The Cannon Fodder Second Male Lead Takes the Lead

Please support my upcoming novel, There's Someone Upstairs. The blurb is below~

The entrance to the Municipal Public Security Bureau was always a sight at quitting time. Either a gorgeous, long-legged local beauty would be waiting there, or some stunning young model. Everyone knew Team Leader Yu, the bureau's one and only flower, was a real ladies' man. But seriously, changing girlfriends every single day was taking it too far!

But one day, the parade of beauties stopped coming by. Yu, who usually loved to flirt and joke around, was either sitting in his office, chewing on a pen and gazing blankly up at the ceiling, or on his way to do just that.

The junior officers whispered among themselves. "What's wrong with Team Leader Yu?"

"Could it be... his kidneys are shot?"

"Are you kidding? During the recent weighted cross-country run, he broke his own record and came in first."

"He met his true love!"

"Holy crap, that might actually be it!"

"..."

They were right. He had met his true love. But, in a plot straight out of a melodrama, his true love was his unlucky nephew's boyfriend. Going after his nephew's partner... wasn't that just a little beastly?

Yu Sheng lay miserably sprawled over his chair. That cool, exquisite face kept flashing through his mind, and his heart felt like a little cat was scratching at it, both aching and itching.

That day, he was ordered to return to the family home for dinner. As luck would have it, the moment he arrived, a torrential downpour began. The first person he saw when he walked in was his unlucky nephew. They were about the same age, really. Yu Sheng just happened to rank higher in the family.

Yu Sheng gave his unlucky nephew a resentful once-over.

There wasn't a single thing about this guy that could compare to him!

Then his unlucky nephew got a phone call, hurriedly answered it, and rushed out looking tense.

Curious, Yu Sheng grabbed an umbrella and followed at a leisurely pace.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw a man standing in the rain, dressed in a pilot's uniform. Long legs, a slim waist, and a pale, exquisite face streaked with rivulets of water. The hand holding Yu Sheng's umbrella trembled.

"Can you go back first? I'll explain everything." His unlucky nephew reached for the man's hand. Years as a criminal investigator had given Yu Sheng sharp hearing, so Yu Xiaobei heard every word of their conversation.

The man smiled and pulled several intimate photos from his coat. "How many has this been? Forget it."

"Wenwen..."

The man tossed the photos onto his unlucky nephew and turned to leave, his eyes rimmed with red.

Yu Sheng froze for a moment, suppressed his overwhelming delight, then splashed through the puddles toward him.

I don't give a damn, I want to be a beast!

Gorgeous, here I come!

But he didn't notice the malice hidden in those reddened eyes.

His unlucky nephew was still grieving when he watched his uncle rush off, excited as a duck in the water, umbrella in hand and barely sparing him a glance, heading straight for his boyfriend.

Unlucky nephew: "..." Something seemed a little off.

Then, one day, the man came over on his own. As if he had expected it, the unlucky nephew went to hug him. "Can you forgive me one more time? Just this once."

Right then, Yu Sheng came strutting out from behind the man, swishing his peacock tail. He smacked his unlucky nephew on the back of the head and raised an eyebrow. "Show some respect. That's your aunt-by-marriage."

Unlucky nephew: "..." Something seemed off again.

But much later, Yu Sheng was locked up and tormented until he was half-dead. He regretted to his very bones ever getting involved with such a psycho!

Cool, refined, beautiful, and utterly unhinged pilot top (a jerk at first, then devoted to his wife) x a flamboyant peacock bottom who thinks he's the top

Reader's guide: 1. Not a clean romance. If you insist on everyone being faithful, don't read this!!!!!!!

2. It might count as a sweet story.

3. A groveling redemption arc.

A cute little divider line

There's Someone Upstairs

Younger man + partly raised by the older one

Lu Yi had been studying fortune-telling and divination since he was a child. And, believe it or not, he was often uncannily accurate. Whenever someone in the village wanted to break ground or get married, they relied on Lu Yi's fingers and his gift of gab, which could talk the dead back to life.

But although he was a con artist, he also dreamed of becoming a star. After fiddling with his fingers and tossing a little tortoiseshell divination tool, he predicted that this year he'd meet a benefactor who would make his career shine. So he packed up and headed to the capital, bound for the Beijing Film Academy, where he proudly became... an extra.

Just as the young drifter was running out of food, things got even worse. He picked up another mouth to feed from a garbage heap.

Lu Yi looked at the filthy little boy shivering inside a huge sack and said mysteriously, "I can tell we're destined to share a bond. Come with me from now on."

Outside an orphanage.

Lu Yi: "Ma'am, I found a kid. If I hand him over to you, do I get a reward?"

The woman: "Where'd this idiot come from...?"

Lu Yi shook his head and looked at the filthy boy. "Looks like our destined bond is going to last a little longer. From now on, you'll take my surname and be called Lu Xiaogou."

The filthy boy: "..."

Ten years passed. Lu Yi finally got a chance, through a stroke of luck, to attend a star-studded awards ceremony as an unknown supporting actor. When the host announced the night's highly anticipated presenter, the CEO of Xingyao Media, Lu Yi was standing beside the security guards, but he still recognized the man onstage, surrounded by spotlights, at a glance. Immaculately dressed, a brilliant young man, and so handsome he nearly blinded Lu Yi.

"Holy crap! Lu Xiaogou!"

"What the hell, that's my son!!!"

The security guard beside him quietly pressed his radio. "Send over a few people. Some idiot's gotten into the venue."

Shameless, roguish, fortune-telling con-artist bottom x buttoned-up, sharp-tongued, cool, and clueless top

Bonus scene:

Lu Yi, looking every bit the gentleman, grinned at the man across from him, who sat on the sofa with his long legs crossed and a wineglass in hand. "Good boy, you have to hear me out. I didn't abandon you on purpose back then. There were extenuating circumstances."

"Who signed Lu Yi?" The man picked up the phone and made a call without looking at him.

"I knew you'd remember how I raised you. No need to call and ask, I'll tell you who it was..."

"Fire him immediately. And put Lu Yi on ice."

Lu Yi: "..."

Damn, what an ungrateful little brat!!!

Then, one dark and stormy night, the door to Lu Yi's cramped rental room was kicked open. The man, reeking of alcohol, clung to him and cried like a pitiful stray puppy. "Why don't you want me anymore...?"

Lu Yi: "..."

Reader's guide: 1. The divination in this story is entirely made up by the author.

2. Umm... Lu Yi is really not a good person.

3. Everything about the entertainment industry is made up by the author too. Enjoy the story~

Theme: Dreams are worth chasing precisely because they are just beyond our reach