After the Cannon Fodder in a Beloved-by-All Novel Joined a Dating Show With the Movie Emperor

Jiang Lai transmigrates into a book, a story about a universally adored sweetheart. In the novel, the protagonist is doted on by his adoptive parents and childhood friend as he grows up. Later, his biological parents, who are fabulously wealthy, find him too, and everyone around him loves and spoils him. But Jiang Lai has transmigrated into the role of a minor villain. In the original story, he relentlessly targets the protagonist and ultimately dies a tragic death by jumping from a building. When Jiang Lai transmigrates into the book, the original owner has just downed a whole glass of drugged alcohol. As the drug takes effect, Jiang Lai has no choice but to drag the passing movie star Qin Yanyu into bed for a night of passion. The drugged drink was stolen from the protagonist, and Qin Yanyu, who has the antidote, is the protagonist’s uncle. Once the protagonist returns to his biological family, Qin Yanyu will also be one of the people doting on him. Jiang Lai: ... The problem is, Qin Yanyu is exactly his type. Jiang Lai simply agrees that they can keep sneaking around together, figuring they can say goodbye once they get tired of each other. Besides, once the protagonist comes back, Qin Yanyu will leave of his own accord, even if Jiang Lai doesn’t bring it up. - But then an accident happens, and soon the whole internet is buzzing with the rumor that movie star Qin Yanyu hates a young actor named Jiang Lai. So when people learn that Qin Yanyu and Jiang Lai will be appearing on the same dating show, everyone looks forward to the drama. With Movie Star Qin’s temper, Jiang Lai is in for trouble! And sure enough, after filming begins: Jiang Lai fails to get a bed, so he has to share a room with Qin Yanyu and sleep on the floor until his back hurts. Jiang Lai can’t afford mosquito repellent, so mosquitoes leave huge welts on his neck. He gets into a fight with Qin Yanyu behind everyone’s backs and ends up banging his lip. What a miserable sight... The internet watches gleefully, enjoying the spectacle. Then people realize: The joke’s on me.jpg This batch of internet users is the most blind I’ve ever seen ╭(╯^╰)╮ Throughout the dating show, most viewers insist that Qin Yanyu and Jiang Lai have a terrible relationship. Then one day, something goes wrong during a livestream, and they’re caught kissing while hiding from the cameras... Qin Yanyu and Jiang Lai try to explain: It was an accident after drinking. We really don’t get along! But the viewers: Suddenly cured of blindness. Staying this blind would be rude.jpg Seeing this, Qin Yanyu privately asks Jiang Lai, “Why don’t we stop pretending and just make it public?” Jiang Lai: ...Is it possible that we’re genuinely not dating? Qin Yanyu: Oh. (Loses it on the spot.jpg) Jiang Lai: So I’ve been in a relationship without even knowing when it started? - A few months later, the protagonist returns to the Qin family. For a while afterward, Qin Yanyu becomes increasingly elusive, as if he’s busy playing his part in the doting-sweetheart storyline. Jiang Lai remains calm and politely asks, “Should we break up?” Qin Yanyu, with a ring in his pocket, looks utterly baffled. “Last night, we only did it twice because I was worried you wouldn’t be able to handle more today. It’s not because I can’t go again. You want to break up over that?” Jiang Lai: ... A celebrity blogger livestreaming nearby, along with the viewers: !!! An imaginary entertainment industry / sweet / satisfying and feel-good / lighthearted and fun / no real-life inspirations Two upcoming books below. Please add them to your reading list! Upcoming 1: Pregnant with a Movie Star’s Baby After Our Contract Marriage Ends Blurb: When his family is hit by a sudden crisis and he desperately needs money, Yu Zi hits it off with the extremely wealthy Li Zhuo. They agree to a contract marriage with a three-year term, after which they will divorce. Apart from living under the same roof, they promise not to interfere in each other’s affairs. For three years, they treat each other with respect and keep their distance. When they occasionally run into each other at entertainment industry events, they tacitly pretend not to know one another. With the divorce date fast approaching, Yu Zi thinks their contract marriage will end smoothly. Then trouble strikes: someone drugs him, and he and Li Zhuo spend the night together. The next morning, they wake up in the same bed, and Li Zhuo is the first to bring up the subject: “About the divorce...” Yu Zi answers without hesitation, “Everything stays as planned! Including the divorce settlement you promised me. Don’t forget that.” Li Zhuo: ...All right. Before long, they get divorced. Not long after that, news breaks that the two had secretly been married. The people involved respond calmly: Popular movie star Li Zhuo: We were married. We’re divorced now. Yu Zi, who has spent three years making films and is still typecast as a pretty face: Same here. So the TV station withdraws its invitation to a dating show and instead invites Yu Zi and Li Zhuo to appear together on a divorce reality show. Li Zhuo loses a bet and grits his teeth as he accepts the invitation. Yu Zi takes one look at the fee and agrees without batting an eye. On the livestreamed show, divorced Li Zhuo and Yu Zi are no longer polite and reserved. Two and a half out of every three things they say to each other are insults. Viewers are convinced they’re a bitter couple. No wonder they got divorced. They wonder how the two ever got married in the first place. On the final day of the divorce show, Yu Zi suddenly feels unwell. The renowned traditional Chinese medicine practitioner among the guests takes his pulse, then stares in shock. “This is a pregnancy pulse!” Yu Zi: ??? Li Zhuo: ??? Everyone else: !!! - Upcoming 2: Healing Beauty’s Runaway Guide [Interstellar] Blurb: Ming Zhi is a pitiful boy, hated by his father and mother alike. His family labels him frail and sickly, claiming he needs peace and quiet, then locks him away in a small building where sunlight barely reaches. He stays there for over a decade. At last, when he turns twenty, they let him out. Before he’s even had a chance to soak up the sun, they push him in front of a man in a wheelchair. Qi Fujing, the Empire’s God of War and marshal, has earned countless honors and won countless battles. Once, he was the most sought-after bachelor in the entire Interstellar world. Then he was gravely wounded in a major battle. Not only has he been confined to a wheelchair ever since, he also suffers from mental power rampages, and no one dares go near him. To show that he still holds Qi Fujing in high regard, the emperor issues an edict to the Ming family, which has long produced healers, ordering them to send someone to care for Qi Fujing. The Ming family dares not defy the emperor, but they are unwilling to sacrifice a capable child for a marshal with no future. So they think of Ming Zhi, who has been locked away in a small building. Ming Zhi is considered useless by the entire Ming family. He is physically frail, inarticulate, and unlike the other Ming children, he was not born with healing powers. When he was five, he nearly killed the family’s most promising eldest son. After being locked away for over a decade, he seems unable even to walk properly when they finally let him out. A useless boy like Ming Zhi is a perfect match for the violent, disabled Qi Fujing. - Qi Fujing sits in his wheelchair, his features shadowed and his expression cold. It seems as if the mental power that threatens to run wild is always swirling around him. Everyone assumes the Ming family’s boy will be terrified of him, and Qi Fujing thinks so too. Ming Zhi is pale and frail, easily startled by the slightest disturbance. Qi Fujing really enjoys watching him cry. But Ming Zhi isn’t afraid of Qi Fujing at all. On the contrary, he feels sorry for this man, who so often loses control when his mental power runs amok... He was once the god of the entire Empire. During the years he was locked away in the small building, Ming Zhi’s only access to outside information was a broken old radio. Through it, he heard countless legendary accounts of the battles Qi Fujing had fought, and often wondered what the God of War marshal looked like. The God of War marshal doesn’t have three heads and six arms, but his grim face is imposing and handsome... At their first meeting, Ming Zhi thinks that before he leaves, he must cure Qi Fujing. Someone as good as him shouldn’t have to suffer like this. Ming Zhi knows he isn’t useless. He has a healing ability so exceptional that the entire Ming family would do anything to possess it. - Six months later, the entire Interstellar world is in shock: [The Empire’s god! Qi Fujing is standing again! He no longer needs a wheelchair, and his mental power rampages have been cured!] [Holy crap, the Ming family’s healing powers are that incredible? I heard the one they sent to Marshal Qi was the most useless member of the family.] In less than half a day, the whole Interstellar world knows that Marshal Qi Fujing has recovered and is offering a huge reward to find someone: Ming Zhi, who was by his side before, has run away! Later, a barren planet, its surface choked with poisonous fog and not a blade of grass in sight, suddenly clears up and bursts into life. Hey, that gorgeous beauty picking mushrooms on the barren planet looks just like Ming Zhi, the person the marshal has been searching for! - Theme: Hard work brings results. Live with optimism and enthusiasm~