The Scum Gong's Self-Cultivation (Transmigrated Into a Book)

[Please add my new story, The Scum Gong Rehabilitation Manual [Quick Transmigration], to your favorites, mwah~ Synopsis at the bottom] Blurb saved on 5.21 Strict, old-school guardian gong Vs. prickly, awkward shou After more than ten years of diligent service in government, old-school Jiang Anhe is about to get promoted when he transmigrates into a melodramatic danmei novel as a minor cannon-fodder gong. The scum gong is tall, handsome, and well-built, but falls for his popular younger stepbrother. Even after his stepbrother clearly rejects him, he keeps pestering him. In the end, his stepbrother's destined partner drives his company into bankruptcy, and he jumps to his death. After transmigrating into the book, Jiang Anhe shuts himself away for two whole days. Then, following the principle of accepting what comes, he gets familiar with his work and raises his younger stepbrother to become a fine young man. Dating in high school? Absolutely forbidden. He confiscates the love letters and assigns an extra workbook as punishment. Fangirling over celebrities? Maybe after you make the top hundred on your final exams. Otherwise, your allowance is gone. Jiang Anhe watches his younger stepbrother grow up healthy and happy, and feels immensely comforted. However, he doesn't notice that his younger stepbrother's destined partner is looking at him more and more strangely. He only realizes the plot has gone off the rails when he finds the other man in his bed. [The shou's perspective] Song Yanqiao finds himself less and less able to take his eyes off the man. At first, he just thinks the man is interesting, with a striking contrast between his appearance and his presence. Later, he's drawn in by the kindness that slips out from beneath the man's rigid facade, and falls deeper and deeper until he ends up falling for him and landing in his bed. [The younger stepbrother's perspective] One day, Jiang Huai sees the celebrity he's been following walk out of his older brother's room. The celebrity isn't surprised to see him and even greets him. "You must be Jiang Huai. Your brother talks about you all the time." Jiang Huai: "..." [Content warnings] The gong and shou are three years apart. The story begins when the gong is 23, the shou is 20, and the younger stepbrother is 16. Modern alternate-universe setting, not based on real events, and not particularly logical. The Scum Gong Rehabilitation Manual [Quick Transmigration] If scumminess could be quantified, some people would score off the charts. They chase fame and fortune, plotting every step of the way and stopping at nothing to get what they want. They believe love is the cheapest thing in the world. If it's gone, it's gone, and they never regret it. But when these scum gongs who score off the charts get targeted by the reform System... System: Our principle is that with enough effort, even an iron pestle can be ground into a needle! Scum gongs: ... System: Our goal is to reform and start anew! Scum gongs: ... System: Our motto is to behave well and work hard! Comply [electric shock x1] Comply [electric shock x10] Comply [electric shock x100] The scum gongs grit their teeth and shout: ...Behave well and work hard! Theme: Strive to be a well-rounded young person!