100-Day Countdown to Bankruptcy [Book Transmigration]

Everyone knows that every melodramatic romance novel has an idiot cannon-fodder character whose job is to make the protagonist look impressive. Unfortunately, Sha Tang was unlucky enough to become exactly that sort of character. To finish his task and get out as quickly as possible, he eagerly showed up in every scene designed to anger the male lead. After a series of reckless stunts, he made a happy exit. After he completed two plot points perfectly, the System issued a notification. [Ding-dong! You have successfully earned the male lead's disgust and officially entered the plotline: "Cannon fodder must suffer." ] [Ding-dong! Your family's business will go bankrupt in 100 days. You will be reduced to wearing beggar's robes in 120 days.] Sha Tang: ??? Sha Tang: A polite question: what does "reduced to wearing beggar's robes" mean? System: Simply put, you'll be begging. Sha Tang: !!! What kind of human tragedy is this? Nobody told him about this before! Sha Tang, humbly hopeful: If I cling to the male lead now, do you think it's still in time? System: You can try, but you still have to follow the plot. Sha Tang: :) And so Sha Tang embarked on a split-personality journey: he followed the plot and provoked the male lead, then immediately changed his tune and sucked up to him afterward, working hard to raise his precariously low affection level. He successfully caught the attention of the male lead, Xiao Jingyi. Xiao Jingyi: Where did this lunatic come from? He had to follow the plot and raise the affection level, but he couldn't neglect his side hustle either. What if he could rebuild after bankruptcy? And if all else failed... he could be a down-to-earth spendthrift, blowing through every last bit of the family fortune that would one day belong to the male lead! His motto: If you can't save the day, then just give up and enjoy one last wild party before everything falls apart! So Sha Tang got even busier. Every day he followed the plot, pretended to have amnesia, shamelessly clung to the male lead, and livestreamed himself being a source of amusement. His life was wonderfully full. * Xiao Jingyi had mild skin hunger, but he disliked touching other people. It wasn't that he couldn't stand it; he simply didn't like it. He had never imagined that he would enjoy one person's touch so much. Just brushing their fingers was enough to make an uncontrollable urge rise in his heart to pull them into his arms and hold them close. But restraint was in Xiao Jingyi's bones. He told himself that this little temptation couldn't sway him, especially since this person was sick. Xiao Jingyi chose to keep his distance. What gave him an unbearable headache, though, was that the other person kept challenging his boundaries again and again. Would he have to teach him a lesson before he'd remember not to provoke him? Some time later Xiao Jingyi: I'm sorry, darling. Let me hold you. * The Sha couple discovered that their son had someone he liked! Not only was the object of his affection a man, but he was also quietly nursing an unrequited crush. When they heard that the object of their son's crush, the Xiao family's eldest son Xiao Jingyi, was going to appear on a dating reality show, the Sha couple grew frantic. They immediately called the production team and signed up. Sha Tang had been tricked by his parents into joining a travel show. As soon as he arrived, he was asked to name his pick based on the contestants' profiles. Hearing the word "pick," Sha Tang, accustomed to performing cannon-fodder tasks, answered without even looking closely at the profiles. "Xiao Jingyi." He failed to notice two things: 1. Xiao Jingyi wasn't even on this "travel" show. 2. At that very moment, he had bravely come out in front of millions of viewers. Reading Guide: 1. An outwardly abstinent and cold, but clingy and secretly flirtatious, gong, and a mildly socially anxious, somewhat goofy, foolish beauty shou. 2. One-on-one romance, primarily from the shou's perspective. A simple, sweet little story focused on romance. 3. No logic, lots of melodrama. Please don't take it too seriously. 4. You don't have to read it, but please don't be hurtful. Let's keep things friendly and harmonious. 5. Please add it to your pre-order list and favorites! Theme: Love life!