Building Infrastructure in a Nomadic Tribe with Rock Art Spoilers

[The ongoing novel, The Villainous Cub Becomes the Beloved Favorite in a Political Intrigue Novel, has reached the blurb stage. The upcoming novel, The Face-Blind F4 Lackey at the Elite Academy, has its blurb below. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites!]

A commanding, dark-skinned, lovesick tribal chief x a refined, modern careerist with ambition

There'll be a little of everything: Northwest China vibes, delicious food, and fun things to do.

A sudden sandstorm sent Shao Ye transmigrating to another world.

If he had to transmigrate, why couldn't he have ended up in one of the dynasties like everyone else? Why had he landed among the tribes of the Northwest instead? Not only could he not speak the language, he had managed to offend the tribal chief on their very first meeting.

So, naturally, the chief took him back to his tribe.

He couldn't speak the language, wasn't used to the food, and on top of that, one tribal problem after another kept cropping up!

But none of it was enough to stump Shao Ye.

After all, he was a top student in A University's history department and a specialist in rock art conservation at the Northwest Research Institute. He knew the region's history inside and out. Even though he'd transmigrated into a tribe, once he'd dealt with these problems, he could still get infrastructure projects underway!

What, he couldn't find a solution to a problem? Shao Ye remained calm.

Wasn't there rock art to consult?

After successfully solving the tribe's problems and earning the trust of its chief, Mu Ye, Shao Ye began making plans for infrastructure development.

A nomadic people? Great! They had heaps of potential. Agriculture and irrigation, an education system: he could get all of it going.

And he had powerful support behind him. Yes, whatever he did, Mu Ye would back him unconditionally. Shao Ye found his stride, and as the tribe steadily developed, he was perfectly satisfied.

A prosperous tribe was just around the corner!

The Villainous Cub Becomes the Beloved Favorite in a Political Intrigue Novel

Xuan Yu, a little evil dragon, transmigrated into a political intrigue novel as a doomed little prince.

His eldest brother was a virtuous, well-rounded martial artist who was heir to the throne and spent every day obsessively compiling lists of rebels.

His second brother was frail, beautiful, and gentle. He had no plans to rebel, but he was obsessed with framing the eldest prince.

His third brother was a brave but rough warrior. With so many older brothers in the way, he chose to plot his rebellion in secret.

His brothers were all circling the throne. Xuan Yu was an overlooked little prince who wasn't loved or cared for, and in the original novel, he was a casualty of the power struggle.

Looking at his plump little face in the bronze mirror, the little evil dragon gave his reflection a wicked smile. Since he'd become a doomed extra, no one could blame him for being ruthless!

He pretended to accidentally tear up the list of rebels his eldest brother had worked so hard to collect. Then he took the trap his second brother had carefully laid out and used it to catch chickens. Finally, he tripped over his own feet and fell right outside the room where his third brother was plotting rebellion with his subordinates, drawing everyone's attention.

The little prince had tears in his eyes, but inside he was delighted. This was going to make a real mess!

But he never expected his eldest brother to ignore the list he'd torn up and look at him with concern. His second brother gently took his reddened little hand and carefully blew on it. Even his usually irritable third brother hurriedly asked,

"Does it hurt, Xiao Yu?"

Xuan Yu: ...

Xuan Yu: ???

Xuan Yu: Don't come near me! I'm really super evil!

*

Unable to stand his brothers' strange looks, the little evil dragon decided to switch targets and cause trouble for someone else.

This time, his target was the chancellor.

In the original novel, this young and promising chancellor was someone all three brothers wanted to win over.

Xuan Yu couldn't care less.

He was a ferocious evil dragon, after all!

He claimed he was too scared to be away from his brothers, and successfully got the chancellor appointed as his tutor. Then he gleefully ran wild all over the chancellor's home.

After causing all kinds of trouble and getting no reaction at all, the little evil dragon felt more frustrated than ever.

Out of sight of the chancellor, he secretly hid alone in the study and stretched out both little hands, crying like a flower in the rain.

"Waaah, I'm such a failure as an evil dragon."

The door suddenly opened, and an oil lamp lit up the entire study. Golden light fell across Xuan Yu's face, and he forgot to wipe the tears covering his cheeks.

The visitor held out a beautiful piece of gold in his palm.

The little evil dragon's eyes lit up at once. How had the chancellor known that he loved gold most of all?

*

Xuan Yu at first: Hehehe, don't worry, brothers. The chancellor likes me best.

Xuan Yu later: Waaah, maybe, maybe don't like me quite so much. Brothers, save me!

All his brothers immediately went on alert. Who was trying to get their hands on their Xiao Yu?!

The Face-Blind F4 Lackey at the Elite Academy

In his previous life, Lin Xuemu died poor because he couldn't afford treatment for his illness. After his death, he was bound to a System and entered a novel called The Elite Academy's F4.

The System told him that completing missions could earn him a chance to be reborn.

His mission was to play the lackey of the F4, who had been born high above everyone else, and deliver gifts to them on behalf of their many admirers.

At first, he didn't think it was a big deal. He was only running errands and delivering presents. Each member of the F4 had such distinctive features, so how could he mix them up?

But when he saw all those luxurious designer goods, he still hesitated.

That bottle of custom-made perfume could fetch ten times the cost of his medical treatment in his previous life at an online auction. After thinking it over, he decided to swap the real perfume for a fake and deliver that instead.

After all, F2 supposedly hated perfume most of all. He wouldn't even look at a gift like this.

As long as Lin Xuemu delivered the present, he would have completed the mission.

In this life, Lin Xuemu wanted to live, but just being alive wasn't enough. He wanted money, lots and lots of money, enough to live in comfort and style for the rest of his life.

But he hadn't expected to develop face blindness because he'd been unable to afford treatment in his previous life.

He gave the gift meant for F2, who never wore perfume, to F1 instead, and F1 even sprayed some on himself.

As the cheap fragrance spread across F1, he swore he would find the person who had humiliated him.

Lin Xuemu sold the little cake meant for F3, then casually bought another one by the roadside and delivered it instead.

F3 hated sweets most of all, so he knew he wouldn't even open the box.

F4 frowned at the strange taste of something he'd never eaten before.

The same thing happened when F2 took out his brand-new phone in front of a crowd, only to discover that it was barely half the size of his palm and wouldn't even turn on.

The ring F3 put on in a pinch had a faint smell of rust.

They found a guy named Lin Xuemu and discovered he was wearing a uniform that almost no one at the elite school would ever wear, crouched in a corner and chewing on a near-expiry bagel.

F4 couldn't understand it. The gifts he'd received were enough to let him live in comfort and style, so how had he ended up this poor?

At the same time, they decided to teach him a lesson.

But when the boy lifted his neck, his pretty, pitiful face looking around like a helpless little animal, they decided to punish him another way.

Lin Xuemu had no idea why the members of F4 kept coming to him one by one, all saying they wanted to be with him.

But when they gave him lavish jewelry and luxury goods, and he saw the balance on his phone steadily growing, he thought he was quite happy to be with them too.

At first, Lin Xuemu only wanted to get as much money out of them as he could, then run away.

But one day, while kissing F1, he called out F2's name. The man's expression changed in an instant. His large hand gripped Lin Xuemu's delicate, pale chin as his furious gaze met that pitiful look. F1 angrily bit the poor boy's lips until they swelled and reddened, then demanded,

"Lin Xuemu, do you even know who you're with?"

Theme: Protecting rock art heritage.