Reborn as the Villainous Cannon Fodder in a Dragon-Aotian Novel

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The noise exploded in his ears. Shi Xing's face was pale as he suddenly opened his eyes, wrenching himself free from a nightmare as deep as an abyss.

"Young Master Shi, that's the country bumpkin who made His Highness the Crown Prince lose face." Beside him, a lackey whose name Shi Xing had long forgotten eagerly pointed at the cold young man who had just stepped off the starship.

Shi Xing followed the man's finger in a daze. The instant he recognized the young man's face, his breathing turned ragged, and it felt as though every drop of blood in his body had stopped flowing.

He turned and fled the spaceport in a panic, as if a demon were chasing him.

In his previous life, Shi Xing had tried to curry favor with the Crown Prince of the Jialan Empire. When he learned that some country bumpkin from a Level Nine planet had made the Crown Prince lose face, Shi Xing sought the bumpkin out and used his status to make life difficult for him.

Shi Xing never imagined that the country bumpkin he'd given so much trouble would one day rise to such heights. Both the Shi family and the Jialan Empire would end up bowing to his power.

Nor did he imagine that, after becoming such an untouchable figure, the man would still remember all the trouble Shi Xing had caused him. He even returned to the Jialan Empire specifically to imprison and humiliate him in every way.

Reborn into this life, Shi Xing thought, he would never dare provoke Lin Yuan again.

The essentials:

Cold, level-grinding top x vicious cannon-fodder bottom

The bottom is terrified of the top. Melodramatic, but the bottom won't be abused. One-on-one, both virgins.

KK, get lost. Self-insert fans, get lost. No breaking up or reversing the CP. Criticism is welcome, but personal attacks will be deleted, whether aimed at the characters or the author.

See Chapter One for more detailed content warnings.

Coming soon: Handsome Male Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside

Ye Siwen went to the countryside. The very next day, he fainted in a field. The city boy, who had never suffered, couldn't bear the harsh conditions of rural life.

Wanting to make life more comfortable for himself, Ye Siwen turned his attention to the man in Xiaoli Village who was always sneaking glances at him. The man had broad shoulders, a narrow back, and a tall, strong build. He clearly knew how to work.

To trick the man into doing his work for him, Ye Siwen had to hold his hand behind the crowd, let himself be kissed breathless when they were alone, and lie with him in a cornfield at dusk, with the earth and sky as their bed.

Whenever his thoughts grew muddled, Ye Siwen reminded himself that it was all temporary. Once he could return to the city, both Xiaoli Village and the man would be left behind in his past.

That's what he thought, and that's what he did. But he never expected the man he'd entangled himself with to be so difficult to leave behind.

Yun Yi transmigrated into a period novel he'd casually skimmed not long ago.

Half a month after arriving, a group of educated youths came to the village. Yun Yi took one look and fell for the male educated youth walking close behind the female lead.

Pretty, refined, and spoiled, the man was exactly his type in every way. So when the man approached him with ulterior motives and tried to seduce him, Yun Yi let it all happen.

But Yun Yi wasn't nearly as easy to shake off as the man thought.

Content warnings: A spoiled, foolish bottom who thinks he's straight x a possessive, paternal top

Both have their own agendas. Neither is a perfect character.

Both are virgins. There are some mildly coercive scenes later on.

Theme: Relationships last longer when they're built on respect.