Am I the Regret-Novel Hero? I'm a Little Different

There’s a hugely popular novel genre called the regret genre, and every reader knows its usual formula:

In your past life, your own child is worth less than a dog, while the adopted son gets everything by acting cute.

Your sincere love is treated like donkey’s liver and lungs, and even your childhood sweetheart sleeps with the adopted son.

You’re good at everything under the sun, but your family only ever makes you kneel.

There’s no real affection between you, yet you insist on groveling over someone who’s clearly a terrible catch.

After being reborn, you stop chasing after them, and naturally a big sister comes along to point out their blind spots.

The adopted son’s origins are no simple matter, and old scores with his birth parents come to light.

Mu Yuan transmigrates into the body of the Mu family’s adopted son, a member of a wealthy household. Having read plenty of regret novels, he realizes that the Mu family’s biological son, Mu Yu, hasn’t been reborn, and he’s overjoyed.

Everyone knows the biological son can only begin his path to invincibility after being reborn. Before that? Sorry, you’re just a tool for the protagonist to win affection points. And the protagonist has a System, to boot! The biological son? You think the tea-ceremony skills I learned from reading hundreds of regret novels are fake?

Unfortunately… this is a world that turns the usual formula on its head.

Eldest sister Mu Xueping: “Xiao Yu, don’t worry if your cultivation is slow. I just finished making you a Hellfire suit of armor.”

Second sister Mu Chunning: “Xiao Yu, I’ve beaten up your school principal before, so you’re the boss at school.”

Third sister Mu Yuerong: “Xiao Yu, someone’s picking on you? Come on, sis hasn’t had a fight in ages!”

Fourth sister Mu Xinxin: “Xiao Yu, do you have anyone pursuing you? I know lots of actresses…”

Not far away, Mu Yuan lies on the ground, his face bruised and swollen after his four sisters beat him black and blue. Tears fill his eyes. “This isn’t how it’s supposed to go. Isn’t this a regret novel?”