The Seventh Year After the Universally Hated Beta Died

From childhood onward, Cheng Nian was an almost irrelevant presence in his family. He wasn't as clever and capable as his alpha older siblings, nor as sweet-tongued, adorable, and lovable as his omega younger brother.

He was simply an utterly ordinary beta.

His older siblings looked down on him for being sickly, his younger brother hated his clumsiness and timidity, and his biological parents thought he was useless, a burden on the whole Cheng family and a disgrace to them.

Even his childhood friend and fiance didn't like him, turning around and falling in love with his sunny, adorable omega younger brother.

He tried hard to fit in and learned to please everyone, but in the end, all he got in return was even more exclusion and cold treatment.

Only when he fell into the water did Cheng Nian learn that he was living in a novel. The protagonist was his omega younger brother, while he was the universally loathed foil to his universally adored brother, doomed from birth to be hated and despised.

Cheng Nian was tired. He gave up trying to call for help, thinking that leaving this way might not be so bad.

When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated seven years into the future.

Broke and unwilling to let his family know he was still alive, Cheng Nian had no choice but to turn to his former fiance's rival.

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Shen Jibai, an S-rank alpha, the powerful head of the Shen Group, and one of the most influential figures among the great families.

Rumor had it that he had climbed to the top over countless corpses, ruthless and cold-blooded. Even so, plenty of people still threw themselves at him, but none could earn so much as a glance.

Until one night, he saw that unforgettable figure outside his home. The familiar voice of the young man rang out: "Hello, Shen Jibai. I'm Cheng Nian, your high school classmate. Sorry to bother you, but could you lend me 283 yuan for a train ticket?"

After that, whenever people saw Shen Jibai, there was always a slender, fair, beautiful young man by his side.

The alpha who had once struck terror into everyone's hearts would gaze at the young man tenderly, coaxing him into taking his medicine.

*

Many years later, a video about exploring local spots in a coastal city went viral online.

It was all because a young man appeared for a few seconds in one fleeting shot. His features were so exquisitely beautiful that netizens spotted him at once.

Everyone in the Cheng family went mad that day, rushing to the cafe at all costs.

They wept and confessed their remorse to the young man,

and swore they would make it up to him.

The young man looked at them calmly, bewildered and confused. "Who are you?"

Why were they calling him by name and saying he was their son, their younger brother, and so on?

Did he even know these people?

Bonus scene 1

After the cafe video went viral, the staff there often saw a man in a suit standing not too far from the cafe, his eyes bloodshot as he gazed at Cheng Nian with deep affection.

They said his fiance had fallen into the sea and died seven years ago. He had lived alone ever since.

Cheng Nian resembled his late wife a little, so whenever he saw him, his eyes would turn red.

2

Cheng Nian noticed that Shen Jibai had been keeping an even closer eye on him lately, and was more vigorous in bed too, asking him several times in one night, "Who do you love most?"

Cheng Nian was dazed from his kisses and answered instinctively, "You."

"Who am I?"

"Shen Jibai."

Satisfied with the answer, Shen Jibai picked up the phone on the bedside table, which showed that it was still on a call. "Next, we're going to do what couples do. If you want to keep listening, I don't mind."

Theme: Learn to love yourself.