The Tragic Novel's Substitute Takes the Wrong Happy Ending Script [Quick Transmigration]

The transmigrated-into-a-book gong thinks he's stuck playing a hapless substitute × The shou has no idea what a substitute is, and just adores the gong * As hosts bound to the Gold-Standard Substitute System, they have to dutifully play the substitute, push the melodramatic plot forward, act out on cue once the original returns, then make a dramatic exit at the end with some absurd excuse like going abroad, getting cancer, or being incompatible by birth chart. But then they suddenly realize that somehow... They've inexplicably taken the original's place?! Substitute System: Huh? How did my Host end up as the protagonist gong? O. O? * World One: The substitute star of the aloof movie emperor 【Sunny puppy-like mixed-race star gong × fake-sweet, genuinely deranged CEO shou】 System: You look thirty percent like the CEO's childhood friend, the movie emperor. You need to be his doomed substitute, endure the CEO's violent treatment, then jump off a building and die once the two of them get together. Star: Leave it to me! He barged noisily into the CEO's life, badgered him into signing a substitute contract, and shamelessly cuddled up to the CEO right in front of the movie emperor. Whenever the CEO gave him a moody look, he would sling an arm over the man's shoulder and flash him a sunny smile. When he completed his “get yourself killed” assignment and stood on the rooftop ready to jump to his death and disappear, the CEO went mad. “Don't go.” The CEO begged him in a trembling voice, then turned around and locked him in a little black room. The star, sitting in the little black room and staring blankly at two red marriage certificates: ? Wait, wasn't I just supposed to be a substitute?? * World Two: The substitute younger brother of the imperial crown prince 【Sickly, seemingly innocent but secretly scheming prince guide gong × arrogant, domineering general sentinel shou】 System: The general has always been secretly in love with your crown prince brother and sees you as his substitute. All you need to do is save him when he's at his lowest, then humiliate him. At the end, pretend to be terminally ill and disappear, leaving the way clear for your royal brother! Prince: Leave it to me. He rescued the general from prison and formed a temporary mental bond with him, becoming his one and only guide. He humiliated him, smiling as he said cruel things, but at night they clung tightly to each other, his mental tentacles leaving traces on every inch of the general's spirit beast's fur. When his royal brother staged a rebellion, he died swiftly and cleanly, smiling as he took his leave and waited to be reborn. But the general went mad. Eyes bloodshot, he held the prince's cold body nearly out of his mind, racing through space in a starship to find doctors and medicine. The prince, not quite dead yet: ?? Wasn't I supposed to be his substitute? * World Three: I'm the Demon Lord's hapless substitute 【World-weary, unhinged gong who tries hard to seem cheerful × aloof, otherworldly (fake) and cold-blooded (real) master shou】 System: Your master has been secretly in love with the Demon Lord for years, and you happen to look fifty percent like him. You get what I mean, brother! Disciple: Got it. Leave it to me. He gave his master warmth, ate and slept with him, then, just as his master began to look at him with growing desire, steeled himself and threw the master, afflicted with an// aphrodisiac curse //, into the demon realm. The disciple said through tearful eyes, “Master, hope you find the one you love!” Who could have guessed that three days later, his master would return with the poison still in his system and dark desire in his eyes? Holding the Demon Lord's head in one hand, the usually cold-faced man looked full of hope. “The threat you worried about has been eliminated. Now you can become my Dao companion.” The disciple, suddenly practicing dual cultivation: ? Wait, wasn't I supposed to be his substitute??? * World Four: The CEO's poor student substitute More worlds under construction!!! 【Before You Read】 1. The gong is a transmigrator completing missions in a book. Every pairing is 1v1 with mutual affection, strong characters all around in every sense, handsome gong × handsome shou. The gong is always younger and taller than the shou, and none of the gongs are sexually submissive 【highlight】 2. All the main and side worlds have happy endings. No third parties interfere in the relationships. The substitute trope is just one part of the play. 3. Not recommended for gong or shou fans who are possessive about their favorite. The gong and shou call each other “hubby,” “sweetheart,” and “wifey.” The gong isn't a camera, and the shou isn't a prop. The author is particular about these things. In the comments, no pairing them with anyone else, no reversing their roles, no feminizing the gong, and no derogatory nicknames for either of them. Please don't argue in the comments about things already listed as warnings. Thank you, everyone. ⭐⭐Please add my upcoming gong-centric historical danmei to your collection⭐⭐ 《The Dragon-Slaying Hero's Best Friend Who Died Young》 【Passionate younger gong × aloof, love-struck dragon-slaying hero shou】 The hero of a feel-good novel always has a best friend. He comes from a distinguished family, gives the hero his wholehearted support, then lives on in the hero's memories after he dies. Qin Su Zhi transmigrated into the role of one such best friend. The System told him his mission was to Play the hero's wealthy best friend from his youth, giving spirit stones and experience points to the hero while he's still a down-and-out rogue cultivator. After they form a deep friendship, fake his death and become a defining moment in the hero's life. * So, on a rainy night when the hero was down on his luck, a well-dressed young man galloped up and stabbed the demon standing in his way. Meeting the hero's dull, lifeless gaze, he swiftly sheathed his sword and grinned with carefree confidence. “From now on, I'll look after you!” The filthy young man stared at him, a glimmer of light slowly returning to his eyes. “...All right.” * Qin Su Zhi diligently followed the plot. When the hero needed money, he showered him with it. When the hero was depressed, he praised him relentlessly. Whoever went after the hero got a beating, and whoever insulted him got punched. Then the hero buried his face in Qin Su Zhi's chest and wouldn't come out. Qin Su Zhi: ? Bro, I'm not into guys. I have to turn you down!!! * After realizing his friend had fallen for him, Qin Su Zhi painfully faked his death in the middle of the night and slept for three hundred years. When he woke up, he'd been reborn as the son of a wealthy family in the mortal realm, looking remarkably like his former self. System: You're awake, Host! Since your last mission wasn't completed to a high enough standard, you have to make up for it by playing the hero's second best friend who dies young! Qin Su Zhi: ?? Why does he keep targeting the same person? Am I some kind of best-friend simulator?! System: He can't forget you from your previous life. Now that he's seen someone who looks just like you, he's planning to take you in as his sworn younger brother. Look, he's already at your door! Qin Su Zhi jerked his head up. The hero, now the ruler of both the immortal and demon realms, was sitting in the main seat of his home, chatting amiably with his father. ...It looked like they were discussing selling him off. * His old buddy seemed like a completely different person. He'd outgrown his youthful awkwardness. His dark eyes fixed on Qin Su Zhi, his cold face covered in frost. “Your Excellency, Daoist Master.” Qin Su Zhi tried to act casual and smiled at him. “Would you... like to stay for a meal?” * The bad news: Once his bro went gay, he never went straight again. Not only had he been pining for Qin Su Zhi all this time, he'd built a shrine for him, inscribed “My late husband, Qin Su Zhi” on his memorial tablet, and was far too fond of sharing a bed with his portrait, like a lovesick ghost had taken possession of him. The even worse news: Qin Su Zhi realized he was about to get found out!!! 【Bonus Scene】 Dragged into the wedding hall and inexplicably saddled with a husband, Qin Su Zhi looked gloomily at his old buddy. “...I thought we were just sworn brothers?” His old buddy looked at him coldly. “You said we'd be brothers for life. Why did you fake your death and leave me?” Qin Su Zhi: “But brothers are just brothers! Brothers can't become Dao companions!” His old buddy: “Then call me ‘brother.’” Qin Su Zhi: “Brother, ” His old buddy, expressionless: “You smell so good.” Qin Su Zhi: ...Who taught you that? His old buddy: You did. Qin Su Zhi: . Tch. Looks like I'm really going to have to take responsibility for my bro for the rest of my life. Theme: Take control of your own fate.