I Thought I Was Everyone’s Most Hated Person

When Xue Ci was a child, he brought a cake to a little boy locked away in a villa. The boy hit him over the head with a vase, leaving him covered in blood. When he grew up and helped his father handle company documents, his father angrily accused him of being an ambitious traitor, coveting the family’s wealth and power before his own father was even dead. His eldest brother brought home the illegitimate younger brother he had raised elsewhere and said regretfully, “If only you were my real little brother.” The person Xue Ci loved treated him as a stand-in. When they pinned him beside a race car and kissed him, they murmured someone else’s name. Even when he went to see his idol, he was accused the next day of being a deranged sasaeng fan who had tried to use a dinner party to force his idol into an illicit relationship, after saving him there. In the end, Xue Ci developed a terminal illness and lay alone in the intensive care unit. He thought, Everyone hates me, and I hate them too. When Xue Ci came back to life, he was cold and eccentric, no longer harboring any foolish hopes. But when Xue Ci’s gaze turned icy, his eldest brother merely patted his dark hair, his voice calm and awkwardly gentle as he coaxed him: “Eat first. I’ll get you some milk later.” Xue Ci: “...” Big brother, you? Content warnings: The two lifetimes are very different; the reason is revealed later. Everyone dotes on the bottom. Indulgent, satisfying, white-moonlight/everyone’s dream story. The bottom thinks everyone hates him, but he’s actually adored by everyone. ● Some entertainment-industry plotlines later on. Synopsis written for the advance listing on 2020.03.07 Weibo: Feiji Owo [Although the novel started in 2021, the synopsis was written in 2020. I posted a screenshot on Weibo @Feiji Owo as proof. Search the keyword “Synopsis updated! Saving this idea” to see it. Some readers said my synopsis was very similar to another novel’s. I checked, and that synopsis was written after mine~ This is a popular trope, but I still wanted to explain↑. It was a lovely coincidence (.)] Theme: Even the smallest grain of sand can become a pearl. Everyone can discover their own unique brilliance.