When the Canary Becomes the Male Lead's Online Love

Jiujiu is a canary who has only just developed self-awareness, but one day he transmigrates into a novel he once read with his owner and becomes a cannon-fodder character who appears in only three chapters.

In the original story, "he" is raised as a canary by his impoverished family from childhood, solely so they can get close to the male lead, Yan Qi, and restore the family's standing. In the end, the family abandons him, leaving him to fend for himself.

As for this, Xie Jiu, who has just turned human, says: Th-this is great!

Thinking about how he can use his little hands to play the colorful games his owner used to play, and talk instead of going "tweet tweet," and eat all kinds of delicious food, he can hardly contain his excitement!

So the servants at home discover that the young master, who used to be timid, frail, and never leave the house, is now tapping away at a computer in the middle of the night with a strange smile on his face. He eats three times as much as before, and he's in great shape too.

Meanwhile, Xie Jiu, who's just started playing games, keeps spouting cheesy pickup lines and flirting with guys on the other side of the screen, and somehow ends up with a boyfriend.

His boyfriend seems to come from a powerful family and isn't very old. More importantly, his boyfriend's surname is Yan and his given name is Qi.

Short scene:

Xie Jiu's father, who favors him to an absurd degree, looks at Xie Jiu, who shows him not the slightest respect, and sneers, "Even a dog you've raised this long knows to say thank you. What about you? Forget doing anything for me, have you ever even said the words?"

Jiujiu glances at Father Xie, takes a step back, stands up straight, and sweeps his left hand around before circling with his right. "Listen, I want to thank you~ Because of you~ I stayed warm through all four seasons!"

Father Xie nearly chokes with anger. "Y-you call that a thank-you?"

Jiujiu asks innocently, "Hmm... why wouldn't it count?"

Xie Jiu, no longer weak, is sent to school by his father so he can get close to Yan Qi early. But no one knows that Yan Qi has already seen everything. He pays Xie Jiu no attention because he has an online sweetheart named "Jiujiujiu."

Having read the original story, Xie Jiu has already decided to make it on his own. It took him so long to become human, and he even has an online sweetheart. They're going to meet in person someday, so how could he become cannon fodder between the male and female leads? Xie Jiu wants nothing more than to stay far away from the male lead!

Yan Qi, the male lead, has just finished dealing with the cannon fodder and looks impatient. Tsk, at least he knows his place.

Xie Jiu's heart pounds after seeing the male lead deal with the cannon fodder. Good thing I didn't try to get close to him!

Yan Qi, playing a game online with Jiujiu: "Baby, should we have a baby tonight?"

Jiujiu, who loves clinging to powerful people and never stops spouting cheesy (and false) lines: "Sure, honey~ A sweet college guy is online for a chat tonight. Mwah, honey!"

Jiujiu asks a friend: "How can I sound more like a girl?"

Friend: "Try repeating a word when you speak? Make it sound cute, like 'eat~ing...' Use a high-pitched voice, you know?"

Jiujiu nods, then messages the big shot: "Big bro~ Want to play Chicken Dinner|chicken tonight?"

Yan Qi, drinking water, sees the message and chokes.

Yan Qi, now aware of Jiujiu's real identity, gets angry when he sees Jiujiu talking to someone.

This guy lied and said he was a girl, and he usually avoids me too...

Yan Qi takes out his phone and types a message: Let's meet.

Jiujiu gets Yan Qi's message and panics. In a moment of desperation, he replies: N-no, it's not me.

Yan Qi looks at Xie Jiu sitting in his chair, worrying himself sick, and asks with a cold laugh: Then where is the real you?

Two hours later, he gets a reply.

"Oh, are you Jiujiu's husband? I'm his friend. He died in a car accident a couple of days ago."

Oh, and there's another line: "Jiujiu also said he wants to leave you part of his inheritance, uh... a part..."

Yan Qi looks at Xie Jiu, who has been sitting in his chair silently for two hours and suddenly stands up to stretch: ...

Yan Qi: What do I do when I'm mad, amused, and think he's adorable all at once???

P.S.

1. There are some online catfishing plot points. The uke disguises himself as a girl to fool the seme.

2. There shouldn't be too much gaming. It's mainly there to create romantic sparks~

This novel is also known as The Days I Dated the School Hunk Online and I Became My Husband's Online Sweetheart

--2021.02.04

Theme: Jiujiu is adorable too~