After the Rich Family's Fall Guy Mistakes the Protagonist

* Complete. A sweet story with no angst, come on in! * Updates at noon. * Check out my completed sweet romance, The Heiress Wants to Clock Out, and follow my upcoming stories: After Slacking Off, I Was Captured by an Awakened Male Supporting Character and My Monster Boyfriend. Please add them to your reading list! Blurb Also known as: So This Isn’t a Rich CEO and Cinderella Story! Clever, pampered little slacker x scheming doting powerhouse “You’re a minor character in a wealthy family, a blockhead who helps the villainess bully the heroine. Once the heroine marries the domineering CEO, your whole family will be exiled abroad to work in the mines. Your fate will be truly miserable.” The bound System for Side Character Comebacks was full of enthusiasm: “So charge ahead! Change your fate and start a life of inspiration!” But Song Zhilin lay there in perfect peace. She’d spent her last life working herself to the bone. She was tired. So she gave up on the spot, moved away from the protagonists’ battlefield, and settled in the remote old Song family home. Every day, she ate, slept, and spent money, ignoring everything the System said. There was just one strange man in the old house. He was plagued by injuries and illness, and his mind was in turmoil. When nightmares woke him, he turned into a violent, bloodthirsty demon bent on revenge. Only she dared to ignore his hideous scars and approach him without fear. She picked up the cane he had broken, bandaged his open wounds, and, unafraid of his sinister glare, slipped a bright red strawberry between his cracked lips. Later, the strange man disappeared, and the male and female leads were getting married. She decided to take her little stash and run, finding somewhere else to laze around. But before she could board her flight, someone intercepted her at the airport. The man blocking her way was familiar yet strange. Handsome and sharp-featured, his once-ailing legs were fully healed. He scooped her up and stuffed her into the car in one smooth motion. In the cramped car, Chu Chi held her slender waist, his dark eyes edged with menace, but his lips curved into a tender smile. “Why are you trying to go somewhere on your own without waiting for me to come back?” Song Zhilin couldn’t take it anymore. “Who is this guy?!” The System glitched, then froze in terror. “Sorry, I got the wrong book! This isn’t a rich-family romance. It’s a world where the one true male lead, Chu Chi, gets abused and tormented again and again before making a comeback and taking revenge.” “Max-level Chu Chi is cold, ruthless, and heartless. As the ‘greatest contributor’ to his family’s destruction, his physical and emotional suffering, and the years of deception, the Song family will be the first to be wiped out!” “You think this is the end? It’s only the beginning.” “Run! Now! Don’t! Look! Back!” Song Zhilin: “...” Thanks. I’ll kill you :). // Chu Chi would never forget who had lit a ray of light in the darkness of those bleak days, when everyone had turned against him and he was covered in wounds, with no path forward. He was a vicious dog who had escaped from hell, yet he willingly placed his collar in her hands. // Cover art by Bichui Meigu // The male lead is a domineering, overpowered type, so this is essentially a brainless, melodramatic wish-fulfillment story, just for fun. // 60% anti-piracy protection, 72-hour delay. Theme: Only after the storm can you see the most beautiful sun. Never give up hope before dawn.