The Cannon Fodder Top Who Lost His Golden Finger Was Reborn

[New novel: Now That Everyone's Awakened, Who Still Wants to Be Cannon Fodder? Synopsis below.]

The genius restorer Gu Jueque died on the same day Bai Yuesheng married someone else.

Everyone knew Bai Yuesheng had a childhood friend who was disfigured, paralyzed, and unable to speak. To pay for his treatment, Bai Yuesheng worked and studied hard from university onward, then struggled to build a business. His innocence, kindness, determination, hard work, and keen business sense won him countless admirers. Those same qualities also made Gu Jueque the thorn in their side.

They all believed Gu Jueque was holding Bai Yuesheng back, clinging to him because Bai Yuesheng was softhearted and kind. No one knew Gu Jueque had become this way while saving Bai Yuesheng. They also had no idea that Bai Yuesheng's knack for identifying antiques and astonishing luck came from the Gu family's heirloom and Gu Jueque's guidance.

To get rid of this thorn in their side, his admirers came up with countless ways to target Gu Jueque. At last, on Bai Yuesheng's wedding day, they made sure Gu Jueque died a miserable death in a raging fire. After death, he awakened to the truth and discovered, to his astonishment, that he had been living inside a book. Bai Yuesheng was the male protagonist, while he was merely a cannon-fodder side character defeated by the protagonist's universal appeal. Everything he had suffered was meant to make Bai Yuesheng shine.

When he opens his eyes again, Gu Jueque has returned to ten years earlier. The Gu family mansion has not yet been reduced to ashes in a fire. He has not lost his legs or been disfigured while saving Bai Yuesheng from the flames, and his parents have not died in a car accident on the way to take him to the hospital. He can start over.

Looking at Bai Yuesheng, who confesses his love with tender devotion while hinting that he wants to see the Gu family's heirloom, Gu Jueque smiles.

This time, he will not be anyone else's stepping-stone. With the heirloom in hand, Gu Jueque will protect his family and restore the family business.

And he will not spare a single person who schemed to kill his entire family.

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Having been reborn, Gu Jueque is prepared to fight his enemies to the death. He never expected that the person who killed him in his previous life would wag his tail and beg for his attention in this life, all because of his looks.

How ridiculous!

A certain large predator, wagging its tail at its precious treasure whenever it has a spare moment: Exactly!

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At first, Shen Heng only thought the young gentleman he bumped into on Antique Street was handsome, well-proportioned, and good at appraising antiques. After buying antiques, he often asked him to take a look.

Later, when he learned the young gentleman could also restore cultural relics, he handed over a whole pile of "junk" he'd accumulated at home for him to restore.

Later still, Shen Heng became very unhappy about the dogs and cats hanging around Gu Jueque. He felt people were coveting his treasure.

So someone coiled his tail around himself and glared at everyone. "Let's see who dares covet my treasure!"

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In the new novel, Ye Mingzhao awakens.

He learns that he is the villainous adopted young master in a story about a fake heir and a real heir. Adopted by wealthy parents as a child, he resents the real heir's return to the family and resorts to all manner of framing and scheming to drive a wedge between them. In the end, he succeeds in killing the real heir, who dies full of resentment and is reborn on the very day the wealthy family takes him back.

After being reborn, the real heir no longer has any hope for his family, and he is murderously hostile toward Ye Mingzhao. His only reason for returning to the wealthy family is revenge. After successfully getting his revenge, the real heir walks away, leaving behind all the family members who regret their actions too late.

As for Ye Mingzhao, after committing every kind of misdeed and having his true nature exposed, he is thrown out of the wealthy family in a fit of rage. Destitute and miserable, he dies.

After reading the original story from beginning to end, Ye Mingzhao looks at the real heir, whose eyes are full of murderous intent.

The good news is that the real heir has only just returned to the wealthy family, and Ye Mingzhao hasn't had a chance to make a move!

The bad news is that the real heir has already been reborn!

For the sake of his life, he can't keep being the fake heir! He can't do it for even one more day!

So here's the question: after losing his job, what career should he switch to so he can keep his adored status and make a fortune?

The answer: become an actor!

After all, Ye Mingzhao is not only handsome, but also a brilliant actor, multitalented, and excellent at crafting a public persona!

So Ye Mingzhao dives headfirst into show business!

He acts his way into becoming Best Newcomer!

He acts his way into becoming the top specialist in villain roles!

He acts his way into becoming the brightest star of all!

Everyone is impressed by Ye Mingzhao's brilliant acting, and they all think his dramatic change in personality is because he has gotten too deep into his roles!

Only Chu Hengyi, who once bore the full brunt of Ye Mingzhao's malice, knows that he hasn't gotten too deep into a role. He's simply rotten to the core.

But that doesn't matter.

Chu Hengyi grips Ye Mingzhao's wrist and smiles. "Even if it's just an act, you have to stay with me until the curtain falls!"

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I know you are false, cunning, sinister, scheming, ruthless, and greedy, but I still love you.

The proud, gifted shou x the obsessive, unhinged gong who knows his lover is a bad guy but can't help falling hopelessly in love with him (he's completely devoted)

Theme: Become the protagonist of your own life