What Did the Background Character in a Romance World Do Wrong?

[Third-person narration] [Slice of life, slow-paced] [Coming soon: The Abandoned Caged Bird, please add it to your reading list] You are an insignificant passerby in countless fictional romance worlds. Especially since you’re also incredibly unlucky. In elementary school, there was a pair of childhood friends in your class. The first time they were horsing around, they knocked over your desk. The second time, they knocked over your pencil. The third time, they accidentally knocked you over. In middle school, there was a love polygon: “You love him, he loves him, and he loves him,” with a childhood friend dropped in to compete. In the end, the childhood friends who started as sworn enemies became a couple. The childhood friends played basketball, and you happened to walk by and get hit. They got into a fight, and you happened to walk by and get dragged into it. They took exams, and you got caught in the middle. In high school, you went to a boarding school full of top students to get away from all those people. You just didn’t expect that there would be secret couples here, too. In your dorm, there’s a gay guy and a totally straight guy. The gay guy has a crush on the straight guy. There’s no need to explain what happens next: it’s a story about a straight guy being turned gay at an all-boys high school. You’re a passerby. You don’t want to get too involved. In an era when people can miss their flight because they’re worried a domineering CEO might stop them from leaving with his pregnant lover, you really aren’t interested in their love stories. You don’t know that you’re inconspicuous as a passerby because you’ve been programmed to fade into the background. You don’t know that you’re gorgeous. And you have no idea that all the couples mentioned above are unwittingly drawn to you and end up seeing you as a rival in love. Unlucky beauty bottom × multifaceted top with split personalities (Yun Juan twins, Wen Tingmian, K) (they eventually merge) Reader’s guide: 1. The bottom is the best-looking person in the whole book, a super-duper gorgeous beauty!! The top and bottom are strictly one-on-one. Not suitable for readers who are extremely devoted to one particular role. 2. Everyone is into BL. The top’s split personalities eventually merge, and there are dates with the different personalities in the bonus chapters. 3. Slice of life, slice of life. The pacing is slow, slow! Any complaints in the story are just for fun, so please don’t read too much into them. Just enjoy! Coming-soon title separator Coming soon: The Abandoned Caged Bird When the apocalypse arrives, Xue Man, who has no special abilities, becomes the deadweight everyone on every team looks down on. It’s all because Xue Man refuses to trade his looks for supplies. No matter how hard he works, doing the dirtiest and most exhausting jobs on the team, he can’t escape being mocked as a useless, powerless pretty face. Afraid of being kicked off the team, Xue Man is careful not to fight back. He can only put up with the insults and bullying. But in the end, the team abandons him anyway. The captain, who had treated him a little better than the rest, still feels sorry for him. “Sorry. I hope you’re born into a better life next time.” Among the ruins, Xue Man is left alone in a horde of zombies, with nothing but a flimsy door between them. The zombies’ low growls as they catch the scent of blood ring in his ears. Dragging his injured body, Xue Man struggles to his feet, tears streaming down his face. Why? Why can’t he survive, even after trying so hard? Through his tear-blurred vision, a man drops from the sky, draws his blade, and takes care of all the zombies. Then he reaches out a hand to Xue Man. “Your name is Xue Man? Get up.” From then on, Xue Man has someone willing to do anything for him. He no longer has to do dirty, exhausting work or put up with ridicule. He always has the best supplies. Everything is so wonderful it feels like a dream. … Yuan Zhouhe is a quick transmigration mission-taker. After completing 99% of his missions, his final task is to redeem a gloomy villain. However, the System malfunctions during the transfer and gives him only partial information. All he knows is the name of one mission target. Xue Man. A year later, the System finally comes online and tells him he redeemed the wrong person. - “That’s what happened.” Yuan Zhouhe looks at Xue Man’s ashen face. “I’m leaving all this for you. It should last you a while.” Faced with such a melodramatic turn of events, Xue Man is as quiet as a frail plant. He curls his fingers slightly. “All right. When are you leaving?” “Tonight,” Yuan Zhouhe says. - When they meet again, Xue Man is covered in wounds and sees Yuan Zhouhe standing beside someone else. Yuan Zhouhe has found his mission target. Xue Man has truly been abandoned. Combat powerhouse top (Yuan Zhouhe) × ultimate beauty bottom (Xue Man) [Reader advisories] 1. A growth story. The bottom starts out pitiful but is determined to improve, and won’t rely on the top forever. 2. A dramatic chase-to-win-back-your-lover story. No switching tops. 3. The top and bottom are strictly one-on-one. Not suitable for readers who are extremely devoted to one particular role. Theme: Stay optimistic, positive, and determined to move forward.