Brash-and-timid duality athlete x upright and noble young general
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Ji Lan transmigrates into the body of a socially awkward daughter from the Ji family, and to make matters worse, she is betrothed in a match that makes everyone green with envy.
To save Cheng Yun, the second son of the Marquis of Jingbei, a flower among men, Ji Lan, a pile of cow dung, is killed four times by various parties.
On her fifth restart, a fellow transmigrator gets in touch with her through a System. From then on, Ji Lan enjoys the satisfying life of winning over the male lead, face-slapping the villains, and taking revenge on scumbags.
If there is one thing that spoils this otherwise wonderful life, it is that her fellow countryman, Cheng Yu, who transmigrated into the body of the heir of the Marquis of Jingbei, is getting stranger by the day. He either urges her to switch male leads or acts as a third wheel to ruin her dates. All he does all day is hold her back.
Ji Lan: "Brother, we're on the same team. If you keep this up, how on earth are we ever going to finish the mission and get home...?"
Cheng Yu: "You may not believe this, but our book isn't eunuch literature, a childhood-sweethearts romance, or a marry-first-fall-in-love-and-then-burn-the-ex's-house story. It's an utterly ordinary, forbidden romance about brothers tearing each other apart in a battlefield of love."
Ji Lan: "..."
Cheng Yu: "Actually, I'm the real male lead."
Ji Lan: "???"
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Cheng Yu, heir of the Marquis of Jingbei, died in battle. His body was brought back to the capital wrapped in his horse's armor, but he was charged with treason and colluding with the enemy. The Marquis of Jingbei's household was destroyed overnight, and his corpse was whipped and displayed for all to see.
Given another life, he swore to protect his family this time
"Hello, Host. I'm System No. 027. Your mission this time is to win over the male lead. You, why are you a man?! Aaaaaah!!"
Cheng Yu: "???"
Only later did Cheng Yu learn that the System belonged to Ji Lan, the woman engaged to his second brother. Ji Lan was a transmigrator, and because she was clueless and had no System, she had already died four times. If she failed again, not only would she be done for, the entire world would be too.
Cheng Yu thought this was simple enough: just arrange for the two of them to marry as soon as possible.
The System let out a piercing shriek: "You're the male lead! You! Don't go throwing yourself into being a cuckold, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life!"
Cheng Yu had always lived with honor and integrity. He would never commit an immoral act like having an affair with his younger brother's betrothed. The System had no choice but to dangle a carrot in front of him: "Help the female lead with a few early missions and earn enough points for her to switch to another male lead."
To make sure the plan to switch male leads went smoothly, Cheng Yu asked about Ji Lan's preferences, intending to make his younger brother study up.
Ji Lan: "Are there any eunuchs under thirty, six foot two, with eight-pack abs, a handsome face, and power over the whole court? You know, the chief eunuch, the head of the Eastern Depot, or the director of the Directorate of Ceremonial, that sort. The kind missing a certain part and absolutely incapable of fathering children?"
Cheng Yu: "..."
What is wrong with you?!
Cheng Yu decided that finding a husband for his future sister-in-law was harder than reaching the heavens. He was the honorable heir of the Marquis of Jingbei, a young general renowned across the northern frontier, yet by day he asked all over the capital about eligible men, and by night he burned the midnight oil helping her polish love poems. Every so often, he even arranged opportunities for her to meet other men in secret. He sent his carefully trained guards to protect her and gave her the businesses he had accumulated as her dowry...
After pouring his heart and soul into it all, Cheng Yu decided he was the only one who could be the male lead after all. "System, which is more reliable: A Three-Minute Guide to Vasectomy or a Sterility Pill?"
System: "Tsk..."
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Reader's Guide:
1. Single-couple romance, happy ending, one-on-one.
2. There are few household-intrigue scenes, because our beloved heroine genuinely has no idea how to play that game.
3. Updates follow the ranking schedule when the book is ranked; otherwise, every other day.
Theme: Through a thousand ages and ten thousand generations, this heart will never change.
