The Underachiever vs. the Overachieving Transmigrator
Ruo Xing Ruo Chen
—The published edition, The Sun and Moon Shine on the Same Bright Path, Part One: Complete 2-Volume Set, will open for preorder at 19:30 on Sunday, August 23—
[Homophobic Idiot Pretty Boy vs. Dark, Crazy Workaholic King; Both Transmigrated; Updates at Midnight]
Shi Shu transmigrates from the modern world into a backward ancient era. To stay alive, he does farm work in a village every day—sweeping chicken droppings, feeding pigs and cows—and works diligently until, after three months, he has perfectly integrated into ancient life.
He thinks he is truly amazing! Yet while gathering pig fodder by the riverside, he accidentally collides with Prince Liang’s procession and is dragged away to be beheaded.
Shi Shu: “?”
Shi Shu: “Fuck!”
Shi Shu: “This damn feudal society, argh!”
Just as he opens his mouth to curse in utter despair, a magnificently dressed and exceptionally handsome man steps out from beside the Prince of Liang’s heir. After calmly sizing him up for a moment, he says slowly, “Studying new ideas?”
Shi Shu: “…Striving to be a new youth?”
Xie Wuchi, expressionless: “Nice.”
In this dynasty, there is actually—not just one—transmigrator.
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They transmigrated into ancient times together, but their fates were entirely different. Xie Wuchi saves Shi Shu’s life. Grateful, Shi Shu seeks him out for a chat.
“I’ve already grasped this village’s lifeline. Want to join me? You’ll eat your fill until the day you die.”
Xie Wuchi glances at the handsome, raggedly dressed young man before him and says淡淡ly, “Thanks. I’m a strategist at Prince Liang’s side, and my life is pretty good too.”
“…”
Sensing the gap in intelligence, Shi Shu restrains himself and asks, “Then what are you going to do in the future?”
“In ancient society, since we’re already here…” Xie Wuchi’s voice remains calm. “Of course I’m going to become an emperor.”
Shi Shu, wholly devoted to gathering pig fodder: “…………”
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Xie Wuchi is indeed meticulous, ruthless, and merciless.
Panicked, Shi Shu follows him around as a lackey, watching with his own eyes as Xie Wuchi goes from an unarmed nobody with no household registration in the starting village, to someone who accumulates power, expands his territory, and gradually becomes a hegemon capable of contending for the entire realm.
Even Shi Shu benefits from his success and coasts along smoothly.
Yet one day, Shi Shu discovers that this is a mass-transmigration system. Only after attaining the title of “Sovereign of All Under Heaven” and killing all the other transmigrators can one return to the original world.
“……”
One word: brutal.
Shi Shu looks at himself, who possesses nothing but knows only how to cling to someone’s coattails, then at the would-be emperor beside him, Xie Wuchi, whose hands are stained with immeasurable bloodshed and whose schemes are unparalleled.
—He still doesn’t know about this rule.
Shi Shu takes a deep breath.
Late that night.
Holding a short blade, dressed lightly with one fair shoulder exposed, Shi Shu climbs into Xie Wuchi’s bed in trepidation.
Sweet little brother who gets carried vs. grindlord daddy
*Content warning: the top is mentally and physically ill; both are sexually inexperienced; it is only for fun.