My Previous Life's Shadow Guard [GB]

Still the young lady x her loyal guard.

Who says a guard can’t be his young lady’s dog, big brother, master, slave, sex toy, therapist, nemesis, best friend, and lover all at once?

Blurb:

The day the Liao family manor fell, only two figures, one large and one small, emerged from the sea of flames. A man in black tightly shielded the child in his arms as he fled with the manor’s only young daughter.

To protect his young mistress, Ren Yi sent her to be raised by an old friend of the manor’s master.

For ten years, the young lady grew up carefree while he moved through the night, taking bloody revenge on behalf of his former master. When everything had finally settled, Ren Yi sheathed his blade and returned to her side.

He would remain anonymous and follow behind the young lady, fulfilling the last wishes of the master and his wife: watch over her as she grew up, got married, and had children, then watch over the next generation as well.

He would pretend not to hear her jokes.

Everything went smoothly, except that on the eve of the young lady’s wedding, he opened his eyes to find himself naked in her bedchamber, surrounded by furious people.

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After transmigrating, Liao Yu had more than her share of misfortune. She was attacked every few days, and after finally making it to fifteen, her adoptive parents arranged her marriage. She was to be wed, but she didn’t like the man she had been promised to since birth.

The person who interested her was the guard who came to visit every year.

Whenever he came back, he taught her martial arts and gave her money. He was as steady as a father or older brother, and had the figure of a model. He was her ideal boyfriend.

There was just one problem: he seemed hard of hearing. Every time she said she wanted to date him, he pretended not to hear.

With the wedding drawing near, she called him into her room on the eve of the ceremony.

After he drank a cup of wine laced with medicine, Liao Yu looked at the man before her: the guard who had carried her out of the flames ten years ago, now bound to the bed and looking at her in anguish as he shook his head, urging her to turn back.

A guard daring to lay hands on his master was a scandal of the highest order.

Ren Yi was dragged straight to the torture chamber. Out of consideration for their past, they ultimately spared his life.

On the day he was released, Liao Yu watched as a thousand people pointed at Ren Yi and cursed him as a vile, shameless man who had dared to ruin the innocence and future of the only heir to the Liao family.

Under the cold moonlight, Liao Yu found the man who was about to end his own life. She traced his features with her fingertip and said with a bright smile:

“Have you forgotten what you promised my parents?”

He wasn’t allowed to die. He had to stay by her side for the rest of his life, serving as her most loyal subordinate.

[The sharpest blade of the previous generation is now her dog.]

Content warnings:

1. Eleven-year age gap. This is an older, devoted guard romance, so please proceed with care if that’s not your thing.

2. Male lead suffers, a forced relationship, a power imbalance, and an unequal relationship.

3. This is still an indulgence-focused story: 99% romance with 1% plot.

4. The heroine does whatever she wants and has no qualms about it. Rather than a purely devoted guard, he is more like her teacher and elder: an attentive older man, but he won’t obey her unconditionally.

5. The older guard will suffer for a long time. The first half of his life is spent on revenge, and the second half consumed by the belief that he failed to guide the young lady and led her astray. He’ll struggle and suffer, but he’ll still obediently have sex with her.

Theme: Let’s build a beautiful home together.