The Good-for-Nothing’s Guide to Advancement

The tale of how a good-for-nothing rises through the ranks to become a top-tier "good-for-nothing"...

As a former good-for-nothing, Lin Beichen was certainly qualified: he was useless at both literature and martial arts and knew nothing at all. Then one day, he and his father, the chancellor, were finally thrown out of Jinling!

Everyone thought that this good-for-nothing, banished to the Northern Wasteland, was sure to become completely worthless!

But then

Hey, Old Wang on East Street knows how to brew wine, and Old Cao on West Street loves drinking it! Great, let's get a same-city express delivery service going in the Northern Wasteland!

What?! Lady Liu from House 72, Lane 12, South Street, has been doing unspeakable things with so-and-so?! Quick, quick! Let's get that gossip paper up and running!

Calligraphy for sale! Calligraphy for sale! The former chancellor has written the words "unfilial son" today! Five hundred taels of silver per character!

A friendly reminder:

1. The shou is easygoing, cheerful, thick-skinned, and honorable, able to get by anywhere. He has strong principles and passions. The gong is gentle and approachable, talented in both civil and martial arts, but cold, deep, calculating, and ruthless on the inside. He is obsessive and unhinged deep down.

2. Includes a groveling-atonement arc.

3. The gong is of noble birth and uses "cousin" as a false identity. The two are not related by blood.

4. The gong is six years older than the shou.

5. Everyday romance, with a little political intrigue.

Theme: Live passionately, find meaning in the ordinary.