The Cannon Fodder Childhood Friend in a Sudden Romance Story [Quick Transmigration]

Xie Chiwei was frail and died young. After death, he was bound to the “Cannon Fodder Childhood Friend” quick transmigration System, where he had to play the childhood friend of the protagonist gong or shou in a series of novels where a newcomer defeats the childhood friend. Although he and the protagonist had known each other since childhood and he devoted himself to them, he could never compete with the newcomer. In the end, he would make one mistake after another out of jealousy and resentment, become a stepping stone for the protagonist gong and shou's love, and make a glorious exit.

System: ^_^ Got it?

Xie Chiwei: ^0^ Got it! Leave it to me, you can count on me!

To come back to life, Xie Chiwei diligently plays cannon fodder in one world after another.

But when the plot reaches its key moments...

Xie Chiwei: O.O Why haven't I made my exit yet? Why are the protagonist gong and shou fighting? Why has the plot gone off the rails?

System: T_T I left it to you, and now I'm worried sick!

[The frail childhood friend of the protagonist gong in a school story]

The cannon fodder childhood friend comes from a wealthy family and is spoiled and arrogant, summoning the protagonist gong whenever he wants and dismissing him just as easily. Then one day, a delicate white-flower protagonist shou transfers to their school. The two hit it off at first sight, and sparks fly. The cannon fodder childhood friend grows jealous and repeatedly tries to frame him, only bringing the two closer. In the end, the protagonists live happily together, while the cannon fodder dies a miserable death and exits the story.

Xie Chiwei follows the plot, ordering the protagonist gong around and treating the protagonist shou with scorn.

He thinks he's destined for a death sentence, but the protagonist gong searches far and wide for the best doctors to treat him, while the protagonist shou stands guard outside the intensive care unit without ever leaving.

The two even come to blows over who gets to visit Xie Chiwei.

System: Xie Chiwei, are you messing with me?

[The Omega childhood friend in an ABO story]

The cannon fodder childhood friend and the Alpha protagonist gong have a 99.9% pheromone match. They should be a destined pair, but the protagonist gong despises pheromone-matched arranged marriages and instead develops feelings for the Beta protagonist shou, a new employee at his company. The childhood friend refuses to accept this and tries to drug him, but ends up bringing the protagonist gong and shou together. In the end, the childhood friend is abandoned by his family for his poor character and damaged glands.

After confidently drugging him, Xie Chiwei prepares to make a quick getaway, only for the protagonist gong to block his path and forcibly mark him against the door.

Not only that, the next day the protagonist shou corners him in the restroom, trying to cover up that accursed mark with hickey after hickey and bite mark after bite mark.

[The spoiled childhood friend in a court-intrigue story]

The spoiled childhood friend is an uneducated good-for-nothing who harbors improper feelings for the protagonist shou, a pageboy he grew up with. He funds the shou's education, then demands repayment by threatening his family and forcing him to be with him. After the protagonist shou places first in the imperial examinations, he wins the favor of the Emperor gong, who exiles the spoiled childhood friend to the frontier, where he dies along the way.

Just as Xie Chiwei is about to threaten the protagonist shou, the other man has already undone his outer robe on the bed. “I have no way to repay the Young Marquis's kindness, so I can only offer myself to you.”

Not only that, an imperial decree summoning the spoiled young master to the palace as a male consort arrives at the residence.

[To be continued...]

Please note:

1. Xie Chiwei may play the childhood friend of the protagonist gong or the protagonist shou, depending on the setting.

2. The gong's real name is Sheng Huaian. The protagonist gongs and shous are his fragments, and they will eventually merge.

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