After the Cannon Fodder Substitute Returned to High School

[A cool, aloof recipient with a skittish-cat temperament x a devoted, puppy-like pursuer who captivates people]

Chao Jiu died at the height of his success, at the age of twenty-five.

His pursuit of Feng Xing was relentless, and that love ended with his death.

They were classmates as teenagers. Feng Xing pulled him out of the mud, lit up his life, then left without warning.

One was a boy from the slums who needed financial aid just to pay his tuition. The other was a wealthy, brilliant young man whose casual wave of the hand could make the distance between them seem like an impassable chasm.

Chao Jiu did everything he could to chase after him, running without daring to stop for even a moment, just so they could meet again.

But when he finally found him, the gentle, sincere boy Feng Xing was gone. All that remained was a cold, dispirited tycoon.

He always looked at someone else through Chao Jiu: “You’re becoming more and more like him.”

Chao Jiu was rejected, then fired.

He still had a knot in his throat and refused to give up, even in death. Love made him obsessed, drove him mad, twisted his heart with resentment, and made him overestimate himself. He started a competing company, hoping to stand shoulder to shoulder with Feng Xing, then died suddenly after endless overtime.

So when Chao Jiu learned he was a cannon-fodder character in a book, a supporting role in the lives of the chosen ones, he was surprisingly calm.

Even as cannon fodder, he made a clown of himself on his way out. When he learned he had died, he couldn't help laughing.

Heaven took pity on him and sent him back to high school, giving him time to put his life back on track.

He would replace his fervent worship with a calm admiration from afar.

But he didn't know that Feng Xing had never stopped paying attention to him.

This endless pursuit had never been one-sided.

*Both leads are reborn. Pursuing his wife, with a possible groveling arc.

*Hopeless at writing blurbs.

*Slow, steady angst.

Theme: Don't be blinded by love. Live your new life well.