Because his name is so ordinary, Xiao Gui keeps getting cast as a cannon-fodder character by authors.
It doesn't matter whether he's a devoted but villainous male supporting character, a ruthless and cold-blooded antagonist, an outrageously powerful mastermind, an obscure nobody, or even a completely unrelated bit player who doesn't get a name because he appears in fewer than one chapter.
His fate can be summed up in one word: tragic!
The fictional character Xiao Gui finally snaps and decides to save himself from his endlessly bad endings, one world at a time.
Tentative worlds:
1. The heroine's older brother in a CEO romance where the pregnant wife runs away;
2. The reborn movie star's ex-husband;
3. The lucky heroine of a period novel;
4. The rich benefactor of a gold-digging woman in a CEO romance about a naive, innocent heroine;
5. A playboy's secret identity;
6. The backup option for a palace-intrigue heroine;
Theme: Male supporting characters want happy endings, too
