After Waking Up as a Substitute in a Tragic Romance, I Turn the Tables on My Abuser and Reach the Top

On his eighteenth birthday, Song Mingxu awakens to the truth: he's been living inside a melodramatic angst novel.

He loves the male lead, Gu Ming, desperately, willingly degrading himself to be Gu Ming's stand-in for his white moonlight. He lets Gu Ming's friends harass and tease him, lets Gu Ming's lover slap him and provoke him, and is even willing to donate his corneas for Gu Ming.

In the end, on the night the male leads get married, Song Mingxu jumps from a rooftop in despair and dies miserably in the street.

Song Mingxu, learning about his miserable life as a disposable tool: ?

This is a little too messed up, isn't it? :)

After accidentally witnessing Gu Ming fail at confessing his feelings again, Song Mingxi presses his lips together in a smile and approaches. He hooks both arms around Gu Ming's neck, leans close to his lips, and breathes sweetly:

"Mr. Gu, do you know that a man's best betrothal gift is loyalty, purity, and chastity? You're a rotten, filthy thing, and only I would accept you. No one but me could ever love you."

"I'll teach you how to win over the person you love, but first you need to understand that a worthless dog doesn't deserve love."

As Gu Ming's gaze grows hazy, Song Mingxi lowers his eyes, hiding the disgust in them.

So this is all it takes to train a dog.

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After realizing he'd fallen in love with Song Mingxi, Gu Ming happily goes to Song Mingxu's dorm, ready to make the sweetest confession of the century.

But he sees the person he loves smiling at another man in a way he has never once smiled at him.

Gu Ming is so furious that his blood boils. Before he can rush up and destroy the man, the bastard turns around, and Gu Ming sucks in a sharp breath.

The person looking down at him coldly, with an aloof expression, is none other than the second uncle he fears most.

Theme: The first step to loving life is loving yourself.