I actually kinda ship MC with a girl in a danmei novel hahaha. That girl is rather thick faced and is the one pursuing MC. She's also not a damsel in distress most of the time. Really lovable tbh

As for the translation, I read Corgi's tl as there's more ch, and it's quite good as most of the choice of words are great.

One thing to note, the amount of pinyin used. Some of them are indeed rather hard and odd to be translated in english, but there's a few where the tl is just a mix of pinyin and english, and after reading them, I'm just, 'what did I read again?' There are footnotes explaining them though.

Edit: It took me halfway until the translated ch to find out there's a glossary for all the ch and places and things which are in pinyin. Now I no longer need to get confused trying to remember which weapon they're talking about :')

(If you prefer lack of pinyin, you can read Ari's tl. Although I find some of the translation to be too direct? It's just preference tbh)

Another thing about the tl is a lack of prepositions in some places, and the use of quotation marks (") in places where it's not needed. Plus minor typos here and there. However, they're only minor things for me and doesn't bother me much in reading.

Oh, one thing though. There's this place or area (?) that's translated as Kyushu and I think it's not supposed to be translated as that since Kyushu is japanese. It's the name of an island in japan.

Honestly, I think it's better to read both tl (I think I'll do just that) to understand the story better. Since difference in tl can help you solve confusion in some places. There's a few differences in translation too. Not just choice of words, but in the meaning. Sometimes Corgi's sentences would sound weird, and I'd go to check on Ari's, vice versa.

All in all, both translations complement each other :D

Zong Zixiao’s obsession with Zong Ziheng starts very young and he has a total brother complex. In chapter 28 it’s revealed to the reader that they are/were not blood-related brothers because ZZX is not the emperor’s actual son. The characters themselves find this out after childhood, and it has disastrous consequences for the pair in the first timeline. In the second timeline, they are not brothers, neither by blood or adoption/parental relations, only martial brothers.

Zong Zixiao’s brother complex devolves into unhealthy obsession and as their brotherly love turns to hate and a sexual element is added to their relationship, the scenes can range from dubcon to r*pe. I will ALWAYS flag these chapters with content advisories.

Fan Wushe continues the obsession from his past life, which includes yandere tendencies like wanting to lock his man up and keep him away from anyone who takes up his attention.

This novel does have some explicit scenes and content (they are just harder to find/get because of the nature of censorship on official platforms). Chapters with these scenes will have relevant content advisories.