I Just Want to Retire, But I've Become an Internet Sensation

[Writer's block and a busy schedule have hit me with a double whammy, so I'm taking a break. This won't be going premium. I might come back and update occasionally.]

After completing countless missions across different worlds, Shen Yixun can finally retire. But because of a mistake by the Main God, he transmigrates into the body of a washed-up, universally hated extra.

The washed-up star is not only terrible at his job, but also hopelessly lovesick. He devotes himself to a worthless scumbag whose only talent is emotional abuse, and ultimately loses his life because of it.

Shen Yixun has no interest in a man like that. After working himself to the bone for so many years, all he wants now is to lie back and take it easy.

But when he checks his bank balance, Shen Yixun can't hold it together.

His retirement plan falls apart, and he has no choice but to keep working...

They say his acting is so bad he's just a pretty face?

He plays an insignificant supporting role that appears for only a few minutes, yet turns it into the white moonlight and the one that got away for countless viewers.

They say he's so off-key that even autotune can't save his singing?

The theme song he wrote, composed, and performed himself quickly goes viral after release, inspiring fan covers and remixes across the internet.

They say he's an idiot with no brains?

He gets dragged onto a variety show as a last-minute filler and a foil, then pulls off a stunning reversal and beats his opponent. He looks so good doing it that viewers beg the show to make him a regular.

His former haters start coming around too, waking up in the middle of the night and wanting to slap themselves twice:

I deserve to die! I almost made everyone miss out on a top-tier wife/husband!

As his fame skyrockets, collaboration offers come pouring in, yet Shen Yixun appears in public less and less.

A host who finally manages to interview him asks, "You haven't taken on any work for so long. Are you improving yourself so you'll have better opportunities?"

Shen Yixun smiles gently, but his answer hits hard. "Not really. My ultimate goal in working is just to retire."

At first, netizens are full of disdain: Why hasn't this useless guy left the industry yet?

Later, netizens are in tears, begging him: Please come back and give us more content!!!

Thanks to his background and abilities, Fu Yanzhou has always been indifferent to the entertainment industry and disdains forming cliques.

But when Shen Yixun, who has sunk to the very bottom, is dragged into a trending scandal and his own company refuses to help, Fu Yanzhou is the first to step forward and clear his name.

Longtime fans: Something's not right. This is very not right.

Later, Shen Yixun and Fu Yanzhou work together on a film. The sexual tension between them makes countless people ship them on the spot, turning a once-obscure pairing with no fan content into the hottest ship overnight.

But of course, the hardcore solo fans mock them relentlessly:

With his level of fame, he thinks he's worthy? Stop trying to ride his coattails!

Then, backstage at a red-carpet event, Fu Yanzhou corners Shen Yixun. His thumb rubs suggestively over Shen Yixun's lips, and his voice is restrained yet aggrieved. "You promised. I only have to hold back until the red carpet is over..."

The cold, chaste persona completely falls apart.

And a camera tucked in the corner broadcasts the whole scene live, exactly as it happens.

The comments explode, and the netizens go wild.

[Aaaah, it's like New Year's! It's like New Year's!!!]

[Now that you two are dating, can you make your wife show up and give us more content?!]

[I thought I was shipping a couple, but it turns out I've been spying on an actual couple's everyday life?!]

P.S. No real-life inspirations, no logic, just writing something sweet and satisfying.

Theme: Pursue your own happiness