Hungry Again. Turns Out, You Can't Live on Beauty Alone

[Completed]

[My next novel is Let's Not Break Up, Then. The blurb is below. Please add it to your favorites~]

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Xu Wu transmigrates into a book, a story about a real and fake young master.

He's neither the real young master nor the fake one. He doesn't exist in the book at all.

Why would he transmigrate into a character who doesn't exist in the story? How strange.

Xu Wu makes a grounded guess: Is it because I'm so beautiful that I got dropped into the story out of nowhere?

Before transmigrating into a book, Xu Wu worked himself to the bone. When he hears that the character he's transmigrated into is a rich young master, he expects to lie flat and take it easy. Instead, he's told that the young master had boldly proved himself, moved out of the family home, and now earns just three thousand a month.

On top of that, he's also a livestreaming blogger who focuses on relationships.

Xu Wu: ...Huh? Want to see me show off the art of being mean? That could be fun.

For the sake of his plan to lie flat, Xu Wu casually picks up the male lead bottom to cultivate a relationship, then accidentally lands a big job: pretending to be Rong Wu's boyfriend.

Rong Wu is the crown prince of Wancheng, a friend of the male lead top, and rich, powerful, and smart. In the novel, he's responsible for cleaning up after the male lead top and dealing with his messes, earning him Xu Wu's nickname: "full-time babysitter."

At his first meeting with the babysitter, Xu Wu is stunned by how handsome he is and hands him a number: "I like a lot of people. You're number 99, so congratulations, you've made it into the top hundred."

Crown prince Rong Wu: ...

Rong Wu has always looked down on people who lie flat.

Especially someone like Xu Wu, who earns only three thousand a month and still lies flat every day!

Rong Wu: "Is this your paycheck? I thought it was a refund for something you bought online."

Xu Wu scoffs. "You have no idea what my salary means. Do you know what earning three thousand a month represents? It means that if you claimed one cent in the group chat every day, you'd need eight hundred years to get that much."

Rong Wu: ...

Rong Wu is convinced.

Rong Wu sends him money:

[Alipay transfer received: 10,000 yuan]

To return the favor, Xu Wu hands him a card. "Keep it. The password is six zeroes... and so is the balance."

Rong Wu: ...

[Important] All the jokes come from the internet.

Blurb for Let's Not Break Up, Then:

[I got rid of my love-addled brain. Now I love him without thinking.]

[In truth: love-addled top x sickly but hot-tempered bottom]

Ji Qingchen and Xu Zhiqiao broke up, and it wasn't pretty.

Apparently, they had the breakup in the middle of the night and smashed up the whole apartment. First Xu Zhiqiao left with a suitcase, then Ji Qingchen left with a suitcase.

Neither of them ever returned to the apartment.

Meanwhile, their landlord, collecting rent from both of them every month: "Wait, what? Aren't you going to terminate the lease?"

They argue every time they meet. A few days ago, Xu Zhiqiao apparently said at a party that he had someone new. Ji Qingchen was furious, but in front of everyone, he casually showed off his men's ring. "My boyfriend is a thousand times better than him."

In the middle of the night, Xu Zhiqiao nearly knocks down the door. He has only one reason for showing up: "No way! I'm the best boyfriend in the world to you!"

"Ex-boyfriend," Ji Qingchen corrects him. "I'm the best ex-boyfriend in the world to you!"

Their friends can see what's going on and invite them both to a party, hoping to smooth things over.

Xu Zhiqiao sees him sitting alone and snorts. "Where's your boyfriend? Too scared to meet me?"

Ji Qingchen rolls his eyes smoothly. "Where's your boyfriend? Too scared to meet me?"

They both snort and turn to leave.

Their friend: ...

You two can keep pretending, you absolute idiots.

The party is on an island. Ji Qingchen is in poor health, and when he has an attack in the middle of the night, he frantically searches for his medicine. He can't find it right away, so he stumbles to the door to call for help. Before he can find anyone, he crashes into his ex-boyfriend's arms.

"Heh, throwing yourself at me?"

Xu Zhiqiao holds the medicine in his other hand. "When you're sick, don't you still need me?"

A few days later, though, Xu Zhiqiao gets terrible news: Ji Qingchen is seriously ill and has been hospitalized. He pushes open the door and sees Ji Qingchen covered with a white sheet.

Trembling, Xu Zhiqiao calls their friend and says, "Ji Qingchen is ignoring me. He's wrapped in a white sheet and won't talk to me."

Their friend: ...

When Ji Qingchen hears about it later: ...

Are you insane? Who put a white sheet over me?

[They are each other's first love. Neither has a new boyfriend. They were both pretending.]

Theme: Keep on living, and search for your own light.