Disguised as Everyone’s Most Hated, Then Exposed

[Please, please check out my upcoming novel, The Hated Cannon-Fodder Top Loves to Act Cute [Book Transmigration]]

[This novel has that old-school, melodramatic, self-indulgent, angsty-sweet vibe (?)] Jian Qingchen is impossibly handsome, naive, arrogant, and a crybaby. One day, he's forced to bind with a BUG System and use one of its items, "Face-Changing Spray," to disguise himself as a "classmate," a "poor student," and an "ordinary-looking person" at an elite academy. He plays the role of someone everyone hates, but unexpectedly wins the heart of Lu Linxi, a boyfriend with a sesame-paste center.

The Face-Changing Spray has a fatal flaw: it stops working when it comes into contact with cold water. The young master doesn't dare cry, swim, or get rained on. He stays on guard at all times, but is always on the verge of getting exposed. Then one day, he finally loses his disguise... and everyone around him goes crazy...

The arrogant, top-student senior gazes fondly at the young master's sleeping face. "Jianjian, I'll make sure you learn exactly what kind of person my little brother is."

The weird, irritable boss throws an arm around the young master's shoulder, a mischievous smile tugging at his lips. Turning to his childhood friend, he says, "Linxi, meet my new boyfriend, Qingchen." [Not really]

His rival junior glares at the young master's neck, gritting his teeth. "How could that illegitimate son possibly be with you...?!"

So the boyfriend pins the young master into a corner, a perfect smile in his eyes. "Brother Qingchen, tell me, what color is the top of my head?" [Massive misunderstanding]

[The couple are mutually in love from beginning to end, one-on-one. Every supporting character is secretly in love with the bottom. Love rivals, and the top was switched at birth through malicious scheming. He is not an illegitimate child.]

Upcoming novel: The Hated Cannon-Fodder Top Loves to Act Cute [Book Transmigration]

Xiao Lin is blessed with stunning looks and won an award for Best Actor at twenty. Then he transmigrates into a novel, becoming a cannon-fodder top who looks just like the original protagonist in a story where everyone loves the protagonist.

The cannon-fodder top was accidentally burned and "disfigured" as a child, and wears a mask all the time. He's gloomy and disliked by everyone. The protagonist bottom is the only light in his life, and his family's longtime friend, the antagonist, manipulates him into using every means necessary to live with the protagonist bottom. But he still can't win the protagonist bottom's heart, and eventually turns evil, meeting a tragic end.

Xiao Lin stares at his flawless face in the mirror, baffled.

He waits until the "living together" arrangement ends, then makes a clean getaway. But...

The favored protagonist top sneers. "Where is he? People should know their place. What could you possibly have to compete with me?"

Xiao Lin puts on a sorrowful expression. "You're right. I'm not worthy. You two are the destined couple, and I wish you a happy life together." Wake up! You've got the wrong love rival! QAQ

The protagonist top catches his breath. Such beautiful eyes. What a shame about the face beneath the mask...

The aloof protagonist bottom looks conflicted. "Linlin, about us..."

Xiao Lin blinks his watery eyes. "Don't worry, I've fallen for someone else. I won't cling to you anymore!" Help! My minimum standard for a partner is that she's a woman! QAQ

The protagonist bottom's expression shifts. "Who is it?"

One day, Xiao Lin takes off his mask, and everyone around him starts acting strange.

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The wealthy Ji family falls from grace, and their only son, Ji Chijing, plunges into the depths overnight. Left with no choice, he has to "live together" with a homely man hated by everyone, who has his eye on him.

On the first day of "living together," he hears the man confess his love to another man. "Ji Chijing, you are my only light."

Ji Chijing: ???

On the Nth day of "living together," he sees the man sadly wiping away his tears. "I got it wrong. Turns out I'm the bottom. We're just not meant to be, so we can only be sisters."

The cool facade on Ji Chijing's face cracks.

One day, Ji Chijing realizes he's fallen for the man, but the man who claims to have his eye on him turns out to be a straight guy with no heart!

A playful, emotionally clueless straight guy / beloved Best Actor bottom VS a possessive top who can't help falling for him

[Melodramatic, satisfying fun, with a career storyline. Every supporting character falls for the bottom, and there are love rivals. One-on-one.]

Theme: The young master learned to stand on his own and realize his own worth.