The General's Adoptive Father and His Alpha Wife

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Blurb:

Zhou Zheng was a child the general picked up from the slums.

At first, the children were made to slaughter one another in the training grounds, to turn them into the most effective weapons. But the day Zhou Zheng was the last one standing, he became the general's adopted son.

They say it was because the general's partner was also an alpha and couldn't have children. They also say that the alpha had once been a mercenary, and the only mission he ever failed was the assassination of the general.

The general locked him up for an entire year. A year later, they got married.

The first time Zhou Zheng saw Bai He, he was blindfolded on the deck, shooting down seagulls circling above the ship's rail. When he lowered his blindfold and looked back, his extraordinarily beautiful features struck Zhou Zheng's eyes with brutal force.

That night, the fourteen-year-old boy had a dream.

The general and Bai He loved each other deeply, so much that they would do anything for one another. But one day, their family of three got into a car accident in the countryside overseas.

Bai He didn't even look at the general. Without hesitation, he threw a lighter into the off-road vehicle.

An explosion rang out, and flames consumed the vehicle.

"Do you want to die together, or come with me?"

Bai He held a cigarette between his lips and pulled out another lighter. Zhou Zheng saw his hand tremble a few times, but he couldn't get the cigarette lit.

At eighteen, Zhou Zheng boldly took his hand for the first time. Click. A flame sprang up, its scarlet glow reflected in the boy's eyes.

"I won't tell anyone anything."

Bai He exhaled a thin stream of smoke, his face blurred in the haze.

"I'm free," he said.

He didn't see the look in the eyes of the adopted son behind him, who was always so well-behaved: fixed on him, dark and intense.

Five years later, the child who once fought with wild dogs over scraps in the slums had eliminated all his political opponents and become the Alliance's new general.

After the investiture ceremony, he returned to the villa, took off his cloak, and closed the bedroom door.

"Don't leave me, and don't try to kill me."

Zhou Zheng gently caressed Bai He's brows, his voice tender to the extreme, though his actions were just as vicious.

"To make sure I don't follow in my father's footsteps."

"You have to bear me a child, A He."

A calculating, sinister gong who schemed his way to power x a strong-willed shou who can't help being forced because he's just too beautiful

Reader's Guide:

1. Both are alphas. The shou is obviously not a virgin. They have an eight-year age gap.

2. The author isn't on any particular character's side. Extreme fans of either side should steer clear.

3. I just like writing men having babies. Leave me alone.

4. I won't accept any form of writing advice.

5. If you're uncomfortable reading this, quit while you're ahead. No need to tell me you're dropping it.

6. Modern alternate universe. It's all made up by the author. Any similarities are purely coincidental.

7. The gong only became a general after the old general died.

After the Heartless Path Falls Into a Romantic Rivalry

Wenren Jue, a legend of the immortal sects, a dazzling and unconventional genius. Hailed as the youngest sword-cultivating prodigy, an outstanding student of the heartless path, the future hope of the immortal sects, and...

The number one nutcase in the Nine Provinces.

At seventeen, he took over as leader of Penglai and turned the cultivation world upside down.

His dazzling achievements in office include, but are not limited to:

On the pretext of encouraging the immortals and demons to get along, he ordered the disciples of both sides who were fighting to hold hands and sing love songs to one another. It made the Taiji Palace master's grandson cry so hard that he brought down the academy's main hall.

He canceled the sect tournament held once every ten years, replacing it with a "friendly exchange" between the two sides. The repairs that year cost ten times as much as usual, leaving everyone in Penglai broke and living off the northwesterly wind for three months.

He was enthusiastic about matchmaking and set people up wherever he went. A heartbroken female demon cultivator chased him up the immortal mountain with a knife, and the story made the papers, where it will be remembered forever...

The people of the immortal sects had long suffered from his antics. When they suddenly heard that Wenren Jue was about to face his tribulation of love before ascending, they were overjoyed!

The biggest gambling house in the Nine Provinces opened bets on who would finally tame this menace.

Three days later, an enormous sum of untraceable money was placed on the head of the foremost immortal clan, the head of the Liu family. That same day, the Office of Sect Affairs in Penglai arrived with a team to shut down the gambling house.

Hall Master Qi Zhushui's eyes were cold as frost. "Gambling is forbidden in the immortal sects."

Lord Liu had a graceful, refined air and smiled warmly. "A little gambling is harmless fun. Why be so harsh, Lord Qi?"

Before he could finish, the young Demon Venerable kicked the gambling house doors off their hinges. "Anyone who doesn't want to die, put all your bets on me!"

Qi Zhushui split the door panel flying toward him with a single slash, his teeth grinding in fury. Lord Liu's smile remained, though a vein seemed to twitch on his forehead.

The clear skies held for a moment, then clouds gathered. Far away in Penglai, Wenren Jue inexplicably sneezed. He looked at the faint flashes of lightning and rolling thunder on the horizon, baffled.

"...Why did it suddenly start thundering out of nowhere?"

Everyone who witnessed the three of them fighting so fiercely that the sky and earth seemed to darken:

"??? Aaaah! Stop it!!!"

"Stop! You all have to stop fighting!!!"

Theme: Those who know how to endure will surely achieve greatness.