From the Start, I Had a Warrant Out for My Arrest: Now I'm Cao Cao's Biggest Headache

Li Tu wakes up to find himself in Yingchuan Academy, seated beside Guo Jia as both his deskmate and “creditor.” He covers for Guo Jia when he skips class to drink and generously lends him money when he is broke. Li Tu figures that as long as he sticks close to this future genius, he can lie flat for the rest of his life, coasting along until he dies. To that end, he lends Guo Jia countless sums and takes countless ruler-smackings in his place.

At last, Guo Jia joins Cao Cao’s camp and rises to become Chief Military Advisor. Back home, Li Tu calculates that his investment is finally due to pay off. Delighted, he heads for Xudu, ready to begin his retirement.

But halfway there, he runs into Cao Cao’s personal guards, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Their leader holds a letter and reads it aloud without a trace of expression: “By Fengxiao’s last wishes: Li Tu is impulsive by nature and strange in his thinking. If he cannot be put to use by the Chancellor, then, given how much he knows, he may throw the realm into chaos. If he cannot be kept, kill him.”

Li Tu: ???

Guo Fengxiao, are you even human? You still owe me twenty years’ worth of drinks, and now you’ve left instructions for your boss to kill me?!

And so Li Tu begins an absurd, laughable life on the run. He runs, Boss Cao pursues, and neither can get away. Amid all the chaos, a funny yet heartwarming tale of friendship, trust, and scheming unfolds...