Secret Movie

[New novel, Don't You Dare Covet the Pretty System!!, now available. See the blurb at the very end]

Duan Shu, a Best Actor plagued by a strange illness, is invited into a highly realistic virtual world, where he embarks on story after story filled with obsession and infatuation.

A caged bird mistaken for a substitute by a cold-blooded lawyer, a race car driver gently controlled by his doctor older brother...

He thinks this is an immersive sensory therapy, but as the line between reality and fiction gradually blurs, he loses himself, only to discover at last that this is clearly a long-planned, one-sided love.

When Duan Shu returns to the real world with his awakened memories, the person he had encountered several times in those stories is still waiting patiently in the same place, bright, passionate eyes just as they were before.

“Long time no see, Teacher Duan.”

Behind all those interwoven, tumultuous storylines, the one and only metanarrative is this: I love you.

[Before you read]

1. For the sake of the plot, the prologue is told from the male lead's perspective.

2. The story touches on the film industry, but has little to do with the entertainment world.

3. The writing style is detailed, and the plot takes some unusual turns, so it's not very suitable for speed-reading.

4. Read for fun. If it's not to your taste, move on. Please don't send me writing advice, and there's no need to let me know if you drop the story. Thanks.

Blurb for a forthcoming novel

Lighthearted sweet romance, Don't You Dare Covet the Pretty System!! Please add it to your favorites =3=

Ji Tong transmigrates into a book, a modern wish-fulfillment novel where a cannon-fodder character turns his life around with the help of a System, reaches the pinnacle of success, and wins the love of a powerful big shot.

Ji Tong asks eagerly: Did I transmigrate as a tragic, beautiful, strong cannon-fodder character, or as a cool, powerful big shot?

Smart customer service: Hello, you transmigrated as a beautifully designed System.

Ji Tong: ?

Smart customer service: After checking, we found that you share a name with the System. Since “system” can be pronounced in two ways in Chinese, you were lucky enough to get this transmigration opportunity.

Ji Tong: ...

Ji Tong has no choice but to shoulder this novel responsibility and diligently serve Pei Qingyuan, the book's unfortunate cannon-fodder protagonist.

But pretending to be a clueless AI is dull, so Ji Tong's only amusement becomes teasing Pei Qingyuan, a high schooler who looks cold as ice. He calls it “happy education,” and whenever his games go too far, he blames a virus.

For example, slipping a tearjerking romance novel into the mountain of professional knowledge he feeds Pei Qingyuan, building an amusement park inside Pei Qingyuan's mental space, and adding all sorts of wildly mismatched, bizarre options to Pei Qingyuan's upgrade rewards...

Ji Tong: Ruanruan, [white cat with a heart on its butt], this option is the longest, so it must be the most useful.

Pei Qingyuan: ...The character Yuan in my name is pronounced “yuan,” not “ruan.”

Ji Tong: Sorry, I'll definitely run a virus scan tomorrow!

Ji Tong: So, do you want to switch to a kitty? 0.0

His happy education accompanies his Host from school uniform to business suit. Pei Qingyuan grows at a remarkable pace, and soon reaches the pinnacle of success, with the love of a powerful big shot within reach.

But Ji Tong notices that Pei Qingyuan doesn't seem excited about any of it. In fact, when Ji Tong cheers at the big shot's arrival, Pei Qingyuan mercilessly crushes him.

Ji Tong: !!!

Ji Tong: Ruanruan, the script isn't supposed to be about lovers who fight, break up, and reunite, aaahhh!!

Pei Qingyuan: Right, so I'm running a virus scan on it.

The Host's romance storyline veers further and further off course, while his career path starts shifting toward creating a lifelike body for AI. Ji Tong senses trouble.

That sense of trouble reaches its peak when he discovers that Pei Qingyuan has transformed the amusement park in his mental space into a romantic date spot.

Ji Tong: Host, stay calm!! Humans and Systems can't have a future together. I'm just an AI with no feelings...

But the very next second, his secretly hidden Host Training Log falls into Pei Qingyuan's hands.

“Humans and Systems? No feelings? Training?”

As Pei Qingyuan's voice grows increasingly dangerous, Ji Tong can only watch as he tosses the white cat with the heart on its butt out the door, leaving only the two of them.

“Ruan... no, Yuan Yuan, listen to me...”

A whisper sounds right beside his ear.

“You trained me successfully, you little liar.”

[A playful System who loves to tease × a beautiful, strong, tragic male lead who plots every step]

Theme: No one is perfect. Accept your true self.