My Childhood Friend Can't Possibly Be the Male Lead of an Angsty Romance

[Pretending to be clueless / sweet-faced, dark-hearted big-dog gong x chuunibyou / cool, arrogant kitten shou]

When Nan Yanxia was eleven, his Hogwarts acceptance letter never arrived, but he was convinced he had a great destiny and would become the hero who saved the world.

Then he found a campus danmei novel.

After a series of melodramatic, angsty twists in which the school bully gong chased the delicate shou, who ran away, only for both of them to find they couldn’t escape, the story reached its happy ending.

The school bully gong was called Gu Siyuan.

What a coincidence: his childhood friend had the exact same name.

Nan Yanxia scoffed. What a stupid novel.

Could Gu Siyuan, who’d been an idiot since childhood, really be the male lead?

Besides, the school bully at Yuncheng No. 1 High School was obviously Nan Yanxia. Gu Siyuan was nothing but his number-one underling!

Nan Yanxia casually tossed the book aside.

But when school started, a transfer student really did join their class, with the same name as the delicate shou. Then several things happened exactly as they had in the book.

Nan Yanxia’s expression darkened as he realized how serious this was.

He immediately dragged the bewildered Gu Siyuan into a corner.

Nan Yanxia grabbed Gu Siyuan by the collar and said coldly, “Gu Siyuan...”

Gu Siyuan grinned like a dumb dog wagging its tail furiously. “Here, boss! What is it? Just give me the word!”

Nan Yanxia: “Are you trying to take my place?”

“...?” Gu Siyuan flew into a rage. “Boss, heaven and earth can attest to my loyalty! Which bastard is trying to drive a wedge between us?!”

Theme: Work hard and strive. People can overcome fate.