The Beta Who Can't Differentiate in an Alpha Boy Band

Li Xingjia has known since childhood that he would become an alpha. So even though he isn't the oldest member of the group, he looks after his teammates in every way.

When they were young, he was the most popular. Fans from other groups affectionately called him Big Brother Li, hoping their own kids would get close to him and be taken care of by him.

But gradually, as his teammates shot up in height, grew into their looks, and became either handsome or devilishly charming, each developing their own appeal to fans,

the Li Xingjia who still looked after everyone faded into the background.

"Big Brother" became "Mom."

"So dreamy" became "such a dad."

"No chemistry as a couple," "not good enough for a top-tier group," "alpha fraud," "a disgrace to the top..."

When every other member presented as an alpha, he became the beta in an alpha supergroup.

Li Xingjia looked at his test results saying he wouldn't present, then at his perfect grades, and promptly submitted his application to leave the group.

Then his teammates, eyes red, tore his application to shreds.

"Big Brother, are you going to leave me behind?"

"Big Brother Li, if you go, I'm quitting too."

"Li Xingjia, I can't sing well without you."

"Xiao Jia, don't listen to those awful people. I can protect you now."

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At first

Li Xingjia held A's hand as they crossed the street, watched the stars with B, taught C to play guitar, and carried D home when he fell asleep.

Later

A held tightly to Li Xingjia's hand as they walked through a flower-lined corridor. B risked his life to climb to the highest peak just to take a picture of a star for him. C sang a song he'd written for him in front of fifty thousand fans. D clung to him like someone with skin hunger and refused to let go once he was picked up.

At first

Fans: A disgrace to the top.

Later

Fans: Wait, why is this kind of cute?

And finally, watching the group's alphas strut around Li Xingjia like peacocks, competing to outshine each other, getting jealous, and even coming to blows (?), the fans finally understood

Ah, so planting melons gets you flowers!

"Our Group's Fans Kept Telling Back to Get Lost, Until Back Was Gone for Good. Then They Found Out That Without Back, the Group Was Gone Too"

A disciplined, earnest, gentle and kind, slightly mischievous beta bottom x an affectionate, extremely possessive, slightly unhinged alpha top

Group name: Petrichor, the scent of the first rain

CP: Zhao Xiaozhi. The top spends ages acting all coy and jealous around the bottom and torturing himself, without realizing he's been chosen as the official love interest. A satisfying story about the second male lead winning! Only one couple with mutual feelings.

Set in the same series as "When the Ugly Duckling Presented as an Omega," but set a little later.

No real-life inspirations

Coming soon: "Waiting to Die on a Survival Show"

Blurb:

"Starry Tomorrow" is a livestreamed survival show that appeared out of nowhere. It upholds the principles of no corporate influence, no rigging, and no malicious editing, promising that the audience will decide everything through votes. It quickly swept across the globe.

Its promise of "absolute fairness" only made its massive audience more fired up. They were determined to send their picks onto bigger stages.

As a result, fans were even more intense and willing to spend big. Even eliminated contestants had fiercely devoted fans.

[Don't worry, our boy! Even if you don't debut, you're already famous! We'll cheer you on, and your career will be just fine!]

Fans watched their idols bid farewell to their friends and leave the island in a heartwarming scene, then posted comments over the black screen: [Today's livestream has ended.]

But nobody knew that the eliminated contestants would never return.

*

Zhong Nuo is an ordinary guy. He only wants to make it through the audition and collect his 100,000 yuan performance fee before getting eliminated in the first round.

The good news: he was eliminated.

The bad news: a big shot drew a revival card, and Zhong Nuo was the lucky contestant he chose to keep.

Just as Zhong Nuo was earnestly telling the big shot there was really no need, a volley of loud bangs rang out across the sea. The eliminated contestants, who had been waving at them just a second ago, fell where they stood, dyeing the sky a deep red.

Everyone was stunned.

*

Zhong Nuo is an amateur with terrible singing and dancing skills. He's plain-looking and laid-back, the most unremarkable contestant on all of "Starry Tomorrow."

Nobody takes him seriously, even though the big shot inexplicably chose him for the revival card.

Everyone is certain he'll be the next contestant to die as cannon fodder.

The next day, while everyone is eating in the dining hall under a heavy, oppressive atmosphere, an astonishingly beautiful young man walks in.

"Who are you?" they ask, full of suspicion.

Also known as "Survival Show 101, Reworked into a Battle Royale"

Coming soon: "Poor Little Flop Idol, But a Fanfic Superstar"

Blurb:

Shu Qingning is a Z-list flop idol, but his group isn't a flop. It just has way too many members.

In a seventeen-member group, the other sixteen pair off neatly, and since he has no ship, people naturally tend to forget he exists.

Unwilling to put up with this, Shu Qingning picks up his keyboard and creates an OC to be his partner.

If he's always ignored in the group, then his OC will have eyes only for him.

He's short, so his OC should complement him with a height of 190 centimeters.

He's good at singing, so naturally his OC should be good at dancing.

He has pale, cool-toned skin, so his OC should have dark skin.

He's quiet and always fades into the background, so his OC should have a spotlight following him wherever he goes.

And then...

"Xiao Yongsheng is incredible! He's so charming! Shu Qingning and him are absolutely perfect together!"

"Ugh, I'm so sorry I never paid attention to poor little Ningning! I'll definitely buy a ticket to your next fan signing!"

"Your writing is amazing! I'm dying for more!"

"That was three minutes ago. We're doomed."

"Author, can we have more? Can you play the game where you pretend you've already finished writing the whole thing for us?!"

After fans ship them with all their hearts, someone finally realizes there's a serious problem

"Who is Xiao Yongsheng? Is there even anyone by that name in our group?"

*

After Shu Qingning somehow makes his ship with his OC a hit, his OC becomes the group's shared OC, featured in everyone's fanworks.

Everyone assumes Shu Qingning and Xiao Yongsheng are a couple, and from now on, the two of them are included in every hotpot meal.

The Xiao-Shu tag gains over ten thousand posts in a month and tops the monthly chart on L Station!

Shu Qingning himself gains a ton of new fans through the ship, and his popularity soars until he becomes a top-tier star.

*

Shu Qingning gets busy, and his popular fan account has to stop updating.

The company announces a new round of auditions to recruit members, and Shu Qingning is one of the judges.

Shu Qingning eagerly awaits the new contestants. Then, to his astonishment, a dazzlingly handsome 190-centimeter-tall, dark-skinned dance specialist walks in.

The moment the newcomer enters, his gaze is drawn to Shu Qingning like a magnet, staring so intensely that Shu Qingning can't sit still.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Xiao Yongsheng," the newcomer introduces himself politely, but his eyes stay fixed on Shu Qingning.

His thin, sheer black shirt is stretched tight across his chest. A few faint red scratches are just visible, and even the mole beneath his collarbone is exactly as Shu Qingning had imagined it in his dreams.

Shu Qingning sees black.

How did his OC walk right out of the book?!

A beautiful, pitiful bottom who's a genius at writing fanfiction x a diamond-grade, super-masculine top, custom-made by the bottom himself to match his OC one-to-one

Theme: A positive attitude and a sunny life