You're Too Ugly to Be a Substitute

You Min died in an underground clinic, from complications caused by an infection after multiple plastic surgeries. By the time his friends found his corpse several days later, it was crawling with flies and bugs. . In his third year of college, You Min met his benefactor, Xue Ci, for the first time. After Xue Ci made a request weighted with the debt of gratitude You Min owed him, You Min agreed to become his boyfriend. Both Xue Ci and his friends, all brilliant young men with bright futures, treated him well. Having grown up relying on the kindness of strangers for meals, You Min felt safe for the first time. He came to see this group as the most indispensable people in his life. Somewhere along the way, they began to subtly convince him that he was a little ugly, that his features needed changing. At first he refused, but gradually they talked him around... . It wasn't until everyone's unattainable dream returned that he finally understood why they had repeatedly persuaded him to get plastic surgery and pushed him into taking out huge loans. He had been nothing but a source of amusement for them. One sentence, “You're not good enough,” sent him right back to where he started. So he was ugly because he didn't look enough like their dream? What kind of logic was that? - After being reborn, he stands in front of the mirror. His face is still handsome and has not yet been ruined. He's back! This time, he won't touch his face again, and he won't lose himself trying to get the occasional scrap of attention. And most importantly, now that he's been given another life, no one will escape the reckoning they deserve. He knows Xue Ci and the others' personalities and weaknesses better than they know themselves. A plan of his own begins to take shape. Not one of them will get away... ●Written on a whim, a self-indulgent story. ●Top, revenge-seeking seducer. He starts taking revenge in Chapter 1 and knows how to act weak and innocent. Read with caution if this isn't your thing. Not suitable for fans of any particular character type. ●Everyone has one-sided feelings for the protagonist, and there will be all kinds of messy love triangles. In his previous life, the protagonist was a people-pleaser; in this one, he's a scheming drama queen. ●All characters are adults, with the youngest aged 20 or older. The characters' values do not represent the author's. ●There is a pairing, and the love interest is the unattainable dream. Theme: Struggle through hardship, fear no obstacles, and work hard to live well