Behind every happy ending in a revenge romance where the protagonist dumps a scumbag for a new lover, there's an original scumbag partner who gets the short end of the stick, quietly giving his all.
They're usually good-looking and from decent families, but when the true love appears, they can only become stepping stones.
They have to do every horrible thing imaginable to break the love interest's heart and make him give up for good, then go out of their way to create opportunities for him and his true love to fall in love, actively putting the horns on their own heads.
And what's worse, after all that, they have to weep bitterly, regret everything, and beg the love interest to forgive them.
Ji Ning: ...Whoever wants this lousy job can have it. I'm switching careers and becoming everyone's favorite!
Also known as: Quick Transmigration: No More Being the Biggest Sucker
World One: The domineering father in a stepmother romance
World Two: The scumbag in a white-moonlight substitute romance where the love interest changes partners
World Three: The original partner cuckolded in an immortal fantasy romance about a cold, alluring male lead
World Four: The cheating scumbag in a wealthy family's uncle romance
World Five: The elder brother in a sister-in-law romance
World Six: The poor, honest husband in an NTR story
World Seven: The top-grade scumbag ex-husband in a period novel
World Eight: The scumbag scholar who trades his wife for a promising future
Synopsis archived on May 25
Theme: Never yield to a fate that's already been decided.
