Playing the Doctor in a Dog-Blood Novel [Book Transmigration]

Meng Lanxi transmigrated into a book, becoming the hapless imperial physician in a melodramatic novel. He diligently supported the male and female leads' romance and careers, only to die after the male lead said, "If you can't cure her, you'll pay with your life."

To change his fate, Meng Lanxi decided to make the first move and join the male lead's sworn enemy, Prince Yan, Xiao Yanjun.

Prince Yan was the story's great villain, a man who never did things by the book. But Meng Lanxi wasn't worried. He knew the plot inside out, and after trying every trick in the book, he finally earned the villain's trust and switched sides from the male lead to the villain.

Without an imperial physician to help him at a crucial moment, the villain smoothly ascended the throne. Meng Lanxi breathed a sigh of relief: Now he had nothing to worry about.

Unexpectedly, the emperor cornered him after court. "I've fulfilled your wish, my dear subject. Shouldn't you fulfill mine, too?"

Meng Lanxi: ???

"Wasn't your wish to become emperor?"

The young emperor took his hand, his gaze deep. "That was before. Now, my wish is you."

The emperor's gaze was far too tender. Meng Lanxi nearly fled. He knew just how stubborn this great villain from the novel could be, so he disappeared without a trace during an assassination attempt he'd planned himself.

When news of his death reached the palace, Xiao Yanjun's eyes nearly split with rage. He frantically sent people everywhere to search for him, but found nothing.

Two years later, in front of a small clinic in Jiangnan, Meng Lanxi was about to see a patient when he opened the door and found a tall man standing with the light behind him, his expression impossible to make out.

"Meng Qing, I've had quite a time finding you."

*Since this takes place in an old-fashioned melodramatic novel, expect plenty of melodramatic tropes, including but not limited to aphrodisiac drugs, the chase where he runs and the other pursues, mildly coercive romance, and faking one's death...

Synopsis screenshot dated 2023/2/20

[Cover artist authorized: Su Mian]

Theme: You must love yourself first to love others better