In novels, there's a kind of character called the cannon-fodder top.
Sometimes he's the groveling simp of the protagonist bottom, sometimes he's the scumbag ex of the protagonist bottom, sometimes he's a devoted supporting character who loves him until death, and sometimes he's a yandere villain who takes him by force...
Love or hate, pain or joy, it's always a one-man show, because the protagonist bottom has never fallen for them.
Whether they're a hopeless romantic or a scumbag, they all meet the same fate: becoming an inconsequential pebble on the protagonist couple's road to love, kicked into a ditch by the protagonist top with a casual flick of his foot.
Wei Lan, an employee of the Space-Time Bureau, has to play these cannon-fodder tops.
But after he completes his missions, fakes his death, and leaves the worlds, the protagonist bottoms never end up with the protagonist tops. Instead, they all choose to die for him.
Wei Lan: ? Don't die for the cannon-fodder top, okay?!
To save his plummeting performance record, Wei Lan has no choice but to return to the small worlds, question marks all over his head, and stop his targets from doing increasingly reckless things.
The small worlds:
① Bankrupt former sugar daddy who kills himself × regretful canary who endured everything and seeks revenge
Qi Fengzhi found an injured, down-and-out eagle and raised it like a canary, protecting it and keeping it sleek and well-fed, indulging it until it pecked out his eyes.
Then, in an instant, their positions were reversed, and he fell from the clouds into the mud.
When the eagle broke free of his arms and flew away, he knew it was time for him to go, too.
② Bandit general who dies in battle after restoring his kingdom × emperor once abducted to serve as the bandits' chieftain's wife
Guan Cheng doted on the wife he had accidentally seized.
His wife wanted to restore the kingdom, so he helped him restore it. His wife wanted the throne, so he helped him claim it. His wife wanted peace throughout the land, with no barbarians, so he fought on the battlefield for him, ending up covered in wounds and illness.
Later, his wife said there was a difference between sovereign and subject, said a forcibly plucked melon was never sweet, and said a man of low birth could never be his equal.
So he left.
③ Impoverished, sickly villain who uses past favors to demand repayment × genius pianist who rises to fame overnight
④ Great demon who falls from grace and meets a terrible end × righteous undercover agent who loses his memory after winning his true love's heart
⑤ Noble heir who gives his life for his country × king of the Northern Desert wolves, once a slave
Notes and content warnings:
1. Top-centered, quick transmigration, 1v1. The bottoms are all the same person.
2. Some widower stories where the top dies and the bottom goes mad. Handsome, powerful, tragic white-moonlight top × formerly naive, now devoted puppy-like bottom. Some worlds have a pursues-his-husband arc.
Theme: Cherish the present
