The Honest Beta Was Fooled by the E-Rank Movie Star

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Beta Qiao Weiyu's twin brother, omega Qiao Weiyang, is a handsome young star who made a name for himself with his looks. He ran away just before filming started.

To avoid paying an enormous breach-of-contract fee, his manager found Qiao Weiyu and begged him to impersonate Qiao Weiyang and finish the shoot.

Qiao Weiyu was dumbfounded. “I'm a beta. What am I supposed to do without pheromones?”

Looking at his fair-skinned, handsome savior, who was wearing skinny jeans and bean shoes in a truly baffling fashion choice, the manager's vision went dark. “Use an omega pheromone simulator. I guarantee nobody will realize you're a beta.”

With no other choice, Qiao Weiyu joined the production.

As soon as he arrived, alpha movie star Qi Kaiyue started picking on him. On the first day of filming, they had to redo the kissing scene over and over, leaving Qiao Weiyu's lips swollen as if he'd just had hyaluronic acid injections.

Luckily, the movie star tasted like a delicious apple. Qiao Weiyu smacked his lips. “You may look like a shark, but since you taste like apples, and I like apples, I'll forgive you.”

In a hurry to wrap for the day, Qiao Weiyu didn't notice the look of surprise in Qi Kaiyue's eyes turn to something dark and sinister.

That night, there was a knock at his door.

Qiao Weiyu, who was munching on an apple, grew alert. “Who's there?”

A certain movie star replied, “Your boyfriend.”

The apple fell from Qiao Weiyu's hand. ∑(つ°Д°;) つ

Nobody had told him the job included pretending to be Qi Kaiyue's boyfriend!

Qi Kaiyue, in heat, wore Qiao Weiyu out until he was half dead. Soaked in the scent of apples and unable to move, Qiao Weiyu caught sight of Qi Kaiyue's ID card in the corner of the bed.

He picked it up and saw that the sex marker clearly read “enigma.”

Enigmas are a pathological variant of alphas. Their pheromone levels exceed the threshold, so ordinary people can't distinguish them. They can't release pheromones normally, and their pheromones constantly attack their own bodies. Every enigma dies young, like a great white shark trapped in an aquarium, suffocating to death.

Why could he smell him?

Wait, that wasn't the point.

The point was that an omega pheromone simulator couldn't fool an enigma at all!

Just then, Qi Kaiyue, fresh from his shower, stood at the bedroom door. His unseen body was covered in scars, and a towel was the only thing wrapped around his well-defined waist and stomach. Leaning against the door, he looked at Qiao Weiyu.

Qi Kaiyue smiled. “Still haven't figured it out, sweetheart?”

Qiao Weiyu: “You tricked me (ΩДΩ)!!!”

On the day they went public, Qi Kaiyue posted on Weibo:

“He was the first person to discover me.

He is my salvation.”

Self-destructive, proud and sharp-tongued enigma seme x honest, beautiful, naturally clueless beta uke

Also known as: A Great White Shark Care Manual

This is the novel I plan to start next. If you like it, please add it to your collection.

Please! This really matters to me!

Transmigrate into a Book: I'm the Dog Emperor in a Political Intrigue Novel

College student Xu Nianluan transmigrates into a political intrigue novel and becomes one of its major figures.

Not the protagonist, and not the villain.

The emperor.

The dog emperor.

A puppet dog emperor propped up on the throne by a treacherous minister.

In the original story, the useless dog emperor sides with the villainous minister, indulges in wine and women, ignores state affairs, and lives it up. But all good things must come to an end. The villain rebels and is beheaded by the protagonist, the young prince. Naturally, the emperor on the throne meets a bad end too. He's exiled to guard the imperial mausoleum and dies of illness in the wilderness less than half a year later.

It wasn't even a particularly big role, just a slightly more prominent extra.

Should he switch sides and cozy up to the protagonist?

Impossible. The dog emperor's position is too awkward. If he willingly gives up the throne, the villain will kill him. If he refuses, the protagonist will kill him. Whether the villain or the protagonist wins, he's dead either way.

So what should he do?

Why not secure his position on the throne, make the most of his own agency, and support another faction to muddy the waters and pit them against each other?

After observing the players, Xu Nianluan chose Ying Qingxuan, the newly appointed Vice Minister of Personnel.

Ying Qingxuan comes from a family with a century of history. He sides neither with the corrupt minister nor the prince, and manages to get along with everyone. Upright and devoted to the common people, he's an honorable official neither side dares offend for fear of losing face. Instead, they can only treat him with courtesy and try to win him over.

A man like that would make the perfect third contender in the struggle for imperial power.

One dark, windy night, Xu Nianluan slipped into Ying Qingxuan's residence, hoping to lure him into the game with a promise of a clear government, a peaceful realm, and a tranquil land.

He climbed through the window, but before he could even strike a pose, he ran into Ying Qingxuan, fresh from his bath.

The Vice Minister of Personnel, so dignified, refined, and impeccably dressed by day, was now in red, his hair damp and his clothes disheveled, his collar hanging open to reveal everything. Even his normally icy eyes held an indescribable, seductive allure.

Xu Nianluan didn't dare look at him. “M-my dear subject, put some clothes on.”

Ying Qingxuan smiled. “It doesn't matter. If Your Majesty dislikes my body, I'll get dressed.”

?

Was this right?

Never mind. He was asking for help, so he couldn't exactly say he disliked it. Xu Nianluan steeled himself and promised the bewitching demon-like Ying Qingxuan a clear government and peace throughout the land.

After listening, Ying Qingxuan chuckled. “I can join the game, Your Majesty, but I'm not interested in what you've promised me.”

With the throne's protection looking more likely, Xu Nianluan was thrilled. “What do you like, my dear subject? Just ask. Even if it's the moon in the sky, I'll pluck it down for you!”

“Your Majesty.”

“Go on, tell me.”

“I did. It's Your Majesty.”

Xu Nianluan: ?

“My dear subject, don't joke around. That's not funny at all.”

Like a giant python that had locked onto its prey, Ying Qingxuan smiled and said, “I'm not joking. I'm interested in Your Majesty. I want to make love with you and share a night of passion.”

Holy crap, he's gay!

Xu Nianluan racked his brains, thought it over and over, and decided that compared to the throne, his chastity wasn't that important.

He let Ying Qingxuan climb into the imperial bed.

Years later.

After a night of passionate lovemaking, dawn was breaking. Xu Nianluan's back ached terribly. He remembered that in less than half an hour he'd have to get up and sit on that huge, hard dragon throne to attend morning court. Furious, he grabbed a pillow and threw it at Ying Qingxuan, the current chancellor, who had already gotten up and was dressing and grooming himself. “Ying Yucheng, you bastard! You wear me out like this every day, then still make me get up early for work. I'm done! You're never getting back on the imperial bed again!”

Ying Qingxuan caught the pillow, softened it, walked to the bedside, and tucked it under Xu Nianluan's lower back. After a night of abandon, he looked thoroughly satisfied. “Your Majesty was the one who begged me back then. You said that if I helped you hold on to the throne, you would do anything. Now that you've secured your position, you can't go back on your word.”

Xu Nianluan was on the verge of tears.

Who could have known that the trusted bro he'd carefully picked for the throne was actually packing a pole!

Ambitious, clever, goofy and optimistic uke x outwardly proper, refined, scheming green-tea seme

Wolf in a child's face x smiling tiger

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