The Demon Venerable Helian Mo died, only to wake up in another world.
A storybook called The Favorite appeared in his mind. It told of the tangled love and hate between its male lead, Wen Chuyan, and female lead, Fang Muxue.
By a strange coincidence, the body sharing his soul was named Wen Chuyan, a hugely popular celebrity.
Even stranger, this Wen Chuyan was the chief disciple of the sect leader of the Wanzong Sect, his enemy in his previous life.
And most absurdly of all, that so-called previous life had also been a storybook. In it, Helian Mo was a cannon-fodder character who died almost immediately.
The main villain in his previous life was his young attendant. After inheriting Helian Mo's demonic arts, the attendant became a great Demon Lord and diligently set about driving a wedge between the male and female leads. In the end, the male lead killed him, and his corpse was left to rot in the wilderness.
In this life, the main villain was still him. But this time, the young attendant had a full name: Ye Qibai. He was a rich, domineering CEO, and his original goal remained unchanged. He diligently sabotaged the relationship between the male and female leads, only to be ruined and die in a car crash.
Helian Mo was sick of the lovey-dovey love and hate between the leads. To borrow a modern phrase he'd just learned: Single nobles refuse to eat dog food.
For the sake of the master-servant bond he had shared with the villain in his previous life, Helian Mo decided to help him break up the leads and survive his deadly ordeal.
But maybe he was imagining things. Why did the villain look at him more and more strangely? Could it be that the person he actually liked was... the male lead, Wen Chuyan?
His taste was truly terrible!
Bonus scene:
At some point, Wen Chuyan suddenly started finding the detestable cripple, Young Master Ye, downright terrifying. The man was hitting him on the head with his cane!
Wen Chuyan: You! What are you trying to do?
Ye Qibai frowned at the cane in his hand, wondering whether to hit him again.
Wen Chuyan: Don't! I'm about to pass out!
Ye Qibai said fiercely: Hurry up and pass out, and I won't hit you!
Wen Chuyan: ???
Helian Mo realized that lately, the way he woke up had been rather strange, and the places were all wrong, too.
When he woke again and opened his eyes, sure enough, he was in Ye Qibai's arms.
Helian Mo: Why am I in your arms again?
Ye Qibai's cheeks turned faintly red. He nervously pinched the hem of his clothes and said softly: You... You saw me and passed out.
Helian Mo: Then why does the back of my head keep hurting?
Ye Qibai hid the cane behind his back, looking completely innocent. You hit the ground when you passed out. If it hurts, I can rub it for you.
Reading guide:
1. One-on-one, gong protagonist.
2. A domineering, cold, scheming yet pure-hearted gong and a loyal, obsessive, mad, pretends-to-be-pitiful shou.
3. A book within a book. Both the previous and current lives are novels: Demon Venerable and young attendant in the previous life, popular celebrity and CEO in this life.
4. The shou's weapon in his previous life was a bamboo staff, so he habitually carries a cane. He's not actually crippled.
5. A fluffy, brainless story with no logic. Feel free not to read it, but please don't be mean.
Theme: Love life!