The Good-for-Nothing Hero Just Needs to Wait to Be Redeemed

Yi Huai'an is a gloomy, closeted shut-in and fat slob.

In everyone's eyes, a useless wreck like him should be fantasizing about being reincarnated in another world, gaining cheat powers, turning his life around, and ending up surrounded by countless handsome men.

Until the aloof top student, the dark-skinned athlete, the rich young master, and others all come looking for him to confess their love.

Fat slob Yi Huai'an rejects them without hesitation.

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System: [That's right. They're playing a game.]

System: [If they can turn you into a 1.9-meter-tall muscle hunk and help you reach the pinnacle of life, they'll get their wishes granted.]

System: [In other words, they're here to save you, Huai'an.]

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The aloof top student turns his head away. "I've carefully organized these notes for you. Study them. If you can get into the top fifty in the next monthly exam, I might even be willing to make an exception and let you..."

The dark-skinned athlete blushes. "How could you lack motivation to run laps? Didn't you say you wanted to see me wearing that thing? I'll show you once for every lap you run."

The rich young master lifts his chin. "Why won't you spend my money? Look how shabby you are! Do I have to kiss you before you'll accept it?"

Yi Huai'an, who seems like a poor, chubby underachiever: "?"

I just changed into a secret identity so I could slack off! Why are you tsundere guys getting all worked up and saying this stuff on your own?

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Yi Huai'an is a super-achiever who has spent ninety-nine lifetimes working himself to the bone.

He's been a great scientist, an interstellar general, and a founding emperor. He's also been a cultivation powerhouse, a double-crown film star, a business tycoon, a god of cooking, a medical sage...

All these years, he's worked tirelessly to maintain excellent grades, build a strong physique, and amass a fortune...

Not a single day without working around the clock, not a single happy day.

He was once a heaven-blessed genius, someone everyone looked up to.

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Finally, one day, Yi Huai'an was tired. He truly couldn't keep pushing himself anymore. Having to be the center of attention every moment was exhausting.

He carefully picked a peaceful school-life world and decided to become an invisible free spirit who had inherited a fortune after losing both parents, then...

He gave up!

There's nothing better than getting hooked on trashy electronic entertainment, staying up late to gorge himself, and wasting time!

If not for a handsome, cheerful childhood friend keeping him on track, Yi Huai'an might have become even more hopeless than a fat slob.

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However, the handsome guys swarming in to save him seem to have caused a tiny bit of trouble for his sunny childhood friend.

Aloof top student: "They're childhood friends, that's all. Could he possibly get better grades than me?"

At the next monthly exam, Song Shen's name appeared at the very top of the list, while the aloof top student came in second.

Dark-skinned athlete: "Huai'an likes a fit body. What's the point if you can't run a thousand meters in under two and a half minutes?"

At the school sports meet, Song Shen broke the school record with a time of 2 minutes and 16 seconds in the thousand-meter race, meeting the standard for a national-level-one male athlete.

Rich young master: "So what if his grades are great and his body is fit? Huai'an likes someone rich. Could he possibly have more money than me?"

After graduating from college, Song Shen started a business from scratch and built a commercial empire of his own.

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The rich and handsome childhood friend shows up at the door with two boxes of gold, ready to marry good-for-nothing Yi Huai'an.

CEO Song Shen: "Marry me, you little loser."

CEO Song Shen: "Marry me. This is the bride price. If you don't, I'll bury you in money."

Yi Huai'an: Is this guy even more of a workaholic than I was in my previous ninety-nine lives?

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By the way, Yi Huai'an's childhood nickname is Loser.

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A laid-back, roguish, self-indulgent gong vs. a handsome, rich, silly, jealous childhood-friend shou

A gloomy, closeted fat slob vs. a sunny, cheerful boy

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Content warning: The gong starts out as a short, fat, round slacker, but later gets back to working hard, grows tall, and becomes a 1.9-meter-tall muscle hunk who reaches the pinnacle of life.

Blurb screenshotted on 2023.4.13

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Theme: A happy ending for childhood friends, and mutual salvation between a slacker and a pitiful boy.