The Noble Academy's Doomed White Moonlight

Shen Jinnian was a sickly young man. After losing consciousness, he opened his eyes and found himself the illegitimate son of the Shen family in another world.

Among the four great families of the capital's elite circle, Shen Jinnian was the blemish, an insignificant nobody.

Over the course of three years, the capital's F4 gradually softened toward him, going from loathing him to falling for him.

Just as the F4 fell head over heels for Shen Jinnian, he died without a sound.

The F4 he left behind were like cherished keepsakes Shen Jinnian had carefully looked after.

Those keepsakes fell in love with someone who had been dead for a long time.

The favored sons of heaven begged for Shen Jinnian to be reborn.

[You are the illegitimate son of the Shen family, one of the F4 at an elite academy. You are unwelcome, and your final destination is death.]

Shen Jinnian lowered his eyes. As a sickly young man trying to survive in the inner household, there wasn't much he could do, but he knew how to fish.

The door swung open.

Shen Jinnian called out timidly, "Big brother."

Shen Jinian, the head of the F4, had gained an illegitimate younger brother.

F1 said, "I'm the high branch, and you're the magnolia blooming on it."

The other members of the F4 fell for him just as quickly.

The news made everyone terribly curious about Shen Jinnian.

There was only one way to describe him: Shen Jinnian was a pampered rose.

And the rose, too, was a carefully adorned keepsake.

Late at night, the door to Shen Jinnian's room was knocked on, one person after another.

Inside, Shen Jinian's face darkened as he pinned Shen Jinnian beneath him. "Good boy, just how many big brothers do you have?"

"I don't know how to love, but you called me big brother, so I learned to love you."

"You're mine alone. In heaven or on earth, you belong to me."

The corners of Shen Jinnian's eyes reddened, and a red cord with a bell was fastened around his wrist.

Outside, F2 kept knocking relentlessly. "Why won't you open the door, Jinnian? Don't tell me there's a dog in there."

F3's gaze darkened. Carrying a bowl of medicine, he unhurriedly kicked Qin Yeran aside. "Jinjin, drink your medicine."

F4 leaned against the wall and spoke sarcastically. "No idea if there's a dog in there, but it's a shame we interrupted your fun, Young Master Qin and Young Master Jiang."

Shen Jinnian shook the chain on his wrist, thinking, "Bro, you're breaking character."

--What do you do when you fish too hard and the fish turns on you? Obviously, you run.

Content warnings:

1. Shen Jinnian is in poor health and spits blood after barely three steps. Lots of melodrama, but he's not effeminate.

2. It opens after he has been reborn. Time has passed, but Shen Jinnian doesn't know that and thinks this is his first transmigration.

3. He's genuinely a heartthrob, but there's a reason everyone falls for him.

4. The extras feature periodic one-on-one pairings.

5. The protagonist is not a kind, innocent flower.

6. To be clear! Some wording in the modern setting may sound strange because Jinnian came from ancient times. His point of view will naturally lean old-fashioned!

Upcoming story blurb [Opens January 21 at 00:00]

[This story is tentatively set to open January 21 at 00:00. The entire story has already been written.]

A calculating, scheming bottom x a devoted, steadfast top who stays by his side

The entire Jishan Shen family was wiped out in a single night.

Shen Mu was the only one to survive.

He also dragged Song Qinian, barely alive, out of a pit of corpses.

His innocence was gone. Shen Mu became the kind of person he hated, carefully plotting each move.

He entered the treacherous capital, cut down corrupt ministers and traitors, and became the emperor's blade, a knife at his fingertips, stained with blood.

Shen Mu tipped up Song Qinian's chin. "Will you stay by my side forever?"

Song Qinian said nothing. He draped a cloak over Shen Mu's shoulders and said softly, "Shen Mu, it's getting cold."

Shen Mu brushed his hand away. "You're so boring. Forget I said that. I was drunk..."

Watching Shen Mu walk away, Song Qinian felt empty inside. He picked up a leaf that had fallen from Shen Mu and lowered his head to smell it gently.

The winds of change were rising, and the enemy finally revealed himself.

Relief funds stolen, the moat's construction funds embezzled, forbidden ghosts wreaking havoc, a bride on the street... One problem after another landed right in their laps!

Shen Mu's dead heart began to beat again. "There's good fortune like this?"

Song Qinian silently handed him a knife.

The unlucky souls involved: "? What? We've been set up."

Later, a cousin who had dragged in a crowd of 108,000 people showed up at their door.

The scheme they set in motion together killed every scumbag villain.

Afterward, the dog at Shen Mu's side stared daggers at everyone else.

Seeing the red marks on Shen Mu's neck, his cousin asked in confusion, "Why choose him?"

Shen Mu thought for a moment and recalled the past. It seemed they had been bound together ever since he saved Song Qinian.

To everyone else, Song Qinian was his hawk, his attack dog.

Only Shen Mu knew that Song Qinian was the moon in his sky, the one in his heart.

Song Qinian would never make the first move, but he would stand behind Shen Mu and never betray him.

Shen Mu replied seriously, "The moon in my sky, the one in my heart."

Cousin: ? My cousin really is blind.

Content warnings:

1. The story opens with a flashback.

2. The couple dotes on each other.

3. A light ensemble cast.

4. Qinian is the type to keep quiet while doing big things. He doesn't say when he's jealous, he just goes all out.

5. The early romance needs to be savored carefully. He's very good in bed. The extras make the romance explicit, so light some incense.

6. After the story opens, I'll follow the ranking schedule at first. Without a ranking schedule, updates will be every other day.

Theme: Face setbacks head-on, persevere, and keep striving