After the Gloomy Cannon Fodder Reborn

[My new novel next door, After Failing to Save the Young Demon Lord, is now up. See the blurb below.] Xue Fuguang only learned after his death that he was nothing more than a cannon-fodder character in a book, born to be a stepping stone for Xiu Jin, to take the blame for him and make him shine, like a rat skulking in a gutter. He had gone from being the youngest son of the exalted Prince Gong to a prisoner. The slaughter of more than five hundred members of his household was all thanks to the protagonist. When Xue Fuguang awoke one day, he discovered he had been reborn, back to the eve of the Xue family's downfall and imminent confiscation of their home. He decided to fight the plot by any means necessary. * There was a bodyguard by Xue Fuguang's side, a spy from the Ying Dynasty planted in the Jing Kingdom. This man appeared at several turning points in the plot. He even nearly killed the protagonist gong with his sword, and Xiu Jin couldn't charm him either. Xue Fuguang figured the key to changing the Xue family's fate and fighting the plot lay with him, so he went to great lengths to win him over. It turned out to be surprisingly easy. If Xue Fuguang told him to go east, he wouldn't go west. If told to set a fire, he wouldn't hurt anyone. He was so obedient and pliant it was astonishing. He asked the spy, "What do you want? Whatever it is, I'll give it to you." The man only lowered his head, fists clenched, not daring to look at him. After a long while, he replied hoarsely, "This subordinate wants nothing." His loyalty was utterly sincere. As time went by, even Xue Fuguang came to believe the man was wholeheartedly devoted to him. Just as he began to feel reluctant about using him, he suddenly saw a stocking fall from the man's clothes: one he had lost long ago. Brooding, unhinged shou x devoted, lovesick gong #My wife smells so good# Possible warnings: 1. The author is illiterate and can't read. All the setting details come from the author's pothos. 2. Sometimes the spider plant joins the discussion, too. 3. The author, the pothos, and the spider plant are all single. The gong and shou have to figure out their romance by themselves. We can't give relationship advice. 4. The pothos says plants lose leaves when they're insulted. Coming soon in my collection: After Failing to Save the Young Demon Lord Blurb: Before transmigrating into a book, the System told Ren Xi his mission was to save the young Demon Lord, starting when he was a child. He had to show him the world's love and warmth and stop him from turning evil. The System made a solemn promise: It's just childcare, no difficulty at all! After transmigrating into the book, Ren Xi opened his eyes and discovered he had become a vegetable. And the Demon Lord the System wanted him to raise from childhood had already endured every imaginable torment, fallen into the depths of a demonic abyss, and turned as evil as he could possibly get. He was just one final infusion of demonic energy away from becoming the Demon Lord. Ren Xi burst into tears. Wasn't I supposed to be looking after a child!? To ease the villain's suffering and keep him from turning quite so evil, Ren Xi had no choice but to work hard at cultivating every day, absorbing demonic energy and using his own juices to relieve the Demon Lord's pain and heal his wounds. He worked at it for over half a year and finally managed to heal the Demon Lord's injuries. The System happily brought him good news: Headquarters had found him a body, so he didn't have to stay at the bottom of the ravine as a vegetable anymore! Ren Xi: There's such a good deal? * After a long period of chaos, the Demon Realm suddenly got a new Demon Lord. With an iron fist, he unified its fractious factions and stood toe to toe with the Heavenly Dao cultivators who had lorded over the realm for years. The Demon Lord was always shrouded in pitch-black demonic energy, so no one could see his true face. Rumors about him spread across the Demon Realm. They said the Demon Lord ate flesh and drank blood, slaughtered countless people, and had a monstrous face, tusks, and three heads and six arms. His favorite thing was eating little plant spirits. But he was terribly picky. Not one of the little plant spirits the demons sent him met his approval. The demons were so worried about how to curry favor with their new Demon Lord that they were tearing their hair out. Just then, word came from the Heavenly Dao: a thousand-year-old spirit plant that had cultivated itself into human form had appeared. One sniff could broaden your spiritual awareness, and one bite could make you an enlightened immortal. Everyone was scrambling to get it. The demons were ecstatic. They immediately dispatched a huge force, determined to seize this extraordinary plant for their Demon Lord. After countless hardships, they successfully snatched a young boy from the Heavenly Dao cultivators and brought him to the Demon Lord's palace. There, the Demon Lord, usually wrapped in a cloud of black demonic energy, revealed his devastatingly handsome face. He crouched in front of the boy and pinched his chin. "Show me your true form." The young boy's eyes filled with tears. "Boo-hoo." #The rumors about the Demon Lord having three heads and six arms are all false!# #But it's true that the Demon Lord likes little plant spirits!# Theme: When there's light by your side, hold on to it.