I Became the Cannon-Fodder Husband of a Villain's Male Spouse

[Thanks to my friend Yan Hui Xizhou for the adorable cover!]

Jiang Li had grown up with a father who showed him no affection and an A-Die who didn't love him. Being scolded and beaten was all he knew. He thought his parents simply favored his older brother and younger sibling, and that it was his own fault for being born a ger, unable to carry on the family line.

But just as his father was about to take part in the imperial court's selection for office, he forced Jiang Li to marry an idiot!

He married in a fit of pique, then regretted it. As he was preparing to kill himself with rat poison, he got into a fight with his foolish husband. Unfortunately, his husband's head struck the doorframe.

He died.

Jiang Li was terrified.

But his foolish husband soon opened his eyes again, and he wasn't foolish anymore!

Jiang Li had clearly watched the fool breathe his last. The man who had come back to life had to be a wandering ghost!

But the ghost who had taken over the fool's body seemed even more frightened than he was. The moment he opened his eyes, he leaped away as if Jiang Li were the one with a monstrous face.

That reaction made Jiang Li lose his fear.

He had nowhere else to go, so he might as well make do.

He never expected his ghost husband to cherish and protect him, stand up to his mother for him, and even confront the Jiang family to demand justice!

In this world, a wandering ghost seemed more human than his own father and A-Die.

Still, his ghost husband was truly terrible at studying! Rather than hope the ghost husband would come home with the title of provincial graduate, Jiang Li might as well take the military exams himself.

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Ji Yu was hit by a basketball and dropped into a novel about a husband. He became the cannon-fodder husband of the story's great villain.

And the villain's corruption level had already reached ninety-nine. He was about to accidentally kill someone, flee, and become locked in a deadly feud with the protagonist.

Ji Yu was horrified and instantly sprang eight zhang away. No way, no way. He'd better get out of there.

But who could have guessed that the great villain wouldn't leave and insisted on staying to be his husband?

Ji Yu thought it over. Something was off.

But he didn't dare send the great villain away. Besides, the villain was pitiful in his own way.

Jiang Li's father was about to take part in the imperial court's selection for office, and the Jiang family was on the verge of a better life. Yet this couple had plotted to make the original owner see the villain naked, then forced the villain to marry an idiot like him!

All because the villain wasn't their biological child!

Years ago, when the Jiang family was exiled, Jiang Li's A-Die feared his own child would suffer. So on the way into exile, he switched his child with the son of a landowning family, stole their child, and mistreated him for years. Could anyone blame the villain for going mad after learning the truth?

If Ji Yu had been in his shoes, he would've wiped out the entire Jiang family, too!

Well... While the villain still didn't know the truth, if Ji Yu treated him sincerely and confronted the Jiang family, maybe that would bring the villain's corruption level down to zero?

But the villain was just too, too irresistible. He was kindhearted and soft, and could write as well as fight. Seeing how hard Ji Yu worked at his studies, he went to take the military exams himself so he could protect the family business.

Ji Yu: “...”

Is pride really better than a comfortable life on someone else's dime?

Li, take a break. Don't tire yourself out. Let your husband wipe away your sweat!

Theme: Keep your heart turned toward the light.