Lin Yuanshan dreams that he's a cannon-fodder character in a novel.
In the novel, the protagonist Xie Yunshu falls in love at first sight with Lin Yuanshan, the man who saved his life. When Lin Yuanshan rejects his advances, Xie Yunshu takes him by force. The scenes are so steamy and the battles so intense that they're astonishing to behold.
Unfortunately, a fire claims the life of the one he loves. From then on, he turns evil, becoming the author's showcase for every kind of fetish and a display of the author's lewd talent.
Lin Yuanshan turns his head. Xie Yunshu is lying beside him, fast asleep.
He can't help but ponder.
A few days ago, Xie Yunshu found him and said he had a terminal illness and not long to live. He had come to repay Lin Yuanshan for saving his life before he died.
Last night, they drank and chatted about life, spending Xie Yunshu's silver on all kinds of good food and drink.
Most importantly, Xie Yunshu really was gravely ill. Lin Yuanshan had no idea what this "depression" he mentioned was, but his face was deathly pale, and his breathing was faint. He was nothing like the man in the book who pinned Lin Yuanshan down and went at him for three days and three nights.
Lin Yuanshan let out a long breath. Thank goodness I met you before the events of the dream.
Half a year later, after a night of drinking, Lin Yuanshan really was pinned down for three days and three nights.
Thinking of the ending in his dream, where he was burned to death, Lin Yuanshan didn't even dare spit at him. While Xie Yunshu was still asleep, he ran off on shaking legs.
Before leaving, he felt Xie Yunshu's pulse.
Well, even someone with no medical knowledge could tell he was as strong as an ox!
*
It was three years before Lin Yuanshan saw Xie Yunshu again. By then, the world was in chaos, and Lin Yuanshan had been conscripted.
A military supervisor in full armor rode over, his face as cold as frost, and hauled the dust-covered Lin Yuanshan onto his horse.
Lin Yuanshan was thrown into a tent. Watching Xie Yunshu's movements, he covered his face. "Brother, please don't take your clothes off. I'm scared."
When Xie Yunshu leaned over him, Lin Yuanshan kicked him in the stomach. "Don't do that. You're filthy."
In the novel, this man got around far too much.
Xie Yunshu gritted his teeth and sneered. "You think I'm filthy?"
Lin Yuanshan said, "After I left, didn't you sleep with lots of people? You didn't care whether they were men or women, as long as they were good-looking."
Xie Yunshu narrowed his eyes. "Who told you that?"
Lin Yuanshan looked guilty. "The... the book said so."
Xie Yunshu grabbed Lin Yuanshan's ankle and snapped a cold iron ring around his slender toes. "Doesn't the book also say that wearing this ring in winter makes your feet cold, and only going all the way can warm it up?"
Lin Yuanshan's cheeks inexplicably flushed. "Y-you..."
He was about to scold him for saying such obscene things without the slightest shame, but the words that came out were different. "How do you know?!"
*
After transmigrating into the book, Xie Yunshu briefly found the original character's life of persecution and misery before turning evil novel. But he quickly turned the tables and trampled his tormentors beneath his feet. Sitting alone on his high throne, he found even wielding power and treating people like pigs and dogs utterly boring.
As for turning evil, there was no chance of that.
His doctor had long since given him a diagnosis: obsessive personality and a strong tendency toward self-destruction.
Life was dull, so he suddenly thought of the person in the book who had made the original character lose his mind over love.
Looking for a bit of amusement, he trekked over mountains and through rivers until he reached a village by a mountain stream and knocked on a thatched cottage door.
It was early summer, just before dawn. A young man opened the door, his fluffy hair tousled and his eyes heavy with sleep. "Who are you?"
A ray of sunlight pierced the mist over the mountain and fell into Xie Yunshu's eyes. The haze lifted, and a lamp that had nearly gone out suddenly flared to life.
"Benefactor, it's me. You saved my life three years ago."
#Xie Yunshu seeing his beloved for the first time: This is my wife.
#The bottom awakens, the top transmigrates into a book.
#The top's depression is real. The more depressed he gets, the less he wants to leave the bottom, but the bottom will heal him.
2025.08.08
Theme: Live well.
