Does the Substitute Have to Compete for the Job Too?

Advance notice: This book goes VIP on October 4. Thank you for supporting the official release, mwah! This was originally an ordinary melodramatic novel. As a character in the story, Shi Xing was pretty, laid-back, and content to laze around. But for a vicious stand-in, the standards weren't very high. He'd do well enough as he was. Shi Xing knew his place. He had no interest in making a comeback; he just wanted to finish the plot and collect his retirement pay. But things didn't go as planned. Some people who called themselves "Conquerors" suddenly appeared in this world. They had fair skin, beautiful faces, delicate bodies, and soft voices, and their eyes turned red at the slightest provocation. They all wanted to steal Shi Xing's role as the stand-in, replace the white moonlight, and get together with the male lead. Shi Xing, holding back tears: What? Even stand-ins have to compete for the job now? Faced with a group of Conquerors who excelled at everything, Shi Xing refused to get caught up in the rat race and promptly gave up the stand-in role. The System popped up with a warning: [If an outsider steals the stand-in plotline, you'll be erased.] [But if you can put the plot back on track, you'll get triple the retirement pay.] Shi Xing, who had been slowly lying down, abruptly sat up. "Restoring the glory of stand-ins is our generation's solemn duty! Bring on the rat race!" - For the sake of his life and retirement pay, Shi Xing rolled up his sleeves and threw himself into the rat race. But the harder he worked, the stranger the male lead's gaze became. Shi Xing: What? Don't tell me you think I actually like you. I'm just trying to outcompete them! The next book will be this one: Don't Become the Immortal Venerable's Caged Bird Mu Zhi simply adored the Immortal Venerable. He sang for the one he loved, performed courtship dances, and built a nest from the most beautiful jewels. He didn't think he had done anything wrong, but everyone thought he was malicious. They made his voice go hoarse, stripped his feathers of their luster, and tore down his nest and burned it to ashes. Even the Immortal Venerable only wanted to take his core to save someone else. Mu Zhi was bewildered. He thought he had done something wrong, and that loving someone was exhausting and painful. He didn't want to love the Immortal Venerable anymore, so after lying unconscious with severe injuries for a hundred years, he returned to the path of ruthless cultivation. No love, no passion, and no hatred. - A hundred years later. When Mu Zhi heard the Immortal Venerable's name again, it stirred not the slightest ripple in his heart. Even when that once lofty, cold, and heartless Immortal Venerable knelt before him and begged in a hoarse voice, Mu Zhi only found him a little noisy. Theme: Strive with determination and work hard toward your goals.