I Gave Up After Joining a Dating Show

This novel will be entering VIP serialization on February 2 (Thursday) [Main story complete] [Reality dating show, everyone's favorite, romantic rivalries, all the men are into the male lead, no shipping wars, the love interest is his childhood friend, strictly one-on-one from beginning to end, don't ship the wrong pair] Qiao Kaiji is a rich second-generation kid who just wants to laze around. After he spent a year at home doing nothing after graduation, his family finally made up their minds and cut off his cards. To protest, he ran away from home. Wrapped in the latest LV trench coat of the season, Qiao Kaiji shivered in the cold wind as he considered whether to buy a broken bowl and beg for money right there. A contestant on a reality dating show had suddenly bailed, and the show's producer grabbed Qiao Kaiji by the wrist with tears in his eyes, dropping to his knees to beg him to join the program. Qiao Kaiji asked, "Do you provide meals and a place to stay? Is there a salary?" The producer nodded repeatedly, and Qiao Kaiji cheerfully wheeled his suitcase onto the show. In the preview before the show aired, viewers frowned as they read the introductions. This Qiao Kaiji was shameless! Right off the bat, he said he was a stay-at-home slacker and openly admitted he just wanted to find a rich partner. Viewer A: Where did this pretty boy gold digger come from? Does he think he can do whatever he wants just because he's good-looking? Viewer B: His clothes are obviously fake, and there's an unreleased runway piece in his suitcase. Does he not know that? Viewer C: Does he think acting like this is cute? After the first episode aired: Viewer A: What's wrong with gold digging? I only wish I were a rich guy! Viewer B: Being good-looking means you can do whatever you want! Viewer C: Waaaah, he really is cute! He's so adorable! As for his rich-kid status and the fake-goods controversy: Anyone who saw this all-around slacker play golf and tennis, arrange flowers, taste wine, practice tea ceremony and calligraphy, and... wouldn't think he was a fake! * The male contestants on the show all look glamorous, but beneath the surface, they're scheming and calculating. The ones who seem pure turn out to be devious, and the ones who seem devious turn out to be downright sinister. None of them are there to seriously find love. Qiao Kaiji decisively gives up and starts taking it easy on the show. The program pays for his food, clothes, lodging, and transportation, so why not lie back and enjoy it? * He lets himself enjoy life. He watches plays and movies with Actor Love Interest 1. Having struggled in the entertainment industry and been judged as someone who only chases fame and fortune, Love Interest 1 feels he's found a kindred spirit. He plays ball and swims with Athlete Love Interest 2, and even goes to watch his matches and cheer him on. Love Interest 2, who loves basketball, feels he's found a partner who's in sync with him on and off the court. When he's with University Professor Love Interest 3, Qiao Kaiji not only never interrupts him, but also studies the topics he's interested in and listens with friendly attention. Love Interest 3, rigid in his thinking and immersed in his own world, feels he's found the love of his future. Then there are Love Interests 1, 2, and 4, who all think Qiao Kaiji is the person fate has chosen for them. The only exception is CEO Love Interest 4, his childhood friend. Whatever Qiao Kaiji does, he follows behind, swiping his card, wholeheartedly determined to be Qiao Kaiji's rich partner. * At this point, the four members of the Qiao family stare in stunned silence at the TV, where Qiao Kaiji is declaring that he wants to find a rich partner. His father immediately gives him a black card, his mother gives him a yacht, his older brother hands over several buildings for him to collect rent on, and his older sister transfers shares to him so he can receive dividends. The Qiao family: Why look for a rich partner? Can't you just become one yourself? Coming soon: An Ordinary Person Gets Caught in a Romantic Rivalry I'm a low-level task worker. I play the most forgettable background characters in novels. Since I'm so unremarkable that I have no assigned duties, I even have to play background characters in several novels at once. One day, the System glitched, and the plot that should have belonged to the protagonist landed on me. I did my best to stick to my role as a background character, but the protagonist refused to leave me alone and piled more work on me. I began to find it impossible to keep playing background characters in several novel worlds at once. Worse still, these novel worlds, which should never have crossed paths, began to merge because of me. I got caught in a romantic rivalry. [Rich Family Novel] I'm a friend of the cannon-fodder love interest. Whenever they need me, everyone is too out of it to think clearly, so I can slack off as much as I like. But today, the protagonist, who was drugged and should have fallen into the arms of the male lead, perhaps even getting entangled with the cannon-fodder love interest, threw himself into my arms instead. I wanted to leave, but this protagonist was somehow stronger than me and had supposedly been drugged. He kidnapped me and took me straight to a hotel room. I had less than an hour before my next job. [Showbiz Novel] I'm just a minor celebrity, so forgettable that I can often skip work without anyone noticing. I only need to show up on the set where the protagonist is filming. But today, the entertainment industry's leading actor grabbed my hand and announced that I was his new sweetheart, just to clear up rumors about his ex. We're about to appear together on a dating show. I shook off the leading actor's hand, told him he was crazy, and the whole scene was broadcast live. [School Novel] I'm the roommate of the male and female protagonists. They're always glued to each other. Even an idiot can tell the female protagonist likes the male protagonist, but the male protagonist stubbornly insists they're just friends and roommates. Hah. On a night of torrential rain, after I finally managed to get away from the rich-family protagonist and the leading actor, the school novel's protagonist ran up to me through the rain with red eyes. He grabbed my hand and sobbed, "Falling in love with a straight guy never ends well. Let's date." I was so exhausted that my brain short-circuited. "Two guys who are both bottoms don't have a future together." The leading actor and the rich-family protagonist, who had followed me, heard that. They both let out a laugh whose implications I had no desire to understand. The leading actor said he'd always been a top, the rich-family protagonist said he'd become a bottom for love and could switch back now, and the school protagonist tried to explain the benefits of being a top to me. And that wasn't even the scariest part. In the showbiz novel, I'm a reasonably good-looking minor celebrity. In the rich-family novel, I'm a friend from a fairly well-off family. In the school novel, I'm the provincial top scorer at the same school as the protagonists. Once all these buffs stacked up, I became an extraordinary person. Theme: Only a life of hard work can lead to victory