After Xue Huai dies, he is bound to a System and made to play a cannon-fodder character in various small worlds.
But something seems to be going wrong.
World One:
A disaster strikes. An unknown virus spreads. Some people get infected and turn into mutants, while others gain abilities that let them fight back.
The character Xue Huai plays is a spoiled young master. When the disaster hits, he fails to awaken any abilities and is eventually devoured by mutants.
Things go wrong when his husband, whom he married for the sake of an alliance, starts coming home. He even dies at the hands of mutants while saving Xue Huai.
With her husband dead, Xue Huai loses his protection.
Their former friend looks at him as if he wants to devour him. "He entrusted you to me before he died, Xue Huai. I'll protect you."
His husband's subordinates keep knocking on his door in the middle of the night. "Sister-in-law, we promised Big Brother we'd take good care of you."
Then they say, "Xue Huai, good sister-in-law, that eyesore is finally gone."
On the thirty-second day after her husband's death, someone knocks outside his room. His husband's gentle voice sounds just as it always did.
"Xue Huai, I'm home."
World Two:
After his family falls on hard times and both his parents die, Xue Huai is sold by his cruel uncle and aunt to a wealthy family's sickly eldest son, to bring him good luck through a wedding.
But his husband's younger brothers don't seem to like Xue Huai. Convinced he has ulterior motives, they are always bullying him.
Xue Huai was supposed to drown while out on a trip with his husband. Instead, his husband dies saving him.
He doesn't notice how, from some point on, his younger brothers have started looking at him with growing greed. Not until his husband is dead.
In the middle of the night, someone knocks on his door, voice low and hoarse. "Sister-in-law, open up. It's me, your husband's brother."
World Three:
Xue Huai is a junior disciple who went mad while cultivating. He was supposed to be expelled from his sect, give up on himself, fall completely into demonic cultivation, and eventually die when his body explodes.
But on the night he goes mad, his cool and otherworldly master holds him in his arms and soothes him. His eldest and third senior brothers also rush over with spiritual medicine.
His old rival shows up, awkwardly offering to help relieve the spiritual energy coursing through his meridians.
Even the lord of the demon realm kidnaps him and whispers sweet nothings in his ear. "Now that you've become a demon, don't go back. Stay in the demon realm and be my bride."
World Four:
Xue Huai is a D-list influencer who gets a ticket to the ship called Eternal Life thanks to his sugar daddy.
They say you can get anything you want aboard the ship.
Xue Huai was supposed to die the night he stumbled upon the ship's hidden secret, but his sugar daddy willingly took his punishment for him.
His sugar daddy's brother hides Xue Huai in his room, kisses and comforts him, and tells him not to be afraid.
The ship's owner backs Xue Huai into a corner, his tall figure looming over him. "I can give you anything you want, as long as you stay by my side forever."
The sailors, rich young men, and everyone else all offer to take him under their protection.
World Five:
Because of a change in his parents' jobs, Xue Huai transfers to a new school. Something is strange about the place. There are lots of "rules," and supposedly you'll die if you break them.
On his third day at the school, he was supposed to save a bullied student, break a rule, and die in his dorm.
But the school bully takes one look at Xue Huai and forces him to date him. After the bully breaks a rule, the others can't wait to bring Xue Huai into their circle of protection.
His top-student deskmate is cold on the outside but warmhearted. He warns Xue Huai that the bully is no good. "I'm different. I can follow the rules forever and protect you forever."
The student council president finds an excuse every day to call him to the council room so they can be alone. "Everyone here might lie to you, but I won't."
Everyone keeps finding chances to bump into him and fawn over him.
Meanwhile, his ex-boyfriend, who was already erased by the rules, seems to have come back in someone else's form, his gaze fixed on Xue Huai as if he means to claim him.
Xue Huai: ...
So where exactly did things go wrong? Wasn't I supposed to be cannon fodder? How did I become everyone's favorite?
The bottom is doted on by everyone and is a heartthrob. The top is split into multiple fragments, and everyone who gets intimate with him is one of those fragments.
Theme: There's always a way through every difficulty