A Dedicated Substitute Who Mistook the Employer

After Chi Muqing's resentment as an overworked wage slave reached its peak, he flew into a rage, beat up his boss, and quit. When he opened his eyes again, he discovered he had transmigrated.

He had become the substitute protagonist in a tragic romance novel, endlessly abused by everyone.

Chi Muqing, whose resentment as a wage slave still hadn't faded: Whoever wants to be a substitute can do it. He's not going to suffer for no reason.

Then Chi Muqing found out that all he had to do was sign a contract to get three million immediately, plus a fixed monthly salary of fifty thousand. His only duty was to become a living statue whenever his employer, Fu Yanming, needed him, striking a few poses that resembled his lost love. In return, he could experience the loneliness of living alone in a five-hundred-square-meter house, forever waiting for Fu Yanming to come home.

Chi Muqing: Don't stop me! I can handle this hardship!! I love suffering!!

Chi Muqing promptly signed the contract. To avoid getting fired halfway through, he even diligently found study materials and applied himself to the substitute role, planning to take the money he'd earned and retire in another city once the lost love returned from abroad.

As for the tragic romance, there was no way he was going to suffer through that. He would simply wish Fu Yanming and his lost love a long and happy life, then enjoy eternal solitude with his huge pile of money.

But who could have guessed that his substitute-role study materials would turn into college entrance exam prep, and that his employer would hire him nine tutors? Every day, he woke up and studied like crazy. He couldn't do any substitute work at all...

Chi Muqing: "..."

Can someone be my substitute for once? This is a tragic romance novel, all right. This time, I'm the one getting tortured!

Chi Muqing said through his tears, "Pay me more!"

Just as Chi Muqing was gritting his teeth and studying until he was dizzy and glassy-eyed, desperately hoping the lost love would return soon, another employer showed up, shouting and accusing him of shamelessly seducing his older brother.

Chi Muqing: "???"

Which mental hospital did this guy escape from?

Then Chi Muqing found out this wasn't some crazy person. It was his actual employer, Fu Yanming. He'd been getting the employer confused with his older brother, Fu Xitang, all along.

Chi Muqing: "..."

I'm out of here! Having a real employer who's a lunatic is absolutely not okay!

Fu Xitang took out a contract. "If you're willing, I can be your employer too. We can sign a new agreement."

Fu Yanming's face twisted with rage. "I'll give you five million to leave my brother!"

Chi Muqing: "!!!"

Money is money, whether it's in my left hand or my right. Can I have both?

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Blurb:

Xi Ge closed his eyes and opened them again to find he had become a beagle at a pet market.

The shop owner was holding him by the scruff and trying to fool a customer: "Look how cute he is! And the best part is, he's mute!"

Xi Ge: You're the mute one! Your whole family is mute! (Werwerwer...)

The shop owner calmly set Xi Ge down. "...See? He started barking as soon as you got here. That means you're meant for each other. Plus, this is the only puppy with the birth characters you wanted. This is fate, plain and simple."

Xi Ge tilted his head and looked up at the two people in confusion. Dogs have to match your birth characters? What kind of feudal relic is this?

The obedient little head tilt charmed Huo Zhaoting. "I'll take him! If we're getting a good-luck dog, a lively one will bring some energy into the house."

Only later did Huo Zhaoting realize just how much energy the dog had. In fact, it was angry every single day...

It refused to sleep in its dog bed and insisted on sleeping in the human bed!

It refused to eat dog food and demanded a seat at the table!

It refused to go outside to run around and preferred watching TV at home. It even liked stealing phones and playing games with its paws!

Whenever he scolded it, it tilted its head and looked at him as if it couldn't understand. Whenever he tried to hit it, it led the whole family on a wild chase. After running for a while, it would look back to see if they were catching up. If they weren't, it would sit down and wait...

Because of his health problems, Huo Zhaoting had always been considered the gloomy one in the family, and the one with the worst temper. Even when the old master told him to bring home a good-luck dog, he dared to find just any dog to humor him.

He never imagined that after getting this dog, he would stop using his wheelchair to go out, because the wheelchair couldn't keep up with it!

He even started going to the doctor on his own, because he couldn't rest easy otherwise and was constantly getting headaches from being so annoyed!

Gradually, he went from being the most intimidating person in the family to the most patient one...

Theme: Work hard to change your fate.