The Protagonists Are Fighting Over Me

System: See those two men?

Ji Yu nods vigorously: I see them, I see them. I've got two eyes on them.

System: They're the male lead and his love interest. You know what to do next, right?

Ji Yu rubs his hands together, eager to get started: I do. I just need to get 100 affection points from each of them. Easy. Watch me!

System: That's it! Go for it, Host!

Ji Yu goes for it.

The System is stunned: I told you to raise their affection for you, not to star in a melodramatic love-to-rivalry soap opera!

Ji Yu is confused too. As a straight man, he'd always aimed to become the two leads' best friend. He thought he was following a hot-blooded brotherhood plot, until one day both the male lead and his love interest confessed to him.

Ji Yu is horrified. Until now, he'd thought the two leads were on a love-and-hate romance track. Now he realizes the love was fake, and the hate was real.

Ji Yu is on the verge of tears: My hot-blooded brotherhood plot, you died so young. Male lead, love interest, stop fighting! You were supposed to become lovers, not rivals!

One-on-one romance, happy ending.

Coming soon: Love Isn't a Solo Act

Li Yu discovers that his boyfriend, Ji Mingze, is a scumbag. He acts like he loves Li Yu more than anyone, but in reality, he only sees him as an unsuitable stand-in.

Li Yu sneers. "Good thing I found out early. Otherwise, if Ji Mingze discovered that I only saw him as a stand-in too, I wouldn't have the upper hand when he confronted me."

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Everyone says Ji Mingze is deeply in love with Li Yu, but Ji Mingze knows that it's all an act. The truth is, he doesn't love Li Yu at all.

To him, Li Yu is just a cheap replacement for his first love. Even though he knows Li Yu would give up his life for him, he has never considered loving him. After all...

"A substitute is a substitute. He can never take the real thing's place. If I want to, I can toss Li Yu aside like garbage whenever I please," Ji Mingze tells his friends.

His friends rub their hands together, waiting for a good show as Li Yu gets dumped by Ji Mingze.

They wait and wait and wait. But instead of Li Yu being dumped by Ji Mingze, it's Ji Mingze who gets dumped by Li Yu!

Even more shocking, Ji Mingze doesn't fly into a rage after being dumped. Instead, he runs around every day with red eyes, looking utterly haggard as he begs Li Yu to take him back!

His friends: ????

Theme: Life is full of surprises. Try to face them with a calm and open mind.