After Transmigrating into a Book, I Have an Entire Family of Cannon Fodder

“Chairman Qi, you1 haven’t slept in 2 days, rest for a bit ba.”

“As long as Xingxing doesn’t wake, I won’t be able to sleep……How are the lord 2 and the young miss doing?”

“They are waiting in the lounge next door and have not been able to rest.”

Who is talking?

Qi Xingchen was woken by the two men’s conversation, wishing to see who they were, but was unable to open his eyelids.

The one who was called “Chairman Qi” continued, “In a bit, let the governor’s personal chef — he’s called Old Li right, to make some porridge and send it here.”

“Will do.”

“By the way,” Chairman Qi asked again, “Has the reason behind Xingxing’s fall on the back of his head been found out yet?”

The person being asked immediately fell silent, indicating that there was no progress.

“……It has been two days already, what have all of the 12 of you assistants been doing, such that you can’t even find out about this small thing?!”

“The place where Second Young Master fell just happened to be a blindspot without surveillance cameras in Noah Entertainment. The incident also happened very late at night, thus no witnesses were found, so……”

Maybe it was Chairman Qi’s angry voice that jolted Qi Xingchen awake, he was finally able to open his eyes.

Surveying his surroundings, he should currently be in a hospital ward. There were two large machines beside his bed; the corner of one edge of the bedsheet embroidered with JingAn Hospital and his name; the hospital gown he was wearing had his personal identification number. 

But it did not seem like a hospital ward either — the area was much bigger than an ordinary hospital ward, including a restroom and partition. The window curtains had gold thread weaved3 into it, the window glass was double-layered bulletproof glass, and even the bedsheet and hospital gown were made from very soft silk.

In short, it was the type of extravagant and luxurious hospital ward that only appeared in Mary Sue novels.

Beside the sickbed sat a 27-year-old man, wearing a black suit of excellent tailoring, with profound facial features, and the fingernail-sized blue gem on his tie pin was reflecting a blinding halo.

His eyebrows were heavily furrowed, and one can guess that this was Chairman Qi.

But the problem was that Qi Xingchen didn’t even recognise this person!

Chairman Qi was still furious about not having found out the reason and gave a cold snort, “Great, then let the entire Noah make up to Xingxing! Tomorrow, you will gather the finance and legal departments to propose a plan to acquire 60% of Noah’s shares.”

“Chairman Qi, the equity component of Noah Entertainment is complicated, we may need more effort and monetary resources to acquire it.”

“Getting tired for Xingxing’s sake is no big deal, as for the money……” Chairman Qi dragged out the last syllable, “Those few pieces of scrap metal4, just give it to Noah’s shareholders as a new year red packet5.”

Chairman Qi, Noah Entertainment…… The more Qi Xingchen listened on, the more shocked he became, and he gradually understood something — he had possibly transmigrated into a book!

2 days ago, he had bought tickets to his idol Bo Ye’s concert from a fansite master, but in the end, he received the news about the concert stage accident on the way there and got into a car accident from his shock.

He originally thought he would have passed away, who knew he would unexpectedly transmigrate into a book.

However this was not good news, as this was a delusional fanfiction6 written by a female fan with Bo Ye as the male protagonist and the fan herself being the female protagonist, bringing fluff, charismatic leads, tragic backstories, revenge and trickery all together in the entertainment circle masterpiece《Peach in the Night》.

It narrates the glorious life of how the female protagonist Tao Tao7 stepped on the film emperor and tore apart the film empress, winning a Golden Horse Award8 and an Oscars trophy.

Meanwhile, he was only a cannon fodder of the same name and surname and was very lucky to have an entire family of cannon fodder.

No, maybe he wasn’t even considered cannon fodder. He didn’t have any lines and only appeared once.

The original text was written like this:
[Autumn had arrived, and the withered leaves susurrated as they were picked up by the cold wind. Tao Tao had Bo Ye’s Hermes cashmere coat draped over her figure and stood shoulder to shoulder with Bo Ye at the corner of a cemetery, her gaze sweeping over the tombstones one by one.

“Qi Xiaoming, Qi Yunxiao, Qi Yuji, Qi Xingchen, Qi Jiaze9, Liang Jing ……” Tao Tao’s cherry blossom lips quivered, “A-Ye10, you did a really good job, all of them are here. As a family, the most important thing is to be whole and together11 ma……”]

Yep, that’s right, he just appeared at that single instance.

His family members also were not present for more than a few chapters and were all rid of by the male protagonist. A complete wipeout, the very essence of a feel-good fiction novel.

“Xingxing, you- you’re awake?” Chairman Qi realised then that he had woken up, his gloomy expression was immediately wiped by surprise and hurriedly ordered the bodyguard at the door to call for the doctor.

A huge barrage of people rushed in. Qi Xingchen’s brain blanked out and did not even register how he was brought for a CT scan, nor did he know how he was brought out.

When he came to, he was already at the helipad on the roof of the hospital.

…… Having to use the helicopter to see a doctor, even if it was Daddy Ma Yun12, no one would dare to write him this way.

Qi Xingchen was swarmed13 and supported into the cabin.

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After arriving at the Qi family’s main household, Qi Xingchen was then made aware that the private aircraft paled by comparison14.

The Qi family owned a villa in the middle of a lake downtown, and the lake was from a piece of land that the Qi family bought at a high price from an auction15 and had hired engineers to dig it. There was an abundance of freshwater fish in it, and it became a good place for the city residents to relax and seek entertainment when it was first built.

The Qi family found it unbearable, thus they planted a circle of plane trees around it, built a fence and set up a security booth. Only then was the tranquillity slowly restored.

The entire swarm of people was still clustered around Qi Xingchen as they entered the household. On the flight back, he could already match everyone’s face to a name, and all of them were his family members and servants.

Still in disbelief of the extravagance of the villa, Qi Xingchen said in a stupor, “Thank you, everyone, I would like to rest for a bit in my room.”

“We are all family, you are not allowed to say thank you to us next time.” Dad Qi supported his arm, “Let’s go, I’ll bring you upstairs.”

The original owner’s room was on the second floor to the far right, as Qi Xingchen did not wish to reveal that he had just transmigrated into this body, he could only follow Dad Qi step by step upstairs like a 3-year-old toddler.

Dad Qi was approaching 60 this year, but due to good maintenance of his health, his face looked like he was only 40. He was usually of a serious disposition, nevertheless seeing his son wake up today made him give a rare hint of a smile.

Reaching the door, Dad Qi’s smile deepened and said, “Xingxing, open the door and look inside.”

Qi Xingchen: “?”

He hesitantly pushed open the door and was then almost scared out by the piles of gifts that filled the entire room.

There wasn’t even space for someone to stand in here, what was this?!

“Cough,” Dad Qi was a bit embarrassed and cleared his throat, “Xingxing, all of these are the welcome home1 gifts that I2 gave you.”

“……This much?”

“I’m getting old, so I don’t know what young people like. After hearing the chauffeur say that his son likes sneakers, I called for people to buy all the limited-edition sneakers, have a look and see if you like them.”

“—It’s okay if you don’t like them,” Dad Qi added. “Just throw them into the storehouse, don’t feel burdened.”

Qi Xingchen did not know how to reply for a while, simply nodded his head and forced himself to cross over the gift boxes.

He thought that the interior of the room would be as luxurious as the rest of the villa, but it was the opposite. In reality, the huge space was very clean and refreshing. Other than the signed basketball and guitar in a showcase, there was only a bed, a computer table and a chair carved from yellow flowering pear wood3.

He collapsed onto the bed, closed his eyes and searched for fragments of memories.

The novel did not characterise much of the original owner, but since he was one of the novel’s characters, the original owner still had some basic information.

The original owner was the third child of the Qi family, 20-years-old this year, currently an art college sophomore. Last year, he was scouted by an agent and signed on with Noah Entertainment, where the male protagonist was.

Wanting to prove himself to his family, the original owner did not declare his relation to the Qi family. Afterwards, he had a falling out with his agent and was let go by him. 

He was then left hanging without progress at the company and hung there for a year.

“……”

What the hell was going on here.

Qi Xingchen took a deep breath and got up to the restroom to wash his face. When he was wiping his face, he took a look at the mirror and thoroughly inspected the original owner’s appearance. 

It was not that much different from his real self, just with a slightly shorter stature and a thinner, sharper chin.

The awkwardness of using someone else’s body was greatly reduced. He shook off the water droplets, knowing that his main priority was to get out of the novel.

But before transmigrating back, he would have to keep this minuscule life of his. Estimating from the timeline of the book, in half a month, the Qi family would start on the journey of their destruction.

He has not even gotten to see the concert, he mustn’t die yet.

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In order to keep this small life of his, he would need to investigate the risk factor levels of the male protagonist’s “atomic bomb”.

Qi Xingchen sat in front of the computer, opened up Weibo and entered the two words “Bo Ye”.

Instantly, a large volume of pictures and videos flowed out. Some of them were fancams, and there were also cuts from his events.

The youth in the picture was tall, his eyebrows were distinct and sharp, and his pair of deep black eyes were full of loftiness and aggression.

…… This book was really written based on his idol, with his looks and figure down to a T.

The number of Weibo fans were also the same, nearing 80 million, well-deserving the busiest traffic.

Qi Xingchen faced the highly-similar-to-real-world male protagonist “Bo Ye” and he hesitated for a while. He was a fan of this person for 7 years, but now he had to be on the opposing side of him and found it difficult to accept for some time. 

Only when the sky turned dark, he then reluctantly convinced himself: This is a Mary Sue novel came up by a delusional fan, and the “Bo Ye” in the book is only a 2D character4, not his idol. 

His own idol was still in reality and just had a concert stage accident.

He must walk out of this book alive to see that the idol was safe and sound with his own two eyes.

The original owner’s verified Weibo was controlled by the company. Qi Xingchen’s arm paused for a bit, then made up his mind and created a side account.

The fan community was where he could grasp the most amount of information about a celebrity. He was prepared to take advantage of the privilege of being in the same company as the male protagonist. First, he would reveal a mixture of real and fake news to make a huge mess, then look for a chance to break into Bo Ye’s inner fan group5.

The application for an account went through and Weibo had a pop-up window

— [Please set your6 nickname]

Qi Xingchen typed: Bo Ye’s wife

— [Sorry, this nickname has already been taken]

He typed again: Bo Ye’s real girlfriend

— [Sorry, this nickname has already been taken]

He forced down the strong disgust: Bo Ye’s sweetie pie

— [Sorry, this nickname has already been taken]

…….This can’t even work? Then what else would work?!

Looks like he would have to use something more sophisticated, Qi Xingchen furiously smashed on his keyboard: Yearning through the entire night.7

Success? Qi Xingchen swept back his fringe, the corners of his lips ticking upwards.

Heh, isn’t he just a 2D male protagonist?

If this 2D character can beat laozi8, Lao zi will take up your surname in the future!9