After Awakening, My Contrast-Group Husband Decided to Lie Flat

Xia Qingtao and the boy from the neighboring family had been compared by the villagers since birth. Xia Qingtao had always been fiercely competitive. He could cook, sew, and do needlework, and even knew how to read, all so he could outshine the boy next door, marry into a good family, and finally hold his head high.

But just as people were starting to arrange a match for him, he had a dream. In it, he was a supporting male character in a novel, while the boy next door was the protagonist. The other boy didn't have to work hard at all. All he had to do was be a kindhearted, foolish beauty, and the county magistrate's son would fall for him, giving him a life of wealth and ease. Meanwhile, Xia Qingtao carefully chose a promising scholar, only for the man to pass the imperial exams and divorce him with a letter so he could climb higher. Always fiercely proud, Xia Qingtao couldn't bear the gossip after being sent back to his family, and hanged himself.

Shaken awake, Xia Qingtao had an epiphany. He was only a supporting character anyway, and didn't have the fate of a titled lady. Why not choose a handsome, dependable farm boy and settle down to a quiet life as a farmer's husband?

So he fell for a handsome hunter at first sight. The hunter was tall and strong, fair and good-looking, skilled at hunting, and devoted to him. A loving life together was worth more than all the riches in the world.

Just as Xia Qingtao and his handsome hunter were happily building a good life together, a company of dignified guards arrived in their mountain village and announced that the handsome hunter was the long-lost child of the current Grand Princess.

Xia Qingtao: Huh?

Fair-skinned, beautiful, powerful, and taciturn hunter gong X virtuous, clever, eloquent farmer's husband shou

Theme: A steady, diligent life can lead to a good one.