prince

After transmigrating into a book, he is doted on by the black-lotus crown prince

Yan Che is slacking off at work while reading a novel when he steps into empty air and transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder young general.

In the original story, this young general secretly loves the Crown Prince of Qi, only for the Crown Prince to give him a package deal of family ruin and death. He loses his eyes and dies a thoroughly miserable death.

A hellish start. How can he break out of it?

With the script in hand, he will make a comeback!

Yan Che pulls himself together: he fills in the traps laid by the Crown Prince of Qi, then turns around and uses their power to sabotage him; he takes the initiative to befriend the county princess and cling to Eunuch Yao's coattails, making him the Yan family's spokesman before the emperor.

Once Yan Che gets serious, the Crown Prince of Qi's chances of victory steadily drop to zero.

However, the script seems to have a bug too?

On the road to the capital, Yan Che meets Yan Zhen, the handsome and otherworldly disciple of the Imperial Preceptor, at a ruined Taoist temple.

The night before: So handsome, so transcendent. I must secretly draw him!

A few days later: One sword to the throat, and faster than lightning at taking lives???

Yan Che pretends to sleep on the spot. Yan Zhen sits beside him and leisurely tests him all night. At the end, he gives him a gentle smile and says he wants to collect Yan Che's eyes!

That night's terror is even more intense than first love, in the literal sense.

At the palace banquet, Yan Che is astonished to discover that Yan Zhen, who cuts people down without blinking, is actually Jun Yan, the crown prince who, in the original story, has unimpeachable morals and was supposed to die an even more miserable death than Yan Che.

The crown prince's white moonlight? The black-hearted lotus incarnate?

Yan Che cannot understand the crown prince's actions at all: sending him fine clothing for the palace banquet, teaching him to play polo, secretly removing officials to make room for the Yan family...

The favoritism is utterly baffling.

It turns out that the white-lotus crown prince has been reborn. After lying low and building up his strength, he only wants revenge, but then he encounters Yan Che, who has transmigrated into the book.

The young master of the Yan family is far too interesting. The crown prince wants to frighten him, tease him, and keep him by his side.

Later, Yan Che really does go blind and is sent to the Purple Radiance Palace, where the crown prince practices cultivation, to "recover."

Yan Che lies flat: no work, no military training, two dishes and soup upgraded to eight dishes and soup, and someone playing music and singing for him.

How is this house arrest? This is a retirement package deposited directly into my account!

Until one day, the blood clot in his brain disperses and he sees the light again...

Wait, isn't this transcendent beauty feeding him medicine the same Yan Zhen who wanted to "collect" his eyes?

He is even holding a grape in his mouth and bringing it to Yan Che's lips!

You... you... are you sure you want to feed me like this? How sinister. You must be testing whether I'm really blind!

Pretending to be blind? I'm a professional. Feed me with whatever you like, and I will eat it all the same.

Once he escapes, Yan Che rushes off to seek refuge with his elder brother.

Who would have thought that the crown prince would intercept him at the city gate?

Yan Che looks at the crown prince's gloomy face, and his knees turn weak.

Crown Prince: Keep pretending. You're not going to continue?

Reader's notes:

1. Jun Yan is called a "black lotus" by Yan Che. He has simply lived another life and is more calculating and better prepared than before.

2. The blind-pretending plot appears in the middle and later arcs, after the plot and emotional foundation have been established.

3. This is a fictional setting. If the official systems or cultural customs differ from any actual dynasty, follow this novel's version.

4. This is not a two-person comedy act. It is told from Yan Che's perspective and follows his efforts to keep his friends and family safe and prosperous, while naturally also having a good romance.

Theme: May understanding prevail