The Alley: From the Start, I'm Zhuang Zhibei, and the Birthday Banquet Goes Wild

After staying up all night for two days straight to binge-watch A Life in a Lane, modern college student Zhuang Zhibei woke up to discover that he had transmigrated into the TV series, becoming a character who never existed in the original: Zhuang Xiaoting’s twin brother, Zhuang Zhibei.

Great. Perfect. Absolutely perfect!

You won’t let my mom and my sister eat at the table? Just watch how I deal with you two old geezers!

Flip the birthday banquet table in a fit of rage? No, that’s not enough. At the very least, it’ll be satisfying if that mama’s boy is the one who flips it.

You want my foolishly filial, mama’s-boy dad to hand over his pay?

Great. From now on, Zhuang Chaoying won’t hand over another cent. If he does, I lose!

You want Xiaoting to give up her room for those two freeloading losers, Zhendong and Zhenbei?

Let’s see if Zhuang Chaoying throws you two out first!

(No stewing in resentment, no pointless self-torment. If you don’t like it, fight back. No blind filial piety, no emotional blackmail.)