After being reborn, Zhuo Yang finally learned that he was the substitute love interest in an angsty novel.
The aloof CEO's beloved left for a foreign country, and since the CEO couldn't have him, he began a series of domineering abductions and coercion against Zhuo Yang, a useless beauty who looked seven-tenths like his beloved.
The CEO tormented him physically and emotionally. The CEO's friends called him a shameless doormat, while his awful relatives sucked him dry for money.
Later, the beloved returned from abroad and reunited with the CEO. They showered everyone with saccharine romance while humiliating Zhuo Yang as the other man who'd come between them.
At the end of the novel, the beloved happened to suffer a relapse of his terminal illness. The CEO ripped Zhuo Yang's heart out, and the two got their happy ending.
Zhuo Yang flung the script aside.
They picked one unlucky guy and squeezed him dry all the way to the last chapter?
At the moment of his rebirth, his manager was sitting across from him, looking unbearably smug.
"It's an honor to catch Mr. Fu's eye."
At the same time, an electronic voice appeared in Zhuo Yang's mind.
[Ding! Face-Slapping Cashback System successfully bound.]
The System gave him an unlimited face-slapping fund to spend however he liked. As long as he slapped faces hard enough, it would refund him a proportional amount directly into his personal account.
Across from him, the manager was still smirking. "Don't forget the penalty for breaking your contract. You can't afford it."
Zhuo Yang tentatively pulled out the black card that had appeared out of nowhere in his pocket and placed it in front of the manager.
"How much is the penalty? I'll pay in cash."
After that day, a mysterious, reclusive investor suddenly appeared in City A, spending money like it was game tokens and constantly going up against the Fu Group.
A project Mr. Fu wanted? Snatched.
Mr. Fu's company building? Bought, then rented back to him at double the price.
Mr. Fu's beloved returning from abroad?
Every upscale hotel in the city was booked out, leaving Mr. Fu nowhere to take his beloved for a candlelit dinner.
Later, rumors spread that Zhuo Yang, supposedly kept by Mr. Fu, appeared on a lifestyle reality show alongside Mr. Fu's beloved.
The beloved was a violinist from a distinguished family. This immaculate young master showed everyone around his family's island villa, then smiled and asked Zhuo Yang if he could visit his home.
The Zhuo Yang rumored to be drowning in debt and willing to be the third party in Mr. Fu's relationship for money just smiled apologetically.
"Sorry, I don't have a house here."
As the beloved looked on mockingly, he took out a black card and bought an entire island.
Zhuo Yang smiled, looking utterly harmless.
"Now I do. You can come visit my place."
*The love interest will change, but I haven't decided who the official pairing will be yet.
Theme: Stand up for yourself when treated unfairly.