After Betraying the Chosen One, the Cannon Fodder Gets Entangled with Him

(Expected to enter the paid section on October 10, with a massive chapter as a bonus. There'll be a giveaway then, so remember to stop by, everyone~)

Original title: Do I Have to Raise the Chosen One Even as a Cannon Fodder?

Before a chosen one becomes an unstoppable powerhouse, he always has a brother willing to risk life and limb for him.

By sheer coincidence, Xie Qinglan transmigrated into the role of that brother.

Even more coincidentally, this guy later kicked the chosen one straight into the Ten Thousand Demons Abyss.

Before he could enjoy his new life as a young master cultivating immortality, Xie Qinglan learned from the System that he was the vicious cannon fodder who was destined to die horribly. He silently drew his blade, ready to deal with the chosen one, this great threat to his life.

What? He has to raise the chosen one, too?

Xie Qinglan: Raise him with my own hands, then stab him in the back? Let someone else do it.

System: If you don't, you'll die anyway.

Xie Qinglan: ...

I'll provide the resources, but don't ask how I got them.

And so, he started a support program for the young chosen one that was really just labor dispatch in disguise.

The chosen one does the fighting, I land the finishing blows. Once it's done, we split it twenty-eighty.

Watching the chosen one eagerly present his spoils, Xie Qinglan forced himself to look cold as he stuffed them into his own bag, then casually tossed a little back to him.

Xie Qinglan: I'm a vicious cannon fodder, okay? What's wrong with taking a little extra?

Xiao Jin: He always thinks of me. What a great guy.

Everyone who got none of the spoils: You're having a great time, aren't you? Give me my treasure back!

Xiao Jin has a good brother who's always willing to risk life and limb for him.

When Xiao Jin was gravely injured, he went to great lengths to search the world for spirit herbs to cure him. When Xiao Jin was falsely accused of murdering a fellow disciple and was about to have his cultivation crippled, he turned the tide and proved his innocence...

Xie Qinglan: Thanks for asking, but if something happens to you, I die too.

After realizing his heart raced whenever he was near his good brother, Xiao Jin went to ask a senior fellow disciple how he should act around him.

Some unnamed senior brother: A brother is just a wife! He likes you!

Xiao Jin nodded. I see.

After his brother stabbed him in the back, Xiao Jin went to the same senior brother again.

Senior brother: He's only acting this way because he likes you so much that he feels insecure!

Xiao Jin: I understand.

After stabbing him in the back and making a clean getaway, Xie Qinglan stood in the bamboo grove, staring at the notices plastered everywhere, all searching for a wife.

Wait, is it trendy these days to call your enemy your spouse?

Reading guide:

1. Brooding, clingy, hyper-competitive top x foxy, laid-back bottom

2. Younger top

Here's a preview of my upcoming novel, The Office Drone Is Struggling to Survive Again Today

Lu Qichi is an ordinary office drone working 996. Somehow, the proposals his coworkers don't want to do and the blame his boss throws at him always land squarely on his shoulders.

The only unusual thing about him is that he keeps attracting things ordinary people can't see.

While working overtime, he faces a hanging ghost right in front of his computer.

Calmly, he pushes it aside and keeps working on the proposal due tomorrow morning.

At a business dinner, he faces a table full of writhing insects.

He quietly and calmly doesn't touch a bite, drinking nothing but the wine in his glass all night.

On his commute, a lunatic blocks his way and refuses to let him pass.

He chooses to walk around him.

Jiang Xubai is the leader of a special operations team at the Bureau of Anomalous Phenomena. Recently, he's found his number one suspect: Lu Qichi.

From what he's observed, Lu Qichi keeps passing by the scenes of all sorts of dangerous anomalous incidents.

And he always comes away completely unharmed.

Jiang Xubai: You're way too suspicious! Come with me to the station!

Lu Qichi: I still have to go to work. (dead fish eyes)

Reading guide:

High-energy beagle x low-energy office drone who attracts ghosts

Don't Even Think About Disturbing My Daoist Heart!

Jiang Yi is a sword cultivator, and one who follows the heartless path, at that.

As the next generation's soon-to-graduate top disciple of the heartless path, he's always beset by all kinds of admirers trying to disturb his Daoist heart.

When the disciples of the Joyful Union Sect treat him like a dungeon to grind through, Jiang Yi hides behind his senior brother.

"Senior Brother, they want to stop me from cultivating!"

After casually saving a few people in a secret realm and learning that they want to repay him by offering themselves to him, Jiang Yi covers himself and helplessly calls to his senior brother.

"This isn't repaying a kindness, it's taking revenge!"

"Senior Brother, save me!!"

After another admirer corners him and he ends up hiding behind his senior brother again, Jiang Yi hears his senior brother calmly say that he likes him.

He nods automatically. Mm-hmm, Senior Brother is always right, no matter what he does. Wait, was that a confession?

Realizing how serious the situation is, he turns around, instinctively seeking the protection of his senior brother.

...But this time, there's no one behind him.

An unnamed cultivation-world forum:

818: That famous gay senior-and-junior brother pair. Are they really straight? What happened to the heartless path?

16L: My senior brother and I are both straight!!

99L: Thanks for asking, we're dating now. (A photo of them holding hands)

Theme: Even in difficult circumstances, keep striving and dare to step outside your comfort zone.