Shen Duanxi was an outstanding student growing up, with a wonderful family and parents who never had to worry much about him. He was always obedient, the kind of child people call someone else's kid.
As an adult, he naturally inherited the family business. Life had been smooth sailing, and under his leadership, the company was thriving. Then he met someone, a girl who stirred his pity.
That night, Shen Duanxi had a dream.
In it, he was living inside a book, and the heroine was the girl he'd met that day. He saw that he was the so-called second male lead. Whenever the heroine was tormented in body and heart by the male lead, he would show up to comfort and help her. When she wanted to escape, he would help her get away from the male lead.
Despite being such a good person, he ended up ruined by the male lead. After the heroine put the male lead through a long, grueling chase to win her back, they got their happy ending, leaving Shen Duanxi to toil away just to support himself and his parents.
He had worked so hard for the heroine and hadn't even gotten to hold her hand. He woke from the nightmare in a cold sweat. It had terrified him. He absolutely did not want to become a wage slave, earning so little each month that he couldn't even support his parents.
He decided to avoid that ending, starting by staying away from the heroine.
Later, he met another second male lead who had pursued the heroine in his previous life. Of course, that guy's ending hadn't been great either. As the two men found themselves drawn to each other, their relationship progressed by leaps and bounds. Wait, did they end up together?
Look good, come on