The Background Beta in a Melodramatic Novel Awakens

A melodramatic ABO story with two male leads and a change of love interest.

A pitiful, neglected Beta bottom × a hot-tempered, blunt Alpha top who knows at first sight that he’s found his wife.

After learning how his story would end, Ji Shu’s first thought was to end his contract marriage.

He knew Xiao Zhibai wasn’t exactly a good person, but he never imagined he was a complete scumbag.

Xiao Zhibai blamed Ji Shu for the death of his first love, imprisoned and tortured him, and even threw his corpse into the sea after he died. None of it could be forgiven.

After Xiao Zhibai made his move, Ji Shu’s family immediately disowned him. Ji Shu felt like a failure as a person. In the end, no one even noticed he had disappeared.

He didn’t want to follow the plot of his dream. He had planned to wait until his contract with Xiao Zhibai ended, then use the money to repay the Ji family for raising him for nineteen years, leaving them even.

After learning what fate awaited him in the book, Ji Shu changed his mind and cut ties with the Ji family early. If they were going to make his life miserable, then none of them would get to live in peace.

So he sought out the villains from the story, the ones Xiao Zhibai had driven into bankruptcy or caused to suffer fatal car accidents. He teamed up with them and struck before Xiao Zhibai took over the Xiao Corporation. He wanted to see who Xiao Zhibai thought he was without the Xiao family!

Lang Qing’s perspective: The first time he saw Ji Shu, he thought this man ought to be his wife. He adored everything about him.

He had already started imagining their future together when, the very next second, he learned Ji Shu was married, and to the person he hated most.

Lang Qing: …