Xia Yiqing is reborn into a farming novel as the worst kind of relative.
After a string of blunders, he's eventually married off to a lame old man to put an end to it all.
Severely socially anxious, Xia Yiqing protests: You're making this way too hard for me, Pang Hu qwq!
So, faced with a family of freeloading parents and a younger sister,
he makes a clean getaway and goes to seek out the main cast before they make their fortune.
Spicy hot pot, milk tea, hot pot, skewers, barbecue~
He works hard to help the protagonist get on the right track as soon as possible.
In return, he stays with the protagonist's family and does odd jobs for them.
Free food and lodging, and the benefits are amazing.
Best of all, he doesn't have to deal with too many people!
A socially anxious person's dream life!
Until one day,
he spots a gorgeous six-foot-tall man in the fields and summons every last bit of courage he has to go strike up a conversation.
Lin Zhimo has spent twenty years ignoring the world outside and devoting himself to the classics, until he meets someone.
Only then does he learn that some people are like rainbows: you don't know they exist until you meet them.
Later,
Xia Yiqing, who somehow ends up as the protagonist's sister-in-law, is asked:
"How did you get the top scholar to go crazy for you, swoon over you, and bang his head against a wall for you?"
Xia Yiqing: Maybe it's because I'm especially laid-back and socially anxious?
Theme: No matter how difficult things get, never give up.