I Accidentally Hurt a Big Shot’s Ex, and Now He’s Back

After a high fever, Ming Qi realized he was a disposable tool character in an entertainment-industry novel. He was pathologically infatuated with the novel's top-tier star, a singer, and constantly targeted the star's close junior fellow disciple. In the end, netizens exposed him and drove him out of the industry, leaving him with a tragic fate. The problem was, he already had a boyfriend. His boyfriend was just an ordinary music student with a somewhat cold personality, but he loved Ming Qi very much... But in reality, if Ming Qi didn't follow the plot, he would be erased completely. That night, Ming Qi stayed awake until morning. When he woke up, he broke up with his boyfriend in a hoarse voice. After the breakup, all Ming Qi wanted was to finish the plot as soon as possible. But because his character in the novel wasn't very likable, he did everything the top-tier star asked of him without fail, trying to make amends. Four years passed in a flash. At last, the top-tier star's junior fellow disciple switched careers from idol to actor. To help the new idol make it big, Ming Qi practiced action scenes with him over and over, even getting sunburned so badly his skin peeled. The new idol became an overnight sensation thanks to the drama, but then Ming Qi was suddenly accused of "deliberately injuring" him out of jealousy. Just then, the idol posted a tearful message online saying Ming Qi hadn't done it on purpose. The scandal soon sent Ming Qi's personal account into chaos, and brands began terminating their endorsement contracts with him one after another. The top-tier star believed only his junior fellow disciple. He said coldly to Ming Qi, "Apologize publicly and promise not to bother me again. I'll pay all your contract penalties for you." By then, the disposable tool character's mission was complete. Ming Qi smiled at him with a sense of release. "I won't apologize, but I'll agree to the second part. No conditions needed." Then he walked away without looking back. At that moment, the top-tier star, who had always held himself above everyone else, was suddenly overwhelmed by an inexplicable panic. Especially when he heard that the entertainment industry's most mysterious investor had personally chosen to sign Ming Qi, and that this person was... Ming Qi's ex-boyfriend. Ming Qi never imagined he would see Yu Rong again under these circumstances. He was in a sorry state, while Yu Rong had become his new boss. It went without saying that Yu Rong hated him. He had come back this time for revenge, so he got Ming Qi the best resources. When Ming Qi stared at him in astonishment, Yu Rong said coolly, "Of course it's so I can make more money off you. Don't tell me you think I'd still spend money on you for nothing, like I used to?" Whenever someone mocked Ming Qi or kicked him while he was down, that person would soon vanish from the industry without a trace. Yu Rong would flip through a book as if nothing had happened. "Did that happen? I must have taken a dislike to him. Don't read too much into it." At midnight, after Ming Qi won the Golden Rooster Award, Yu Rong held him by the waist. He recalled how Ming Qi had run into the male and female leads that day, and how the two had clung to Ming Qi with red-rimmed eyes. Just as Yu Rong was about to school his expression and speak, "Mm... I know you hate me most of all," Ming Qi yawned and rubbed his cheek against Yu Rong's collar. "But could you warm me a cup of milk first, and hate me some more tomorrow?" Yu Rong: "..." He looked down at his beloved, sleeping peacefully in his arms, and fell into deep thought. #Actually, at first I wanted revenge on him, but... #Yes, I couldn't bear to. :) Reader's note: 1. The protagonist is forced to play the role of a "tool character" and follow the plot. The opening plot is already complete: he gets the usual fate of a "vicious disposable character," but he wasn't the one who did the bad things. He's an innocent, terribly unlucky guy. 2. He has a career storyline and will turn things around. The original novel's male and female leads will both go through a groveling-for-forgiveness arc. 3. The author isn't a fan, and everything in the story serves the plot. *Bows!* Upcoming novel: The First Immortal's Down-and-Out Wife Everyone knows Su Wuqing is the greatest immortal cultivator of the age. His strength is beyond compare, and he is as elegant as a jade tree, with peerless immortal beauty. He has only one flaw: he became cultivation partners with a mortal from the Chaos Realm. Nan Que transmigrates into the role of that flaw. He is the down-and-out wife who has been married to Su Wuqing for three years and spent all three years alone. That's because Su Wuqing is a character of the highest order in the book. He devotes himself to the path of cultivation, with only the common people in his heart. His wife is just a tool the author uses to prove his unwavering heart. He barely even brushes her clothes, and doesn't leave so much as a speck of dust behind. Nan Que: "..." Not getting a divorce would be ridiculous. According to the transmigrator's script, he should find a way to stir the heart of the steadfast greatest immortal cultivator, then coolly ask for a divorce just as Su Wuqing begins to fall for him, and leave without a backward glance. It could even turn into one of those trendy groveling-for-forgiveness arcs. But Nan Que doesn't do that. He keeps his status as the down-and-out wife, stays honest and low-key, and hopes Su Wuqing will die... ahem, fake his death. * To eliminate the demonic path and defend the righteous, Su Wuqing and the sect leader plan a staged death, hoping to wipe out the demonic cultivators once and for all. As they put their plan into action, a voice suddenly rings out from the crowd: "When is he going to die?" Su Wuqing's cool gaze sweeps over the crowd. The demonic cultivators dare to openly wish for his death? Someone reminds him: "That seems to be your cultivation partner." "..." Every so often, Su Wuqing hears the inner thoughts of his partner, who seems honest and dependable on the surface but is actually lively, restless, and unconventional. "How is he still alive? That doesn't make sense!" "...Still not dead?" A regretful sigh. "High cultivation really does have its downsides." "Once he's dead, should I go find that scholar I met before, or that muscular woodcutter who cultivates the sword?" "..." Su Wuqing abruptly opens his eyes, face green, and wipes away the blood. Later on, even his usually composed senior fellow disciple, the sect leader, rushes up to him the moment they meet and asks, "When are you planning to die?" "..." Suddenly, he doesn't want to die anymore. A male lead who has to fake his death for the sake of the common people, but is so annoyed by his wife that he no longer wants to die × a receiver who can't wait for his cultivation partner to die so he can find a new love (not that kind of new love!) Check out my completed comedy novels, My Official Couple Is a Self-Indulgent Male Lead and I Played a Scumbag Top as a Pure Bottom and It Backfired. Feel free to make requests in my author page! Saved on 2023.4.13; screenshot taken. Theme: Keep going, even in difficult circumstances.