Plotting Against the Protagonist Isn't as Fun as Gawking [Book Transmigration]

Wen Xiyan transmigrates into an old-fashioned melodramatic novel, becoming a cannon-fodder character who secretly loves the protagonist. The original character married into a wealthy family through an arranged marriage, but remained devoted to the protagonist. To win the protagonist's favor, he even stole confidential information from his husband's company, and ultimately ended up in prison.

The System tells Wen Xiyan to win over the protagonist and follow the plot.

Wen Xiyan lies flat. "Why would I throw away the good life I have? Am I crazy?"

That would be a crime!

The System patiently tries to persuade him, but Wen Xiyan's attention is nowhere near the point:

"Wait, what? The eldest son of the Zhang family looks like a fine gentleman, but he's actually impotent? And the woman trying to secure her place in the family by having his child is carrying the child of the Zhang family's rival?!"

"Oh, oh, oh! That Chen boss who looks like a henpecked husband secretly keeps a second family, and he's planning to set his wife up so she walks away with nothing!"

"What? My bargain-bin husband's third brother is in love with the illegitimate daughter of the Yuan family? The Yuan family has been setting things up since the third brother was in high school, hoping to make the He brothers turn against each other so they can reap the benefits! How vicious!"

Wen Xiyan has a grand old time gossiping, until the plot point where the villain's family goes bankrupt arrives. With a nest egg already saved up, Wen Xiyan plans to let his well-endowed, capable husband support him for a change. He waits and waits, but all he gets is news that the protagonist has been arrested.

Wen Xiyan: ?

When it came to the spouse he married for the sake of an alliance, Shang Heyu had planned to give him a place in the house and leave him be. As long as the other man didn't cause trouble, he would provide him with everything he deserved.

He never expected to suddenly hear his little spouse talking with a mechanical voice.

Hearing the mechanical voice urge Wen Xiyan to win over the so-called protagonist, Shang Heyu scoffed. He was about to prepare for the other man to walk right into a trap when Wen Xiyan's attention wandered off to something else.

Forced to hear one shocking piece of gossip after another, Shang Heyu then overheard his little spouse discussing saving up a nest egg to support him with the System. He rubbed his brow. He was the head of the Shang family, after all. There was no reason to make his little spouse work so hard to support him.

After sending the so-called protagonist's family to prison, Shang Heyu met his little spouse's stunned gaze and asked, "Are you running short on spending money?"

Wen Xiyan had prepared himself for bankruptcy, but instead he saw the Shang family's business thrive, and his own nest egg grow richer by the day.

Staring at the countless zeroes in his account balance, Wen Xiyan was dazed. "...That's more than enough."

Blurb written on 2024/6/19

Theme: Be happy with who you truly are, and don't be tempted by external things.