The Second Male Lead Quits

[Completed]

The original novel's gentle and kind second male lead, who is actually tsundere and sharp-tongued, x the enigmatic, scheming childhood friend who is the third male lead

A childhood-friends-to-lovers romance that turns the usual tropes on their head~

Jiang Huaidu, one of the F3 at Shengdu International Middle School, is an elegant, refined gentleman. One day, quite by chance, he discovers that he lives in a novel: one of those old-fashioned school romances where three boys fall in love with one girl!

And he's just a second male lead.

The tragic kind who's gentle and kind, willing to be a backup choice, and always silently watching over the girl.

Jiang Huaidu slaps the table: Me, a gentle second male lead? I'm quitting!

Of course, whether in the real world or in a novel, quitting isn't easy. To change the plot and take control of his life, Jiang Huaidu decides to take the long way around.

He'll keep up his kind and gentle persona, but instead of directing it at the female lead, he'll focus on the third male lead, his childhood friend Yin Shijia.

Lucky chosen audience member Yin Shijia will receive Jiang Huaidu's kindness whenever and wherever he feels like showing it:

A lovingly prepared lunch, a heroic rescue, a heart-to-heart on the rooftop... he'll arrange the whole lot.

But... can someone tell him why things have turned out like this?

"Weren't you supposed to be the third male lead who casually plays around with everyone in the novel? Why have you fallen for me?"

Isn't this a romance novel? How did it become a BL story? Something must have gone wrong!

Because... friends are friends! They can't become lovers!

Yin Shijia thinks Jiang Huaidu is unbelievably dense.

Why does Jiang Huaidu still look unconvinced after Yin Shijia worked up the courage to confess? He's still certain he's just a poor soul whose feelings have been misread because the plot is controlling him.

There's no helping it. Yin Shijia decides to boil the frog slowly, turning their pretense into reality in another way while waiting for Jiang Huaidu to realize how he feels.

After all, childhood sweethearts are born to be lovers!

As the plot gradually goes off the rails, the original male lead, who is also their good friend, says:

When did my two childhood friends start dating behind my back?

The original villainess, now back to her true self, says:

Aww, childhood sweethearts are the sweetest! I'm so here for this!

The System can only say:

Warning, warning! A core character has seriously deviated from the plot!

Jiang Huaidu: Stop shouting. I've quit and am living a happy life.

Yin Shijia: Yes, with me.

Coming soon: The Bottom-Ranked Cultivator in the Immortal Realm

A seemingly serious, utterly unflirtable lie-flat slacker x a clueless genius boss who flirts without realizing it

A chaotic office romance in the Immortal Realm~

Yun Qingfeng arrives at his dream department: the Immortal Ascension Aftercare and Leftover Affairs Office.

They say the work here is easy, everyone lies flat, there's no rat race, and people can enjoy a peaceful retirement. That's why it has earned the nickname "the Immortal Realm's Bottom-Ranked Rat Race."

But...

Do they mean that "Bottom-Ranked Rat Race" means he, the lowest-ranked new hire, is the only one expected to work himself to the bone?

His coworkers are all prodigies at slacking off, so he has no hope of goofing off.

His boss, Hua Weixiao, is an adorable, fully automated troublemaking machine. True to his name, he just smiles sweetly every day, then causes a whole heap of trouble.

Meanwhile, Yun Qingfeng sits at his desk, pen in hand, staring blankly in every direction, and has to clean up after his boss!

Most importantly, why is the work in this office completely different from that of every other department?

When immortals wave their sleeves and ascend, all the affairs they leave behind in the mortal world fall to this office. Yun Qingfeng goes down to the mortal realm on business every day and feels like he's become a genuine freelancer for the Immortal Realm.

Well, if he has to travel for work, Yun Qingfeng tells himself, he might as well explore the mortal world and experience life. Maybe he'll even have a once-in-a-lifetime romance between an immortal and a mortal!

It's just... something seems a little off...

"Boss, you're so beautiful you're getting in the way of my love life."

Yun Qingfeng looks at Hua Weixiao, who's pretending to be his partner for the Nth time as they investigate the mortal world, and speaks timidly.

"If I'm beautiful, then just look at me. Why bother with romance?"

That's not what I meant...

Hua Weixiao: Just smiling.

Yun Qingfeng: My boss wants to have an office romance with me every day. What do I do!!!

Theme: Live well!