Farming to Defy My Fate

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Zhao An, born in an era of spiritual energy revival, transmigrates into a dated, angsty romance novel titled Tears of a City-Toppling Beauty. He becomes the female lead’s younger brother—a cannon fodder character used by the tyrant to threaten the female lead, who is fated to perish during the torturous romance between the emperor and his consort. The kind that starves to death.

Fortunately, Zhao An still retains a bit of his wood-elemental ability, allowing him to forage for wild vegetables in the mountains. He finds strawberries to earn money and secure his basic needs, then discovers rare medicinal herbs and makes a small fortune. Finally, he finds a drunk man.

Hu Sheng opens his gray-blue eyes. “I am the chief of Daqing Stronghold. If you don’t leave now, I’m going to take you up the mountain to be my wife.”

Looking at the chief’s handsome, mixed-race features, Zhao An thinks that being the chief’s wife sounds great. The whole point of his transmigration must have been to find a partner. He helps the chief up and, with great difficulty, finds Daqing Stronghold. Upon seeing that the stronghold is filled with the old, weak, sick, and disabled, Zhao An heaves a deep sigh. From that day forward, he embarks on the grand enterprise of farming—improving grain seeds, creating fertilizer, and modifying farm tools, so busy that he loses all track of time.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed since the original novel’s ending. The male and female leads, who loved to court disaster, have indeed managed to get themselves killed, plunging the nation into chaos and division in the process. Fortunately, Zhao An has both grain and guns in hand and is confident he can defeat the various ambitious warlord factions.

In the end, Hu Sheng, the former mountain chieftain who is now hailed as the God of War, points to the throne in the golden hall and asks, “Do you want to be the emperor?”

Zhao An is tempted, but the memory of his original fate—being starved to death simply because the emperor wanted to teach his consort a lesson—makes him shake his head resolutely. “We both come from humble beginnings,” Zhao An says. “Let’s establish a republic instead.”