
Everyone Loves the Cannon Fodder
穿成万人迷的炮灰竹马
Qie Zai Shan Yang
A reader lands inside a novel as the hero's sickly childhood friend and sets out to save him from the tragedy he knows is coming.
- Format
- novel
- Volumes
- 1 of 3 in English
Synopsis
Song Yu was barely a footnote in the book Gentle Restraint. Now he is living it, as the pampered heir next door to Xie Sui, whose suffering made the original story so bleak. Song Yu's mission is to protect him. Three volumes planned.
Where to read
Tropes
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