The Miu family has two sons. The elder, Miu Jinrong, is a business prodigy and the heir to the family.
The younger, Miu Qin, is lazy, good-for-nothing, and loves to eat. He's a top-tier playboy, so the Miu family never lets him into the company.
There's a rumor that Miu Qin is Miu Father's illegitimate son, which is why he isn't treated well.
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The Miu and Shen families are old friends, and they've arranged a marriage.
The Shen family's only son, Shen Jijun, has been frail and sickly since childhood. A fortune-teller said his life would be full of hardship, and that he needed a girl's name and a marriage to a Chu warlord who'd fallen from the sky to keep his fate in check.
Little Shen Jijun, lying in his hospital bed, asked, "Didn't that Chu warlord have a bad ending too?"
The fortune-teller grandma smiled and stroked his face. "My darling, this is the modern age. We have the rule of law."
Naturally, Shen Jijun's arranged partner is Miu Jinrong. Jinrong is gentle by nature and treats him decently.
The only thing Shen Jijun isn't very happy about is Miu Jinrong's younger brother. He's always gloomy, with a strange look in his eyes, as if he means no good. Every time Shen Jijun sees him, he gets the creeps.
That bad feeling is confirmed on the wedding day.
As Shen Jijun waits in the dressing room for the ceremony to begin, he hears a commotion outside. The best man rushes in and says that a group of police officers have arrived and taken away both Miu Father and Miu Jinrong.
Shen Jijun is shocked and starts to go see what's happening, but the door suddenly swings open.
Young Master Miu Qin tugs at his tie and stares straight at Shen Jijun's frightened, rabbit-like face. "Sister-in-law, my brother can't make it. How about you marry me instead?"
Miu Qin had been reading a badly finished danmei novel only because one of the side characters had the same name as him, so he figured he'd take a look.
The novel followed a rich second-generation heir as he led other wealthy families through an economic crisis, turned the tide with one outrageous scheme after another, and became part of the world's most elite family.
It went on for over a thousand chapters, as long and foul-smelling as an old woman's foot binding.
The cannon-fodder character who shared Miu Qin's name was killed by the protagonist in the first few chapters. The only reason Miu Qin kept reading was that the wife in the protagonist's arranged marriage seemed pretty cute.
He couldn't say exactly what was cute about him, but he liked him.
Miu Qin kept reading, and eventually the danmei novel turned into a power-fantasy harem story. The protagonist amassed a whole harem, the original wife vanished for several chapters, and the last time he appeared, he was arguing with the mistresses over the protagonist's affections.
The author was cursed out mercilessly and stopped updating for several days. When he finally came back, Miu Qin discovered that he'd killed off Shen Jijun.
Miu Qin deleted the reading app and was so furious he couldn't sleep all night.
When he opened his eyes again, he realized he'd transmigrated into the book.
*Men can marry men in this setting.
Theme: A man should be self-reliant!