After dying at his desk, Qin Wen transmigrated into a wealthy family's danmei novel as the young master.
He was born into the story, too.
He'd escaped the grueling 996 work schedule, become a rich young master, and even had a fiance who was his childhood friend and a perfect match by family background.
Qin Wen thought this was the best.
After twenty years of living in luxury, Qin Wen had no doubt that he was the male lead.
Then, on his twentieth birthday, he died, and came back to life.
The System told him that he had to complete missions to stay alive.
Qin Wen was baffled. "Aren't I the male lead of this book?"
System: "You're just a plot device."
Qin Wen: "What?"
Forced to bind with a supporting-character System, his mission was to keep courting death and helping things along so that his fiance, Yu Shixiu, could find true love with the actual male lead, Xu Yingsheng.
Xu Yingsheng was the Qin family's adopted son and the novel's real beautiful, strong, tragic protagonist bottom.
System: "Host, slap Xu Yingsheng right now."
Qin Wen couldn't bring himself to do it. "I'm a person of both character and integrity. Is it really appropriate to slap someone?"
System: "Host, this is a mission you must complete."
Qin Wen trembled. "What happens if I don't?"
The System waved a tiny hand. "You die immediately."
Smack!
In front of everyone, Qin Wen slapped Xu Yingsheng without hesitation.
Everyone was bewildered. How could the well-behaved young master of the Qin family do something so outrageous?
Qin Wen gave an awkward laugh. "I was swatting a fly."
No one believed him. His friends accused him of bullying Xu Yingsheng, and even his birth parents were unhappy with his change in character.
Only a man named Yu Shixiu took his hand, gently blew on it, and asked, "Does it hurt?"
Qin Wen met those obviously indifferent eyes, and alarm bells rang in his heart.
Could he still complete his missions?
Theme: Keep fighting to stay alive
