After Giving Up, the Pretty Outcast Becomes Everyone's Darling

The story is complete. Please support the official release. Thank you, mwah mwah mwah~ My other book, The Dark, Arrogant Dragon Protagonist Is Trying to Woo Me Again [Book Transmigration], is now available. Updates every night. [Blurb] Cold-hearted, ruthless minister seme x lively, puppy-like young lord uke, 1v1, both virgins Yuan Che accidentally transmigrates into a period fantasy game and becomes a young lord who is constantly friend-zoned. The System tells him that the only way to survive is to reach a happy ending. To stay alive, Yuan Che tries every trick to win over his potential love interests. But they all avoid him like the plague. Whenever he appears, the gentle Crown Prince stops smiling, the upright general shuts his doors to visitors, the aloof State Preceptor turns around and walks away, and the charming prince claims to be too sick to attend court. Even worse, rumors spread throughout the capital that he is a womanizer who flirts with handsome young men everywhere. How could this be? Yuan Che can't figure it out. Not until the System tells him he's in his fifth playthrough. The targets not only remember the first four playthroughs, but have also carried over their negative affinity from all four. Yuan Che, with every debuff stacked against him: "..." Maybe staying alive isn't all that great. * After deciding to lie flat, Yuan Che stops chasing the targets and gets on with enjoying life. While the targets fight for power, he eats delicious food. While the targets scheme against one another, he keeps eating delicious food. While the targets reminisce about the past, he finds a new dining buddy and keeps eating delicious food. Yuan Che: "Hehe, that's delicious~" Everyone in the capital bets that he's playing hard to get. But they wait and wait, and the young lord never returns to his old ways. Instead, the capital's whole world turns upside down. The Crown Prince drops his gentle facade and imprisons him in a secluded mansion, begging him to love him again. The unyielding general quietly turns dark, yearning to be at his beck and call. The haughty prince visits his own residence three times just to see him. Even the most aloof and distant State Preceptor waits seven whole days just to meet him once. Staring at his rapidly rising affinity meter, Yuan Che is dumbfounded. * Pei Huaixu is a scheming, sinister minister feared by all. What doesn't fit his reputation as a smiling snake is his exceptionally handsome and disarmingly charming face. Unfortunately, the innocent young lord who has just returned to the capital can't read people's hearts. Convinced that a person's face reflects their nature, he mistakes a black-hearted fox for a pet cat. Listening to the young lord defend him, Pei Huaixu lowers his eyes, his dark gaze hidden beneath his lashes. He thinks that as long as the boy's eyes stay fixed on him, what's wrong with playing the part of a pet cat? Yuan Che, whose only goal is to eat: "I reflect on myself three times a day! What am I eating today, what am I eating tomorrow, and what am I eating the day after..." Wait, why is his dining buddy looking stranger and stranger? #Help, how do you deal with an eight-hundred-meter-deep misunderstanding on both sides? # #How can I forcefully yet gently help the other person clear up the misunderstanding? Asking online, urgent! # Reader's guide: 1. Cold-hearted, ruthless minister seme x lively, carefree young lord uke, 1v1 2. An alternate dynasty, a doted-on protagonist, sweet and lighthearted. The cover features the young lord. 3. The seme is set. No betting on love interests. Coming next: The Dark, Arrogant Dragon Protagonist Is Trying to Woo Me Again [Book Transmigration] [Blurb for The Dark, Arrogant Dragon Protagonist Is Trying to Woo Me] Sunny, cheerful, fishing-loving master uke x dark, sensitive dragon protagonist seme, 1v1, both virgins Qi Qing wakes up and finds himself inside the revenge story about a dragon protagonist he read the night before. He's become a disposable extra who doesn't survive past three episodes. Just as he's preparing to lie flat and wait for death, he's inexplicably bound to a livestream System. System: Your mission is to become a top streamer in the cultivation world! Qi Qing: ? He's an extra who barely gets two lines in the original story. Where is he supposed to find such an ambitious KPI? For the sake of making a living, Qi Qing clicks "Start Livestream" anyway. He has just named his livestream "A Master-Disciple Age-Gap Romance" when the aloof sword cultivator who was supposed to take the dragon protagonist as his disciple begins an indefinite retreat. The next day, the dragon protagonist is transferred to his shabby little mountain. The little dragon protagonist, barely reaching his waist, looks up at him with a delicate face and a pitiful gaze, hesitating to speak. Qi Qing: ... Oh no, he got the wrong master-disciple age-gap romance protagonist. Can he still change the title? * A new livestream appears in the Upper Realm, titled "Crash Course: One Hundred Days to Ascension." "One hundred days to ascend? This streamer is intense!" "And he's raising someone with a mixed spiritual root? If that kid ascends, I'll eat the stone lions outside my residence." Nobody has faith in the dragon protagonist, and he doesn't disappoint: his methods only get wilder. A rare flame lotus, unseen for ten thousand years, blooms and attracts countless covetous eyes. After fighting until the end, the dragon protagonist plucks the flower, his handsome face spattered with blood, and casually asks Qi Qing, "Master, this little flower is so pretty. Doesn't it look like the one you killed last month?" A reclusive powerhouse comes out of seclusion for a prestigious alchemy competition, supposedly accepting only geniuses. Qi Qing is about to give the dragon protagonist a chance to shine, but the dragon protagonist drags the slacker along and fights his way through the competition, winning first place through sheer skill. His acceptance speech: "First, I'd like to thank my master. Without him, I'd probably have half the pressure." Even the heavenly tribulation that should have killed him is forcibly withstood by the dragon protagonist. The man's bones are shattered and blood runs down his whole body, yet his tone is casual: "Master said I'm favored by the heavens. I tried it out, and personally, I think I'm more like an illegitimate child." Qi Qing had been planning to fake his death and focus on his career: ... A few years later, the livestream is in shambles. Comments: "Where's the kid? Where's my pitiful little baby? Who's this broad-shouldered, fully grown man?" Qi Qing covers his face: "I raised him wrong... Just destroy the world already." * When Yue Ji is sixteen, Qi Qing accidentally enters a secret room. Every wall is covered with portraits of him, depicting a young man with soft, captivating eyes and disheveled clothes. When Yue Ji is seventeen, Qi Qing finds his long-missing old clothes beneath Yue Ji's pillow. The creases have been smoothed out and the torn places mended, as though someone had once inhaled their scent deeply. When Yue Ji turns eighteen, Qi Qing tries to run. That very night, Yue Ji pins him down on the bed. Red candles glow dimly, and a hidden fragrance drifts through the air. The tall man traps him between the bed curtains, smiling sweetly, his eyes dark. "Master, why don't you want the Dao companion you raised yourself?" Blurb archived on 2024.12.25 Theme: Never give up on yourself, no matter what. Keep your heart turned toward the light