Synopsis:
Song Xiwang was so honest that he seemed completely unsuited to today's cutthroat job market. Half a year after graduating, he still hadn't found a job.
When he woke up, he had become a background-character butler in a dark novel about a real and fake young master. In the end, the two young masters, locked in bitter rivalry, would die together.
Desperate to find work, Song Xiwang saw only the words "butler" and was instantly overjoyed.
Song Xiwang: "Oh my god, I knew transmigrating into a book was the only way to solve my employment problem!"
The next second, he was on the job as a [wealthy family's butler]!
But the fake young master was a scheming, tea-sipping manipulator, while the real young master was a gloomy, taciturn, beautiful wreck. It wouldn't matter if the two of them died, except that Song Xiwang would lose his job. Fortunately, transmigrating into a book came with a golden finger: Song Xiwang had an unlimited rewind skill.
The fake young master deliberately fell down the stairs and accused the real young master of trying to kill him. Everyone asked Song Xiwang what had really happened.
Song Xiwang: "...I'm a Red Scarf, a flower bud of the motherland, and I never tell lies! I swear the real young master is innocent!"
The fake young master glared at him with bloodshot eyes. Three seconds later, Song Xiwang was fired and utterly unemployed.
"Do you really have to make an honest man lie!"
Rewind! Rewind! Rewind!
Time returned to the moment the fake young master deliberately grabbed the real young master and wrestled with him at the top of the stairs. Song Xiwang slid forward and caught the fake young master as he was about to fall.
The butler had refined features and a gentle manner. "Young master, please be careful."
The fake young master's cheeks turned pink. He glanced shyly at the background-character butler.
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The real young master was bullied at school. His family favored the fake young master and refused to stand up for him. The real young master was made to stand outside the homeroom teacher's office while they called his family, and was also ordered to make a public apology to the whole school. With no other choice, he called the background-character butler.
Song Xiwang honestly contacted everyone in the wealthy family, only to be accused of meddling and fired on the spot. He was utterly unemployed.
Song Xiwang: "I promise I'll behave. Please let me off!"
Rewind! Rewind! Rewind!
When the real young master called again, the butler skipped the usual report and straightened his clothes.
The butler asked politely and gently,
"Young master, would I do?"
The gloomy real young master's heart pounded. He looked at the butler with unusual intensity.
At some point, the background-character butler had become an indispensable member of the wealthy family.
The fake young master caught a cold and fell ill. As the butler personally brought him his medicine, he grabbed Song Xiwang's slender, pale wrist. His eyes grew faintly red, and he looked heartbreakingly pitiful.
In a weak voice, he said, "Brother Xiwang, I'll give you all my pocket money, several million. Will you sleep with me tonight? I'm sick, so weak and lonely."
Take the money, not the man!
Song Xiwang rewound without a moment's hesitation, set down the medicine, and left before the fake young master could say another word.
"Young master, the eldest young master needs me to report on work later. I'll be going now."
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The real young master's servants had dirtied and thrown away a doll his late adoptive mother had given him. Heartbroken, he hid in the storage room. Song Xiwang found the doll and spent a long time comforting him outside the room. The gloomy real young master suddenly pulled him inside and pinned him against the workbench, his voice harsh.
"You brought me home yourself, so you're responsible for me! Let's date!"
You're a high school student. What are you doing dating at your age!
Song Xiwang looked as if he'd seen a ghost. He immediately rewound, shoved the doll into the real young master's hands, and turned to leave without offering a word of comfort.
"Young master, the eldest young master says it's going to rain tonight. I need to bring in the laundry."
The eldest young master of the wealthy family, whom Song Xiwang often used as an excuse, was having a rough time at work. Time could rewind eight hundred times in a single day. He was living through a romantic life where one day apart felt like three years, and nearly suspected he was going insane.
After ruling out every other possibility, the eldest young master turned his attention to the new butler in the house.
Eldest young master: Hmm, this butler seems to have a few tricks up his sleeve.
Later, the eldest young master finally dropped his aloof, reserved mask. Like a pitiful little dog begging for love, he kept a close watch on rivals from every direction, especially his two younger brothers.
His eyes were full of possessiveness.
"He's mine. Don't even think about taking your sister-in-law!"
Song Xiwang: "?"
Can someone tell him when he stopped being free to do as he pleased?
Rewind! Rewind! Rewind!
The honest butler gave a reserved nod. "I'm here to work, not to fall in love."
The real and fake young masters and the eldest brother: "I hate that you're such a blockhead!"
Reader's notes:
1. I know the synopsis is too long, but my writing skills are limited, and I can't fix it for now, so it'll have to stay as it is.
2. Coming soon, coming soon, coming soon! Sweethearts, please add it to your collections. Muah!
3. Before the story officially begins, the setting and synopsis may change from time to time, but the premise is settled and won't change. That's all.
Theme: Rather than adapt to your surroundings, change them.