After the Flirtatious Beauty Transmigrated as a Cannon-Fodder Love Fool

[Pre-release: My Childhood Nemesis Is Determined to Have Me All to Himself] and [A Guide to Pampering a Sickly Beauty], blurbs at the end~ Blurb: Shen Shuo, an award-winning actor, transmigrates into a book by accident, becoming a cannon-fodder lovesick fool in an entertainment-industry novel. To get closer to the male lead, the lovesick fool throws himself into showbiz with acting so bad even a dog would turn it down. He gets mocked across the internet, humiliated and bullied by the male lead, and eventually dies of heartbreak. Shen Shuo: ? (Don't pick up a boyfriend from the trash.) At the time, Shen Shuo is playing the background role of some random male character in an S+ movie. The director, Gu Yunheng, is a top-tier alpha, with sharp, rugged features and a cold, stern gaze. His every word and movement radiates masculinity, and Shen Shuo falls for him at first sight. Unfortunately, Gu Yunheng is clueless about romance. One indifferent remark, "Know your place," draws a clear line between them. The flirtatious Shen Shuo is on the scene: Hah. Just you wait. After a casting change, Shen Shuo lands the lead role with his impeccable acting. While discussing the scenes with Gu Yunheng, Shen Shuo praises him while flirting beneath the surface, making little gestures now and then, his gaze always brazen yet gentle and harmless... "Director, your ears are red." "Director, why are you sitting so far away?" "Director, why won't you look at me?" And that's not all. The boldest moment comes before they shoot a kissing scene. Shen Shuo's eyes are red as he gazes at him intently. "Director, could you teach me how to kiss? I don't know how." Things keep escalating. Anyone can see they're more than close. But at the wrap party, right in front of Gu Yunheng, Shen Shuo cheerfully accepts an invitation from a producer who has designs on him. Gu Yunheng loses all restraint in an instant. He grabs Shen Shuo and pulls him outside. In a secluded corner, Gu Yunheng pins Shen Shuo against the wall. Between kisses, he says, "I give up." "Shen Shuo, from now on, everything I have is yours." "Can you be mine?" Little scene one: The male lead, Gu Wei, can't get in touch with Shen Shuo, so he swallows his pride and goes to visit. To his utter astonishment, the one who opens the door is his own cold and unsociable older brother, Gu Yunheng. Gu Yunheng has Shen Shuo in his arms, his expression indifferent. "Come on, call him your sister-in-law." Little scene two: The movie premieres. #ShenShuoTheTalentedActor# and #ShenShuoWasHoldingBack# shoot up the trending list. Shen Shuo becomes a huge hit, and his reputation makes a comeback. The lovesick fool everyone used to mock has become a brave warrior charging into battle for love. Some netizens even start shipping Shen Shuo and Gu Wei, an outdated couple pairing. Gu Wei openly likes every related post. The shippers go wild all night. The next day, a famous director posts a photo of Shen Shuo just after waking up, captioned: "Mine." The entire entertainment industry explodes. When Shen Shuo sees it, he says with a grin, "Jealous? Gu Wei..." Before he can finish, Gu Yunheng rolls over and pins him down, warning him, "Don't mention him when you're with me." [Formerly a slacker, now a dangerously obsessive, flirtatious beauty x a celibate, scheming, powerful top] Pre-release: My Childhood Nemesis Is Determined to Have Me All to Himself. Blurb: (1) Qi You is the most doted-on young master of the wealthy Qi family, and has been haughty and proud since childhood. When Qi You is six, his father brings home Huo Yubai, the child of a close friend. Having watched his parents die in a fire, the boy is full of hatred and snaps at anyone who comes near. Qi You feels sorry for him crying and offers him a tissue. Huo Yubai bites his hand hard enough to break the skin, and that's how their feud begins. As they grow older, Huo Yubai puts away his fangs and becomes quiet and withdrawn, cold and distant toward everyone. Qi You's parents realize they can't get through to him and gradually stop trying to communicate, doing what they can to treat him well instead. Only Qi You is obsessed with provoking him. He steals his clothes to wear and his bed to sleep in, takes his homework, hides his speeches, annoys him, teases him, and smugly fills every corner of his life. Huo Yubai puts up with all of it without a word. Only on the day the college entrance exams end, Qi You agrees to pass along a love letter for a classmate. "She's a nice girl. Don't let your chance slip away." Qi You never expects Huo Yubai, who has always put up with him and indulged him without question, to fly into the biggest rage of his life. That night, Huo Yubai packs his things and leaves the Qi family home. (2) Qi You is still the young master of the Qi family, doted on by his parents and loved by his older brother. On a whim, he wanders into showbiz, acting in films and releasing songs, just for the novelty. Meanwhile, Huo Yubai makes sweeping changes and revives the Huo Group. In just a few years, he becomes a powerful business tycoon with absolute control. The two of them remain parallel lines that never cross. Later, the Qi family shifts its business model and runs into cash-flow trouble. Qi You steels himself and goes to Huo Yubai for help. Huo Yubai simply tosses him a marriage contract. He explains, "Our families are joining forces. I want to maximize the benefits." It's only a marriage of convenience, so Qi You agrees. Qi You still goes car racing and visits exhibitions one day, then parties on a yacht the next. His social calendar is always full. But the parallel line he thought would never cross his keeps showing up right on time. When Qi You is sober, Huo Yubai says firmly, "It's time. Come home with me!" When Qi You is drunk, Huo Yubai coaxes him gently. "Xiao You, be good. I'm here to take you home." Sometimes Qi You gets confused. "Huo Yubai, aren't we just married for convenience?" Huo Yubai kisses his neck, his voice restrained. "Xiao You, don't be so heartless." "After all these years, it's about time you started liking me." Early on: [A fussy little ray of sunshine x a brooding obsessive] Later: [A reckless second-generation celebrity heir x a seemingly mild but secretly ruthless business tycoon] *From childhood to successful careers *Same-sex marriage is legal in this world *Happy ending, both are each other's first Pre-release: A Guide to Pampering a Sickly Beauty. Blurb: After eight years in showbiz, Li Jue has become an undisputed top-tier star. He founded his own entertainment company and has it all: fame and fortune. Countless people flatter and tempt him, but in eight years he has never had a romantic scandal. He's the industry's model aloof beauty, untouchable as a mountaintop. Rumor has it he has a baby brother whom he treasures dearly, and that his brother won't let him date. No one knows that this is just Li Jue's own excuse. His younger brother isn't related to him by blood. Li Jue still remembers the summer he was eighteen, when he first met Wen Ruan. The boy was still in elementary school, thin as a bean sprout, with skinny arms and legs and pale, cool-toned skin. He tugged on Li Jue's sleeve and called him big brother. His father said the boy was the child of a comrade-in-arms and would be living with them from then on. Li Jue gave the boy a piece of fruit candy, and from then on, the boy stuck to him. Later, after his father died, the two of them relied on each other. Li Jue was happy to look after his little brother for the rest of his life. Until one day... Wen Ruan came home from school with a love letter and carefully asked him what it meant to like someone. - Wen Ruan is sweet and pretty, but his health is poor and he has to take medicine constantly. He has no family besides his older brother, who has always protected him well. After starting college, he receives a love letter covered in declarations of affection. He brings it home and asks his brother what it means to like someone. His brother tells him that liking someone means wanting to make them yours. One afternoon, Wen Ruan's classmate takes him to the campus plaza to watch a film crew shoot. For the first time, he sees his older brother embracing someone else. His breath catches, and he quickly turns away. Wen Ruan thinks he may be starting to understand what it means to like someone. *Sweet romance *No blood relation, and neither realizes their feelings until both are adults *At heart, it's a brother-obsessed younger brother x a younger-brother-obsessed older brother *Ten-year age gap Theme: As long as life goes on, keep striving.