Pretending to Be Straight in an Otome Novel

Office worker Huo Xu transmigrates into the male supporting character of an otome novel. The Huo family's wealth is enough to keep him comfortable for the rest of his life.

Huo Xu: What a deal!

He plans to keep a low profile, faithfully play his part as a plot device, and wait until the story is over before enjoying himself.

By day, he pretends to be straight on campus.

The heroine gets bullied, and he stands up for her;

the heroine gets dumped, and he comforts her;

the heroine needs a job, and he helps her;

the heroine...

The heroine says to him through her tears, “Sob, sob, Huo Xu, you’re a good person, but I like Gu Chengyi.”

Huo Xu comforts her, perfectly calm inside. Oh, good thing I like men.

*

At long last, the main plot is nearly over, and his character has completely fallen apart!!!

In public, he’s a tough, straight A; in private, he dresses as a woman to bait men.

One time, he gets drunk while cross-dressing. When he wakes up hungover, one of the heroine’s harem members is lying beside him: his beloved best friend, Pei Heng.

Huo Xu: ...

Pei Heng, his womanizing, fickle best friend and hapless fool, devotes himself to the heroine later in the novel.

The first thing Huo Xu does after waking is make a clean break with Pei Heng and insist that he’s straight, and that this was an accident.

*

Pei Heng is a womanizing playboy, and his best friend Huo Xu often joins him in his wild escapades.

Later, the two accidentally sleep together. Huo Xu avoids him like the plague, then starts dating a woman at lightning speed to prove he isn't gay.

On the night he announces the relationship, in a dark room, Pei Heng pins him down, madness filling his eyes.

“You’re dating someone else?”

“I won’t allow it!”

Huo Xu looks at him with nothing but disgust. Pei Heng can barely breathe, and, unable to control himself, bites down on Huo Xu’s lips.

Two-faced acting pro Huo Xu is ecstatic. Happiness came too suddenly!

Theme: Surprises are everywhere in life.