The Frail King Is Forced to Build the Nation (System)

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Blurb:

(This story has been submitted for an early unlock. I am very sorry to readers following it. I took the originally planned plot and worldline in the wrong direction, and after several attempts to revise it, I still couldn't make it work. I'm sorry my writing is so poor.)

Couple: A king who is timid on the outside but tough on the inside, the receiver X a violent, stubborn-mouthed yet softhearted Prince of Chu, the pursuer

Lu Shang transmigrates into the body of a frail king whose country is on the verge of being destroyed. The original owner has the looks of a celestial maiden, but is a complete good-for-nothing.

The good news is that he has a construction System, and its shop has everything.

The bad news is that buying things costs lifespan. Right now, he only has the fifteen days of life the System gave him as a beginner's trial...

Lu Shang, a laid-back art student, grinned. “Great. I might as well paint my own portrait for the funeral.”

System: “If you fail the mission, your soul will have to work for the System.”

Lu Shang: “...That's a low blow!”

Forced to scrape by and build up the country, Lu Shang gazed at the Chu army camped outside the city walls. He spurred his horse and raced to Chu to beg for mercy, dragging along the last of his pitiful life. It was the first step toward founding a country.

He needed to have a country first.

When he met the legendary cold-blooded tyrant who had slaughtered countless people, Lu Shang finally persuaded him with his silver tongue.

The people of Dian: “Our ruler sacrificed himself for the country and seduced the Lord of Eastern Chu into bed!”

The Lord of Eastern Chu had given him everything he asked for, but hadn't even gotten to touch his hand. Hearing the rumors that Lu Shang had used his looks to serve his lord, he stared at the goods he'd bought from the little liar and snapped his pen in two.

“Just you wait, little liar. You think you can get away with it because you're handsome and sickly? I'll make those rumors come true sooner or later!”

*

To earn the lifespan awarded for completing missions, Lu Shang forced himself to build up the poor, struggling country.

He pacified the savage tribes planning to leave the country, gave jobs to the unemployed refugees who had taken to the hills as bandits, established industries, and taught the illiterate to read.

Every day, Lu Shang was busy selling matches and mining salt. He even got into arguments with his people over paper, ink, brushes, and inkstones. At last, the small, struggling country caught the attention of the other states. Orders poured in, money rolled in, and the people grew prosperous too.

But his country's reputation as the leading manufacturer drew the covetous attention of ill-intentioned people. Faced with pressure from all sides, Lu Shang had no choice but to take military strength seriously.

Yet when he looked at the ragtag army of the old, weak, sick, and disabled, he fell silent...

He turned around and latched onto his biggest customer's leg, the Lord of Eastern Chu. “Big brother, we're allies! We're practically wearing the same pants! Give me a discount on saving my life!”

But the man who had once indulged his every whim curled his lips and reached for his belt. “Fine. As you wish.”

After laying the groundwork for so long, the rabbit had finally fallen into the trap.

Upcoming 1: Reborn, and I Take the Whole Internet Along for the Ride

Netizens never imagined that watching a reality show would let them stumble upon the biggest scandal of the century

The wealthy young master Ji Ci from Trading Places and the poor village boy he'd been matched with had actually switched lives for real?!

As soon as the news broke, Ji Ci became everyone's target

“I've wanted to say this for ages. He hogs the camera and throws tantrums. He has a sour face but insists on acting like some gloomy young master. He's nothing like Director Ji, who comes from a family of scholars.”

“Some fake young master looked down on country folk, haha! Turns out he's the one who stole someone else's identity!”

“I heard he once threatened his older brother into taking an exam for him. Then he got exposed and lost his right to take the exam.”

But the person who dealt him the fatal blow was none other than the father he'd lived with for over twenty years.

As he was being cyberbullied and got into an accident when anti-fans blocked his car, he saw his father's press conference in his final moments:

“I hereby announce that I am severing my father-son relationship with Ji Ci. His behavior is far too unruly. Let his biological parents educate him instead.”

Ji Ci closed his eyes with a sneer. But this world wasn't done with him. He was reborn.

When he woke up again, he faced his hypocritical father and chose to join the first season of the live reality show Trading Places, determined to meet the biological parents he had never gotten the chance to acknowledge.

But this time, his fellow contestant was the famously rebellious, hot-tempered boy who gave the director the biggest headache.

Under the live cameras, Ji Ci faced off against Gu Beixi for the first time. The other's red hair practically blinded him.

Gu Beixi: “Hey, you're the poor little thing oppressed by your stepmother, right?”

Ji Ci: “...”

Audience: “We've got gossip!”

To complete the task assigned by his country father, the two of them went to sell the fruit that hadn't been selling at home.

Business was slow, and Gu Beixi couldn't sit still. “I looked into things before we came. Your dad favors the son your stepmother gave birth to.”

Gossip-hungry viewers: “How awful!”

Far away on the other side of the camera, the mistress of the Ji family dug her nails into her flesh.

Gu Beixi continued, “I know all their tricks. If there's anything you want to ask, just ask me.”

Fans were frantic: “How can we help Cici take the Ji family back from that illegitimate son?”

Unable to take it anymore, Ji Ci turned to meet the eager gaze. “...Do you like your dad or your mom?”

As the show's popularity rose, the story of the real and fake young masters was about to trend again.

Ji Ci couldn't help addressing the camera. “About this...”

Gu Beixi suddenly squeezed into the shot. “Exactly! I've been saying it all along. How could a family like the Jis possibly produce someone as breathtakingly beautiful as Cici? Just look at that green-tea illegitimate son in the Ji family and you'll see!”

The fans were so excited their features seemed to fly in all directions. “That makes sense! Let's celebrate Cici escaping a living hell!”

Ji Ci: It seems like I've opened the door to a whole new world.

Theme: Work hard and strive, and success will come!

2":"Qin Yao is a procrastinator.

She has never turned in anything even a minute before the deadline in her life.

And then she transmigrates into a book.

She becomes the useless senior sister of a sect, and is forced to kill the villain and save the plot within a set time limit.

The main villain of this story, Chi Yunshu, is a top-tier smiling devil and future big bad who nearly blows up the entire cultivation world single-handedly.

Qin Yao: )

What has she ever done to deserve this?

Even with her life threatened by the System, Qin Yao sticks to her usual ways.

The first time she's forced to kill the villain, she hasn't even finished reading the information and has no idea what he looks like.

That day, Chi Yunshu is framed and expelled from the sect.

The System tells her to take advantage of the chaos, capture the villain, and kill him in one fell swoop!

At last, Qin Yao catches the “villain” sneaking around, but he points behind her in furious disbelief. “Chi Yunshu, so the sect has an accomplice of yours too?”

...Who?

Qin Yao turns around stiffly.

Behind her stands a youth so beautiful he hardly seems human. He looks at her with an innocent expression, his eyes curving into a smile. “Senior Sister, you care about me so much?”

A head explodes with a bang beside her, splattering her face with blood.

-

Qin Yao's plan to kill the villain begins with her being branded an accomplice.

Chi Yunshu doesn't kill her for the time being, so she spends every day hanging around him. She eats when it's time to eat, drinks when it's time to drink, and keeps procrastinating.

What about the mission?

Qin Yao isn't in the least bit worried.

The System tells her to poison the villain, but she's got plenty of time before the deadline.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Yao makes a shocking discovery

Damn it, the deadline is today!

Qin Yao, who doesn't want to die just yet, hurries off to buy some medicine.

She meant to buy a sleeping potion to fool the System, but she doesn't notice the sign next to the one she grabs: “Spring Love.”

With a heart full of guilt, she hands Chi Yunshu a cup of tea.

Chi Yunshu stares at the cup. After a long silence, he asks in a shocked, disbelieving voice, “Is this what you've been wanting to do all along?”

Huh?

Before Qin Yao can understand, a hand suddenly presses down on the back of her head. The youth leans closer, his dark lashes trembling as he smiles.

“Fine.”

...!!!

#Don't casually leave things until the deadline or you'll end up paying for it yourself

#I want to kill you, not do that with you :)

#Deadlines are the greatest source of productivity, but they're producing in the wrong place, hey! (#`O′)

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Chi Yunshu knew from the first glance that someone else had taken over the shell of his senior sister. Out of curiosity, he brought her along to observe her. He thought she was just like the others and had come to kill him.

He waited and waited. When she finally made her move, it was... hard to describe.

[Violent sweet girl who talks a lot and procrastinates X yandere villain who acts instead of wasting his breath]

Theme: The only way to become a legend is to live according to your heart.

3":"[Complete. The new novel, A Handbook for Cherishing My Wife in the Seventies, is now available.]

After transmigrating into a novel set in the 1970s, Lin Wanxing discovers she's become the unlucky original wife of a tireless workhorse.

Her fiance, Gu Jianbin, faked his death so he could stay in the frontier and look after his comrade's widow.

Just to help his “good sister-in-law” live well, he would rather stay away from home and let his entire family cry their eyes out for him.

Lin Wanxing is so angry she laughs.

In her previous life, because Gu Jianbin died before they married, the original owner was forced to remain a widow before the wedding. Out of respect for a fallen soldier, no one dared marry her.

She could only go to the Gu home, take care of the whole family, and work like an ox while following the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. After waiting in vain for thirty years, she became an old widow, only for Gu Jianbin to return in splendor with his comrade's widow and announce that they had been in love for years and were already married. He hoped Lin Wanxing would give them her blessing.

Give you my blessing? You should be grateful if I don't turn your family upside down!

Lin Wanxing arrives just in time for Gu Jianbin's funeral.

Looking at his black-and-white portrait, she smashes the frame hard against the floor. As everyone watches in shock, she cries herself unconscious in the mourning hall. “I don't believe it! Jianbin said... sob... he'd definitely come back... If he can't come back, then even death wouldn't make me wait for him!”

“If he died in battle, I'll immediately find a capable, reliable man with a high salary and marry him! Then Jianbin can rest in peace! Sob... Where am I supposed to find someone like that? Would anyone else even marry me?”

Unexpectedly, after a long silence, a tall figure in a crisp military uniform steps out of the crowd.

Gu Jianfeng, her broad-shouldered, handsome, earnest younger brother-in-law, silently wipes her tears, apparently having made up his mind. Then he kowtows and vows solemnly, “Brother, I'll make up to sister-in-law for what you owe her.”

He lifts his head and looks at her with dark eyes. “Sister-in-law, I'm capable and reliable, and I earn a good salary. I'll hand it all over to you. Will you marry me?”

Lin Wanxing is dumbfounded.

Isn't this Gu Jianbin's younger brother, Gu Jianfeng, who rose to a high position at a young age and is even more successful than the male lead?!

This... marry the younger brother?

That might not be a bad idea!

-

The decision to have Gu Jianfeng carry on the family line for both branches is a difficult one, but he vows to take on his elder brother's responsibilities for the rest of his life and treat his sister-in-law right.

He washes Lin Wanxing's feet at night and steams her eggs in the morning. He hands over his entire salary and comes home drenched in sweat to massage her feet and ease her aches.

He had intended for them to treat each other with respect, but Lin Wanxing steps on his strong chest and wraps her arms around his lean waist. The bed that had been cold for years finally grows warm with her soft, fragrant presence...

At first, Gu Jianfeng's bronze-colored face still flushes with embarrassment.

Later, he becomes hooked and eagerly coaxes her night after night. “Wanxing, one more time...”

**

After faking his death for a long time, Gu Jianbin is accidentally injured and ends up living a miserable life. Unable to bear having his comrade's widow, his “good sister-in-law,” take care of him, he decides to return to his hometown and get married.

He brings his sister-in-law back to his hometown, only to see Gu Jianfeng, whose shoulder bears several more stripes than his own, supporting a visibly pregnant Lin Wanxing with the utmost care, afraid she might bump or hurt herself.

Gu Jianbin looks at the stunning beauty, her face flushed and charming, her skin still smooth as jade, and his eyes turn bloodshot with rage! No one told him Lin Wanxing was this beautiful!

Isn't she his wife? How did she end up marrying his younger brother?!

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Lin Wanxing: You have your good sister-in-law. I'm someone else's good sister-in-law too.

The new novel, A Handbook for Cherishing My Wife in the Seventies, is now available. Please add it to your favorites

Everyone says that Third Master Yan of the capital is a cold-faced King of Hell who keeps his distance from women.

Yan Tingxu thought so too.

Until he was forced to take in the young woman from the countryside.

Her name is Shen Qingyou. She's the orphan of his comrade, and when she was brought to him, she was as thin as a kitten.

The only thing remarkable about her was her extraordinarily beautiful eyes. When she looked at him with them, all dewy and moist, even his heart of stone softened.

He planned to raise her for a few years and find her a good family to marry into.

But later

He returned from a late-night mission and saw her curled up on his bed, taking a nap. Her thin blanket had slipped down, revealing a glimpse of her slender, pale waist.

Yan Tingxu stood in the doorway and realized that the girl he'd taken in was a little menace.

That night, he stood in the cold wind for the entire night. Later, he still couldn't resist, and gathered her into his arms, blanket and all.

Shen Qingyou opened her eyes, still half-asleep, and called out, “Third Uncle?”

He lowered his head and nipped her ear, his voice hoarse beyond recognition. “Who are you calling your third uncle?”

Later, the entire military district knew that Third Master Yan had spoiled a country girl until she was treated like a little princess, and had nearly turned the world upside down for her.

Shen Qingyou has a secret: she is reborn.

In her previous life, she lived under someone else's roof, treading carefully for three years. In the end, she received the news that Yan Tingxu had died in battle.

In this life, she only wants to repay his kindness and keep him safe.

But as she keeps protecting him

Why has the distant, cold man from her previous life suddenly confined her, his gaze domineering and unfathomably deep?

“You just looked at him a few times. How many times should I punish you for that?”

At first, Yan Tingxu thinks he's shameless for stealing his nephew's first love.

Later, he becomes shameless without the slightest hesitation.

P.S. The heroine moves into the hero's home at fifteen. Until she comes of age, their relationship is purely familial! Neither of them has any other thoughts at all, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely none!

Theme: Have the courage to leave at any time.