
This Damned Thirst for Survival
You Shu transmigrated into a book and became one of the male lead’s shadow guards. He thought he was following a conspiracy script and as long as he hugged the male lead’s thigh well, he would reach the pinnacle of life sooner or later. He could also personally look at the male protagonist’s domineering side.
However, the plot of establishing the harem and taking back the country ended up going astray somewhere, and the brotherhood in the feudal society was changed at will, and he was inexplicably promoted to the position of empress. Amidst the cheers of the shadow guards, he accepted the Phoenix Seal with a dazed expression.
Xiao Weixin pretended to be sick and kept a low profile for more than 20 years. He worked hard to seize the throne and avenge his mother. But one day, he suddenly found that the little shadow guard beside him had a pretty smile, and his fox’s tail moved quietly.
You Shu hated iron for not being steel1A Chinese idiom, which describes dissatisfaction with the expected person who is not up to date and does not make progress, and eagerly hopes that he will get better.: Don’t you think there’s something wrong with your female lead smiling shyly at the supporting female lead?
Xiao Weixin: Oh.
You Shu: Can you succeed without the help of the female lead and the supporting (second) female lead?
Xiao Weixin: Yes.
You Shu: I must be a dog for worrying about you…
Xiao Weixin: You are going to be an empress. Don’t talk nonsense and be careful with your words.
You Shu: … The male protagonist is probably really crazy.
All the Shadow Guards: I have never seen such a dazzling moment in my life. Even shadow guards can have spring! A shadow guard took the wrong path to promotion.
- 1A Chinese idiom, which describes dissatisfaction with the expected person who is not up to date and does not make progress, and eagerly hopes that he will get better. ↩︎



14 thoughts on “This Damned Thirst for Survival”
Hmmmm imma compile a few chappies n start reading it soon (o′┏▽┓`o)
i agree
Im so glad this is getting an actual translation!! Ive read really far and let me tell you, this is so exciting to read !!! The tension is so thick
👀💛 omg omg omg, I wanna read this so bad
Tysm for working on this 🥺
Thanks very much for starting translations on this! The story is amazing and I am keen to read it on your site 🙂
The other available translation is unfortunately barely edited MTL, which doesn’t do this story justice.
Your efforts are much appreciated!
Thank you for translating this! This story is amazing,looking forward to read it in proper translation!
Translator do you know where to find the extras? I cant find them, I wanna mtl
I haven’t gone looking for them on aggregator sites, but if you can you can support the author and read them on jjwxc. If you can’t cause jjwxc being a bish about it, you can also try searching the book title + extra. It might just be under a different category/name.
Thank you for this !!! I can’t wait 🙏
Thank you for picking this up 🙇🏻♀️
This book is AMAZING
I’m so glad it’s getting a proper translation, can’t wait to reread it!!
Hi, I saw that this novel has not been updated in around half a year. Are you still uploading? If not, would it be possible for me to potentially pick it up?
Please pick it up ???? it hurts me to read a barely edited MTL thats so inconsistent ????
please please pick it up!!!