After the Real Young Master Mistook the Villain, He Won by Doing Nothing [Reborn]

1. Only after Lin Ji dies does he learn that he is the real young master who was switched at birth in a novel about a fake young master doted on by everyone. He's destined to be the real young master's miserable foil, meeting a tragic and ridiculous end.

Halfway through reading the novel, Lin Ji is so furious that he comes back to life.

After being reborn, Lin Ji decides he's done. Whoever wants to be the hapless sucker can take the job.

#If I lie flat perfectly enough, even the plot can't do anything to me#

#On whether slacking off can help me escape the fate of a sacrificial extra#

To stay alive, Lin Ji decides to take out some extra insurance.

The second young master of the Chu family is upright and loyal, one of the few supporting characters in the book who doesn't fall under the protagonist's halo.

That night, Lin Ji orders the supposedly 99%-positive-rated book recommended online, How to Socialize with People for STEM Students. He's confident he can become such a good friend to Young Master Chu that they'd share a pair of pants.

"Do you know the half-life of C-14? It's not even a thousandth of the time I've spent waiting for you in the depths of my heart."

"?"

"Do you know how hard a diamond is? Even it can't compare to the strength of my resolve and patience when it comes to you."

"^V^"

Later, rubbing his aching waist, Lin Ji grits his teeth and burns that stupid book.

2. Lin Ji has always thought his boyfriend is gentle, considerate, and good at everything. But he keeps running into the protagonist and his admirers, and it makes Lin Ji worry.

After running into the protagonist's group again, Lin Ji fears his kind, harmless boyfriend will become another casualty of the protagonist's halo. He finally slams the table in fury. "Just because you're the protagonist, does that mean you can bully people whenever you want?"

Chu Yu, the biggest villain of all, smiles gently. "Xiao Ji is right about everything."

The people repeatedly pummeled by this couple of men: "Say that again. Who's bullying whom!?"

On the surface: a weak, pitiful, helpless bottom (in the top's eyes) x a gentle, harmless, good-natured top (in the bottom's eyes)

In reality: a usually lazy bottom whom nobody can stop once he gets angry x a top who's two-faced and no good

They both have an eight-hundred-meter-thick filter when it comes to each other.

P.S. All the quotes and cheesy pickup lines in this novel came from Baidu searches!

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My Dead Childhood Friend Came Back

Jiang Shi has the unluckiest day of his life: someone steals his thesis, takes the spot he earned for graduate school, he finds out he isn't his parents' biological child, and then he's kicked out of the house.

The excellent young master Jiang becomes a gutter rat everyone despises. Just when Jiang Shi thinks things couldn't get worse, he receives the news that his childhood friend Yan Fei has died.

Yan Fei is Jiang Shi's best friend, the only person who has always stood firmly by his side, and his last source of light and salvation.

In a daze, he returns from Yan Fei's funeral and opens the door, only to smell the familiar aroma of a home-cooked meal.

Yan Fei walks out of the kitchen wearing an apron. In the warm yellow light, his expression is as gentle as ever. "A Shi, come eat dinner."

How could a dead person cook for him? Still, Jiang Shi smiles and says, "Welcome home."

After the supernatural resurges, almost nowhere is safe. There is only one residential compound known as an absolute safe zone, because it is occupied by the strongest mutant alive.

Someone who breaks in tells Jiang Shi in horror that the person beside him is a monster through and through. Others demand that Jiang Shi cooperate with them and kill the monster.

But Jiang Shi refuses without hesitation.

Watching Yan Fei nervously and guiltily hide the black tentacles stretching out from his shadow, Jiang Shi simply smiles and rises on tiptoe to kiss him.

I know he's a monster. I know what he's really like. But I believe in him, just as he once believed in me without hesitation.

Why Does the Protagonist Always Stick to Me?

1. After the genius composer Shen Ye dies unexpectedly, he transmigrates into a dating-reality-show novel where readers bet on the love interests, becoming a vicious sacrificial character who frames the protagonist bottom.

What should you do after becoming a sacrificial character? Work hard to get on the protagonist's good side and stay alive?

Lazy Shen Ye thinks that's too much trouble. He died a virgin in his previous life, so this time he decides to find a gorgeous beauty with a great figure and leave the single life behind. For example, that stunning man drinking over there looks pretty good.

Shen Ye goes over to hit on him. "Hey, handsome, this drink's on me. Can I get your number?"

The beauty rests his chin on his hand. "Sure. Want to get a room, too?"

After half a second's thought, Shen Ye, overcome by lust, agrees.

Afterward, just as he's wondering whether he should take responsibility, he learns that the beauty is one of the most popular love-interest candidates in the book!

Who knew the protagonist went clubbing too? Where's his morality? His dignity? His integrity? And where can I get his contact info... Ahem.

Shen Ye immediately runs away!

2. The next day, Shen Ye sees Bai Jing again in his manager's office.

Bai Jing sits on the sofa, smiling at him, though his tone is full of reproach. "Tell me, did you use me and then dump me?"

Shen Ye: Oh no. I'm done for.

The manager arranges for the two of them to appear on a show together. Shen Ye wants to avoid the protagonist's group, but Bai Jing just loves sticking to him.

He clings to Shen Ye at lunch to feed him, pulls him onto his team during games, insists they share a room when they're choosing rooms, and even follows him into the bathroom...

Shen Ye braces himself against the door, determined to protect his chastity to the death.

The fans are so dazzled by their public displays of affection that they can barely take it:

[Just kiss already, you're so close! Bai Jing, pull yourself together!]

[Ahhh, the aloof beauty and his sweet, proud little kitten. Wishing them a happy life together!]

Victim Shen Ye is close to tears. "What aloof beauty? He's just a sleazy pervert with sex on the brain!"

The Beloved Young Master Refuses to Play the Substitute

1. As the young master of the Qiao family, Qiao Qiao has been pampered since childhood, and everything has always gone his way.

Then he dreams that he's a stand-in for a novel's unrequited love, and his boyfriend, who claimed to fall in love with him at first sight, is the novel's scummy top.

The scummy man can't have his unrequited love, so he settles for Qiao Qiao, who looks a little like him, and makes him a substitute.

After they get together, the scummy man not only emotionally manipulates Qiao Qiao, but also conspires with the Qiao family's business rivals, bringing the Qiao family to ruin.

After waking up and remembering how the scummy man made the Qiao Qiao in the novel insecure and fragile, Young Master Qiao is furious. He's never been treated so unfairly in his life!

Faced with the scummy man's false affection, Qiao Qiao smiles brightly and then...

Kicks him flying, blocks him everywhere, and turns him into an ex on the spot.

The scummy man refuses to give up and tries to pressure Qiao Qiao through his family, hoping to make him obediently return and be his well-behaved little pet.

The cold, domineering CEO, Big Brother Qiao, sneers. "Hmph. What kind of cat or dog dares to bother my little brother?"

The drama queen actress, Big Sister Qiao, sobs. "Qiao Qiao is so sweet and adorable. How could he possibly hit anyone?"

Qiao's fiercely protective parents say earnestly, "Qiao Qiao is always right. You should think about what you did wrong."

Scummy man: I've got something to say, but I don't know if I should...

2. They say the unrequited love is a gentle, delicate beauty, which is why the scummy man went after Qiao Qiao, who has such an obedient-looking face.

Qiao Qiao scoffs at this. The scummy man is sick, and he won't hear otherwise.

It isn't until Qiao Qiao meets the unrequited love in person that he realizes the scummy man isn't just sick, he's blind too.

Under the dazzling lights, the unrequited love looks at him over a champagne glass, tilts his head with a smile, and softly asks, "Would you dance?"

He's obviously a fox spirit. The scummy man must be blind to mistake him for a delicate little flower.

Theme: A life of hard work is a life worth living