I'm a Passionate Careerist in a Dog-Blooded Novel [Sports]

[The author's first contracted novel. The writing is immature and the quality is concerning. Strongly, strongly, strongly not recommended.]

This novel will switch to paid chapters on November 18, 2023, starting from Chapter 25~

Blurb:

Bai Yan, a rising star on China's national table tennis team, died in a car accident.

When he opened his eyes again

He had transmigrated into a book, becoming a disposable character in an old-school, melodramatic boys' love novel.

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After a brief adjustment, Bai Yan realized that table tennis had fallen into decline in the world of the novel. The national team could barely make it to the quarterfinals.

Having just won his first world championship, Bai Yan packed his bags and prepared to make a run for it:

The protagonist seme he had a marriage-of-convenience agreement with? Good-bye!

The cannon-fodder role meant to bring the seme and uke together for a happy ending? Tear it all up!

The arrogant supporting character who came looking for trouble? Kick his

Wait, this guy seems to have a real talent for table tennis.

Bai Yan thought for two seconds, then decided to keep him around.

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With the cannon fodder he'd coaxed and tricked in tow, Bai Yan calmly fought his way into the provincial team, the national second team, and eventually the national first team.

On the podium for the men's doubles world championship, Bai Yan turned his head.

"A few years ago today, we were at each other's throats. Time really flies."

His handsome teammate, half a head taller than him, smiled faintly.

"We're still at each other's throats now."

At Bai Yan's puzzled look, Lu Yizhou added the last two words:

"In bed."

Bai Yan: "..."

Notes before reading:

1. Calm, seductive-and-calculating uke x proud golden-retriever seme

2. Modern alternate universe. Professional information is sourced online, so corrections are welcome if anything is wrong.

3. The characters are not based on real people.

Blurb for the next novel:

Jiang Yun was born into one of Haijing's prestigious families. His first twenty-one years went smoothly, but just when things seemed to be going too well, disaster struck in his twenty-second year.

Not only did he go from being a biological son to an adopted one, but his father's illegitimate son, who had been living outside the family, was also welcomed home and groomed as the heir.

At a friend's instigation, Jiang Yun bet everything he had and entered into an eight-year battle of attrition with the man:

Including, but not limited to, opposing Liang Jin at every turn in business, paying a fortune to poach his employees, and spreading rumors everywhere that Liang Jin was no good in bed.

He did every shameless thing imaginable, lost the whole game, and eventually died in a car accident.

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He opened his eyes, then closed them, and was reborn at the very beginning.

To avoid Liang Jin and preserve his wealth and comfort for the rest of his life, Jiang Yun decided to sleep peacefully and slack off without a care.

Unexpectedly, he encountered Liang Jin again in a dream. The man was leaning over him, the red mole on his chest swaying with every movement.

As their temples brushed together, Liang Jin kissed the side of his neck and asked, his gaze dark, whether he could actually perform or not.

Jiang Yun jolted upright from the brink of death in his dream: ?

-

Being enemies is too hard, and being lovers is too much.

After an enormous amount of effort, Jiang Yun chose a compromise:

He would be brothers with Liang Jin.

After a certain banquet, he took the thoroughly drunk Liang Jin home. While making hangover soup, he felt a giant human attachment press against his back.

The man nuzzled his neck as if he knew his way around, then whispered, "Ayun, I really missed you."

Jiang Yun had a complicated look on his face and seemed at a loss for words.

This is getting a little suggestive, bro.

Notes before reading:

1. Slow-to-realize adopted uke who doesn't know he's in love x aloof illegitimate-son seme who loves but doesn't say so

2. A melodramatic hodgepodge with all the tropes, but a happy ending

3. The seme and uke aren't perfect characters. They are not related by blood and are not on the same household registration.

Lastly, a shout-out to my dear friend's upcoming novel, My Client Is Not Human. If you like the sound of it, go take a look~

Theme: Persevere and never give up.