A Guide to Being Forced into Building a Career in Ancient Times

Hard-luck, cheerful, career-focused transmigrated man as the pursued x elegant, highly capable crown prince as the pursuer

Yue Zhen was an unlucky transmigrator. For years, he had diligently worked toward the goal the System had set for him, waiting for the right moment to succeed in one fell swoop.

The System wanted him to kill the crown prince at the fated moment and help the third prince ascend the throne, so that Liang would meet its destined end, as shown on the World Tree's chart.

But wouldn't you know it, just when Yue Zhen had finally struggled to earn a chance to enter officialdom, one mistake got him expelled from the capital. He was sure to be unable to return for at least three to five years.

With no other options, Yue Zhen ran away. He decided to carve out a future for himself!

The world was vast. He couldn't write classical Chinese, but he could use the System to copy and paste the path every transmigrator was bound to take: entrepreneurship!

He wouldn't let a single opportunity pass him by, from making soap and toothpaste to reforming business practices!

He knew that the day he returned to the capital would be the day he turned against his former benefactor.

Still, he had come to bring about the death of Liang's crown prince. In the end, all roads led to the same destination.

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Like every feudal dynasty, Liang was a kingdom occupying a strategic location, which meant the kingdoms around it were all watching hungrily.

War and strife, natural and man-made disasters, displaced refugees: the original result on the world's chart was that the Liang dynasty would meet its end. That was the path ordained by fate.

When Yue Zhen first arrived in the capital, he was only a child. The flood washed away houses, people's faith, and the road that had brought him here.

Xie Min, the crown prince, was an elegant, refined, and brilliant man. He was also someone capable of changing the course of Liang. The chart would not allow him to exist, so someone had to kill him at the right time, for a plausible reason.

And Yue Zhen had come precisely for that purpose.

-When sincerity is trampled and lies exposed, the weak weep, not seeking forgiveness, but out of fear.

“So you're still this afraid of me.”

“I adopted you when you were eight and raised you, but I failed to discipline you properly. You've grown into what you are today, disrespectful to your elders and heedless of law and morality. That is my fault.”

Watching the other man roll up his sleeves, a wisteria switch thicker than his little finger gleaming coldly in the moonlight, Yue Zhen wept without stopping, convinced he was about to die.

“So you like this sort of treatment. I clearly underestimated you before.”

Happy ending. The story begins when Yue Zhen is 19, with some childhood memories appearing later. Much later, the pursued will run away and be caught, leading to a dramatic confrontation. Thanks.

My other ongoing story:

Synopsis: Xu Heng is a rich young man's “playmate.” He's young, handsome, and up for anything, and everyone in their circle has nothing but good things to say about him.

But one day, he got tired of this life. Or rather, he got tired of the people around him, a group of young masters with no standards and no decency.

Who knew that some circles weren't so easy to leave once you'd entered them?

Surrounded by rabid dogs, Xu Heng honestly never took these people seriously.

Everyone wanted to conquer him. Everyone wanted to keep him as their own.

Looks or soul?

Submission or defiance?

Giving in or moving forward?

Young men and women compete for love, yearn for love, and bask in love. Even if the odds are one in a million, never stop pursuing love, no matter how many times it takes.

Ahead, there is light. There is love.

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Beneath the hazy lights, Xu Heng stood with one hand in his pocket, a slender cigarette held lightly between his pristine white teeth. Drifting smoke almost veiled his entire face. Only one bright eye was visible, its lid half-lowered, as though he knew you were distracted and lovestruck because of him.

He looked openly, almost nonchalantly, at the two men in front of him, both vying for his attention.

His back rested loosely against the wall behind him, one long leg bent and the other straight.

Both men were men of high status, yet even in this nearly sordid scene, they remained impeccably dressed and dignified.

But they were both waiting, both fighting over him.

In the damnable silence, Xu Heng casually tossed his cigarette to the ground and crushed it underfoot.

“Boring.”

Everyone was fascinated by him, and there would always be someone else rushing forward to love him.

Love never ends, just like the lives of every person who feels it.

Straight, cool, irresistible pursued man x many pursuers

A few tips (and possible warnings):

1. Multiple partners.

2. The pursued is straight and has had a girlfriend.

3. Every pursuer wants to sleep with him.

4. There are dramatic confrontations.

Theme: Never let hope die.