The All-Round Cannon Fodder Is Reborn

Bai Chenghan is reborn, returning to the starting point of the tragedy that defined his life. His half-brother is looking at him with an innocent, pitiful expression, asking for the keepsake his maternal grandmother left him. The greed in the other man's eyes is unmistakable. Only now does Bai Chenghan realize that the keepsake in his hands is a treasure. In his previous life, his half-brother used this Fortune Stone to reach the pinnacle of success, steal his childhood betrothed, and push him toward his former fiance's uncle, who had fallen into a coma after a car accident and needed a marriage to bring him good luck. Bai Chenghan's luck dwindled day by day. He dropped out of school, was disfigured and disabled, accomplished nothing, and eventually died in poverty. Meanwhile, his half-brother became the most camera-ready top-tier star, the youngest Best Actor, the youngest academic award winner, and one half of one of the most beloved onscreen couples... And all of it came from the luck he'd stolen from Bai Chenghan. Only this time, his half-brother's luck doesn't seem quite so good. The only thing Bai Chenghan willingly does is run off again to bring good luck to his former fiance's uncle. Later... [Breaking! Rising star Bai Wenyu's wedding is outranked in the trending searches by a dark horse from an utterly ordinary variety show?] Passersby: He must've bought the trending spot. Let's see who's bold enough to do this! Not long after... Passersby: Ahhh, gege is so handsome! [A marriage reality show? Besides Bai Wenyu and his husband, is anyone else worth watching? The rest are has-been stars, and there's even an ordinary couple? Not watching!] Later... They take it all back! The ordinary couple are the best! As the foil couple, Bai Chenghan's luck is closely tied to his arranged match, Li Yu. Before marrying into the Li family, Bai Chenghan thinks it will be difficult to earn Li Yu's favor. After all, in his previous life Li Yu would often glare at him and threaten to kick him out, seeming to find him utterly irritating. After marrying into the Li family, Bai Chenghan stares at Li Yu, who is saying the harshest things with a fierce look in his eyes, and falls into a long silence. Meanwhile, the System keeps chiming in his ear, reporting that Li Yu's favorability is going up: +1, +1, +++. Until the favorability hits the limit and explodes... Bai Chenghan: ??? Completed work: The Imperial Preceptor Transmigrates with the Emperor's Secret Treasury Xie Qingfeng is the youngest imperial preceptor of the Great Jing Dynasty, elegant and refined, with unparalleled good looks. He can calculate anyone's fate, but not his own. When the young emperor leads his troops to battle and the regent stages a rebellion, Xie Qingfeng gives his life for his country. Then he discovers he's transmigrated a thousand years into the future, into the body of a wealthy family's real son who was just kicked out of his home. The real son was switched at birth and raised elsewhere for eighteen years. After being found, he grew jealous of the impostor son, framed him, and was eventually despised by everyone and thrown out of the family home. In the end, he died miserably in poverty. When Xie Qingfeng arrives, the bad news is that he's penniless and has no useful skills. The good news is that he's brought the emperor's secret treasury with him. Staring at the antiques, famous calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver, and jewels in the emperor's treasury, Xie Qingfeng falls silent. Some time later, the head of the Xie family finally remembers the real son they'd abandoned. Has he repented? Is he willing to come back and apologize? The butler stares at the message that just came in. It takes him a long time to find his voice. "...The young master has become the new richest man." The Xie family: ??? The butler: "He's also become a master of the mystic arts, and a welcome guest of influential figures in every industry." Everyone: ??? Xie Qingfeng thrives in the modern world, relying on his own abilities and the emperor's secret treasury, until one day the youngest newly crowned Best Actor comes knocking. Xie Qingfeng assumes the man wants him to read his fortune. But when he sees the man's face, he's stunned: An emperor's destiny? The actor gives him a smile he finds strangely familiar. "Imperial Preceptor, since you took my private funds, you're my empress now." Xie Qingfeng: ??? He let his guard down. The young emperor had transmigrated with him! Theme: Don't be afraid in the face of adversity. Keep moving forward and make flowers bloom among the thorns