The Silly Little Villain in the Top Scholar's Household

The good news: Yu Nian has transmigrated into a book.

More specifically, he's the younger brother of a top-ranking scholar who came first in all three imperial examinations... and the family's darling.

The bad news: His mother is the cruel stepmother who abuses the male lead.

His grandparents are harsh to the male lead... They treat Yu Nian like a treasure, while the whole family leeches off the male lead.

In the end, they even leave the male lead with a broken leg, and the whole family winds up dead.

A disastrous start...

Can he just run away first and figure things out later...?

Wicked stepmother: "Son, I've made you some new clothes."

A bitter smile... Mom, you paid for those with the male lead's tuition money, didn't you?

Biased grandfather: "My precious grandson, I've made you some steamed eggs."

A pang of guilt... Grandpa, those were meant for the male lead next door, weren't they?

Yu Nian... Ah, stop being so nice to me! I don't want to die with you all!

He can't run away, but he can't bear to let them die, and flattering the male lead gets him nowhere. What is he supposed to do?

Wait...

"Brother, you're amazing."

Affection: 5

"Brother, you're so clever."

Affection: 10

His cool and aloof older brother seems like a high-maintenance baby.

Guess I won't die just yet~

Why bother studying? My brother is the top scholar. I'll just ride his coattails.

Bonus scene

Yu Nian: "Do you know who my brother is? My brother is the top scholar."

Xiao Jinyu: "Hmph. My brother is the crown prince."

Yu Nian: "My brother's literary talent is unmatched."

Xiao Jinyu: "My brother has the military might to secure the border."

Yu Nian: "My... brother..."

Before he could finish, someone pinched his mouth shut.

Xiao Jinyu looked at the fair, bookish young man, who just wouldn't stop trying to one-up him. He chuckled softly and said, "My brother is the ruler, and yours is his subject. My brother outranks yours."

Yu Nian... If you're going to talk, why are you leaning so close?

"My brother... Wait, if you want to say your brother outranks mine, fine, but what the hell are you doing taking off my clothes?"

Xiao Jinyu looked at the young scholar, whose eyes were brimming with tears but whose expression remained stubborn. He chuckled. "Naturally... I'll follow my brother's example. I want to have my way with you, too."

A story about two die-hard fans of their older brothers who end up fighting in bed.

A laid-back, bookish brocon VS a playboy seventh prince brocon

My brother is the greatest minister in the world VS My brother is the greatest ruler of all time

Upcoming: The Little Cabbage of the Top Scholar's Household

Xu Lang transmigrates into a farming novel as a frail young scholar with no strength to even wring a chicken's neck. And that's not all: there's a scrawny child bride waiting for him at home.

On the first day after the child bride moved in, he tried washing the dishes.

He nearly burned down the kitchen.

On the second day, he went to hoe the fields.

He trampled a whole patch of seedlings.

On the third day after the child bride moved in...

Xu Lang: "Wait, wait, wait. Stay home and rest. I'll do it."

Xu Lang has to pay for his studies and support his "hardworking" little husband, who is a walking financial disaster. He can only figure out a way to make money. Luckily, Xu Lang has a knack for cooking.

He starts small, selling pancakes, grilled sausages, and skewers from a street stall.

Eventually, he opens a malatang and hot pot restaurant, and his little business thrives.

Xu Lang has to study and run his business by day, then go home and care for his little husband at night. He's busy every single day.

After all that effort, he finally manages to raise his scrawny little cabbage into a lovely, crisp, fair-skinned cabbage. Then the cabbage tries to run away, leaving Xu Lang so exasperated he can't help laughing.

Xu Lang begins the "long" road to winning his husband back, catching the little guy just twenty meters from home.

"Why are you running?"

"You kept trying to bite me!"

"I didn't bite you. I kissed you!"

"Kissing doesn't count!"

"What's wrong with kissing the one I raised?"

"Even if you raised me, I still call you Brother. It's only right that you take care of me!"

Xu Lang nearly laughs himself silly. So much for the poor, tragic child-bride act he'd been putting on to mooch food from everyone. Now he remembers that Xu Lang is his brother.

Xu Lang pinches his plump little cheek and gives him a hard kiss. "Think this through, little thing. I'm supposed to support my child bride, sure, but the one I'm supporting is my husband."

#Raised his child bride into a spoiled little tyrant

Bonus scene:

Li Ruan returns to his parents' home with a small bundle, and his family all gather to ask him questions.

"Ruan, has your husband been treating you badly?"

Li Ruan looks at them with teary eyes. "I'm only a child bride. How good can my life be?"

His family: "Did he hit you?"

"No."

His family: "Did he yell at you?"

"No!"

His family: "Does he refuse to feed you?"

"No."

His family: "Then what did he..."

Li Ruan puffs out his cheeks. "The socks he put on me this morning were cold. They froze my feet."

His family...?

Bonus scene 2

Author: "Brother Xu, why did you take in a child bride?"

Xu Lang: "For fun."

Author: "You say that so casually? I think you've raised Bao pretty well."

Xu Lang: "I raised him when he was little. When he grew up, I... played with him."

Author: "Played? Can we write that kind of 'playing' on Jinjiang?"

A spoiled, adorable sweetheart who knows how to take advantage of every opportunity VS a clever, hardworking top scholar who makes a perfect husband

Child brides are a feudal relic. This is just a setting in a historical story, so don't take it seriously.

Upcoming: The Top Scholar's Sweet and Gentle Young Husband

Lu Wanzhou transmigrates into a book. The good news is that he's become a top scholar. The bad news is that the male lead is still a little kid, and he's being raised as a child groom.

This family is rotten to the core. They stole the land that belonged to the boy's parents and abuse him.

They starve him, accuse him of stealing money, and feed the male lead pig slop.

Lu Wanzhou thinks the whole family deserves to die. They're greedy and wicked, except for one little fool, who's slow-witted and timid.

The little fool brings him food and blankets.

He's tiny, timid, and when Lu Wanzhou catches him, his eyes fill with tears. He looks utterly pitiful.

Seeing his silly little husband so scared, Lu Wanzhou gets a mischievous idea. He makes him wash his clothes and his feet. The little husband trembles with fear but obediently does as he's told, as meek as a bun with no temper at all.

Lu Wanzhou thinks it's quite amusing. Everyone in this family is rotten, but this little fool is fun.

At first, he's only doing it to tease him, but gradually... When the little fool pouts, Lu Wanzhou's heart aches. When his eyes turn red, Lu Wanzhou's heart aches.

Lu Wanzhou can bear hardship himself, but he can't stand seeing the little fool go hungry or get beaten. So he finds a way to make a big scene, split the family apart, and move out with the little fool.

Yu Mian thought his brother wanted to split the family so he could bully him more easily. He never expected the male lead to put him first in everything, even giving him the thickest clothes. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he held him in the palm of his hand.

The villagers see a scholar living with a fool and say the Yu family must be heartless. The two of them will starve to death before long.

But then, somehow, the Yu family's fool stops being a fool and starts a business.

He sets up a stall selling tofu pudding in town, and everyone rushes to buy it.

His malatang is so fragrant its aroma carries for miles. Even the county magistrate comes to buy some.

The business thrives, and Lu Wanzhou is also brilliant at his studies, rising steadily from licentiate to graduate to top scholar. The villagers watch with envy.

Yu Mian always thought Lu Wanzhou was raising him like half a son, and he treated him as an older brother. Although he loved his brother, he always kept his feelings in check.

But lately, things have started to feel more and more strange.

His brother cuddles him to sleep, rubs his soft belly, and even touches him... Do normal brothers do this?

After raising the little guy to adulthood, just when Lu Wanzhou is about to devour him, the little guy's eyes turn red and he trembles violently.

Lu Wanzhou's lips curl into a faint smile. "What are you afraid of? Do you think your brother would eat you?" Though he says this, his hands never stop undressing him.

Whether or not the little guy has figured things out, Lu Wanzhou will take care of him for the rest of his life. Every inch of the little guy's flesh was raised by him. If he doesn't want it, he'll teach him. He'll learn eventually.

Bonus scene

Lu Wanzhou has raised the little guy since childhood, cherishing him like a pearl or jade and protecting him like the apple of his eye. His little fool is tiny and gentle, and Lu Wanzhou is always worried his little husband will be mistreated.

At home, Yu Mian is well-behaved and obedient. Outside, he just swings his little fists and beats people up.

A classmate runs his mouth, and Yu Mian beats him up.

A spoiled young master harasses him, and Yu Mian punches him in the face.

Lu Wanzhou has always thought his little husband was well-behaved, until one day... a colleague comes to his door and says his little husband beat someone up.

The little husband looks pitifully at his brother. Lu Wanzhou knows at a glance that his little brother has been framed.

He sends the colleague off with a smile, then files a complaint against him the next day for falsely accusing an innocent person.

The colleague: Your son got beaten up, and you didn't report it... You two are both awful.

My completed novel: The Little Top Scholar Doesn't Want to Take the Imperial Exams

Yu Bei is a young scholar from Little Creek Village, sickly since childhood.

He's even earned the nickname "farmland's worst enemy" (currently being revised).

On the first day, he drags a hoe out to the fields and faints from exhaustion before half an hour has passed.

On the second day, he goes to weed and pulls out the rice seedlings, thinking they are weeds.

On the third day, a large patch of the family's crops dies.

Yu Bei's father: "Son, just focus on your studies! Please, I'm begging you."

Yu Bei's brother: "Little brother, you're frail. Don't go to the fields to help... or make things worse."

Yu Bei thinks, The past few days were just accidents. This time, I'll definitely manage it. And that day, he doesn't faint or pull up the wrong plants.

But... he brings home a mute man. He's good-looking and useless at everything else.

The villagers: The Yu family really is finished. Now they've got two deadweights.

Who'd have thought the man, though unable to speak, would be hardworking, able to hunt in the mountains, work the fields, and do just about anything? Later, he even brings a few underlings home to help, and their little household flourishes.

Yu Bei's parents put on weight, and Gu gets married.

The mute guy can't speak, but he treats Yu Bei incredibly well. Of course, with him around, Yu Bei's farming plans become even harder to achieve!

Yu Bei: "I think I'm completely useless now. Whatever, I'll just study hard!"

He rises through the ranks: licentiate, graduate, provincial champion, metropolitan examination champion, and finally top scholar.

Bonus scene:

On the day of the palace examination, Yu Bei looks at the emperor on the throne. The more he looks, the more the emperor resembles his mute husband.

The prince standing beside him also looks like his husband's deadweight younger brother.

And the mighty general guarding the palace... why does he look like their hired hand?

Bonus scene 2

After becoming the top scholar, Yu Bei shares his study tips with other students.

"You might not believe it, but since I couldn't farm, I had no choice but to study!"

A beautiful, sickly, spoiled sweetheart VS a clever, patient, paternal-type husband

They both have feelings for each other, and the bottom fell for him early on too, but he's a bit slow on the uptake.

Upcoming: The Little Cabbage of the Top Scholar's Household

Xu Lang transmigrates into a farming novel as a frail young scholar with no strength to even wring a chicken's neck. And that's not all: there's a scrawny child bride waiting for him at home.

On the first day after the child bride moved in, he tried washing the dishes.

He nearly burned down the kitchen.

On the second day, he went to hoe the fields.

He trampled a whole patch of seedlings.

On the third day after the child bride moved in...

Xu Lang: "Wait, wait, wait. Stay home and rest. I'll do it."

Xu Lang has to pay for his studies and support his "hardworking" little husband, who is a walking financial disaster. He can only figure out a way to make money. Luckily, Xu Lang has a knack for cooking.

He starts small, selling pancakes, grilled sausages, and skewers from a street stall.

Eventually, he opens a malatang and hot pot restaurant, and his little business thrives.

Xu Lang has to study and run his business by day, then go home and care for his little husband at night. He's busy every single day.

After all that effort, he finally manages to raise his scrawny little cabbage into a lovely, crisp, fair-skinned cabbage. Then the cabbage tries to run away, leaving Xu Lang so exasperated he can't help laughing.

Xu Lang begins the "long" road to winning his husband back, catching the little guy just twenty meters from home.

"Why are you running?"

"You kept trying to bite me!"

"I didn't bite you. I kissed you!"

"Kissing doesn't count!"

"What's wrong with kissing the one I raised?"

"Even if you raised me, I still call you Brother. It's only right that you take care of me!"

Xu Lang nearly laughs himself silly. So much for the poor, tragic child-bride act he'd been putting on to mooch food from everyone. Now he remembers that Xu Lang is his brother.

Xu Lang pinches his plump little cheek and gives him a hard kiss. "Think this through, little thing. I'm supposed to support my child bride, sure, but the one I'm supporting is my husband."

#Raised his child bride into a spoiled little tyrant

Bonus scene:

Li Ruan returns to his parents' home with a small bundle, and his family all gather to ask him questions.

"Ruan, has your husband been treating you badly?"

Li Ruan looks at them with teary eyes. "I'm only a child bride. How good can my life be?"

His family: "Did he hit you?"

"No."

His family: "Did he yell at you?"

"No!"

His family: "Does he refuse to feed you?"

"No."

His family: "Then what did he..."

Li Ruan puffs out his cheeks. "The socks he put on me this morning were cold. They froze my feet."

His family...?

Bonus scene 2

Author: "Brother Xu, why did you take in a child bride?"

Xu Lang: "For fun."

Author: "You say that so casually? I think you've raised Bao pretty well."

Xu Lang: "I raised him when he was little. When he grew up, I... played with him."

Author: "Played? Can we write that kind of 'playing' on Jinjiang?"

A spoiled, adorable sweetheart who knows how to take advantage of every opportunity VS a clever, hardworking top scholar who makes a perfect husband

Child brides are a feudal relic. This is just a setting in a historical story, so don't take it seriously.

Theme: Self-reliance, strength, and overcoming hardship.