As a rich young master and a spoiled brat, Cheng Yongyong lives by the motto "Love yourself, dear me, and see you every day".
For his eighteenth birthday, he gives himself the school's aloof heartthrob, the poor student Su Zhe.
It is the first time in Su Zhe's life that he's been a "birthday present", and that night, he's awkward and clumsy.
Cheng Yongyong is prepared to put up with it for the sake of that incredible face, but he just can't take it. He raises a hand and slaps him. "Dude, could you... try having a little service awareness?!"
Who knew that one slap would send him into an infinite-flow world?
Slapping people becomes his golden finger. Every time he slaps a ghost in a dungeon, his stats go up by one.
Cheng Yongyong slaps his way through all manner of ghosts and monsters. Five years later, after finally earning enough points to leave, he learns that his original world is a melodramatic, taboo entertainment-industry dating show novel. During those five years, a transmigrator took over his body and just finished the entire setup for his role as the clingy, disposable ex-husband.
Cheng Yongyong sits in his rented apartment, staring at the astronomical penalty for breaking the contract for Couple Swap: ...
He still has his golden finger and items. Why not just force his way out of the contract?
But when he turns the page, he sees that one of the guests is named "Su Zhe".
That man is now a powerful CEO who can make the winds and clouds obey him, as well as the main villain of the original novel and the shou's current husband.
He's domineering, yandere, and brilliant to the point of seeming demonic. He forces the original novel's gong and shou to tremble and sneak around together, until Su Zhe dies of illness and the two of them finally publicly announce their affair in the last chapter.
Five years apart, his old friend is a little more gloomy, but time has treated him well. His bearing is like a green pine and jade, and his beauty has only grown.
Cheng Yongyong, who has been high and dry for a full five years: ...!!!
A taboo dating show? Sign him up!
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At the first group recording, they meet again. Su Zhe is in a wheelchair, his face as impassive as frost and snow.
But Cheng Yongyong sees a speech bubble above his head: Current HP: 1.
His occupational instincts kick in, and he gives Su Zhe a slap.
The other man's HP: 2.
The slap rings out, and Su Zhe's handsome face turns slightly to the side.
The onlookers are in an uproar, sure that Cheng Yongyong is about to be killed. The scumbag ex-husband puts an arm around his third party and watches from the corner, laughing. Cheng Yongyong has no intention of revealing his golden finger in public and is about to sneak away, when someone grabs the hem of his clothes.
Su Zhe lifts his face and smiles at him. "Feel good? Want to do it again?"
Cheng Yongyong: ...
My heartthrob, when did you turn into McDonald's?!
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Couple Swap is actually an ambitious dating show. Each episode chooses a filming location that strikes fear into people's hearts: an abandoned hospital, a haunted house in the mountains, a station from a ghost story, a creepy deserted island... The goal is to capture the most taboo and authentic "love" under extreme live-streaming conditions.
The guests, who are looking forward to "dating on the company's dime", step out of the car, see the desolate surroundings, and are all so frightened that they complain in a daze.
Cheng Yongyong alone raises an eyebrow. "Wow, right up my alley."
Most viewers who first chose to follow the dating show came to see the award-winning actor Liao Ye turn over a new leaf and spice things up with a newcomer.
Before the show airs: Congrats to the award-winning actor for dumping his worn-out husband and embracing his gorgeous new love!
After the show airs: Wait, what? How is the "worn-out husband" dozens of times more gorgeous than the new love?!
When the show first airs, viewers complain that Cheng Yongyong keeps crawling into Su Zhe's bed and flirting by slapping him. What a nasty, shameless, perverted guy!
After they've watched for a while, they see Cheng Yongyong smash a monster with one hand, clear a haunted house in an hour, and team up with Su Zhe to gather every survival resource on the deserted island... After that: This evil couple is so compelling, I'm obsessed! Yongbao, stop hitting the scumbag and the homewrecker. Hit me!
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After thoroughly humiliating the scumbag and his mistress and restoring Su Zhe's HP to full, Cheng Yongyong is ready to make his exit. With a stack of business offers in hand, he sets out to pursue his dream in the entertainment industry.
Who knew that as soon as he starts filming his first endorsement, Su Zhe would make a grand appearance on set? So many flower baskets arrive that there's barely room to walk in the studio, stunning everyone.
Cheng Yongyong raises his hand out of habit, but stops when he touches Su Zhe's face. "...What are you doing?"
Su Zhe presses his hand to his own cheek, his gaze affectionate and tender. "There were cameras everywhere before, so I didn't get the chance to say this. I've spent five years working on my 'service awareness'. When are you going to see how I've improved? ^^"
Reading guide:
- 1v1, both are virgins and each other's first love. The gong and shou only ever have eyes for each other, from start to finish. Beautiful gong x beautiful shou, yandere and scheming x violent spoiled brat.
- The gong isn't McDonald's. He just loves the shou too much.
- Modern alternate universe. The real world still has some supernatural and mildly frightening elements.
Premise: The fruits of your own hard work are the sweetest