When a Beloved Heartthrob Becomes a Cannon-Fodder Character in a Harem Drama

Wen Sixu is a heartthrob with maxed-out flirting skills.

However, he's naturally cold and detached, and has never understood what love is. He's a pure white lotus, meant to be admired from afar and never touched.

One day, Wen Sixu was shoved into a dog-blood danmei novel full of romantic rivals, where he became one of the sixteen substitutes kept in the harem of the first male lead.

A textbook cannon-fodder character doomed to bring about his own downfall.

The good news: The original character has the exact same stunning face as him, so all he has to do is avoid making trouble and quietly steer clear of the romantic battlefield between the main characters to survive with ease.

The bad news: Wen Sixu doesn't know it's a danmei novel about a heartthrob caught in a romantic battlefield. The version he read was censored, and he simply thinks it's a story about a strong but tragic male lead, with the heartthrob protagonist Cen Yuan following the classic power-fantasy hero's script.

So, eager to achieve his dream of lying flat as soon as possible, he follows the protagonist around, enthusiastically beating up villains, completely unaware that the villains he's beating up are actually the first, second, and third male leads in a heartthrob romantic-rival novel.

Then one day, Wen Sixu discovers in horror that none of the villains he's beaten up... seem to be straight.

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As a cannon-fodder character, Wen Sixu helps the protagonist rise to power.

With time on his hands, he leads the dozen or so substitutes kept in villain number one's villa and forms a boy band. Somehow, they instantly go viral online and take the entertainment industry by storm.

On a variety show, he casually puts arrogant, brooding second male lead number two in his place, even slapping him on camera. Yet even the second male lead's fans all say it was their idol's fault.

Later, Wen Sixu drops the act, takes up his vicious cannon-fodder persona again, and tries his hardest to get himself killed.

But... he earns a new title: "The entertainment industry's top Omega." Everyone is determined to provoke him, get cuddly with him, and then kneel to apologize.

Wen Sixu: "..."

If he'd known, he wouldn't have ruined his aloof, untouchable persona.

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To have Wen Sixu all to himself, Cen Yuan, whom Wen Sixu raised like a little cub at his side, rises to prominence seven years early and becomes a business magnate at just twenty.

But the cool, handsome business magnate in everyone's eyes loves acting like an innocent, socially anxious puppy in front of Wen Sixu.

He habitually licks the corner of Wen Sixu's eye and takes his finger into his mouth. When Wen Sixu gives him a cold glare, Cen Yuan looks innocent. "Big Brother, I'm the only straight man."

Then one time, Wen Sixu gets drunk. Unable to keep up the act any longer, Cen Yuan loses control and climbs into Wen Sixu's bed. After bullying the usually cool and detached man until he cries, he carefully licks away the tears at the corner of his eyes.

"Big Brother, I've wanted you since I was eighteen. I'm younger and better than all of them. You can only choose me."

Wen Sixu: "..."

There are no straight men in this world.

Handsome business magnate / innocent, socially anxious puppy gong x cool, gentle, naturally irresistible movie star shou

Reader's guide:

1. Everyone is unhinged.

2. The protagonist is a heartthrob.

3. The official gong is Cen Yuan, the heartthrob protagonist of the original novel.

Upcoming books: "Stealing My Childhood Friend's Beautiful Wife" / "Fake Childhood Friends Are Part of the Play"

Lu Qiao has always known that his unlucky childhood friend Shen Chuan has a beautiful wife.

His beautiful wife's name is Mu Xingchuan. He graduated from the music department at the prestigious H University, has a successful career, and is gentle and sensible at home.

Knowing what a scumbag Shen Chuan is, Lu Qiao always wondered while studying abroad how such a wonderful beauty could be blind enough to fall for Shen Chuan.

Then, on the night he returned from his studies abroad, Lu Qiao met Mu Xingchuan for the first time.

The wind howled. Shen Chuan and a boy were tied up on the rooftop, shivering and teetering on the edge.

The "gentle househusband" Shen Chuan talked about wore a black bespoke suit, had a cigarette in his mouth, and stood on the rooftop looking cold and indifferent as he toyed with the toe of his leather shoe on Shen Chuan's head.

Shen Chuan, who'd bullied Lu Qiao since they were kids, was crying like an idiot. He'd just managed to shout, "Wife!"

Lu Qiao watched Mu Xingchuan take out a knife, give a cold laugh, toss away his cigarette, and silently start cutting the rope binding Shen Chuan.

Lu Qiao, who'd been watching for a while: "..."

Truly a gentle beauty.

To keep Shen Chuan from losing his life, Lu Qiao cleared his throat and said three things to Mu Xingchuan:

"Beautiful big brother, don't be afraid."

"Shen Chuan and I are brothers, but only on the surface."

"I'm way better than Shen Chuan. I... I'm still a virgin. Why don't you divorce Shen Chuan and marry me?"

Under the beauty's icy gaze, Lu Qiao forced himself to call out, "Wife?"

In that instant, the unhinged beauty tossed aside the knife and nodded at Lu Qiao with gentle shyness. "Mm."

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When Mu Xingchuan was three, an adorable, soft-spoken little brother moved in next door and spent all day following him around like a little shadow.

When he was seven, the Mu family fell on hard times, and Mu Xingchuan was forced to move away. After that, he never heard from his crybaby little brother again.

At twelve, Mu Xingchuan took the red-envelope money he'd saved up, hoping to secretly catch a glimpse of his childhood friend. Instead, he found that the little boy already had a new childhood friend.

Mu Xingchuan went mad with jealousy, then crossed half the city and worked hard to get into the high school Lu Qiao attended.

Finally, on a spring evening, Mu Xingchuan used his good looks to successfully tempt Lu Qiao into stealing a kiss from him.

But the next day, he heard that Lu Qiao was going abroad.

From then on, the gentle older boy next door, forgotten by Lu Qiao, became an unhinged lover determined to steal him away during all the years Lu Qiao couldn't see.

Gentle househusband / unhinged, dramatic beauty celebrity gong x cute, crybaby, lustful, lazy professor shou

Reader's guide:

1. Lu Qiao is the shou; Mu Xingchuan is the gong.

2. Both gong and shou are sexually inexperienced.

Theme: Learn to love and respect.