Can a Villainous Cannon Fodder Be Forced Into a Relationship Too?

Every novel has a vicious cannon-fodder character.

He is willful and spoiled, vain and cold-hearted by nature, born to serve as a foil to the protagonist's virtues, then fade into obscurity in the original story's happy ending.

Vicious cannon fodder: ... Is it still in time for me to change?

He turned over a new leaf, even becoming a devoted lapdog to the protagonist or the villain, and went to great lengths to raise their affection for him back into positive numbers.

But just as he finally changed his tragic fate and wanted to walk away,

he discovered he had already attracted a lunatic and could no longer escape.

[Wealthy Family World]

Willful, bad-cat fake young master gong vs. sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside, bad-tempered arranged-marriage partner shou

After twenty years of a smooth and easy life, Zhen Ming learned that he was the wrong baby, a fake young master.

According to the plot, after his arranged-marriage partner, the original story's protagonist gong, exposed the truth, Zhen Ming would be abandoned by everyone, and the protagonist gong would marry the real young master instead.

But the protagonist gong was the first to discover the secret, and he didn't follow the script. Instead, he extended an olive branch. "As long as you behave, I'll help you keep the truth hidden. You can go on being the young master of a wealthy family and marry me."

Driven by circumstances, Zhen Ming had no choice but to put on a little cat's sulky face and play the lapdog, indulging the protagonist gong's nasty demands and doing everything his way.

When Zhen Ming finally used his advance knowledge of the original plot to scheme the protagonist gong's death, eliminating the only person who knew he was a fake young master, he went on vacation to celebrate his victory.

But the protagonist gong, who should have been dead, was already waiting at the hotel where Zhen Ming was staying. He pinned Zhen Ming to the bed and, smiling sweetly, grabbed his ankle.

"Hmm? You used me and now you want to run?"

[ABO World]

Naturally dissolute, dark-moonlight Alpha gong vs. Alpha shou who turns dark and deranged after being played a second time

Wen Xiao was the cannon-fodder first boyfriend of the original story's protagonist gong. He was born incapable of cherishing relationships, and after casually fooling around until he got bored, he coldly cut off the protagonist gong.

After learning that his ex-boyfriend would settle the score with him two years later, Wen Xiao frantically raised his affection score, deciding that if he couldn't be lovers with him, he could at least be good friends.

After three months of doggedly playing the lapdog, Wen Xiao cautiously asked, "So, are we... friends now?"

"Friends?" The protagonist gong nodded. "Of course. We're good friends."

Wen Xiao: Great! Mission accomplished!

But at Wen Xiao's engagement party to an Omega, the impeccably dressed protagonist gong went mad, clutching him by the throat with a smile that turned vicious.

"How could you betray me a second time?"

[Insect World]

Gentle on the surface, truly heartless male insect gong vs. brutal Imperial Marshal shou

After the defeated Moth Clan presented him to the Imperial Marshal as a gift, Ta Lian learned that he was the traitor who had betrayed the villainous female-insect marshal in a novel about insects, driving the marshal to darkness.

According to the plot, Ta Lian was a spy. He would use the marshal's affection for him to steal the Empire's secrets and hand them over to the Moth Clan, then be sentenced to a cruel execution by the original story's protagonist shou.

Ta Lian was sworn to serve the Moth Clan to the death. He absolutely had to obtain the secrets, and he absolutely had to betray the marshal.

Since that was the case, Ta Lian decided to raise the marshal's affection for him as much as possible before betraying him. Perhaps in the end, he could even beg the marshal to let him die quickly.

But when the truth came to light, the marshal cut off the head of the protagonist shou, who had tried to expose his crimes, then pinned Ta Lian in a pool of blood and got handsy.

"Tell me, how should I punish you for your betrayal?"

P.S.:

1. A series of arcs, each a 1v1, mutually faithful happy ending.

2. A forced-love fantasy.

Theme: I only hate that you don't love me.