The Universally Hated One Gets a Feel-Good Storyline

Movie star Shi Ling wakes up inside a harem danmei novel as the protagonist's substitute...

The original Shi Ling was the real young master who had been abandoned as a child, but his family favored the protagonist, the fake young master. Driven by jealousy, he secretly signed substitute contracts with three powerful men who all pined in vain for the fake young master. When the truth came out, the three men took turns humiliating him, and his corpse was left in the street.

Shi Ling looks over the contract: act like strangers in public, give 24 hours' notice before work, and don't cross the line.

Time-management expert Shi Ling: "I sell my skills, not my body. Make money quietly. Where else could I find a side gig like this?"

Thanks to Shi Ling's tireless efforts, the truth still comes out in the end.

The industry's top-tier star, the wealthy family's heir, and the disabled CEO, all of whom should have wanted to torment him until he was utterly ruined, begin to regret their actions and realize it's too late...

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Chi Yun, a future business tycoon who will hold all the power in his hands, is the unattainable moonlight the fake young master longs for in the original novel. Everyone thinks Chi Yun is aloof, distant, and a neat freak, and that he is physically incapable, too.

Yet he pins the reeking-of-alcohol Shi Ling in place in front of everyone and lifts him into his arms, his possessiveness plain in his eyes.

"If you're asking me out the first time we meet, then how about tonight?"

A flirtatious fox-like receiver who doesn't know he's flirting x an outwardly sweet, inwardly rabid top who is bursting with possessiveness

*Content warning: A few love interests get their comeuppance, followed by a semi-open ending. It's painful, but leaves room for the imagination. The main couple are 1v1 and get a happy ending!

*A story with a beloved protagonist. At first, the receiver takes the money but doesn't give his heart.

*The actual love interest is not one of the potential partners! They are the top's uncle, childhood friend, and close friend.

*Entirely fictional setting. Don't scrutinize the worldbuilding. It's a ridiculous, illogical Mary Sue story.

Here's a recommendation for my pseudo-incest novel, my completed work "The Real Young Master Holds the Script for a Sweet Romance."

Only after Shi Jing dies does he learn that he is the villain in a melodramatic novel.

As a stepping stone for the protagonist, he is a fake young master, rejected by his adoptive mother, fails the college entrance exam, and ultimately dies young from illness. His illustrious family, luxurious lifestyle, and everything else belong to Xie Yinhan, his illegitimate younger brother.

...All because Xie Yinhan is the protagonist.

Reborn, he only wants to stay away from the protagonist and avoid competing for anything. But the frightening thing is, the protagonist seems to have been secretly in love with him for a long time!

Xie Yinhan grew up in the gutter, enduring countless hardships until he became a delinquent feared by all.

Everyone shunned him. Only his older brother told him, "You have to be strong enough to get everything you want."

When he met those alluring eyes, he stared into them for a long while, then began trying to be good.

Later

When he learns they aren't actually related by blood, he races across several cities in the middle of the night and catches Shi Jing, who has been drifting further and further away from him.

In a hoarse voice, he asks, "Brother, am I strong enough now?"

Theme: Treasure time. It is precious and never comes easily.