軍師他又搞幺蛾子

軍師他又搞幺蛾子

Seraphina Quill

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Introduction

南蘭在前往大老闆的辦公室時突然昏倒,穿越到了自己寫的小說裡……主角鐘毓琰的模樣赫然就是那個大老闆。就在他以為這是老闆演的一場戲的時候,他遇到了刺殺,鐘毓琰出手相救才讓他明白自己不是在演戲,而是真的穿越了。

按照他讀過這麼多小說的套路,他覺得自己應該就是來幫助男女主走到一起完成美好的大結局,然後就可以回去。於是開始制定計劃讓兩人進度加快,自己也好早日回去。但在這計劃實施的過程中,南蘭意外地發現,自己對鐘毓琰其實是有愛意的,是那種戀人的愛意。

可在他小心試探的時候,鐘毓琰卻覺得他是敵國奸細,便說兩個男人在一起很噁心,南蘭心碎了,離開了言靈國。

鐘毓琰也因為南蘭不在身邊越來越暴躁,最終還是沈晚吟看不下去將人打醒,鐘毓琰這才明白自己的心意,也不管什麼奸細不奸細,跑到巫咸國將人追回來。

副CP線:沈晚吟,同樣也是穿越來的,本身和南蘭一樣,都是喜歡同性的,和南蘭不一樣的是她早早就接受了自己並且對沈琳嵐一見鍾情,毫不掩飾地開始追妻將人掰彎。起初一直被沈琳嵐拒絕,但一次英雄救美之後拉近了兩人的關係,沈琳嵐也逐漸對沈晚吟改觀,在360度無死角的甜蜜攻擊下淪陷了,和沈晚吟和和美美地在一起了。
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Chapter 1

元盛十六年,藍熙國一夕之間全國覆滅,一隊大軍宛如鬼魅一般,夜襲月歌,攻破重重防線,最後血洗皇宮,藍月國皇室被屠殺殆盡,其臣子也無一倖免。百姓私下逃竄,餓殍遍野,只有幾人僥倖出逃,至今仍不知所蹤。

巫咸國國主與月靈國國主將藍熙國領土分割劃界,各得一半。自此,三足鼎立變成了兩國互相牽制對立的局面。兩國之間相安無事已有三年之久。

……

半年前,巫咸國似有蠢蠢欲動的跡象,不顧國之界限,接二連三派兵騷擾邊境,在周邊的小鎮上燒殺搶掠,數位官員聯合上書,請求國主派兵鎮壓。

言靈國國主大怒,立即派大將軍鐘毓琰領軍,前往邊界對敵。

……

「阿楠!」

南蘭緩緩睜開雙眼,模糊的視線和混亂的大腦讓他一時有些分不清是現實還是夢境。他揉了揉眼睛,試圖看清周遭的環境。

面前是一片蔥蔥鬱鬱的樹林,陰沉的天氣連方向都難以辨別。

南蘭勉強站起身,踉踉蹌蹌地向前走去,腦子裡昏昏沉沉的,什麼也想不起來。他邊走邊用食指揉著自己的太陽穴,試圖讓自己清醒些。

南蘭慢慢回想著剛才發生的事情,他去了大老闆的辦公室,之後,感覺有些難受,再之後……

他就到了這裡?

恢復清醒的南蘭望著四周的樹林感到了一絲陌生的恐懼,他不知道這是什麼地方,記憶中自己並沒有來過這裡。自己到底是怎麼來到這裡的?

南蘭嘆了口氣,不管了,先走出去再說。

南蘭在樹林裡繞了許久,都沒有辦法走出去,他摸了摸自己的口袋,什麼都沒有。他驚訝地往自己身上看去。

「wc?這這這,這什麼玩意兒?」

南蘭看著自己身上那一身古式的粗布麻衣,瞬間就懷疑起了人生。

這究竟是大老闆的惡趣味還是別的什麼?

南蘭的腦子又開始混亂,扯著自己身上如同破布般的衣服,不知道該說什麼好。

就在南蘭思考著人生的時候,遠處傳來了一陣急促的馬蹄聲,伴隨著地面微微的震動,南蘭這才回過神來。

循著聲音望去,只見遠處一紅衣男子正策馬奔向這邊,他身後,還跟了一大群人,時不時地朝他射箭,看樣子似是在被追趕。

這是什麼劇組在拍戲?

南蘭四下望去,沒有發現哪裡有攝像機和工作人員在,正納罕著,那群人已然來到了南蘭面前,他趕緊找了棵樹隱蔽身形,偷偷觀察著這些人。

一群人追趕著最前面的紅衣男子,放出的箭每一次都擦著他而過,卻未傷及分毫。男子一路疾馳而去,直直衝向前方。

南蘭躲在樹後面,看著紅衣男子奔去的方向,突然意識到了什麼……

等等,那邊,是懸崖啊!!!

…………

趁著他們從箭筒裡拿箭矢的間隙,紅衣男子從衣服裡掏出一個東西,正準備放,一支箭就從他胳膊擦過,留下了痕跡。

手中的煙花信號也順勢掉落在地,紅衣男子偏頭看著那一塊被染紅的地方,「啧」了一聲便繼續策馬前行,彷彿絲毫沒有看見前面的懸崖。

身後追趕著的人突然停下,領頭的一位男子緩緩舉起弓箭,從身後拿出一支箭來搭在上面,對準了前面的紅衣男子。

「噗呲——」

一聲尖銳物體刺入血肉的聲音,在疼痛的驅使下,紅衣男子攥緊韁繩的手鬆了些許,還沒等他反應過來,另一支箭便射在了馬的身上。

那馬受了刺激,開始四處亂奔,男子從馬背上摔落,一連打了好幾個滾滾到了懸崖邊上。

領頭的男子見差不多了,便下馬悠哉悠哉地走到紅衣男子面前,看盡了他狼狽不堪的模樣之後,冷笑一聲,將他踹下懸崖。

「我艹!」躲在樹後的南蘭被男子的舉動嚇了一大跳。現在的演員都這麼拼命嗎?都不帶找替身吊威亞的嗎?

等等,吊威亞?

我艹他他他他……,他沒有吊威亞啊!

南蘭震驚了。這拍個戲是拍出人命嗎?那地方可是個貨真價實的懸崖啊!深不見底啊!

將人踹下懸崖後,他們也不再過多留戀,騎上馬便離開了。

南蘭趕緊跑到懸崖邊上,額滴個天姥爺啊,真下去了?確定這是在拍戲不是在玩命?

南蘭有點慌,他還是第一次遇到這種情況,身邊也沒有手機。

他試探性地朝懸崖下面喊了一聲,試圖抓住那近乎百分之一的機率:「那個,有人嗎?」

…………

沒有人回應,南蘭嘆了口氣打算起身離開。突然他聽到了一個微弱的聲音:「有……」

南蘭趕緊往懸崖邊上看,什麼都沒發現,那個聲音繼續說:「在這裡。」

南蘭循著聲音將頭伸了出去,看見了那個紅衣男子,他的手抓著一把插進懸崖的劍,快要堅持不住了。

「救救我……」男子虛弱的求救。

南蘭見狀趕忙伸出手想要抓住他,可惜自己手太短了夠不到。南蘭有些心急地朝周圍看了看,尋找著能夠用得上的道具。他跑到一棵樹旁邊,瞧見一個比較粗長的樹枝從根部歪長了出來,他雙手握住那根樹枝,使勁往外一拔,將那根樹枝拔了出來。

南蘭拿在手上試了試柔韌度,覺得還可以,便從身上撕下一塊布將樹枝纏好後,跑到了懸崖邊,將樹枝伸了下去。

「能……能夠到嗎?」南蘭一邊使勁往下伸一邊問道。

鐘毓琰看見頭頂上的樹枝,微微回應一聲:「能……」之後抬起受傷的右手抓住了樹枝,左手將劍拔了出來。

南蘭見樹枝上有了重量,便開始往上拉。鐘毓琰則用自己的劍一點一點地往上爬,試圖減輕樹枝的重量。

整個過程無驚無險,南蘭還以為中途會來個枝斷人落,然後那個男子就掉下去死掉了。幸好幸好。

南蘭看著旁邊和自己一起躺在地上的男子,笑了笑,原來這就是助人為樂的心情嗎?救了個人的感覺真TM爽!

鐘毓琰被救上來之後,大口地喘著氣。信號沒有被及時放出,他還以為自己今天就要葬身崖底了,沒想到遇到他救了我。

鐘毓琰看著身旁衣衫破爛的人,雖然有些感激他救了自己,但心裡還是有些提防。

「你是誰?」

南蘭喘勻了氣,這才看清了面前的男人。

他戴著半張黃金鏤空面具,另外露出的半張臉凌厲但又俊美,一雙丹鳳眼裡滿是警惕,但看起來卻更為妖冶致命。

南蘭吞了吞口水,眼珠一轉想到了《將軍傳》裡他筆下如同蘭陵王一般俊美肅殺的主角,鐘毓琰。

難道說……大老闆叫他來,就是為了拍這部《將軍傳》?那為什麼要讓他也參演其中?

而且……還救了鐘毓琰?這情節好眼熟啊!

「我問你,你叫什麼名字?」見南蘭遲遲不回答,鐘毓琰沒了耐心,拔出劍架在了南蘭的脖子上。

「我我我我……我是那個……那個安楠!」南蘭心一橫,說了敵國間諜的名字,「我是邊界的一個小鎮上的人,但我們鎮子全都被巫咸國的軍隊給踏平了,只有我一個人逃了出來。」

「哦?」鐘毓琰挑了下眉,「那我怎麼知道你所言非虛呢?」

南蘭快被鐘毓琰身上那股氣勢壓得喘不過來氣了,但大老闆在前他也只能順著說了下去,「我……我會行軍打仗,我聽說鐘大將軍的軍隊就在這附近,所以想參軍殺敵,為我家人報仇!」

鐘毓琰看了看他這小身板,嗤笑一聲,「就你?還想上場殺敵?怕是連兵器都舉不起來吧!」

南蘭心裡暗罵,沒你這麼欺負人的,入戲入太深了吧,還帶人身攻擊的。

「我……我可以當軍師。」他舉起自己有些孱弱的右手,小聲道。

鐘毓琰把劍收了回去,但並不代表他放下了戒備。只是……敵人得在自己眼皮子底下才好監視。

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Unlike her twin brother, Jackson, Jessa struggled with her weight and very few friends. Jackson was an athlete and the epitome of popularity, while Jessa felt invisible. Noah was the quintessential “It” guy at school—charismatic, well-liked, and undeniably handsome. To make matters worse, he was Jackson’s best friend and Jessa’s biggest bully. During their senior year, Jessa decides it was time for her to gain some self-confidence, find her true beauty and not be the invisible twin. As Jessa transformed, she begins to catch the eye of everyone around her, especially Noah. Noah, initially blinded by his perception of Jessa as merely Jackson’s sister, started to see her in a new light. How did she become the captivating woman invading his thoughts? When did she become the object of his fantasies? Join Jessa on her journey from being the class joke to a confident, desirable young woman, surprising even Noah as she reveals the incredible person she has always been inside.
Goddess Of The Underworld.

Goddess Of The Underworld.

Completed · sheridan.hartin
Left at a pack border with a name and a stubborn heartbeat, Envy grows into the sharpest kind of survivor, an orphaned warrior who knows how to hold a line and keep moving. Love isn’t in the plan…until four alpha wolves with playboy reputations and inconveniently soft hands decide the girl who won’t bow is the only queen they’ll ever take. Their mate. The one they have waited for. Xavier, Haiden, Levi, and Noah are gorgeous, lethal, and anything but perfect and Envy isn’t either. She’s changing. First into hell hound, Layah at her heels and fire in her veins. Then into what the realm has been waiting for, a Goddess of the Underworld, dragging her mates down to hell with her. Then finally into lycan princess, stronger, faster, the moon finally answering back, giving her exactly what she needs to protect her family.

When the veil between the Divine, the Living, and the Dead begins to crack, Envy is thrust beneath with a job she can’t drop: keep the worlds from bleeding together, shepherd the lost, and make ordinary into armor, breakfasts, bedtime, battle plans. Peace lasts exactly one lullaby. This is the story of a border pup who became a goddess by choosing her family; of four imperfect alphas learning how to stay; of cake, iron, and daylight negotiations. Steamy, fierce, and full of heart, Goddess of the Underworld is a reverse harem, found-family paranormal romance where love writes the rules and keeps three realms from falling apart.
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From Substitute To Queen

From Substitute To Queen

Completed · Hannah Moore
For three years, Sable loved Alpha Darrell with everything she had, spending her salary to support their household while being called an orphan and gold-digger. But just as Darrell was about to mark her as his Luna, his ex-girlfriend returned, texting: "I'm not wearing underwear. My plane lands soon—pick me up and fuck me immediately."

Heartbroken, Sable discovered Darrell having sex with his ex in their bed, while secretly transferring hundreds of thousands to support that woman.

Even worse was overhearing Darrell laugh to his friends: "She's useful—obedient, doesn't cause trouble, handles housework, and I can fuck her whenever I need relief. She's basically a live-in maid with benefits." He made crude thrusting gestures, sending his friends into laughter.

In despair, Sable left, reclaimed her true identity, and married her childhood neighbor—Lycan King Caelan, nine years her senior and her fated mate. Now Darrell desperately tries to win her back. How will her revenge unfold?

From substitute to queen—her revenge has just begun!
Crossing Lines

Crossing Lines

Ongoing · medusastonebooks
MM | Coach/Player | BDSM | Forbidden Romance | Power Imbalance | Age Gap | Sports Romance
Noah
I was here to prove myself—
One last shot at football, at freedom, at a future no one ever thought I’d deserve.
And then I met him.
Coach Aiden Mercer.
Cold. Demanding. Built like a legend and twice as ruthless.
From the first command, I wanted to fight him.
From the first Sir, I wanted to kneel.
But this wasn’t just about the game anymore.
He looked at me like he saw through every mask I wore…
And spoke to me in a voice I knew far too well.
The same one that called me baby boy in the darkest corners of the internet.
Now I didn’t know if I wanted to win…
Or just be his.
Aiden
Noah Blake was supposed to be a challenge.
A cocky, reckless quarterback with raw talent and no discipline.
But one message had changed everything.
One night on ObeyNet, a stranger with attitude and submission tangled in his words.
And when I saw Noah in person—his fire, his fear, that ache to be seen—
I knew it was him.
He didn’t know who I was. Not yet.
But I was already testing him. Pushing him.
Breaking him down until he begged for what he swore he didn’t need.
This was not supposed to get personal, but every second he disobeyed made me want to claim him harder.
And if he crossed the line…
I’d make damn sure he never forgot who he belonged to.
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