My Second Brother Tries So Hard

This novel is being edited for typos and awkward sentences. Please ignore any changes you see! For years, as the second son in a family preparing to blend together, Yu An had been the diligent, mother-hen type. His eldest brother, Wei Changheng, was chairman of the Wei Group, decisive and uncompromising. Yu An himself was an outstanding administrator, hardworking and kind to everyone. And their youngest brother, who had grown up pampered and doted on by the whole family, came out for a gold-digging pretty boy and threatened to kill himself! It made the whole family’s blood pressure skyrocket! The gold-digger was practically rubbing his schemes in everyone’s faces, while their little brother still believed that “love can conquer all.” “If we work hard, we’ll have everything we need.” Wei Changheng’s face darkened like ink, and he immediately kicked them out. Yu An was usually terrified of talking to his eldest brother, but he still screwed up his courage and pleaded for their little brother out of sympathy. Wei Changheng: “You two are real brothers. You can get out together.” The younger brother, who had never lifted a finger at home, left with no choice. To keep him from starving to death outside, Yu An, a devoted little-brother-con, had to pack his things, get fired from his company, and leave his wealthy, privileged family behind. In the shabby old house, the younger brother was on the phone with the gold-digger, exchanging sweet nothings and dreaming about their bright future. Meanwhile, Yu An sat on the sofa reading job ads in the newspaper. He planned to work hard and make a good life for himself again. * Blurb Two Dumped by a gold-digger, unable to afford tuition and at risk of dropping out of college, his dependable second brother went from being an elite administrator to a bookstore shelf stocker for his sake. Every night, Xie Fei cried and sobbed until he finally realized how foolish he’d been and that he shouldn’t have fallen out with his family. His second brother comforted him: “There’s always a way!” Xie Fei: There’s no going back! I can never return to the Wei family! Until, after a shift tightening screws at the factory, he came home and found his eldest brother shoving his second brother around in the hallway. It ended with the eldest brother kissing the second brother forcefully. Xie Fei: QAQ Xie Fei: … Xie Fei: … Xie Fei: I’m tearing up. I can go back after all. My second brother really is the best. P.S. The eldest brother is the son of Dad and his ex-wife, and has Dad’s surname. The second brother is the son of Mom and her ex-husband, and has her ex-husband’s surname. The youngest brother is the son of Mom and her former boyfriend, and has Mom’s surname. So all three have different surnames. The romantic storyline between the love interests will begin after their parents’ problems are resolved. Wei Changheng × Yu An P.S. Xie Fei will get a proper love interest. My next novel is underway: Dangerous Game: A Cannon Fodder’s Escape Guide After a car accident, Xi Qing transmigrates into a horror TV series. More precisely, he ends up in a spin-off game based on the series, where he has to play a cannon-fodder character in each level. The plot is extremely dangerous, with nine out of ten players dying. But the game’s administrators tell him that if he clears every level, he’ll be able to return to his real life. That’s his ultimate goal. As a reward, each time he clears a level, he gets to return to the real world for a while. Xi Qing becomes the unlucky cannon fodder who gets killed in the third episode, the kind who’s shot dead in one go. He’s an arrogant, foolish idiot who lets others use him as a pawn. He’s the first to open the door and gets killed by the boss waiting on the other side. It’s not an undeserved death. If there’s one good thing about him, it’s that he’s a pretty idiot. For example, before he dies, he’s forced to step on the face of one of the protagonists. That very night, a crazy team member holds a gun to his head, forces him to go to a cabin where people hunt monsters, and makes him provoke the level’s boss. Xi Qing: I want to go home. Xi Qing, losing it: I’m going to shoot every one of these lunatics! * A livestream suddenly appears on the gaming platform, but the cannon fodder and the others in the video seem unaware that it’s there. The cannon fodder doesn’t care whether he’s being livestreamed. He just wants to survive. But members of several major organizations go berserk and spend all night trying to find a way to shut down the stream. Our leader is still stuck in that level! Does anyone have an item that can temporarily enter an active level? Could you pass along a message for us? Please, stop saying such perverted things as how you want to lick his shoes! Our president is in there too. Could you ask him why he kissed someone else when he’s a total straight guy? Wasn’t he bragging about being straight just the other day? You two, calm down. Let me go in instead. I’m going to shoot my deputy leader in the head with a gun (smile). That blabbermouth is using all our group’s old gossip as jokes to entertain people. Damn it, I knew he’d wanted to quit working for me for ages! Everyone’s favorite setup. Setting: A terrifying horror game. Completed novel: The Second Male Lead Endures All Humiliation [Quick Transmigration] Overworked office worker Chang Ning was bound to a quick transmigration System. Because the System had limited permissions, he could only snag the role of the long-suffering second male lead every time. [System]: 555, Host, you can do this! We’ll turn things around! [1] The Handsome Boss [Your selfish, arrogant, stunningly beautiful wife has a weak, socially anxious, penniless husband who’s an underweight office worker. After she cheats and gets pregnant, your boss takes an interest in you.] System: Your mission is to break them up and win back your wife. … System: ? Wait, why did your wife catch you and your boss in bed together? Chang Ning: Just tell me, did I break them up or not? [2] The Boxing Coach [Your neighbor across the hall is a boxing coach who always calls you a weakling and wonders whether you’ll be able to get your wife pregnant if you ever marry and have a child. Your arrogant, malicious younger brother can’t stand you, either. The two of them secretly team up and take your house away.] System: Your mission is to repair your relationship with your younger brother… System: Wait, don’t seduce the boxing coach and get him to reform your brother with his fists! [3] The Ruthless Debt Collector [After you get married, your wife racks up a huge gambling debt. The ruthless debt collector eyes your beautiful wife, raises an eyebrow, and says suggestively, “If you’re short on money, you can pay with your body.”] System: Please help your poor wife escape the debt collector’s harassment. Chang Ning: … System: Get out of the debt collector’s arms! [4] The Zombie Squad Leader [The apocalypse arrives, and the only delicate, innocent healer in the team becomes everyone’s favorite, pursued and fawned over by all. You’re one of his admirers. But he and your friend secretly pledge themselves to each other, and you know nothing about it! In the end, you get infected while saving the doomed, saintly innocent. Your former friend… now your rival in love, slowly points his gun at you as you’re about to become a zombie…] System 68: This mission is a little difficult. First, win over the person you love and find a partner. System 68: …Wasn’t your crush the delicate innocent one? Why are you with your rival? Chang Ning: I found someone else to love. [5] The Cautious, Overpowered Hero [Your half-brother is a heaven-blessed genius, but he’s too proud and rejected the cautious male lead, who pretends to be weak while hiding his strength. He dreams of reaching the top in one leap. His arrogance will bring your whole family to ruin, and you, the family patriarch, will eventually commit suicide by poison.] System: Uh… In the story, the sect where the cautious male lead belongs once wanted to arrange a marriage alliance with your younger brother… but your younger brother wasn’t interested in the male lead, and the male lead let the matter drop. System: Please get the male lead and your younger brother together… System: …Don’t put the red wedding veil on your own head! * Theme: Don’t compromise or grow arrogant. Face difficulties and live bravely.