After Becoming a Background Character in a Farming Novel

# The story of an ambitious gong who strives to climb higher and higher, and a poisonous beauty shou who wants to murder her husband every day.

[Devious, ambitious gong x sinister, scheming poisonous beauty shou]

Song Linzhou is an extremely career-driven ambitious man.

After dying one day, he wakes up in a farming novel as a background character mentioned only in passing.

And the man sprawled on top of him, about to consummate their marriage, is his husband, Ji Ying, a villainous supporting character.

In the original novel, he lusted after power and constantly opposed the protagonist shou, earning himself a grisly death.

Song Linzhou thinks that since he’s already here, it shouldn’t be too much to aim for the throne and toy with a poisonous beauty...

*On their wedding night.

Song Linzhou, newly arrived and unsure of his situation: “Where am I?”

Ji Ying, draped coyly over his chest: “Why, in... a haven of tenderness.”

Song Linzhou: “...A little duck?”

Ji Ying only thinks that, as the rumors say, Young Master Song really is a fool. “My dear husband is so innocent and naive. What’s the fun in playing with a little duck? Why not play with me instead?”

*Everyday life during the imperial examinations.

Song Linzhou has barely put down his book when a beauty throws himself into his arms.

He idly toys with the beauty’s dark hair. “The sweet soup you made yesterday was quite good, but it had too much of a medicinal taste. The smell was overpowering. I’m afraid I failed to appreciate your kind intentions, A Ying... Still, Xiao Zhi drank quite a lot.”

Ji Ying smiles. “Fortunately, you didn’t drink any. I only found out today that the cook’s hands are a little unsteady, and she accidentally sprinkled something unclean into it.”

But inwardly, he grinds his teeth in hatred: His little snake!

Song Linzhou squeezes his delicate, pale hand and says meaningfully, “Unsteady hands, huh... Hmm... If we chop them off, they probably won’t shake anymore. Don’t you think your husband is right, A Ying?”

Ji Ying has been a little devil since childhood. When his stepmother tried to kill him, he killed her first.

As for his public reputation, it’s quite good. The Song family, whose head is the prefect, chose him to marry their foolish son.

Everyone sighs, wondering how such a fine young man could have married a fool.

But Ji Ying thinks it’s a pretty good deal. The Song family’s immense wealth is enough to make anyone envious.

He never expected his foolish husband not only to stop being a fool, but also to become exceptionally ruthless and oppose him at every turn.

His ambitions are enormous. All he wants is boundless power and the highest position beneath the emperor.

Later, Ji Ying realizes he still underestimated Song Linzhou. What this man wants most of all... is the throne.

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# The story of a wicked disciple who bullies his master and rises above him.

[Cold, ascetic monk gong x bewitching, unruly Demon Venerable shou]

Mo Yu was originally a demonic flower nourished by resentment, utterly malicious and wicked. Yet he became the disciple of Di Kong, the most purely virtuous and benevolent mage in the cultivation world.

Which of the immortal sects didn’t sigh regretfully and say that someone so wicked could never amount to anything?

Sure enough, even the finest bamboo nurtured a poisonous shoot. Mo Yu grew into a crooked tree, lewd and frivolous in speech, and even more uninhibited in his actions.

But no matter how noisy the outside world got, what most stirred Mo Yu’s heart was the pure, cool lotus fragrance on his master.

Unfortunately, his master was strict about the rules, always abiding by the commandments. When he learned of Mo Yu’s improper desires, he kicked him into a bottomless icy abyss.

Mo Yu climbed out of the abyss, biting the inside of his cheek as he sneered. How could he let his master refuse him the thing he wanted?

Later, consumed by obsession, Mo Yu fell into demonic cultivation and ascended to the position of Demon Venerable. He dragged his master, who had resisted him to the death, back to his lair and had his way with him.

He never expected their tryst to cause an accident. Just as he was holding his round belly and planning to cuddle and kiss his master, he saw those glassy eyes turn blood-red. His master raised a hand and slapped him. “Would you really have this sinful child born of our forbidden master-disciple relationship?”

With a bright red handprint on his face, he crept over like a cat stealing food and gave him a wet kiss.

His peach-blossom eyes were as brilliant as the blazing peach blossoms of April, bewitching and wicked.

His boundless daring could not be suppressed by all the demonic aura around him. “Have it! Why wouldn’t we? We can have eight or ten. My Weiyang Palace can afford to raise them.”

Di Kong’s lips were tender and red from being sucked. He replied coldly, “Karma comes full circle. Retribution never fails.”

Mo Yu raised an eyebrow in disdain. “Retribution? What a joke!”

Later, he was thoroughly face-slapped and truly suffered retribution, dying with his cultivation destroyed.

A thousand years passed, and he returned from the dead.

In an ancient temple in the barren mountains, a little monk dressed in dazzling red lay across the branch of a dead tree, greedily gnawing on a blackened roast chicken with greasy lips. Chomp, chomp, chomp. Spit, spit, spit. “This tastes awful!”

With a thunderous crash, the earth shook. Mo Yu went splat on the ground, landing headfirst. Furious, he sprang up and hurled the roast chicken in his hand at the culprit with a whoosh.

The culprit wore flowing white robes. He looked back at Mo Yu as if unable to believe his eyes, blinking awkwardly, his lashes trembling so delicately that he looked like a butterfly.

Well, well! An old flame!!!

Mo Yu refused to lose face. He wiped his greasy hands on his clothes and struck a pose radiating dominance. “Baby, come into my arms.”

This should disgust Di Kong to death. After all, Di Kong was cold and ascetic, and despised him most of all. He certainly wouldn’t...

Di Kong promptly nestled gracefully into his arms.

Mo Yu: O_o???

Content warnings: 1. The shou’s true form is a demonic flower that is both male and female. Years of exposure to resentment have left him extremely mentally unstable.

2. Jiaye is a mama’s boy.

Theme: Climb, climb, climb! Strive to make your way to the top!