How Could the Second Male Lead in a Romance Novel Turn Gay?

He is the devoted second male lead in a romance novel, who silently gives everything for the heroine and is even expected to sacrifice his life for her.

He is an utterly ordinary (?) college student who, after dying, gets lucky (not really) and receives the Second Male Lead Rescue System. He rubs his hands together, ready to give it his all and become a top-tier novice strategist.

Then he meets him...

Wait, put the knife away!

Pfft... Host has died. Game over.

No, the story has only just begun...

Anyone who gets a strategy system after dying should be lucky, since they get countless chances to be reborn and can roam through all kinds of worlds.

They'll have money, and they'll have girls, too.

But for Lu Tian, all that luck belongs to other people.

At last, he leaves the novice village and reaches his first real mission, only to die at the second male lead's hands as soon as he appears. The second time around, he learns to steal the heroine away, but gets dumped with a pile of money.

Is he someone you can buy with money?! Well, so what if he is!

He decides to try a different approach: infiltrate the second male lead's organization and use love to bring out his better nature. He'll prepare all kinds of female side characters for this cold and ruthless cult leader, guaranteed to please.

Wait, something's not right...

Lu Tian: What exactly is the problem? Isn't the second male lead straight?

Why does he keep getting stuck with the same mission target in this world?

His money, his girls...

His dream of becoming a gold-medal strategist...

The protagonist can't stay cool for more than three seconds. The bottom is cold on the outside but warmhearted.

Lighthearted, no scheming, and shameless romance from beginning to end.

After a long break, I picked this story back up and couldn't help revising it as I reread the plot. The protagonist's name has changed, but it won't affect the experience for new readers.

Theme: People should have dreams. You never know, you might just achieve them by accident.