The Farming Novel Foil Refuses to Be Upstaged

My husband and I are the contrasting couple in a farming novel.

Don't get the wrong idea. We're the happy, harmonious couple.

And then--

The cannon-fodder partner in our contrasting couple got possessed by someone who transmigrated. He swore to deliver face-slapping and turn his life around.

At twenty, Zhao Wusheng suddenly awakens memories of his past life and learns that he was originally the male lead in a farming novel centered on contrasting couples. His feelings are complicated.

Why do I say "originally"?

-- The cannon-fodder partner serving as their foil has been possessed by someone who transmigrated. In the blink of an eye, he has gone from a cannon-fodder foil to the protagonist, armed with knowledge of the plot.

The "cannon-fodder partner" who transmigrated is now the protagonist, while he and his husband have become the cannon-fodder villains about to be hit with face-slapping.

Zhao Wusheng: Fine. (smiles)

Let's see who gets hit with face-slapping.

It won't be him, anyway.

The spirit-spring dimension that's standard for transmigrated protagonists?

-- I'll take it.

Unimproved potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes?

-- I'll take them.

The wild monkeys in the mountains brew their own liquor?

-- I'll take it.

The wealthy and powerful drawn in by the restaurant?

-- I'll take them... Just in time. You're going to help promote high-yield crops.

The heavens are unkind, and floods and droughts follow one another.

-- Fleeing famine is out of the question. I'll present high-yield crops, clever disease-prevention tips, post-disaster reconstruction guides... all of it.

(In truth, the story isn't focused on outsmarting the transmigrated cannon fodder. It's about the protagonist's own life. Researching the most novel dishes, growing the most valuable crops, enjoying the sweetest life together: what's more important than that, instead of watching someone irrelevant all day?)

Reader's Guide:

1. This is the first of a three-book series about the original contrasting couple turning the tables. The other two books are also up for preorder. Check them out if you're interested!

2. This is a gong-centric story. Zhao Wusheng is the gong, and the main text is in third person.

3. The shou is a man, not a ger!

4. The gong has a powerful golden finger. This story has a complex mix of elements, including special abilities, a dimension, court politics, and wuxia, but they won't take up much space. The focus is still on the protagonists' farming and enjoying good food.

5. The gong and shou are sweet together throughout, with no misunderstandings, and they dote on each other. The author loves happy endings and can't handle even a little angst.

6. If you enjoy the story, please tap the button to add it to your collection

Next book:

The Goofy Errand Boy Is Forced to Save the World

(Gong-centric, apocalypse, zombies, mission and gacha system)

Lu Zhique spent three thousand yuan on three ten-pulls and didn't get a single SSR. Even waking up from a dream, he had to curse the swindlers.

It definitely wasn't a problem with his luck.

When he woke up again, his six-meter-wide bed had turned into a one-meter bunk.

Lu Zhique suspected the swindlers had used the game to listen in on his phone, heard his perfectly reasonable complaints, and used their money and influence to pull this prank while he slept.

Just then, a thing claiming to be a System popped up and said he'd died from staying up all night playing games and getting too worked up.

Lu Zhique didn't believe it.

Him? Getting worked up?

Ridiculous!

System: You really are dead.

Lu Zhique doesn't like playing with things that can't talk properly.

But the System's next words hit the sore spot of a veteran gacha gamer.

He had no choice but to embark on a journey of pulling cards, er, completing missions, following the plot, and saving the world.

However--

"Five missions, and three of them have something to do with He Cha. What kind of demon is he, that he's more trouble than a Tang Monk's flesh?"

System: [He Cha is the beloved shou protagonist of this world, but a villain who was reborn turned evil and killed him prematurely. The three gong protagonists consequently fell into despair, and the world lost all hope and gradually headed for destruction.

Your mission is to protect He Cha until he meets up with the three gong protagonists. Gong Three will be inspired by the shou protagonist to develop a zombie vaccine and end the apocalypse. Then you can retire after a job well done.]

Lu Zhique was dissatisfied.

"So I'm just an errand boy?"

The System knew exactly what Lu Zhique liked, and replied with complete confidence: [Less complaining. Are you doing the mission or not?]

Lu Zhique smiled. "I'm doing it."

He's great at missions.

--

Trapped in their dorm with his roommates, He Cha hears someone suddenly pounding on the door. His kind heart leads him to suggest letting the person in, but his other roommates firmly refuse and mock him for being too saintly--

The System issues its first mission: Stand up for He Cha and criticize the other roommates' wicked hearts.

Reward: One gacha pull

Lu Zhique stands righteously and points at his roommates. "You, you... Well, saving one life is worth more than building a seven-story pagoda. He Cha, don't be afraid. Go ahead and open the door. With me here, no one will stop you."

He Cha, shoved right up to the door, looks at Lu Zhique and the others, who have retreated to the balcony and kept five meters away from him: ...?

Lu Zhique is even tying a climbing rope to a pillar on the balcony while saying this.

He Cha's eyes redden with anger.

Lu Zhique: Easy mission. I've got this in the bag.

For the hard-won gacha pull, Lu Zhique closes his eyes reverently and puts his palms together.

The red card he pulls has an illustration and text:

[Clingy Little Seductress]

Rank: XXX

Effect: XXXXX

Lu Zhique: ...?

Theme: The strong never complain about their circumstances