After Ying Nanxing died, he transmigrated into a melodramatic love story where the two male leads got together and broke up dozens of times.
Unfortunately, he was a disposable side character from the early chapters: a secret admirer of the protagonist gong who pushed the romance along and bullied the villain, only to be tormented to death by Xu Wenyan after he successfully turned evil.
And the point in the story he had landed at was just when he had followed the protagonist gong from the capital to a tiny, no-name city, marking the beginning of the villain's twisted mindset.
The System told him that if he wanted to go home, he had two options: save the villain from the start and bring him back to the right path, or behave himself and follow his original character role until he was killed at the end.
"System," Ying Nanxing called, looking thoughtful. "You've seen my whole life, right?"
The next moment, the System watched as the sickly beauty, coughing every few steps, listlessly walked up to the villain and, without a hint of hesitation, stomped on his hand.
System: !!!
Ying Nanxing smiled. "I'm a rotten person. What makes you think I have what it takes to save anyone else?"
"Of the two paths you mentioned, I'll take the second."
*
On the first day of bullying the villain, Ying Nanxing dumped all the food he didn't like into his bowl.
On the tenth day, Ying Nanxing told him to go buy fruit and not bother going to class.
On the twentieth day, Ying Nanxing made the feverish villain do his homework for him.
Ying Nanxing always thought he was doing a great job, until he met the villain's suppressed gaze, as if he might tear him apart and swallow him whole at any moment.
?
Wasn't I cast as a wicked cannon-fodder character?
*
Xu Wenyan had always hated self-centered people with bad tempers, and he hated the sickly young master Ying Nanxing, who had come from the capital, even more.
The pretty young master from the big city didn't fit in with the drab little town, and neither did his personality.
Yesterday, he made Xu Wenyan buy fruit and caused him to be late. Today, he locked him in the house so he couldn't go to class. He was so delicate that he even made Xu Wenyan carry him whenever they went out.
The young master said that what he liked most was watching Xu Wenyan hold back his anger.
Later, when Ying Nanxing fell ill, Xu Wenyan stayed outside his hospital room all night, then asked hoarsely if he could leave a little later.
Later still, spring arrived on schedule. April's new greenery covered the streets and alleys, and the little town went on as usual. The only change was that someone who didn't belong there had left.
No one knew that Xu Wenyan loved him.
[Reader Advisory]:
1. Ying Nanxing has serious psychological problems, so some of his behavior is strange.
2. The characters aren't perfect! I even put "wicked cannon fodder" in the title. If you don't like it, don't force yourself to read it.
3. One-on-one romance, both are each other's first love.
Theme: Ying Nanxing, look, the world isn't so bad.