After Binding to a Lovesick System, I Became a Top-Tier Star

[My new novel, “I’m Done Putting Up With It as a Green Card in a Korean Idol Group,” will begin serializing on July 10. I hope you’ll support it! Thank you!]

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Wu Baiyu was widely regarded at MS as “the trainee who came closest to debuting, and what a waste.”

“He was a future main dancer, sang steadily, and had great proportions. It’s such a shame he never debuted!”

“What’s there to regret? His face is so average.”

“An idol’s looks are everything. If your face doesn’t cut it, even great skills are useless.”

Just as he was packing his bags to settle down and find a proper job, he suddenly found himself reborn on the day the company first introduced him to the public, and bound to a hopelessly lovesick System.

System: “Quick, say something swoon-worthy to your target!”

Wu Baiyu: “Thanks, but I just want to debut.”

System: “Complete the mission to unlock a five-point boost to your looks!”

Wu Baiyu turned to the fans supporting him and smiled with sincere, open warmth. “Thank you for supporting me! I promise I won’t let your faith in me go to waste!”

System: [Ding! Target’s heart is fluttering. Host’s attractiveness +5! Wait… This isn’t how things are supposed to go, is it?]

Looking at his brighter complexion and healthier glow in the mirror, Wu Baiyu decided to give his dream one more shot!

And so...

The idol world gained a monster who “uses his looks to get away with murder”:

His beauty was so outrageously perfect that everyone else paled beside him.

His skills were just as incredible. He sang live as effortlessly as if he were lip-syncing to a CD, and performing ten songs with nonstop singing and dancing was a breeze. His legendary stages became the norm.

He was also so devoted to his fans that he became famous for it, earning a reputation as a model idol in Chinese entertainment.

Before long, fans of modern and historical romance dramas alike were making their wishes known:

“When is Wu Baiyu going to star in a romance drama?”

“I need Wu Baiyu’s face to save my eyes after all those ugly male leads.”

“Please! Even if he’s as wooden as a log, he’d still be way better than the other logs!”

Later, whenever people recalled the stars of the Z era who could truly be called “multi-talented superstars,” Wu Baiyu’s name was the first to come to mind.

Wu Baiyu had another nickname, though: “the man who doesn’t know how handsome he is.”

“People call me hopelessly lovesick, but really, I love my fans, and they love me back. That’s all.”

[No romance. A career-focused story about an idol’s growth and survival-show competitions, with acting and other pursuits later on.]

[The protagonist is adored by everyone, but he only cares about his career and his fans!]

[Inspired by the Korean and Chinese entertainment industries, but no real-life celebrities are involved! There are no real-life models for the characters!]

Title: “I’m Done Putting Up With It as a Green Card in a Korean Idol Group”

When Duan Baihe woke up, she discovered she had become a member of a Korean girl group about to debut.

The good news: She had transmigrated into the body as it was. Her arms, legs, and beautiful face were all original, and the company hadn’t had a chance to send her to the operating room.

The bad news: She was the only foreign passport holder in the group, and she was half Chinese and half Russian, the kind of foreigner Korean fans liked least. She also had no experience singing or dancing.

The company had only added her at the last minute to appeal to the Chinese market. “She’s a quarter Chinese, so that counts as Chinese, right? See how sincere our company is?”

Fine, then. She’d debut!

But before their official debut, Duan Baihe discovered that one teammate was dating, another seemed to be bullying her, a third could only lip-sync, and the last had trained for just three months.

Duan Baihe: ...

At last, she realized one thing:

If she kept putting up with this, she’d probably go down with the group.

So Duan Baihe decided:

Whoever caused this mess could deal with the consequences.

[Do you know Duan Baihe from LUMINA? She’s stunning, but her temper’s as bad as a beagle’s.]

[I know her! Last time she grabbed her teammate’s mic and loudly demanded to know why they wouldn’t turn her mic on, lol.]

[And the time before that, her teammate was slacking off next to her and accidentally hit her. She just rolled her eyes, lol.]

[And before that, someone accidentally took her spot, and she shoved them right out of it.]

[She sounds awful. How has she not been run out of the group yet?]

[Ummm, how do I put this? When I’m looking at a face like that, I can’t bring myself to say anything bad. And it’s not like the others are completely innocent.]

[Their group only made it because Duan Baihe carried them. If she left, I can’t imagine what the others would do. Keep mouthing the words and pretending to sing live? lol.]

[Also, Duan Baihe might have a bad temper, but she’s really good to her fans and works incredibly hard onstage.]

And just like that, Duan Baihe somehow dragged the group to first place in the X generation, like a plane being towed along.

After that came the first solo debut, the first grand prize, the first sweep of all four major magazines, and the first luxury-brand ambassador deal...

Duan Baihe’s boss: “You’re always asking why I put up with a foreign passport holder so much! But who can turn down money?!”

Theme: Some birds are born to belong to the sky.