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At 3:40 in the morning, Xiao Li stretched out in his multifunctional boss chair, forced himself to stay awake, polished the general content of what his online girlfriend said on WeChat, put it into text, clicked save, opened the female novel website, and skillfully uploaded and published the newly written chapter.
After doing all this, he rubbed his sore eyes, yawned, and habitually opened the comments to read the readers' comments.
Xiao Li's current job is an online novel writer. He writes online novels full-time but can only barely make ends meet in his daily life.
He is an out-and-out male-oriented melodramatic writer. His works are in the style of a harem in another world, with all kinds of high-energy and sour plots emerging one after another. Melodrama is nothing new. With several years of online writing career, Xiao Li has also accumulated some like-minded otaku readers. Those readers often complain that the plots are too old, but at the same time they can't stop chasing the updates.
This time, however, he wasn't serializing his own work, but rather a novel from his online girlfriend, whom he had pursued with great difficulty. Yes, he was writing for his online girlfriend, whom he had never met, by dictating her ideas to him, which he then compiled into text and posted online.
The new serialized novel of his online girlfriend is a period novel titled "Reborn in the 1960s, the Military Wife Has Space". In Xiao Li's eyes, it is also a novel with very distorted values. It is the same as his harem of three thousand beauties. They are all old-fashioned Mary Sue, continuing his usual distorted values.
The comments section was buzzing with activity, but most female and male readers focused on different things. In his own story, male readers focused on the plot and the characters who had already appeared. Here, female readers were drawn to Xiao Li, the male supporting character who had little presence in the story, only appearing in the protagonist's memories and having long since died on the battlefield. Xiao Li, the protagonist Xiao Ming's brother, was the cannon fodder.
When creating this cannon fodder male supporting role, his online girlfriend casually gave him the same name as herself. Xiao Li said he didn't care, but he kept complaining in his heart. But after almost thirty years of life, he finally found a girlfriend online and they hadn't even met in person yet. How could he let her get upset and run away?
You have to coax her!
Therefore, he added many settings to the cannon fodder male supporting role: for example, he looks like Pan An, extremely handsome, tall and straight. In the 1950s when the average height was about 170 cm, this cannon fodder character was 187 cm tall as if he had taken hormones. He forcibly turned a cannon fodder male supporting role who died early into a modern version of a young and handsome guy, a true male god.
The cannon fodder male supporting character doesn't serve as a catalyst for the male and female protagonists' relationship, as in other melodramatic fiction, but rather serves to accelerate the male protagonist's growth and propel the overall plot forward. His younger brother, Xiao Ming, who is ten years younger than him, is a true little devil who refuses to submit to the Chinese government. To prevent him from becoming a complete playboy, Xiao Li, the older brother, takes the lead and dies. After Xiao Li's death, Xiao Ming restrains himself, strives for progress, and eventually becomes a general in China.
The heroine is a glorious educated youth who went to the countryside in the 1960s. In her previous life, the heroine went to the countryside to support national construction like a chicken with its blood pumped up. After two months, she was tortured by the heavy labor and married the son of the village party secretary. When the news of the college entrance examination came, she coaxed her husband to help her take the college entrance examination that year.
The heroine had good grades and successfully got into a university. Then, just like what was written in most period novels, she abandoned her husband and children and relied on her beauty in college to conceal her experience of going to the countryside and started dating a new boyfriend from a well-off family. After finding the man and child in the countryside, she refused to go back to the countryside on the grounds that she was forced. Because the matter was too serious, the heroine was expelled from the school for having an affair, and her new boyfriend broke up with her because of this.
After being expelled from school, the heroine hated her husband and children in the countryside and went to the south alone to develop her career. It was difficult for a beautiful divorced woman to do business in that era. In order to develop her company, she secretly engaged in the business of selling flesh and blood, dealing with all kinds of men, and finally contracted a heart disease.
All the little money she earned was spent on her medical treatment. When the men who had used sweet words to coax her into bed learned that she was ill, they all became nervous and no one helped her. Some even blatantly tried to trip her up.
When she was at her wit's end, she saw Xiao Ming coming down from a military vehicle, carefully supporting his wife. The man was tall and had handsome features. The heroine really envied the woman in his arms. After returning home, she specifically asked what level the golden olive branch and a gold star on the hero's shoulder was.
Until her death, the heroine fantasized about the hero, Xiao Ming, whom she had only met once, wondering how happy she would be if she married him. Then, she was reborn, back when she had just arrived in the countryside. With her memories of her past life and her naturally charming demeanor, she became a beloved beauty in the surrounding villages, attracting countless men. After her rebirth, she navigated the crowds and finally secured the only military enlistment spot in the village, becoming a glorious member of the People's Liberation Army.
The hero and heroine met and fell in love in the army. The hero, Xiao Ming, even gave the heroine his brother's only relic - a jade pendant. In an accident, the heroine was injured, and her blood accidentally dripped onto the jade, which opened a space. In the space, there was a spring of water that could cure all diseases. The heroine became more and more beautiful because of the spring water, and became a miracle doctor who saved the dying and healed the wounded.
The heroine's abilities become stronger and stronger, attracting more and more men. She flirts with various outstanding men, and the male protagonist Xiao Ming often becomes jealous of her. Readers affectionately call her "the jealous king of Asia."
Many readers said they liked the jealous male protagonist, while the majority expressed their dislike for the male and female protagonists, and every day they asked for a story about the cannon fodder male supporting character being reborn in the comments.
[I love period stories]: Xiao Li’s character is too Su, it’s such a pity that he died young. I strongly request you to write a story about the cannon fodder brother’s rebirth!
【Xiao Li My Destiny】: My lunacy, the male protagonist actually gave his brother's relics to a woman he just met not long ago, where are my three views, where are my three views! I strongly request that you write a story about Xiao Li's rebirth, and let this white lotus female protagonist die!
[Xiao Li is my boyfriend]: I beg Xiao Li to come back alive! Come back alive! Come back alive! Author, if you don’t let my brother come back alive, I will definitely hang myself on the crooked tree under your building with a three-foot white silk thread! ! !
[Three Values Little Adult]: The author's values are distorted and could easily corrupt young readers. Reported. The heroine's past life experiences were her own fault. After rebirth, she refuses to repent and instead seeks revenge, blaming others. How could such a person even join the Chinese military and become a soldier? Report! Report! Report!
Xiao Li: “…” Are female readers’ imaginations so wild?
He quickly scanned the comments and shut down his computer in silence. Despite the outcry from readers, he remained unfazed. After all, he was just ghostwriting the book; he wasn't the real author, nor was he the one getting paid. Why should he care?
Maybe when he meets his online girlfriend in person and there is some substantial progress, I can ask her to take credit for it and suggest that I write a book called "The Cannon Fodder Brother of the Reborn Male Protagonist". This will make her happy and increase my own benefits. Why not do it?
After a hearty laugh, Xiao Li felt a sudden throbbing pain in his temples and a tight, aching chest, but it was gone after a while. He didn't pay it any attention, happily turning off the lights and lying in bed. Before falling asleep, he was still thinking about how to discreetly ask the girlfriend he'd been dating online for a month to meet up tomorrow. Would she agree? Would they get married and have kids in the future?
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"Xiao Li, are you okay? Don't worry, he will find a chance to follow me in a while. Let's fight our way out!" Squad leader Zhang looked around nervously and secretly, while gently patting the new recruit beside him and giving instructions tirelessly.
In a daze, Xiao Li seemed to hear a huge explosion and a man's voice yelling something in his ear. The sound was noisy and his ears were buzzing. He frowned and suddenly opened his eyes, and saw a strange man whose face he could not see clearly crawling beside him, looking at him with a worried look.
Seeing Xiao Li looking at him, squad leader Zhang, his face covered in sand and dirt, continued patiently: "Xiao Li, are you okay? Don't be afraid. Follow me and fight your way out. You must follow me closely. Do you hear me?"
Xiao Li was confused. What was going on? Wasn't he sleeping at home?
Before he could figure it out, there was another loud "bang" in the distance, and the sky was full of flying yellow sand. There were screams, sounds of fighting, and incomplete corpses falling not far from them with the explosion. Warm blood splashed on his face and the corners of his mouth. Xiao Li subconsciously stretched out his tongue to lick the corners of his mouth, and a salty and fishy taste instantly filled his entire mouth.
He raised his hand, whose original color could no longer be seen, and wiped something on his face. After seeing what he touched, his pupils dilated instantly, and he kept spitting out saliva from his mouth, and his stomach kept churning.
Nausea! Nausea! I want to vomit!
With the salty taste still lingering in his mouth and the artillery fire raging all around him, Xiao Li had no time to figure out where he was. He shouted to the man in confusion, "Don't worry, I...I've remembered everything. You...you must be careful too! We all have to retreat alive."
"Okay, let's fight our way out, follow closely!"
Xiao Li nervously gripped the submachine gun in his hand tightly, his legs trembling uncontrollably, but he had to follow the people in front of him and rush forward. From time to time, when he saw people wearing different clothes rushing towards them, he would turn around and stab them with a bayonet!
"Charge! Down with the imperialist devils, brothers, charge!" The cries of killing constantly irritated my eardrums, and the clanging of bayonets and the roar of gunfire were incessant...
He tried hard to follow the figure in front of him who was constantly stabbing, restraining his fear, gritting his teeth and rushing towards the tall and strong foreigner. The white knife went in and the red knife came out, blood splattered on his body, and the man slowly fell down. All of this made him feel like vomiting.
No... he couldn't vomit, he had to hold it in. He couldn't die in this damn place for no apparent reason!
Xiao Li suppressed the discomfort in his stomach and continued to rush forward. More and more blood covered his body, some of it his and some from others. The pain from the injury made him realize that this was not a dream. If he wanted to survive, he had to follow the people around him and evacuate!
Gradually, he became numb from killing people, and sometimes he would pick up a few guns from the corpses and put them on his back. This was something he had never encountered before as a good boy who grew up under the red flag. He could only sigh that adversity can force people to grow and stimulate their unlimited potential.
"Hurry, Xiao Li, did you see us rushing out soon? Don't be afraid, just follow us closely. We'll come back after we've repaired and kill these damn Imperial bastards!" Squad Leader Zhang spat viciously, then rushed forward even more fiercely as if he had been injected with chicken blood, waving his big hands and shouting loudly: "Brothers, charge!"
"Brothers, retreat! Come on!"
Xiao Li followed the crazy stabbing and strafing, stumbling and evacuating towards the camp. The sound of artillery fire behind him gradually became smaller, and there were no foreign devils around him who were ready to take his life at any time. He kept running forward with trembling legs until he saw rows of neatly arranged tents and a group of people in white coats busy coming and going. Xiao Li finally couldn't help but stumble.
However, before he fell, the person who had been leading the way in front of him collapsed with a loud bang.
Xiao Li twisted his inner thigh hard with all his might. Damn it! He saved me and brought me out. I can't just ignore him! Taking a deep breath, Xiao Li ran over and pulled hard at the man's arm, but his arm was shaking and weak, and he couldn't be pulled up.
"TN: What are you still standing there for? Come and help!" There were many soldiers who evacuated with him. They were all injured to varying degrees, and many of them had lost their arms and legs. They supported each other and moved towards the camp until a young nurse hurried by.
The young nurse hurried to call for help. Xiao Li was pushed hard by someone and fell down. Before falling, he took a worried look at Team Leader Zhang who was being carried away on a stretcher. Then he closed his eyes and passed out.
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