After Helping the Male Lead Build His Empire

Wen Yingxue was an unfortunate engineering student who worked himself to the bone on a major final project and accidentally died in the lab. He closed his eyes and opened them again to find he had transmigrated into a book, becoming the frail, sickly second son born to the primary wife of a prince. The emperor disliked his princely father, however, and sent the whole family to Qingzhou, the most desolate and barren place in the realm.

His parents wept bitterly, but Wen Yingxue thought this was great.

Because in this novel about a domineering hero ascending the throne, the dynasty Wen Yingxue lived in was already rotten and decaying, at the end of its days. When the male lead rose up in rebellion, their clan would all lose their heads.

Wen Yingxue: At least I can keep my head down a little longer.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on activating the System to help the domineering hero ascend the throne."

Wen Yingxue: Huh?

The male lead hates the imperial clan. You want me to help him?

System: Just put on a secret identity!

And so Wen Yingxue began spending his days slacking off and inventing things in the princely manor, then turning into a ghost at night to look after the domineering hero and give him golden fingers.

For generations, the Gu family had conquered territory and fought off foreign enemies on behalf of the emperor, only to end up condemned to extermination. Gu Zhuoyu narrowly escaped and fled with a group of refugees to an uninhabited place.

Just as Gu Zhuoyu had lost all hope, a ghost appeared at his side day after day. To Gu Zhuoyu, the boy was a being from beyond the heavens, possessed of wisdom beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Under Wen Yingxue's guidance, they built infrastructure, constructed irrigation works, and set up factories...

These refugees, once gaunt and starving, moved into cement houses where the wind and rain couldn't reach them. Their granaries filled with more and more food. They could sleep on warm heated brick beds in the bitter winter, and enjoy all the ice they wanted in summer.

This barren land was transformed into a place with impregnable walls and fertile fields, a sanctuary that everyone longed for amid the chaos.

Theme: Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it