Ying Xu, the leading figure of his history club, was showing off his skills as a social menace when he got caught up in a newspaper reporter's trouble and successfully sent himself back several thousand years to the Qin Dynasty.
He became the prematurely deceased son of Fusu. From the start, Ying Xu faced a disastrous situation. On the day he was born, remnants of the Six Kingdoms plotted against him, and he was nearly smothered and carried away.
He kicked his legs to save himself, only for his soft little legs to teach him a harsh lesson. About to become a tool for revenge, Ying Xu kicked off his swaddling clothes, lay flat, and waited to die.
[Wait! Wait! Host, try to hang on a little longer! Isn't kicking your legs to kill yourself a bit too advanced, ]
The System arrived late, reaching out with an Erkang-style hand.
Ying Xu relaxed his body and held his breath, pretending to be dead. Thanks, but no thanks. I'm not struggling. Let me reincarnate.
[Ahhh! Host! Breathe!]
[Want to see crops that yield ten thousand jin per mu? A sign-in cooking station? A card-collecting lottery System? A mystery box of magical buffs?]
[If you survive, the System will give them all to you for free!]
The System clutched Ying Xu's tiny legs and wailed.
Ying Xu let his little hand drop, unable to breathe. Deal.
And so, the birds attacked, Fusu's eldest son was saved, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms suffered for it.
Abandoned by the System, Ying Xu stumbled through life until he was three, when the things the System had promised finally landed in his hands.
On the first day he opened the magical buff mystery box, Ying Xu got a black bird's skirt-hem buff.
That night, a green dragon soared through the sky, and a giant black screen appeared. A livestream from later generations began, with the following title displayed in bold: The Antisocial Life of Qin's Second Emperor Ying Xu, Who Did Everything in His Power to Avoid the Throne but Was Forced to Become a Great Ruler.
Ying Xu, who had conveniently pretended to be sick to put off starting his education for a year: Heaven wants me dead!
In 222 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin wiped out the remaining forces of Chu and conquered Yan and Dai.
That same year, the king's eldest grandson nearly died in infancy after being targeted by the remnants of the Six Kingdoms. By chance, birds took pity on him and saved him from the heavens.
The eldest grandson was born amid auspicious signs, so Ying Zheng, who would become the First Emperor, paid close attention to him in his spare time. Only after realizing the boy was sickly and could die at any moment did he stop scrutinizing him and say that staying safe was enough.
Then, the very day he decided to stop pushing his grandson, an omen appeared in the sky. It revealed that his grandson would be Qin's second emperor and had pretended to be ill to avoid starting his education.
The First Emperor: ...
You little rascal!
After being caught out by the livestream at age three, Ying Xu was forced down a path of no return. His antisocial mode was activated against his will, and the lazy fish had to keep moving.
He tried to lie flat, but his little secret was discovered.
Looking at the First Emperor figurine the First Emperor himself had sent to his desk, Ying Xu resigned himself to working hard.
He'd nearly died, and now his one and only fan, the First Emperor, had him in his grasp, whipping him into making progress!
So he cultivated better seeds, improved farm tools, invented gunpowder, compiled dictionaries...
Under the First Emperor's fierce protection, Ying Xu diligently built a flourishing Qin Dynasty and made up for the regrets of history.
1. Historical fiction, not real history. Please don't take it too seriously.
2. There is a female lead, but she has little presence and only appears later in the story.
Message: People can overcome fate. As long as you work hard, you will reap rewards.