After Becoming the Beautiful Cannon Fodder in a Novel, I Lay Low

[Upcoming farming novel, After Becoming the Scum Gong's Younger Brother, I Only Want to Farm with My Widowed Sister-in-Law. Blurb below. Please add it to your collection~ (cat rolling around.jpg) Thanks, dear readers!]

Blurb:

Secretary Shen Chuo didn't want to be preyed on, so when he went on a business trip, he and his terrible boss accidentally fell into the sea together.

When he woke up, he found himself in the body of a married man in an old-fashioned novel, cast as a doomed minor character and an evil stepfather!

Shen Chuo remembered that the original owner was as beautiful as a celestial being, but had ambitions that reached the heavens. He had hoped to marry into a wealthy family and enjoy a life of luxury, but because of a debt of gratitude, he married a rough fellow from his village and settled down with him.

The young man was handsome and powerful, but taciturn and hard to approach. He also came with a little tagalong, which only made things worse.

The pampered original owner hated their poverty, so he often took it out on the father and son, throwing tantrums and making a habit of hitting and scolding them.

The villagers secretly laughed and called him a pretty-faced demon.

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Right from the start, his nominal husband carried their stepson inside, the child barely alive after being made to kneel in the snow until he was nearly frozen to death. He caught sight of Shen Chuo wrapped in warm, fluffy clothes. The husband's silent, accusatory look made Shen Chuo suck in a sharp breath.

Thanks, Q. I'd only just arrived, and now I was about to get killed off?

*

Though he'd been cast as an evil minor character, Shen Chuo managed to stay alive.

He silently reformed, sewing clothes and cooking every day, working tirelessly to make up for the original owner's mistakes. He even started a small business and got rich overnight.

The villagers gaped, then said a celestial being must have possessed him.

After the young husband had finally rebuilt their home into a cozy little nest,

their down-and-out stray dog shed his secret identity and transformed into a mighty gray wolf, whisking Shen Chuo off to live in the grand General's Mansion.

Shen Chuo stared in disbelief, on the verge of tears. "Damn it! I haven't even fed the geese I just raised in the yard!"

Little Skit:

The Normal Farm Stay

Little Lamb: "Hubby, I'm cold. Cuddle me."

Xiao Dingbei: "What the heck are you saying... Damn, that's actually pretty tempting."

The Comedic Farm Stay

Shen Chuo [angry]: "You stupid dog, where have you been running off to now? You've scraped your paw. Does it hurt...?"

North Dog [pouting]: "I'm not a stupid dog!"

Shen Chuo [arms folded]: "Oh? Then tell me, what are you?"

North Dog [shyly]: "I'm your man."

Shen Chuo [eyes closed, ascending to heaven]: "Why don't you just drive me to my grave!"

Reading Guide:

1. A delicate, over-the-top drama queen bottom x a steadfast, tough wolf-dog top.

2. A farming novel.

3. Set in an alternate world. Whatever I feel like writing goes, because I can't stand the protagonists going hungry or having nothing to wear.

Upcoming Novel Blurb

After Becoming the Scum Gong's Younger Brother, I Only Want to Farm with My Widowed Sister-in-Law

Yan Guizhou, a private tutor, confiscated his student's danmei novel and read straight through until he fell asleep at dawn.

When he woke up, he had become the no-good younger brother of the scum gong who died early in the book. He was pinning his beautiful, fair-skinned widowed sister-in-law down and trying to take advantage of her!

His sister-in-law was timid and gentle by nature. She didn't dare resist, only weeping like a pear blossom in the rain as she begged him to stop.

Yan Guizhou jolted in fright, tumbled off the bed, and raised both hands. Stunned, he bowed his head to the floor. "I'm guilty! I repent!"

His sister-in-law was completely at a loss.

*

In the original story, the protagonist, Ruo Ning, was beaten and berated by the scum gong when he was taken in as a child bride. After becoming a widower, he was tormented by the scum gong's younger brother until he was driven completely mad. In the later chapters, he went on a full-blown killing spree.

But Yan Guizhou was lucky enough to arrive during the period when his little sister-in-law was still an innocent, harmless little white flower.

Thinking about how he would eventually get castrated, he was so nervous his heart nearly jumped into his throat. He didn't dare entertain lustful thoughts, let alone do anything to her.

He decided to earn some money to help his sister-in-law, then leave. That was all!

But why, on the eve of his departure, did his little sister-in-law's eyes turn red and teary as she gazed at him, making his heart ache with reluctance?

*

Later, the handsome young brother-in-law lay flat through the imperial exams, then swept through the officialdom with his unconventional, one-of-a-kind arguments, earning a title of nobility when he came of age.

By then, all sorts of opportunists were currying favor, offering him treasure and beautiful women. But Lord Yan wanted none of it. He rode with a grand bridal procession all the way back to a little mountain village ten thousand li from Chang'an, knelt, and asked his beloved widowed sister-in-law to become his wife and Lady of his estate.

Theme: The simple life is the good life.