Lin Fan is an ordinary office worker who spends his days slacking off, watching short dramas, and reading novels. On his way to work overtime, a billboard knocks him unconscious. When he opens his eyes, he's transmigrated into a parallel city.
Everything here feels both familiar and strange. The despised live-in son-in-law might be hiding a shocking identity, the bankrupt heiress always seems to catch a break, and even street arguments look just like scenes from some melodramatic show he's watched...
Even more absurdly, a "Tropes Notebook" has appeared on his phone. It always pops up with a useful tip at a crucial moment: [Tag: This villain dies because he talks too much] [Tag: There's a powerful figure's secret signal on her bag] [Tag: Don't trust him, this is a classic tactic to build someone up before bringing them down]
Others transmigrate and rely on a System to defy the heavens. Lin Fan relies on his TV-watching experience to stay alive:
"I know this plot! I'll keep my distance and wait for the protagonist to finish face-slapping everyone before I swoop in for the leftovers."
"Going by the usual tropes, this good-for-nothing who looks useless is actually a hidden BOSS!"
From a penniless young man hounded by online loan collectors to a savvy businessman who makes extraordinary friends, Lin Fan discovers that once you understand the tropes in novels and short dramas, you can thrive in a parallel world too.
He just never expected that the confidantes he'd befriended by following those "tropes" would end up accompanying him into the world he came from...
