Meng Qingxu transmigrated into the ancient past, becoming the lackey of a rich, powerful young villain.
He frowned. A villain's lackey? Did that mean currying favor with the villain every day, doing his bidding, lending him muscle, and helping him commit evil? A bootlicker?
Meng Qingxu shook his head in alarm. He couldn't be a lackey! No matter how poor he was, he couldn't give up his dignity, could he?
But just as he was about to quit, the villain tossed him a purse. "Tsk, you can't even afford a decent winter coat? Take these dozen or so taels of silver, so you don't embarrass me again!"
Meng Qingxu changed his mind at once. If he didn't play the villain, who would? He was absolutely going to be the villain's lackey! How could he give up money for the sake of a little dignity?
The next day, the villain led them through the streets, showing off and casually bullying the common folk. Meng Qingxu was in a bind. He couldn't do this lackey thing! As a law-abiding citizen, how could he do something like that?
But when he looked at the foal the villain had casually given him, he found the resolve to carry on. He was meant to be the bad guy!
So he casually suggested they visit the shady inn that had cheated him and countless others. "Smash it! Smash it to pieces! How dare they cheat our young master? Do they even want to keep their shop open?"
Then he helped stage a street-side accident against a thug who bullied men and women. "Are you blind? Do you know who our young master is?"
Even poor scholars on their way to the capital to take the imperial exams couldn't escape his bullying. "Young Master, let me tell you, those poor scholars are the most self-righteous people around. If you ask me, you should throw money right in their faces. That'll humiliate them even more than beating them up!"
After a while, the people of the capital said: The villain may have a bad reputation, but he's a good person!
The villain was very unhappy. "My reputation is ruined!"
But being such a successful lackey had its downsides. He was so popular that even the villain's powerful older brother was thinking of poaching him. "Be my lackey instead. You'll have more power and better benefits. What do you say?"
Hearing this, Meng Qingxu was shamefully tempted. It wasn't that he loved money. He just really wanted to get ahead.
Theme: With the right approach, even bad things can turn out well
