Is It Weird That Little Shovel Cries Easily?

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Bei Nuo is a little shovel spirit, brought to life by the sun and moon. Then one day, he catches the scent of a chicken drumstick, and his magical ability changes into... digging food out of the ground every day.

But before long, just as he's taking on human form and working hard to make a living in human society, the apocalypse arrives, and his very tall boyfriend disappears.

The apocalypse comes without warning. Fog blankets the world, and plants run rampant. Tiny flower buds grow taller than people, while the once-gentle little white flowers become ferocious, catching everyone off guard.

Plants, animals, and humans are all infected and mutated by the poisonous fog. Plants and animals grow gigantic, while humans turn into walking corpses, their skin covered in disgusting, rotting flower buds.

Only poisonous mushrooms can disperse the fog. Humanity can live normally only by relying on them.

Bei Nuo thinks his magical ability will be useful if it can at least keep him fed during the apocalypse. But then...

Some milk he digs up accidentally spills onto watermelon seeds, and they grow into a gigantic watermelon filled with watermelon juice, watermelon shaved ice, watermelon bread, watermelon popsicles...

Cotton candy turns into a fluffy little rabbit that can move around and even help fight.

Water becomes a jelly superhero whose first words every day are a pep talk to himself.

People fleeing for their lives stare, dumbfounded, at the paradise before them.

A pumpkin house stands in the center, beside a gigantic rabbit doll. The crops growing in the fertile soil are laden with chocolate, lollipops, cream puffs, pizza, and little hot pots.

Refugee: Mom, I've found a real paradise!

Unable to resist his hunger and temptation, one refugee picks up a slice of pizza to eat, only to find that the chocolate has turned into bricks, the lollipops into hammers, and the cream puffs into steel balls... They all come flying at him.

Refugee: I let my guard down. The most alluring things are the most dangerous.

Word of this place spreads far and wide among humanity. People say a paradise lies in the mysterious south, where you can escape the poisonous fog, enjoy endless delicacies, and keep poisonous plants at bay. Everyone longs to go there.

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Bei Nuo lounges on a chocolate rocking chair, surrounded by all kinds of snacks. When he's hot, lemon slices fan him with a cool breeze. When he's thirsty, fruit lines up to be juiced for him. When he's cold, he has a cozy cotton candy blanket.

Bei Nuo takes a long gulp of freshly squeezed juice and sighs, What kind of heavenly life is this? I swear on my life I'll never eat cilantro again if it means my boyfriend never comes home.

The moment that old-fashioned boyfriend of his comes back, his happy life is sure to be over. Up at six to drink plain rice porridge, in bed by ten every night, no junk food allowed... Just thinking about it makes him miserable.

Bei Nuo is still praying, his eyes not even closed, when everything goes dark. The service is getting so thoughtful: they close his eyes for him before he can do it himself.

He looks up and sees a black dragon circling in the sky. So no one had closed his eyes for him after all.

He looks up again, then tumbles out of his rocking chair in fright. Run! His boyfriend is home!

<<<< My Gorgeous Husband Only Wants to Be a Simp <<<< Blurb below~

Ye Man is a "pretty little useless thing" with nothing going for him except his looks. His family marries him off to Huo Wei, the eldest son of the Huo family. The day after their wedding, Huo Wei leaves for work after issuing a harsh warning.

Put up with it once, and things will calm down. Put up with it again, and you'll only get angrier.

It wasn't as if Ye Man had teased Huo Wei for only managing once in a night. P.S. Huo Wei can go seven times a night, and Ye Man thought the other six felt like riding a roller coaster.

That very day, Ye Man gets in his car and heads for Huo Wei's office to demand an explanation.

But there's a pileup, and Ye Man is the unlucky one caught in it. He dies on the spot.

Then he's bound to Simp System 999. From it, he learns that he's a disposable character in The Arrogant CEO Falls in Love with Me. The arrogant CEO is Huo Wei, the husband he married just a day ago. Three years after Ye Man's death, the protagonist, Mi Quan, rises from secretary to the CEO's side and lives happily ever after with Huo Wei.

As Simp System 999 explains, Ye Man learns that Mi Quan wasn't originally the protagonist. Mi Quan is a transmigrator, but he made a complete mess of the plot. Following the Main System's orders, Simp System 999 was sent to correct the story, and it immediately took a liking to the gorgeous supporting character Ye Man.

It wants Ye Man to act like a simp and win over Huo Wei to get the plot back on track.

Ye Man, the lazy fish who finally gets a chance to turn his life around: I'll never be a simp in this lifetime. Other people should be simping for me. And, 999, nobody likes a simp.

999: You can stay alive and increase your beauty stat.

Ye Man, the lazy fish suddenly sitting upright: What's so bad about being a simp? I love being one. Who says nobody likes a simp?

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On his first day in the hospital, Ye Man throws a fit about being discharged. He says he needs to cook for Huo Wei, so everyone thinks Ye Man is head over heels for Huo Wei, making him a home-cooked meal even while sick.

Ye Man opens a takeout container and pours the soup into a thermos. He brings it to Huo Wei every day without fail, but it's exhausting for "useless little thing" Ye Man. Packing and delivering meals is hard work!

Simp System 999 requires him to send Huo Wei a different voice message every day.

Ye Man immediately uses AI voice synthesis to generate several messages and sends Huo Wei one each day.

Huo Wei's assistant accidentally plays one aloud during a meeting, and the employees all exclaim that the CEO and his husband are so in love!

Huo Wei gets drunk at a banquet, and 999 immediately tells Ye Man to bring him home.

In front of Huo Wei's friends, Ye Man helps him into the car. They all say President Huo is so lucky. Ye Man turns around and pays a hefty fee for a designated driver to handle everything and look after Huo Wei. Huo Wei reeks of alcohol. Does he think Ye Man wants that smell getting on his new clothes?

Even Huo Wei is now convinced that Ye Man loves him to bits and can't live without him.

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But then Huo Wei sees with his own eyes Ye Man pouring takeout soup into the thermos he drinks from every day.

He finds the purchase history for the voice messages.

He watches the dashcam footage: the designated driver is behind the wheel, Ye Man is in the passenger seat eating potato chips, and Huo Wei is passed out in the back. When Huo Wei throws up, it's the driver who pulls over to take care of him.

Huo Wei is so angry his teeth ache. He grabs Ye Man by the collar as he passes by and, eyes red, demands, "Tell me, why did you lie to me?"

Ye Man's face clearly says, "Oh, I've been found out." Then Huo Wei tosses him into the bedroom.

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