The 1970s: I Peeked at the Protagonist’s Script and Snatched Every Opportunity

After transmigrating to 1975, Ye Tian became a local troublemaker from a prominent Beijing compound who had been sent down to the countryside.

He thought he was in for a hard life, but then he activated the [Life Simulator].

There was just one major problem with this System: it simulated not Ye Tian, but his unlucky neighbor, Ye Ergou.

[Tomorrow: Ergou will freeze beneath the old locust tree and dig up a hundred silver dollars bearing Yuan Shikai's portrait.]

Ye Tian flicked away his cigarette ash. “Dapao, go dig up that old locust tree. Ergou can't handle that kind of money, so I'll keep it safe for him.”

[The day after tomorrow, in a rainstorm: Ergou will break his leg, tumble off a cliff, and accidentally find a century-old wild ginseng root.]

Ye Tian tightened his army coat around himself. “Get a thick rope ready! We'll pick the ginseng before Ergou breaks his leg.”

And so, a bizarre scene unfolded in the Red Star Brigade:

The real protagonist crawled through the mud, breaking arms and legs, and got nothing for his trouble;

while Young Master Ye sipped malted milk on his kang, had treasures delivered right to his door, and became the whole village's great benefactor.

Ergou was moved to tears. “Brother Tian, you're like a second set of parents to me!”

Ye Tian (kindly): “The System says those aren't your lucky breaks. They're my ATM codes.”