The Emperor’s Runaway Lover

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After being framed by a close friend, the death row inmate Fu Yucheng was exiled to the Earth wastelands. One day, he picked up a dying boy in the desert—at that time, no one would have thought that this boy would become the frightening White Emperor.

Years later, in the deepest area of the Imperial Palace, the White Emperor, who was known for his indifference and cruelty, woke up every midnight with tears in his eyes, almost unable to breathe from the pain.

That person was no longer there.

His jealousy and s*upidity drove him to death.

Didn’t even leave a dead body.

Thousands of miles away, while living it up in a casino, Fu Yucheng, who had been forced to die, threw some dice, then sneezed: “That damned boy, Bai Mo, is he cursing me again?”

It’s a pity that Fu Yucheng, who was enjoying himself, still didn’t understand a truth comparable to Newton’s three major laws: Escaping death might be good for a while, but if your identity gets exposed you’re done for.

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皇帝的叛逃情人[星际]
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07/02/23 Foxaholic c71
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12/21/21 Foxaholic c65
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11/30/21 Foxaholic c63
11/14/21 Foxaholic c62
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09/22/21 Foxaholic c57
09/19/21 Foxaholic c56
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Nihilestenim
Nihilestenim rated it
November 9, 2020
Status: c100
This is such a well written novel, very interesting, the rating in jjwxc is 9.9 too. It's very plot heavy, and as much of a sci-fi action novel as it is a BL.

I really don't understand the previous review. Yes, this is a post apocalyptic BL drama. It's true that if you're looking for "yaoi sweetness smexy times" (to quote the first review) this isn't the right novel. However there's some serious misrepresentation happening in there.

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Spoiler

The reason the MC feels guilt over abandoning the ML is that MC repeatedly promised him he'd never abandon him, and that he'd stay together with him. The MC is not a white lotus at all, not honest, he's very proactive but also has low emotional intelligence. Their relationship is complicated, emotional dependency that becomes mutually toxic but they eventually figure it out. The MC is so manipulative and cruel at times, christ.

s*x is not explicit, some instances of dubcon, but there's also explicit consent and declarations of love beforehand, the situation is complex, can't skip around just looking for the s*x scenes.

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Regarding TW, read the tags, read the summary, black belly MC, drama, he starts on death row, this is not a sweet pampering novel and it's not be for everyone, but it's also not a tragic torture novel either. <<less
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cookieconquerer
cookieconquerer rated it
November 9, 2020
Status: Completed
A few things: this is not for you if you want an intelligent, pampering ML. The gong is like a firecracker, constantly going off, as impulsive and insecure as a toddler. He's the furthest thing from mature or capable. The protag barely makes up for it, but even then it was hard to get through this story.

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Spoiler

ML's origin in a lab? Ignore it, it's only a red herring and not actually important to the plot. If you're expecting them to go into an ethics/secret forces fight against whoever kept the lab running, you'll be disappointed.

What is important is how the ML constantly makes our boy feel "guilty" and pushes himself and the story along in that way. He constantly accuses our protag of abandoning him, but from the beginning doesn't seem to acknowledge that they started as strangers and he wasn't owed anything. I can only assume it was his persistent assumption of a relationship that eventually created one, as even the author said that he got into our guys' heart via his guilt due to those accusations. Due to this I can't actually call this a romance, it feels more like yandere manipulation and insanity twisted into something barely palatable by making the ML have moments of "weakness" due to being younger and not in a position of power initially. To put it another way, it's like a savior complex that the ML adapts to make acceptable.

Also, I kept feeling like our boy was too nice, but in the context of him being a prince it makes sense he would save who he could like in the case of Mo Ziran. In most areas, other than with Bai Mo the ML, his reasoning made sense.

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Honestly, this was super frustrating to read but I kept going. I thought my yaoi sweetness smexy times are coming (because it's yaoi not shounen ai ya know). Then the r*pe (s) happened. If there's one thing I HATE, it's a top who doesn't take care of his bottom, refusing to even get a DOCTOR because of something as s*upid as "only I should see you there." f*cking as*hole (I may still be angry).

TW for r*pe (by the ML to our boy), forced imprisonment, forced surgery, and need I say r*pe again? Honestly, thinking of everything our lead has suffered compared to and due to the ML, I can only say the majority of this story is just unraveling tragedy. I wasn't too surprised by the ending, but the story is not totally predictable as you don't get all our protag's thoughts. The plot isn't driven by romance so don't expect much sweetness. <<less
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Xian-laoshi
Xian-laoshi rated it
March 11, 2021
Status: Completed
First off, this is a really, really good novel containing action, adventure, sci-fi, angst, and of course, romance— which were all mixed pretty nicely.

+ Characters +

The MC is smart, funny, manipulative, and ruthless but he has a heart. He might not know how to tidy his room up but he knows how to fix the human civilizations— how to provide them a better life. He might come across as selfish for some but it was then later revealed that he has always been selfless— ready to die just for everyone... more>> to live. Once, he even said, "Kill me" without any hesitation—in an attempt to protect the human beings. Overall, he's a complex character worth loving and difficult to hate.

ML is actually a smart but really dumb kid half of the time— sometimes, I just wanna put him in a sack and beat him up. Okay, initially, he was an experiment subject who underwent tremendous training and stuff. After being picked up by MC and finally having someone to depend on, he became extremely attached to him that a mere mention of their separation extremely upset him. After being lied by MC numerous times, he developed trust issues and did some really terrible things (that I myself even cannot let go) but in the end... he came to understand everything and repented for every misunderstanding he had.

+ Plot +

Okay, okay! This is truly, tremendously good. I actually like the twists and turns of this novel and I didn't expect to have such a very fun and exciting experience.

Slight...
Spoiler

MC, due to being misunderstood, became a death row prisoner and was labeled a rebel. As the "crown prince" was his former companion, he escaped execution and was exiled to the Earth, where he met ML.

Coming to the Earth was always one of his plans to get back what he lost— his power.

Well, the MC has a surprising identity that I totally didn't expect, and he needs his power to also reclaim what rightfully belongs to him.

Also, later in the novel, there's a mission and twist that were revealed which led to a very good climax, a. So satisfying~!

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+ Romance +

This novel has my favorite troupe of older-MC-picking-up/saving-a-little-pup and an ML-who-was-saved-in-his-darkest-times-and-becoming-a-ferocious-wolf.

Anyway, MC is a black-belly and a liar. However, he's really someone who can easily make someone fall in love, albeit unconsciously. He has a high IQ but a pitifully low EQ when it comes to love, being ignorant and dense of the ML's and his other friend's love for him.

This aspect of the novel was also integrated nicely to the engaging plot. As MC mainly focused on his missions, it was the ML's feelings and thoughts that were used to show this aspect, which was prettily done.

However, despite the real feelings that developed between the two, the progress of their relationship was not an ideal one. There were lots and lots of lies, misunderstandings, abandonment, a black room event, and a pseudo-death that occurred. They experienced so much, hurt each other too much.

Overall, this is a book worth reading and re-reading. I strongly recommend it!

PS. It's easy to MTL! <<less
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shadow1716
shadow1716 rated it
July 9, 2021
Status: --
ML just uses various abuse tactics to prevent the MC from leaving him. Typical tr*sh author who thinks the plot is okay bc its BL.
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Melon eating bystander
Melon eating bystander rated it
January 1, 2021
Status: Completed
01-01-21

I just hate how MC handles his past. he only makes misunderstanding here and there, why making things worse, when he can avoid them by explaining things earlier. He does everything byhimself without even explaing only leaving vague explanation. Anyway the story is great I want to leave a review after finishing the whole novel but I dont know where to vent my annoyance so.. Here I am

01-27-22

As I said I hate how the MC handle everything.. Upstair, try to put your self in MLs shoe and see if... more>> you can think rationally, hes insecure because theres a reason... MC kept everything for himself and leave Xiao Mo in the dark.. I also hate how the story progress after learning the truth about the tower (CH 80-81), I hate how impulsive Xiao Mo has became. But if you think about it his insecurities aren't groundless, from young to adult his experiences are just enough to make a person twisted.. And become more and more twisted thanks to MC..

As for our dont get me wrong I dont hate Fu Yucheng I like his character he's is strong in every way but weak on love aspect. He planed everything carefully the only variable is Bai Mo. He can do everything for his goal but he cant use those tactics to deal with the person he like so his wrong step leads to CH 80-81.

After getting through chap 80-81

The only thing that I can say is.. Highly recommended

Spoiler

Bai Mo is still the same who drink lots of vinegar but he learn to trust Fu Yucheng and Yu ge become more open on his feelings which is the key for happy ending

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senyadon
senyadon rated it
December 18, 2020
Status: Completed
Delighted this got picked up. It's my favorite sci fi danmei - really interesting world building especially in the first half, which is set in an impoverished outpost on the fringes of the future society. MC is fantastic. He's smart, a badass, hiding his past identity and secrets while he scavenges the desert to stay alive. He rescues ML on a scavenge outing. Together they survive, getting closer all the time to mysteries of the past that are catching up.

The book drags in the second half but is overall a... more>> great read.

Mind the tags! This has some content some may find triggering. <<less
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SpicaGG
SpicaGG rated it
December 24, 2020
Status: Completed
Okay soo this could've been a 4star. The story really has the potential. It's just that in the middle there's sud unnecessary dog blood romance and it kept repeating again and again...

Spoiler

The ML deserves a better person he was just abused psychologically again and again and again.. sigh.. well at leas at the end the loop was broken.

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The MC wasn't my fav and other characters were just meh. Not really memorable, sad when it started pretty well.
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Kyaaaaaaaaa
Kyaaaaaaaaa rated it
May 31, 2022
Status: Completed
First off, hats to the translator. They did really well.

Now to the novel... It irritates me. You really have to read the whole novel to understand why. Because the beginning seems great. The plot is done well, but the main characters' flaws became so prominent and irritating after c70 I was tempted to drop it.

MC cannot communicate for his life. And then ML relies on his own misunderstandings and hearsay to make his own conclusions. He then goes batsh*t crazy on the MC. MC tolerates it because of the guilt... more>> from his lack of communication and his failure to keep up with promises that mattered to the ML. Toxic toxic toxiccccc. ML is portrayed as a strong ass character, but he is a complete wimp and suck up to the MC. Not in the way where it's like "I'm your loyal wolf puppy" but rather "don't hate me wahhhhhhhh".

MC is problematic too in the sense that he made a fair share of miscommunication (some even purposeful) mistakes and yeeted some promises (though they were done for the good of the ML), which caused a very big lack of TRUST in the relationship.

So in short, I'm irritated. The plot is good and the romance is tolerable (I guess) for the first 3/4 of the story, but the last 1/4 of the story just exaggerates the couple's flaws and it just isn't it. And sure they work out their issues in the very end, but like the issues were all.. preventable if there was COMMUNICATION and TRUST.

Also this isn't in the tags (something that also irritates me because I don't judge if it's AT LEAST in the tags—I'll try to see if I can add the tag now)...

Spoiler

ML r*pes the MC because of his misunderstandings (to the point where MC has visible bruises and becomes unconscious). WTF? Why does the MC tolerate it because of guilt? Isn't he supposed to be strong as f*ck and also rational?

Didnt like the way the s*x was written either. MC gave his consent, sure. But ML kept pestering him for it and MC never had time to give about non-influenced consent (at least in my view). Don't really... like that idea of consent.

Also I hate the fact that author allowed ML to overpower MC by having his physique upgrade to S+. It ruined the power dynamic especially since MC and ML used to be on even ground (both S level) and now I know ML could use and has used the power imbalance to his own advantage to harm the MC for completely s*upid reasons.

And I've read situations like this before in other novels but it was written with thought and was much more delicately depicted in the context. I just hate the reasons behind the situation and how harmful and s*upid the ML can be because of his actions. And also how TOLERABLE the MC is to his s*upidity because of guilt without actually fixing the root of the problem himself: his lack of communication.

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Ok, done with my rant. I still the think the story was written well, and the translator definitely did a beautiful job in translating. Just hate how the relationship played out. People are gonna disagree with me, I know. But imo, if you're looking for good dog blood, this ain't it chief. <<less
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Pcrome
Pcrome rated it
August 25, 2023
Status: c71
The reviews turned me off but THANK GOD I read this! I actually came here because of the "Black room play" list, which this one is listed and I'd assumed there's gonna be some kind of "yandere gong imprisoned Mc" later in the story. There is, but not the abusive depressing type. It's more satisfying. The plot- Engaging and unique, maybe you'll be confuse and bored at the beginning (just like I did and dropped it after 1-2 chaps before picking it up again, And I'm glad I did!), because... more>> later EVERY CHAPTER IS SO INTERESTING YOU WON'T GET BORED. Trust me, It's similar to svsss but pose apocalyptic setting, there's a lot of fight, danger, and life and death situations that got my heart beating.

I like how there's a lot of satisfying misunderstandings. My poor Gong def developed trust issues and abandonment complex because of the mc

The MC (shou) - is everything I like! He has a self-sacrificing tendency. Hated by a lot of people, tortured and betrayed but still remained brave and kind. He has a sad and painful past (before he met the gong) that it's a wonder how he could still laugh and joke about life today (He reminds me of a mix of Xie Lian: with his carefree and go with the flow attitude + being extremely poor; and Wei Wuxian: with his cunning and sly ways) . I don't understand why people doesn't like his ambiguous words that made misunderstandings like comeon', the TITLE itself screams misunderstandings (in a satisfying and good way) with the Gong eating vinegar and being jealous all the time. MC is strong but he ended up in a lot of trouble and definitely needed a lot of help from the Gong at the beginning. He's smart, witty, funny, easy going and his nonchalant attitude in the midst of disaster and in the face of death is very refreshing. He's also oblivious about the gong's feelings for a long time (which I liked very much since I love low EQ but High IQ MCs)

The ML (gong) - My taste. Similar to Luo Binghe from svsss, just more humane (he doesn't hurt the mc) but definitely not inferior when it comes to being paranoid over the MC. At first he's like a tsundere wary wolf cub (picked up by the MC, very cute) then he turned into a kuudere/yandere gong further in the story because of the MC's continuous lies. He's definitely a green flag (for the mc) and red flag (against everyone else). I love how unique he is, because its very rare nowadays for a gong to not even dare to lay a finger/hurt the MC even though the MC had continuously provoked his inner demons lol. My poor baby just wants to save MC from his tragic experiences (and lock him up from the cruel world whilst keeping him to himself). He treasures the MC while also coveting him in his mind. He would kill anyone who has hurt the MC or dared to hurt him. He would even die for the MC. (But we all know the MC beat him to it by pretending to be dead lol hahahahha). <<less
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probablyanna80
probablyanna80 rated it
May 14, 2022
Status: Completed
4.25 stars

  • futuristic/intergalactic wasteland setting with central empire including nobility and emperors (check)
  • huge fire breathing lizards and sandworms (check)
  • characters with special abilities/powers (check)
  • cool MC with low EQ (check)
  • 12 year age gap (check)
  • yandere (check)
  • evil SML (check)
  • sweet melodrama with broken glass (check)
This was a fun action-adventure novel with a little bit of everything thrown in. Very entertaining.
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aevdn
aevdn rated it
September 27, 2021
Status: c63
I really enjoyed reading this novel so far. It has everything my little heart longs for - and by that, I'm referring to the immaculate sorta-post-apocalyptic setting, as well as the writing style and some of the characters themselves.

Although sometimes everyone other than the 2 mains feel somewhat one dimensional and not at all like real people, this didn't have too great of an effect on the readability of the story itself.

I do have to mention though, that although the story is very good, most of the time when I... more>> was reading I kept feeling a subtle sense of loss. Like something was wrong, like something was missing or so. I have no idea what the cause of that was, but it kind of didn't let me enjoy the novel to the fullest. This of course, is only a personal thing, others might not have felt the same.

I'd like to talk some more about the setting; this post apocalyptic empire setting does sound pretty cool. The way the places the story plays out at are described are also very goood; maybe a point where the novel is lacking so far is that we know very little about the characters even after such a long time.

Of course, this could also be because the author found that it fit the story better if the characters had no/barely any past, as it would force them to live in the present, therefore enforcing the 'what happened before the 'found family' doesn't matter actually' thing, which in my opinion, great. That's also great. But I think if that was the case, it should have been described, at least a little bit.

Now, about the characters. MC, although he's this extremely cool character, seems very s*upid to me. I have no idea in what way that is, also, it could be compensation for his overly opness, but you know, it makes it hard to relate to him when he doesn't pick up on obvious details. The ML is very cute. But because of the mc's flaws, he becomes extremely weird as time passes.. This is also part of the reason why I stopped reading at ch63. It was great while it lasted, I'd love to think about this story as a perfect one, we don't need to talk about anything after ch63.

I might be wrong though. But, I really didn't enjoy that chapter, or even just the settings that came in slowly before.. I know that I should read the whole thing to write a porper review, but I'm not going to. Haha. Do it yourself if you want to <<less
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Scaredofmilk
Scaredofmilk rated it
July 25, 2022
Status: c69
I really hope someone picks this back up, as I love it so much! The writing is so interesting and the story is so unique and exciting. Scifi is not normally my thing. The action that goes on is the perfect glue to tie the plot together. I think people are forgetting this is an apocalyptic, dystopian story with very traumatized characters. What we perceive as normal in a relationship cannot be applied to these two. I am only on c. 60 something as that is as far the current... more>> translation goes, so I do not know if the story devolves past this point. Also, people aren't perfect! Your average couple are going to have what we deem as 'silly' problems. My only real criticism is that I really want to do away with the fatherly to romantic relationships. We can do better than that. In this case, I don't believe there is any gro*ming, but it is still a plot device that seems so unnecessary and potentially harmful. That being said, my favorite Danmei of all time is Sha Po Lang, which has the same father figure to romantic interest plot. It can be done well but it is still overused.

Lastly, don't put too much stake into what other review. Opinions are just opinions, and that doesn't mean you shouldn't give stories a try. A lot of the writings are phenomenal. <<less
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Tems
Tems rated it
October 20, 2021
Status: c58
This is a BL with lots of plot and slow development (love-wise). Makes it quite realistic, IMHO. I haven't read the ending yet, but I have high hopes. So far, five stars.
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