There are always people who are brilliant, elegant, exceptionally capable, and born to high status. But when they meet the protagonist, they can only become an emotional dumping ground, a stand-in who gets their heart broken, and someone who gives their body, feelings, and wealth to the protagonist without complaint, all for the sake of a place at their side...
These people are generally called backups, or even simps.
Cheng Zi'an was assigned exactly this kind of role by a System. In the first world, Cheng Zi'an woke up in the hospital to find the protagonist had already found a doctor to take his kidney. In the second world, he was making the face of an old man looking at his phone on the subway when the protagonist messaged him, telling him to avoid everyone and come to his house that night, because he hadn't helped him relieve himself in a long time. In the third world, the protagonist had promised just yesterday that he was the one he truly loved. The next day, Cheng Zi'an accidentally heard the male lead tell two women that he had given each of them his first time. Cheng Zi'an still couldn't hold back his laughter...
Fine. Cheng Zi'an eventually accepted his role as the perfect backup, but the System gradually sensed that something was wrong. "You're supposed to be pining after the protagonist. Who are you looking for?"
Cheng Zi'an: "Why not make them the protagonists of this world?"
And so the protagonists discovered that the person who had loved them through every torment, in both heart and soul, had suddenly started down a different path. They were still just as devoted, but what had changed about them? Cheng Zi'an, you haven't come home again. What are you doing?
Theme: Strive to fulfill your dreams in life
