[Hot-tempered, never-takes-anything-lying-down bottom x cold on the outside, warm on the inside, old-fashioned daddy-type top]
After dying from overwork, Jian Yiyang transmigrates into a melodramatic novel and becomes a vicious cannon-fodder character who shares his name.
The novel features a whole host of popular tropes, including fake and real young masters, one bottom with multiple tops, physical and emotional abuse, and the chase after the wife.
As the real young master who was lost for years before being found, Jian Yiyang serves as a foil to the fake young master protagonist and bottom. He is ignored at home and ostracized at school.
His childhood friend from a family friend is the restrained top number one, his gentle senior is the scheming top number two, and his cheerful arranged-marriage partner is the top number three.
As the protagonists are caught up in a tangled love-hate relationship, Jian Yiyang plays the roles of scapegoat, fall guy, and catalyst.
In the end, he is forced to turn evil and meets a tragic death.
After finishing the original novel, Jian Yiyang angrily slams the book shut. What kind of melodramatic angst novel is this? Is he the only one who gets tortured, even though he's just a side character?
This is outrageous!
Having already died once, he vows to let out all the frustration he swallowed while being worked like a mule in his previous life.
System: "Host, don't do anything rash!"
Jian Yiyang: "You've got two choices. Send me off to be reborn, or stop getting in my way."
System: "..."
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Jian Yiyang forcefully reclaims the room that belongs to him, promptly texts his senior to break up after discovering that he's been using Jian Yiyang as a cover, and happily attends the engagement banquet when he hears that his arranged-marriage partner plans to publicly call off the engagement.
Childhood friend: "Yiyang, if you don't want to stay in your current room, you could move to another one. Why did you have to take Ningning's? I never thought you were this selfish. I'm so disappointed in you."
Jian Yiyang slaps him with his right hand. "Disappointed, my ass. Don't go making decisions with other people's things. What gives you the right to decide what happens to my stuff?"
Gentle senior: "Yangyang, there's nothing going on between Ningning and me. I don't mind that you have an arranged-marriage partner, either. Can you stop making a fuss for no reason? You're making a scene."
Jian Yiyang slaps him with his left hand. "You bastard. You know I have an arranged-marriage partner and you still hit on me. Have some shame. Take a good look at yourself. Who's making a scene?"
Arranged-marriage partner: "Jian Yiyang, Ningning has nothing to do with this. I'm the one who doesn't like you. You can't force a melon to be sweet, so stop pestering me."
Jian Yiyang swings his arm around and slaps him. "You've got some nerve. When have you ever seen me pestering you? Being full of yourself is an illness. Go get it treated."
After dealing with the leading men one by one, Jian Yiyang feels refreshed. He turns around and spots a strikingly handsome man frowning at him.
Jian Yiyang recognizes him: his former fiance's maternal uncle, the head of the Qi family, a character barely mentioned in the book. He immediately snaps, "What are you looking at? Keep staring and you'll get slapped too!"
But the man only says, looking disapproving, "Doesn't your hand hurt? You should use a tool."
Before long, rumors spread that the young master of the Jian family has undergone a drastic change in temperament and may be possessed.
The sensational news that the Qi and Jian families are joining together in marriage spreads right alongside it.
System, now basking in reflected glory with its new Host: "Before I met you, I was picking Hosts completely blind!"
[Reading Guide]
1. Both leads are each other's only partner.
2. The original novel's plot is pretty brainless, so please don't overthink it.
Blurb archived 2026.6.8
Theme: Take control of your own fate
