Yan Zhi is a Beta fake young master who was switched at birth.
When the real young master, an Omega, returns, Yan Zhi earns the title of everyone's least favorite.
His mother thinks his beautiful, alluring looks are improper;
His father scolds him for being frail and lifeless;
His eldest sister despises his mediocrity and lack of talent;
Even his little brother looks down on him, calling him a worthless Beta.
Devastated, Yan Zhi steps wrong, falls into the water, and drowns.
When he wakes up, he is bound to a forced universal-favorite System.
To stay alive, he has to earn everyone's affection.
One affection point only buys an hour of life?
He needs 87,600 affection points to live ten years?!
Yan Zhi droops his shoulders and asks timidly, "Could we switch to dislike points instead? I might be better at getting people to hate me..."
The System gazes fondly at its Host, whose beauty score is off the charts, then shakes its head regretfully. "Host, you have no idea how charming you are."
If you don't believe me, try going on a dating show!
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This dating show was supposed to be a steady lineup of Alphas and a rotating cast of Omegas.
Besides four regular guests, a different Omega would be invited each week to spark some chemistry.
With his astonishing beauty, Yan Zhi convinces the director in a second to let him join the Alpha group, becoming the only Beta pursuer.
Guest No. 1, Fu Zheng, debuted young and has starred in numerous serious productions. He is the youngest triple-crown Best Actor in history, and people once joked that "one scene is enough to guarantee him a lifetime of glory."
Guest No. 2, Song Huaiyi, is a top-tier star with an impossibly beautiful face. He excels at both singing and dancing and was born to model. Wherever he appears becomes a high-end fashion show, and the slightest movement sends him straight to the top of the trending charts.
Guest No. 3, Xie Yantang, is handsome and gentle, blessed with a national-treasure-level singing voice. He is brilliantly talented and writes both lyrics and music, but his aloofness means he rarely appears in public.
As for Guest No. 4...
The sickly young master has a pale little face, flashing across the big screen like an unremarkable yet beautiful backdrop.
Later, Guest No. 4 gradually gains fans.
In their eyes:
Fu Zheng is the empress, born into a powerful family, dignified and noble, with the bearing of a ruler of the inner court;
Song Huaiyi is the spoiled, beautiful imperial consort, backed by an army of supporters and forever at odds with the empress as he competes for favor;
Xie Yantang is the frail, willow-like noble consort from a poor family. Characters like him are usually the emperor's favorite, destined to reign supreme in the harem.
And the emperor in their minds is naturally Yan Zhi, Guest No. 4, who looks as though he could die at any moment.
But Yan Zhi is really just a hard-working, heaven-chosen wage slave.
Theme: To be determined.