Did the Lazy Shadow Guard Rebel Again Today?

The hard-luck office worker Wen Hesheng stayed up all night and died suddenly from overwork. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a tiny covert guard pinned in a muddy pit while a pack of wolves chewed on him.

Wen Hesheng: Boss, I can't come back for a while. That's right, there are wolves biting me. Exactly.

Luckily, the little guard had trained diligently. Wen Hesheng fought wolves and foxes, escaped death by the skin of his teeth, and passed the test.

He had planned to give up trying and become a carefree slacker who did nothing but eat and squat on a roof beam. Who could have guessed that the Sixth Prince, currently the emperor's favorite, would choose him as his personal covert guard?

Looking at the little prince before him, who tugged at his clothes and coquettishly begged for attention, a snow-white dumpling of a boy, Wen Hesheng's desire to raise a child who would look after him in his old age reached its peak.

From then on, the little prince tugged at his covert guard's clothes as they got up to mischief together: reciting poetry to skip class, climbing trees to raid birds' nests, and constantly calling him big brother.

Wen Hesheng didn't become a cold-faced covert guard. Instead, he became the prince's personal playmate and partner in crime, and was forced to master every skill from climbing trees and crawling through holes to sneaking pastries out of the imperial kitchens.

Wen Hesheng: It's not that I want to, but he called me big brother.

One night, a palace coup erupted. The old emperor fell gravely ill, and the edict naming the Sixth Prince as his successor was intercepted on the way.

Wen Hesheng sensed something was wrong in advance, stole the edict, and planned to take his little prince out of the palace walls under cover of night.

Whoever wants the throne can have it. Just stop bullying our child.

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Liang Xingzhao had always thought that what he was best at in this life was pretending to be a good-for-nothing who lived off others and waiting for things to happen, then using the chaos to his advantage.

He had kept up the act for so long that even his father believed it, as did his ambitious older brothers.

Only the beautiful covert guard he had personally chosen didn't believe him.

When it came time to choose a personal covert guard, Liang Xingzhao spotted that strikingly handsome older brother in the crowd at a glance.

The guard was still young, but already had a slender waist and long legs. Wrapped in the guard's dark, fitted uniform, he looked like a thin blade of snow not yet drawn from its sheath. He was handsome, just the sort Liang Xingzhao liked best.

Who would have thought Wen Hesheng could only play dumb and go along with his antics, and that whenever danger arose, this covert guard would run faster than anyone else?

But it didn't matter. Liang Xingzhao still believed his guard was the greatest covert guard in the world, his one and only big brother.

They were the very best in all the world.

Until the day his covert guard carried him in his arms over one palace wall after another, with the wind howling in his ears and the pursuers' torches behind them.

The firelight illuminated his guard's bloodstained face. His features were refined, his blood bright red, as he fought through a storm of blades and spears to break out of the encirclement with him.

Trapped behind the palace walls, Liang Xingzhao finally realized that his covert guard big brother wasn't all-powerful.

From that moment on, he swore to seize the throne and become the ruler of all under heaven.

He would make sure Wen Hesheng never had to be a covert guard again, never had to kneel to anyone, and never had to secretly tend to his wounds in the night again.

He would let this man stand openly by his side.

He wanted the two of them to rule this land together.

Content warnings:

1. The story focuses on their childhood, with a slow, warm, and gentle tone. The protagonists grow up over the course of the story.

2. Handsome top and beautiful bottom, both sexually inexperienced, one-on-one, happy ending.

The couple stays together, with no role reversal. A sweet romance with mutual devotion and no twists in their relationship; the main hardships are in their careers.

Theme: Love can overcome any obstacle.