A Background Character Gets a Happy Ending with the Novel's Second Male Lead

Qin Yu, the pitiful legitimate son of the Pingyang Marquis household, survived the infighting among the women of the household, took down the old marquis and his wife, ruined his own father, and brought his stepmother and her scheming children to their deaths. At last, he became the heir to the marquis title. Thinking his hardships were finally over, he was about to lie flat and enjoy the fruits of victory when one day he heard the thoughts of a handsome young servant in the manor.

"The heir's legs are longer than my life. Too bad he'll end up in a wheelchair. What a waste of those long legs."

"Being handsome won't help. He'll still end up raising the next emperor's wife and kids, with a green hat big enough to break the sky on his head."

"And in the end, he'll be forcibly paired off with the heroine's best friend. The author is such an idiot, making excuses by saying the heir fell in love with the girl at first sight. The second male lead belongs to the readers. (Not really.)"

Qin Yu: ???

What???

I'll become disabled and end up in a wheelchair, and have to raise a prince's wife and kids for him?

It sounded like pure nonsense. Qin Yu didn't believe it at first, and even spent a fortune bringing a whole group of Taoist priests and monks to the manor to drive out evil spirits.

But not long after, Qin Yu narrowly escaped being trampled by a horse, and almost became disabled just as the servant had said. Now he believed it, and believed it completely.

He immediately transferred the servant to work by his side.

With a proven record of defeating the women of the inner household, an innate male-protagonist constitution, and a naturally rebellious streak, Qin Yu roared: "Tell me right now, which bastard prince is going to put a green hat on me? I'll rebel! I have to rebel!"

The handsome young servant: "Aba aba aba."

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Jiang Xiaoman transmigrated into a matchmaking novel as a random passerby.

In this matchmaking novel, everyone with a name was forcibly paired off, including the servants, maids, eunuchs, and palace maids, all to achieve a happy ending where everyone gathered to make dumplings for the New Year.

To avoid getting paired off, Xiaoman decided to be completely useless and never stand out.

But the hapless heir from the original story took a liking to him and insisted on making him a servant.

Xiaoman: I'm doomed. I've been promoted in the wrong direction!

To escape his fate of being paired off, Xiaoman put on an honest, cautious, refined, and shy face, slacked off, played dumb, and kept making mistakes, hoping the heir would grow sick of him. Instead, he somehow became the heir's trusted confidant.

In the end, he was even promoted to empress.

Xiaoman: ...

The good news: I didn't get paired off.

The bad news: I got completely devoured by a wolf in sheep's clothing.

1. Bottom is a socially anxious, chuunibyou, snarky, silly beauty who talks nonstop x top is a holy warrior who holds grudges, protects his own, and likes to control the situation.

2. A super-sweet, everyday-life story.

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