Yu Shengnian was slow-witted and in poor health. It took her five years to barely pass the exam for the Book Transmigration Administration, and she almost failed the medical checkup, too. Everyone else picked a role as the strong female lead, the white moonlight, the real heiress, the beloved lucky mascot, or the crybaby beauty. Yu Shengnian picked up the last card.
It read: Sickly background character.
She touched her ailing body and felt reassured. Wasn't this a role she could play just as she was?
World One: Tailless little fox x extravagant, pleasure-loving empress (sweet fantasy romance)
The nine-tailed fox had already lost eight of his tails. That day, he was about to leave the dangerous empire with his last tail tucked between his legs when he happened to come upon the empress being assassinated.
Damn it, if the empress died, who would play the villain!
Yu Shengnian risked his last tail to save the empress, only to be grabbed by the scruff of his neck.
"How strange. This fox doesn't have a single tail. Let me take another look."
"Put me down, you @%￥@!"
Yu Shengnian: You tyrannical ruler! Is this how you treat your lifesaver?
World Two: Naive blind girl x strict female general (heartwarming farming tale)
The blind girl had only carried a lantern once in her life. She'd planned to light the villain's way and then run, but her eyesight was so poor that even if she ran, she'd have to ask for directions first. The villainous general had no good intentions and gave terrible directions.
"Turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left again, and we're there."
"Isn't that just going in circles?"
"Exactly. So stop going around in circles and come home with me."
Yu Shengnian: Could you act like a decent person for once? I'm just an invisible blind girl!
World Three: Wheelchair-bound medical cultivator senior sister x unorthodox, joyful sect leader (lighthearted cultivation)
The medical cultivator senior sister used a wheelchair to get around. She'd only ever taken one long trip, to treat the joyful sect's leader for chest tightness and shortness of breath. She thought she could go home once the treatment was done, but on the very first day, her wheelchair was hidden.
"How am I supposed to examine you if you won't let me out of bed?"
"Why would you need to get out of bed for an examination? Senior Sister, rub me a little and I'll feel better."
Yu Shengnian: Don't let my inability to walk fool you. I have excellent self-control with my hands!
World Four: Deaf palace maid from the Cold Palace x scheming, inscrutable empress dowager (comical palace intrigue)
Just forty-nine more days of sweeping and I can leave the palace. Even though I'm deaf, I have to finish my last shift properly. I, Auntie Yu of the Cold Palace, will not let anything go wrong.
"Um, the Cold Palace is an ill-omened place. Why has Your Majesty the Empress Dowager deigned to visit this humble place?"
Sign language: "I came to take you home, and kill one of my sons while I'm at it."
"Oh, you only came to take me home. Wait... what do you mean, 'while you're at it'?"
Yu Shengnian: Why are you killing him ahead of schedule? Don't villains have rules?
World Five: Coroner with a heart condition x arrogant female thief
World Six: Mute mermaid x ferocious octopus monster
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Although it features illness tropes, this is a lighthearted, brainless, sweet bedtime read.
Healing, sickly sweetheart x dark, brutal villain who will always protect her
Theme: True love heals all
