Lin Yue transmigrated into a cultivation novel about an irresistible heartthrob, where he was a disposable tool meant to move the protagonist's romance along.
The System responsible for guiding him repeated its instructions over and over:
Don't get emotionally invested. Don't get emotionally invested. Don't get emotionally invested.
Stick to the plot and wait for it all to be over.
But he couldn't help getting emotionally invested.
He poured his whole heart into three people, only to be treated like dirt each time.
The protagonist, a sweet-faced schemer, and the plot left him thoroughly humiliated.
At last, the only friend he had in this world finally couldn't take it anymore and said, "Wait for me. I'll be out of seclusion soon."
The next day, everyone in Tianxia Sect saw that the laughingstock who had been unilaterally jilted, expelled from the inner sect, demoted to menial work, and ostracized by everyone had a handsome young man by his side.
The young man smiled at them. "My partner has been so 'well cared for' by you all. I, Cheng Feiyi, will be sure to repay you properly."
Everyone: ?
Lin Yue: ...?
Later...
Faced with the original novel's delicate, vulnerable protagonist shou, the young man clutched his chest, spat blood, and beat him to it. With three parts confusion, three parts shock, and three parts weakness on his face, he said, "Y-You... How could you be so ruthless..."
The protagonist shou, whose lines had been stolen: ?
Faced with Lin Yue's former betrothed, the young man leaned affectionately against Lin Yue. When the other person was speaking, he suddenly cut in, tugged at Lin Yue's sleeve with a furrowed brow, and said, "Yueyue, my chest hurts..."
As Lin Yue anxiously took his hand to check on him, he shot the ignored person a smug look.
The others were so furious they nearly coughed up blood. They couldn't take it anymore.
The young man pulled Lin Yue aside, who had been standing in front of him, and drew his sword.
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Lin Yue admitted he was foolish and naive.
He knew this was a world inside a book, but when a character treated him kindly, he still couldn't help hoping the plot might change, and giving them his sincere affection.
Unfortunately, no matter how much the plot twisted, when the story reached its turning points, they still fell for the protagonist.
His childhood friend had promised, "When we attain the Dao, we'll be together." In the end, he did attain the Dao, but gave his riches and boundless prospects to someone else.
The person he was betrothed to had said, "Maybe we won't fall in love, but we can still respect and stay by each other's side." Then they fell in love with the protagonist at first sight and made a grand show of pursuing someone else.
Three strikes were enough. Even the slowest, most foolish person should have learned by now.
It hurt too much. He couldn't risk it again.
Luckily, he still had a friend in this world, a minor cultivator with no real connection to the plot who treated him well.
He thought that after the story was over, perhaps...
Then he discovered that his only friend was actually named Cheng Feiyi.
The fourth male lead in the novel, the elusive Sword Lord, was also called Cheng Feiyi.
2021.9.19
Theme: Sincere affection should be met with sincere affection.
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