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Pre-release: When the Original Character Enters a Fanfic. Scroll down for the blurb.
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Every old-school rags-to-riches power fantasy has a vicious male antagonist who can't stand the poor-born male lead.
They're usually handsome, well-connected heirs to wealthy families, but for some reason they insist on making life difficult for the male lead, putting him down and framing him at every turn, right up until they bring about their own downfall.
They burn themselves up just to light the male lead's way.
Unfortunately for Jiang Qingzhou, he transmigrated into one of these rags-to-riches power fantasies. And he didn't become the male lead or the male antagonist. He became one of the lackeys trailing behind Huo Jinyu, the male antagonist...
Jiang Qingzhou: Cherish your life. Stay away from the male antagonist.
On the second day of university, the campus goddess and heroine, Song Yan, praised the male lead for being diligent in his studies.
Male antagonist: "That penniless nobody thinks he deserves Yan Yan's praise? Xiao Jiang, go teach him a lesson."
Jiang Qingzhou: "I have a part-time job. I need to save up for a down payment."
Male antagonist: "I said go, so go! What part-time job? If you need a house, I'll give you one tomorrow."
Jiang Qingzhou: "Sure thing, Huo. Leave it to me."
Hesitating for even a second would be disrespectful to the house.
Later, during summer break, the male lead went to intern at a company. As luck would have it, it was the heroine's company.
The male antagonist used his connections to get into the same company and brought Jiang Qingzhou along with him.
One day, the male antagonist saw the heroine bring the male lead a lunchbox she'd made herself.
Male antagonist: "Is Yan Yan blind? Why is she cooking for that penniless nobody? Xiao Jiang, throw away that lunchbox. It makes me sick just looking at it."
Jiang Qingzhou: "If someone catches me stealing, it'll go on my record and make it hard to find a job after graduation."
Male antagonist: "Why would you need to find a job? After graduation, just come work at my company. I'll get you the easiest job there, with a monthly salary of a hundred thousand. Now! Right now! Get that lunchbox off the face of the earth!"
Jiang Qingzhou: "..."
Later still, before he had even graduated, Jiang Qingzhou looked at the three houses and several luxury cars already in his name, along with all the designer clothes and watches he could ever want.
What kind of male antagonist is this? Since when are male antagonists like this? He's a god of wealth, my ancestor!
Male antagonist: "Who said you could call me your ancestor? Call me hubby."
Jiang Qingzhou: "Hubby, you're the best!"
A few things to know before reading:
* The cover was made by Bihui Gugu.
* I changed the title. My editor said 'vicious' sounded too harsh, so I changed it to 'antagonist.' I'm still the same old me!
* In the blurb, "teach him a lesson" and "steal" are just figures of speech. Jiang Jiang doesn't bully anyone or steal anything.
* A sweet, feel-good, everyday-life story. You can read it without thinking too hard, because if you do, you'll find nothing but lotus roots below, full of holes and letting in a draft.
Pre-release: When the Original Character Enters a Fanfic
Everyone knows there are two top-tier stars in the entertainment industry who refuse to share the spotlight.
Duan Zhangyi and Li Xiao.
Both reached the top as soon as they debuted, and are undisputed top-tier stars in the entertainment industry.
Their fans take after their idols. The two sides are like needles pointed at each other, never yielding, and every time they clash, it turns into a bloody flame war.
That is, until an uploader with the ID "DuanLi Locked Together Forever" edited a fan-made pairing video of the two. When it came out, fans on both sides were dumbfounded, denouncing it as some kind of heretical ship before turning around and cursing the uploader to kingdom come.
But the uploader was just as formidable. Every time the fans insulted them, they released another fan edit of Duan Zhangyi and Li Xiao. They even recklessly paired up characters the two had played since their debuts, mixing characters from different dramas.
After a long-running war of words with the uploader, the fans suddenly realized one day that this heretical ship was getting more and more irresistible, and they were getting more and more obsessed.
So fan videos of Duan Zhangyi and Li Xiao sprang up like bamboo shoots after the rain, one after another. Just as fans were shipping them like crazy, the stars themselves found out.
After watching the videos, Duan Zhangyi carefully picked one and happily reposted it, cheekily tagging Li Xiao: "Let me hear you call me big bro."
Li Xiao smashed his phone in a rage and stormed out to settle the score with Duan Zhangyi. He cornered him on the lawn outside his villa, and their verbal sparring escalated into an all-out brawl. In the middle of it, an accident happened: they both fell into the swimming pool.
That fall sent them straight into one of the fan videos their fans had edited.
A one-night stand in bed from the start.
Three months later, Li Xiao saw the positive pregnancy test in his hands.
Li Xiao: "Where's my knife? Where's my knife?"
Duan Zhangyi: "...Wait! Let me make excuses first."
Ah... I mean, explain.
Purpose: Even ordinary people have their own moments to shine
I still want Dao Yezi, if he wasn't a scumbag and didn't hang around those women, little Huo Zhouzhou and the others wouldn't have died in his previous life [angry]
There are so few extras. If you don't watch enough, they will be gone.
I would like to ask in a low voice, when is the pre-collection at the end of the movie going to start? It's a good way to poke me, I want to see [Let me be healthy]
Finished spreading flowers! ! !
What a joke, the extra episode really made me laugh to death [Like]
Wow wow wow, it looks good. Is it gone now? Give me a thumbs up [spread flowers]
I'm still angry after quitting! ! ! Madam, please return my silly little sweet essay!!! Ahhhh! Did you feel bad after watching the extra episode? The more you think about it, the angrier you become.
Although he still wanted to cut off the leaves, Zhouzhou was very happy and finished scattering flowers??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Ahhhhhhhhhh it looks so good, I can't bear to finish it and read it later!
I still want Dao Yezi, if he wasn't a scumbag and didn't hang around those women, little Huo Zhouzhou and the others wouldn't have died in his previous life [angry]
There are so few extras. If you don't watch enough, they will be gone.
I would like to ask in a low voice, when is the pre-collection at the end of the movie going to start? It's a good way to poke me, I want to see [Let me be healthy]
Finished spreading flowers! ! !
What a joke, the extra episode really made me laugh to death [Like]
Wow wow wow, it looks good. Is it gone now? Give me a thumbs up [spread flowers]
I'm still angry after quitting! ! ! Madam, please return my silly little sweet essay!!! Ahhhh! Did you feel bad after watching the extra episode? The more you think about it, the angrier you become.
Although he still wanted to cut off the leaves, Zhouzhou was very happy and finished scattering flowers??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Ahhhhhhhhhh it looks so good, I can't bear to finish it and read it later!
Hey, hey, I can't get enough of the extras.