The Hapless Young Uncle of the 1970s

[Upcoming novels: The Little Deaf Young Master Doesn't Compete or Fight for Anything; From the Apocalypse to the 1970s]

Jiang Sheng died in the thirtieth year of the apocalypse. When zombies attacked the city, he blew himself up to buy time. He was only twenty-eight. When he woke up, he had transmigrated to the 1970s and become the man the original owner had dragged in as a stand-in for an arranged match. The original owner had been reborn, but no longer wanted to live, so he gave Jiang Sheng this opportunity.

The eldest nephew: Jiang Cheng, supremely selfish, a master manipulator, willing to sell his sister for his own advancement, and happy to live off others.

The second niece: Jiang Die, completely brainwashed, busty, foolish, and nasty-looking. Her brother fooled her into becoming an old man's mistress so she could pave the way for him.

The third and fourth nephews: Jiang Fei and Jiang He, brainless and willing to risk their lives for their brother in exchange for a little pocket money.

The original Jiang Sheng: spent his whole life as their blood bank, never received a paycheck, never even saw a ten-yuan bill, and eventually died sick and starving in bed.

Jiang Sheng: ... No wonder the original owner wanted to run away!

But it was fine. He still had his powers. They were low-level, but in a world without zombies or mutated animals, they were more than enough.

He'd split from his bloodsucking nieces and nephews and live on his own, watching the show. He wanted to see how Jiang Cheng would get into university without the original owner working himself to death for him, how Jiang Die would be pampered like a delicate flower, and how Jiang Fei and Jiang He would grow up big and strong.

Without money, everything is misery!

He had to make a happy little life of his own, didn't he? Eating and drinking, looking after Yi Yang, who was like a little cat. Life was great, and watching scumbags make fools of themselves would make it even better!

He especially liked seeing those people want to hit him but being unable to, forced to swallow their frustration.

[PS:

1. This story is gong-centric, and same-sex marriage is legal.

2. Everything that happens in the story is the author's foolish imagination. Don't fact-check or overthink it. Just treat it as a joke, and don't imitate anything in it. Some things are based on stories told by the author's elders, combined with research and the author's own experiences. Don't fact-check it; it's all been embellished for literary effect.]

[Upcoming novel: The Little Deaf Young Master Doesn't Compete or Fight for Anything]

A sickly, hard-of-hearing beauty shou who is slow on the uptake x a dignified, refined, devoted gong

Shi Wan is the real young master who was switched at birth.

He's sickly, deaf, and plagued with illnesses, the kind of person a gust of wind could blow away. His grades are mediocre, too. In the eyes of the Pei family, he's good for nothing except being handsome.

He never thought of competing with the fake young master for anything, and never expected anything from the Pei family. But the fake young master and the Pei family are all so strange. They keep thinking he's bullying the fake young master and trying to grab the Pei family's wealth, and they keep picking on him and warning him.

Shi Wan: If you hadn't shown up, I might have forgotten I could even be like this.

Shi Wan: Are these people sick in the head? I should stay away so I don't catch it!

Gu Zhinian is handsome and refined. At twenty-eight, he's already won the Three Golden Awards for Best Actor, and he's also a member of the Gu family. He's the fake young master Pei Shijin's unattainable dream man, and he falls in love with Shi Wan at first sight.

In his twenty-eight years, Gu Zhinian has always had people throwing themselves at him. When it came to his own charm, he had absolute confidence. That confidence was utterly shattered in front of Shi Wan.

After they get married:

On their first night, Gu Zhinian leaned over and kissed Shi Wan, only to get smacked across the face by Shi Wan's reflexive slap.

It landed with a loud smack. He hadn't held back at all!

Gu Zhinian: Hurt and upset, but he can't say a thing!

One month later:

Shi Wan still jumps when he sees Gu Zhinian at home. He's not even as familiar to him as the stupid dog!

Shi Wan has kissed and hugged that stupid dog!

Three months later, during a pre-interview for a variety show:

Production team: How did you and Mr. Gu get together?

Shi Wan, speaking carefully and matter-of-factly: An arranged marriage.

Production team (twisting, crawling, horrified, screaming): ... Uh... Could you describe your relationship with Mr. Gu now?

Shi Wan: A married couple in an arranged marriage.

The production team desperately tries to salvage the situation: So you and Mr. Gu fell in love after getting married. How would you describe your relationship?

Shi Wan: Huh?! There probably isn't one, is there? (thinks carefully! tries his hardest! can't think of one!)

Production team: ... This show might be dead before it even airs... Sob, sob...

Gu Zhinian watches the video and takes a deep breath. Deep breaths. It's fine, it's fine. Shi Wan is just slow on the uptake. He's just embarrassed to say it! Too embarrassed!

Gu Zhinian stands there, petrified. A gust of wind blows, and he's about to shatter!

Theme: Strive tirelessly!