Cold-Faced, Wielding a Chilling Spear? I'm Just a Goofy Guy Trying to Stay Alive!

(Transmigration + System + short lifespan + playing the part to stay alive + contrasting transmigrators + opposing identities)

The day I transmigrated into Luo Cheng, my cousin Qin Qiong was holding me in his arms as we reunited.

The System's voice was icy: “Host with a matching name detected. Character Maintenance System activated.”

“Luo Cheng, fourteen years old, heir to the Prince of Beiping. Proud and sharp-tongued, cold on the outside but warm inside, with peerless spear skills.”

“Any time you break character, points will be deducted. When your points reach zero, you die.”

I looked at Qin Qiong, his eyes brimming with tears, then remembered how Luo Cheng met his end in the original story, pierced by a rain of arrows in his twenties.

Was this damn character-maintenance system going to make me sit around and wait to die?

No. I was going to find a way to survive within the rules.

I raised my head and awkwardly imitated Luo Cheng. “Cousin.”

But inside, my mind was already racing: How could I play the part convincingly and still live a long life?!