The Clumsy Beauty Transmigrates into a Substitute Novel About Faking Her Death

Xu Zhinong transmigrated into an old-school substitute-and-revenge melodrama.

The original host had a face nearly identical to the beloved who had died young, mourned by every member of the protagonist group. After the beloved's death, they were consumed by grief, until...

They found the original host, Xu Zhinong, and made him a replacement.

The original host was supposed to marry Chen Jinli, a powerful villain, but he abused his pretty face to do as he pleased. Chen Jinli threw him out without a second thought.

That was how the other members of the protagonist group found him.

They took Xu Zhinong in and treated him like a cheap toy, lavishing him with endless affection because of that face.

In the end, the beloved who had died young suddenly came back to life and returned home in tears. Her suitors all went crazy, including Chen Jinli. When the original host found out, he used the most clumsy tactics imaginable to target the beloved, and the protagonist group threw him to the fish.

"What the Host needs to do now is anger the villain," the System said cheerfully. "And seduce the other scumbags in the protagonist group!"

Xu Zhinong, a fine young man of the new era, read this and felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He was straight! How could he seduce men, let alone so many at once?

Xu Zhinong had transmigrated right at the moment he was sent to the Chen family.

The great villain Chen Jinli seemed stern and abstinent, and his methods were ruthless and overbearing. Xu Zhinong didn't dare provoke him at all, but the System's missions forced him to show up every day on time and awkwardly test the man's limits.

At last, the eve of the original host drugging Chen Jinli arrived!

To get through the plot and escape his role, Xu Zhinong could only follow the System's instructions. When Chen Jinli came in, he threw himself at him, feigning desperation!

But the plot... seemed a little off!

Chen Jinli didn't throw him out. Instead, his large hands gripped Xu Zhinong by the waist. He lifted Xu Zhinong's chin, his voice low and hoarse with restrained anger. "Did they bother you again today?"

"They tried to seduce you, and you were tempted? Did you kiss them behind my back? How many of them did you kiss? Hmm?"

Xu Zhinong trembled violently. This was all the System's doing! And he hadn't kissed anyone on the mouth!

Chen Jinli drank the drugged wine right in front of him and said, "Today, I'm going to teach you how to be a proper fiancee."

Xu Zhinong heard the System screaming frantically in his ear, but he had no strength left. He passed out completely!

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After that, the villain pushed his luck and dragged him into this sort of thing every day. Xu Zhinong cursed the System and rubbed his aching waist, demanding workers' compensation!

The System said guiltily, "It's fine. The beloved is coming back soon. Once we've finished the mission, we can run away!"

On the day the beloved returned, Xu Zhinong followed the plot and made a huge scene. As expected, once the plot was over, even Chen Jinli, who had always doted on him, flew into a cold fury and locked him up!

The System contentedly planned an escape route involving faking his death.

So, during a trip out to sea, Xu Zhinong shielded the beloved from a knife-wielding attacker, only to be stabbed and thrown into the water himself. Just before he lost consciousness, he saw Chen Jinli rushing toward him in a panic, eyes bloodshot and stricken with anguish.

Why was he so heartbroken? Xu Zhinong wondered, covered in blood. The beloved was perfectly fine.

With a crash, the waves swallowed him.

Later, when Chen Jinli caught Xu Zhinong again, he discovered that the man who had always been so calm and controlled had gone completely mad.

He saw the bloodstained red threads wrapped around his memorial altar. He saw the beloved, who had plotted against him, tortured until she was barely recognizable. He saw the other scumbag tops go bankrupt and reduced to miserable wrecks.

Xu Zhinong trembled with fear as he met Chen Jinli's calm, crazed gaze.

The next moment, the chains on his hands clattered.

"Nongnong, you won't run away again this time, will you?"

A story about a stern daddy and a pure, clueless fool.

It's very old-school and melodramatic, written to satisfy my taste for melodrama! Everyone knows the author's signature dark flavor.

Theme: Don't toy with someone's true feelings.