The short version: First they put him on a pedestal, then resent the moon for shining on everyone but them.
Lan Ke transmigrates into a book, as one of the F4, a young master at an elite academy.
He rubs his hands together. “Great! As a young master, I should be spoiled, willful, and domineering because I’m young! I can do whatever I want! Throw my weight around! Be a tyrant...”
System: [...He’s the fake young master.]
Lan Ke pauses.
“No matter! Before my identity is exposed, I’ll be spoiled, willful, and domineering because I’m young! I can do whatever I want! Throw my weight around! Be a tyrant...”
System: [...The original’s personality is dull, his family doesn’t favor him, and he’s the least respected member of the F4.]
Lan Ke raises his genius’s face, eyes brimming with tears.
Oh my god, people could look down on someone like me?
System: .
System: [Maybe the little kitten will be an exception.]
·
At Saint Glen Noble Academy, the hierarchy is clear-cut, strict, and impossible to cross.
The F4 stand apart at the very top, beyond everyone else’s reach. But even among the young masters, there’s a pecking order.
By sheer bad luck, the second son of the Rosario family, with no hope of inheriting and an unremarkable, taciturn personality, is the one everyone looks down on most.
F1, sneering: “A pitiful fool who likes a useless branch-family member.”
F2, disdainfully: “A timid idiot nobody notices.”
Older brother, frowning: “My little brother is dull and gloomy, and not good for much.”
The original protagonist: “I can’t stand a single one of these disgusting nobles.”
Lan Ke is careful to keep his secret identity under wraps at first, but then realizes there doesn’t seem to be much pressure to survive.
Sitting in the comfortable chair in the council room, the young master goes down the line, scolding the dogs around him one by one...
“Bringing up the past: I once wanted to be with you for life, just the two of us. But you missed your chance in the pavilion by the castle.”
F1 adjusts the cushion for him, face livid.
“You treated me the worst, and you were always saying I smelled!”
F2, a straight man going bald with confusion: “Fuck, I thought you smelled good!”
“Big brother... Please stop making those weird requests every time we video call!”
Brother silently brings over a cake, looking guilty.
The other four: “You old dog?? What did you do???”
Reader’s notes:
1. The plan is for five love interests, all sexually and romantically exclusive. Not all of the F4 are love interests, and there’s no picking sides. The general setting is an elite school. The System has little presence. There may be a little political scheming or fantasy later on.
2. I write what I like. The story centers on the protagonist, who has everyone falling for him. Lan Ke is the only one in the central role, and the story will lean toward him.
3. Lan Ke isn’t an idiot, but he’s not especially smart either. He’s an adorable little darling with a very high opinion of himself, but he’s too softhearted and sometimes even a bit of a bleeding heart. He has a career storyline, but not a huge one.
4. The author’s writing is at an elementary-school level. Feel free to criticize me, but please don’t criticize my son (Lan Ke the kitten).
(P.S. Babies, I’ve revised the blurb to make it shorter. The original long version is in the comments!)
Here’s the blurb for my upcoming book. Please add it to your collection; it’ll be my next one.
Childhood friends to lovers | Size difference
Zhu An is a well-known Chinese-Canadian genius at school.
He’s young, good-natured, and cute, but he always wears silver-rimmed half-frame glasses. He never goes to parties and spends all his time in the lab. His private life is a complete mystery.
Everyone at school knows about the tiny mole beneath his right eye. It stands out when he looks up at someone, and there’s no end of people who use asking for directions as an excuse to sneak a look at it.
Later, he guesses maybe they’re trying to show off how much taller they are than him. Why else would they stand so close?
“Am I really that short?”
Zhu An looks at himself in the full-length mirror and pushes down a tuft of hair sticking up in confusion.
“At 176 centimeters, I’m not that short...”
·
After washing a beaker, the new student in the lab is surprised to see An smiling all day.
At the end of a long day of drudgery, the senior student hands out a few tickets to a match at some club.
Shiye Zhou / Zhou Shiye
An MMA star and the uncrowned king of the Asian lightweight division. His record is impressive, and this 192-centimeter-tall man has a handsome face capable of winning over the entire world. His background is a mystery, too.
“Front-row tickets? Senior, you’re incredible!”
Everyone cheers, and the senior student turns to Zhu An, who seems slightly dazed. “An, are you coming?”
Under everyone’s expectant gaze, Zhu An shakes his head.
“Figures. An is so delicate and quiet, and he doesn’t even go to the gym. I bet he doesn’t know who Zhou Shiye is.”
·
That night, Zhu An puts on a baseball cap and mask, and changes into a pair of ordinary black-rimmed glasses.
After watching the whole match from the front row, he’s invited into the fighters-only lounge.
The water is running loudly inside.
Zhu An is a neat freak and doesn’t like the smell of sweat.
Before long, the towering man has him pinned against the wall.
Zhu An squeezes the man’s arm and says his first words:
“Not tonight.”
He has a presentation tomorrow and will have to stand for a long time. If they do it, his legs will shake, and he doesn’t want that.
The man pauses, then replies with a smile:
“If An An doesn’t want to, I’ll make you come with my mouth.”
The man drops to his knees with practiced ease.
Actually, Zhu An has another little mole under his chin. Zhou Shiye likes this one better. It belongs only to those moments when Zhu An looks down at him, and it reddens when Zhu An is embarrassed.
It’s always been that way.
*Sweet 1v1 romance. The top is two years older than the bottom. The story starts with the bottom at three years old and is told in flashbacks; the growing-up storyline will take up half the book.
*Possessive boxer top who’s been obsessed since childhood x sweet, cute, quiet, clear-headed academic prodigy bottom.
*Includes a love triangle, some protagonist-centric attention, childhood-friend romance, a little bit of an immature groveling arc, a size difference, and maybe a little second-chance romance?
A similar love-triangle setup: sci-fi, cool beauty bottom, lots of disposable suitors, younger top warning.
The Real Love Triangle at Saint Cyr Military Academy
Theme: Only sincerity can be repaid with sincerity.
145 Was finally released after being beaten back eight times, but this chapter has lost its soul, and I will no longer challenge to review it [crying] [crying] [crying] Because it was deleted in the middle, I added some content later. After reading it, you can go back and scroll through it twice [crying] [crying] [crying]
Come on [Let me be healthy] Lan Xiao is always fighting between active and passive, but this time it's baby Lan Ke who takes care of her... It's barely that bad! Xie Yinqi always plays a good hand but loses it. He takes one second to sigh and the remaining 59 seconds are used to laugh... Did the kitten call Leon in the end? Curious jpg.
The text is over, it feels so fast [biting handkerchief] [biting handkerchief] [biting handkerchief] Kiss
Finished scattering flowers Finished scattering flowers [Fireworks] I hope baby Lanke will always be happy
[Hug thighs] [Poor] [Touch head] Touch, kiss, hug, make a wish for Xiao Ke who can only be a small anchor for money, shy and thank the first one on the list [Poor] [Poor] [Touch head]
I want to secretly make a wish for a cross-dressing fetish but if line (I'm so vulgar! I just try hard and it doesn't matter, I'll kneel down orz orz)
Lan Xiao, why are you also walking to the crematorium of those people... Well, it's all Gorkys's fault for constantly sowing discord! I have begun to worry about how much Lan Xiao will regret it later... Yantang is still preserved by the system, so can Yantang be sent to Lan Kelai's continent through the energy in the palace... Looking forward to Yantang's good ending...
Teacher misses you so much😢
Good Shura Field. In the end, except for Lan Xiao, everyone gathered together. Xie Yinqi and Leon also had a big fight hhhh. The DNA test report that Maia was holding at the time had already detected something was wrong, right? Is it about to enter the real and fake young master phase again?
Guess Xie Yinqi did the same DNA test as the original article and found out that Xiao Ke is not the real young master? It's also very difficult for the kitten. There are too many people who like him, and some people even join forces just to get him... Lan Xiao doesn't appear in this chapter, but it should be easier for Lan Xiao to reap the benefits if he doesn't participate [Let Me Kangkang]
145 Was finally released after being beaten back eight times, but this chapter has lost its soul, and I will no longer challenge to review it [crying] [crying] [crying] Because it was deleted in the middle, I added some content later. After reading it, you can go back and scroll through it twice [crying] [crying] [crying]
Come on [Let me be healthy] Lan Xiao is always fighting between active and passive, but this time it's baby Lan Ke who takes care of her... It's barely that bad! Xie Yinqi always plays a good hand but loses it. He takes one second to sigh and the remaining 59 seconds are used to laugh... Did the kitten call Leon in the end? Curious jpg.
The text is over, it feels so fast [biting handkerchief] [biting handkerchief] [biting handkerchief] Kiss
Finished scattering flowers Finished scattering flowers [Fireworks] I hope baby Lanke will always be happy
[Hug thighs] [Poor] [Touch head] Touch, kiss, hug, make a wish for Xiao Ke who can only be a small anchor for money, shy and thank the first one on the list [Poor] [Poor] [Touch head]
I want to secretly make a wish for a cross-dressing fetish but if line (I'm so vulgar! I just try hard and it doesn't matter, I'll kneel down orz orz)
Lan Xiao, why are you also walking to the crematorium of those people... Well, it's all Gorkys's fault for constantly sowing discord! I have begun to worry about how much Lan Xiao will regret it later... Yantang is still preserved by the system, so can Yantang be sent to Lan Kelai's continent through the energy in the palace... Looking forward to Yantang's good ending...
Teacher misses you so much😢
Good Shura Field. In the end, except for Lan Xiao, everyone gathered together. Xie Yinqi and Leon also had a big fight hhhh. The DNA test report that Maia was holding at the time had already detected something was wrong, right? Is it about to enter the real and fake young master phase again?
Guess Xie Yinqi did the same DNA test as the original article and found out that Xiao Ke is not the real young master? It's also very difficult for the kitten. There are too many people who like him, and some people even join forces just to get him... Lan Xiao doesn't appear in this chapter, but it should be easier for Lan Xiao to reap the benefits if he doesn't participate [Let Me Kangkang]