Meng Yu x Devil ①

[Cannon Fodder Perspective]

Meng Yizhou is a transmigrator who was reborn. He knew from birth that he was the male protagonist in a wish-fulfillment novel.

His starting point was not glamorous. As an illegitimate son of the Meng family who was not recognized, he suffered cold looks and exclusion when he was first brought home.

But as the male lead, he comes with his own aura. According to the plot, he will use his extraordinary intelligence and ruthlessness to gradually gain a foothold in the Meng family. From that cautious illegitimate son, he will become someone that no one in the Meng family dares to underestimate.

In typical wish-fulfillment novels, there's always a supporting character used to highlight the male protagonist. His half-brother, Meng Yu, is such a character.

Meng Yu was born very well, but he was all show and no substance. He was a complete good-for-nothing, his grades were terrible, and he spent all his time hanging out with a bunch of bad friends.

He seemed born with the mission of delivering kills to Meng Yizhou, stealing the competition spots that Meng Yizhou had fought for, and ultimately embarrassing himself on the spot due to insufficient preparation. He even tried to have someone plot against Meng Yizhou, but the other party always managed to easily thwart his plans, ultimately getting himself into a lot of trouble.

Each provocation became a backdrop for Meng Yizhou to demonstrate his strength, and a stepping stone on his road to success.

Meng Yizhou watched Meng Yu stumble and fall repeatedly in front of him, but he felt nothing. After all, this was their fate in this novel; he was the protagonist, and Meng Yu was cannon fodder.

The controversy surrounding the guaranteed admission quota during their senior year of high school was the most crucial plot point in Meng Yizhou's memory of Meng Yu.

According to the novel, Meng Yu, out of jealousy that he got the guaranteed admission, secretly had someone switch his competition answer sheet. In the end, she was exposed on the spot, and the whole school knew about it.

To save face, the Meng family had no choice but to expel Meng Yu from school, while he naturally entered a top university, widening the gap between himself and Meng Yu.

As expected, Meng Yu was caught cheating and ended up leaving the school in disgrace.

But he didn't expect that he would see Meng Yu again in front of the bulletin board on the university campus the following autumn.

Meng Yu actually managed to get into the same university as him by repeating a year of high school. According to the plot, at this point, Meng Yu should have been spending his days drinking in bars, causing trouble with his cronies, even getting into a murder case, and had long been completely abandoned by the Meng family.

This was the first time Meng Yizhou felt the plot had gone off track. But what terrified him was that this wasn't the only thing spiraling out of control.

His research project was suspended due to his eagerness for quick results and his failure to check data. An error in the interim report led to the project being suspended, and the hard work of the entire team over the past few months was wasted.

Immediately afterwards, her boyfriend of two years inexplicably broke up with her.

His family's attitude also took a sharp turn for the worse. His father stopped asking about his studies on the phone, and his uncles openly and subtly mocked him at family gatherings.

He reverted to being the illegitimate son everyone could despise when he first entered the Meng family.

He walked aimlessly down the street, not understanding why all this was happening.

Suddenly, a piercing horn blared through the air.

Meng Yizhou looked up blankly and saw a runaway truck hurtling toward him, its huge shadow instantly engulfing him.

The moment the excruciating pain shot through him, he collapsed heavily to the ground, warm blood spreading from beneath him.

In his hazy state, he saw Meng Yu standing on a street corner not far away, her face expressionless, as if watching a farce that had nothing to do with him.

Behind Meng Yu stood a terrifying creature nearly two meters tall, with a blue face and fangs, its body covered in dark scales, and its eyes glowing with a ghostly red light, resembling a demon from legend.

Yet this terrifying being was now gently embracing Meng Yu's waist from behind, in an eerily intimate manner.