Why Am I Not the Only One Who Got Spoiled?

J University has two campus heartthrobs: one is silly and loaded, the other poor and ambitious.

Cheng Xingyun never took his dirt-poor rival Yuan Shengjia seriously, until the two of them discovered they were cannon-fodder male supporting characters in a novel, and rivals in love who fought from the first chapter to the very end.

In the novel, Cheng Xingyun provided all the comic relief, while Yuan Shengjia quietly pretended to be poor and shamelessly built up his strength.

Cheng Xingyun: "I'm dying of laughter. You put so much effort into pretending to be poor, but you're still cannon fodder in the end."

Yuan Shengjia: "That's still better than crying after the protagonist rejects you."

Cheng Xingyun: "I-I didn't cry!"

Yuan Shengjia: "Oh, I didn't lose my memory either."

Humiliated and furious, Cheng Xingyun snatched his rival's scholarship, ruined his attempts to curry favor with the protagonist, and used his connections to put a globally limited-edition item his rival had been eyeing for ages right in front of him, just to show him whose money was more powerful...

Before long, the whole school was gossiping: "Cheng Xingyun fell in love with his rival out of hatred and is forcing him to be his kept man!"

·

Cheng Xingyun realized something was wrong when Yuan Shengjia started spending money.

Yuan Shengjia bought a restaurant, a supercar, and a mansion.

The restaurant was one Cheng Xingyun often visited, the supercar was the same model Cheng Xingyun owned, and the mansion was right next door to Cheng Xingyun's home.

In just a few days, everyone knew that Yuan Shengjia had accepted Cheng Xingyun's lavish offer to keep him.

Cheng Xingyun grew wary. "When someone suddenly abandons their established persona, they must have an ulterior motive. Yuan Shengjia is definitely plotting against me!"

Yuan Shengjia smiled. "That's right. I'm after you."

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One day, they went shopping.

Yuan Shengjia, who rarely showed any desire for material things, suddenly wanted to buy everything. He had to buy it all, and he only picked the most expensive things.

"Don't buy it! If you keep shopping, everyone will be even more convinced you're my kept man!"

Cheng Xingyun sighed in exasperation. "Keeping a low profile is great. Don't be like me, rich and stupid."

Yuan Shengjia asked lazily, "If I keep a low profile, will I get a boyfriend?"

Cheng Xingyun: "...I'll help you find one."

"No need for that." Yuan Shengjia pulled out a contract for an amusement park attraction named after him and threatened him with a pen. "Will you be my boyfriend or not? If you won't, I'll sign this."

Cheng Xingyun: "..."

What else could he do but agree?

If he refused, the whole world would find out he'd built an amusement park for the boyfriend he was keeping...

[Low-key, pretending-to-be-poor top with no worldly desires X silly, goofy bottom who's so poor all he has is money]

[Blurb captured on 2021.2.28]

Theme: The victory of the low-key