- What should you do if you wake up transmigrated into a novel as a vicious cannon-fodder character who shares your name and is killed off early?
- Study hard, keep improving, ace the exams, and leave for good.
The Bigwigs Are Competing to Dote on the School Hunk is a harem novel with a universally adored male lead. The aloof, untouchable protagonist is a beautiful flower on a high peak, keeping everyone at arm's length, yet countless powerful men are still captivated by him and flock to his side.
Naturally, there are people willing to fly into the flames, sacrifice themselves, and bring about their own deaths just to highlight the protagonist's terrifying charm.
And so, Shen Yingci meets his end at the hands of thugs hired by one of the potential love interests.
Who could have guessed that he'd wake up in the original character's body after his death?
The original plot has changed. The direction is unknown, the ending is unknown,
and he has no idea how to return to the real world.
The most important thing is to stay alive. Shen Yingci closes his exam paper. He has to survive, study hard, avoid the original novel's tragic ending, and get away for good so he can make a living on his own.
Best to stay away from every important character in the story.
But his no-good biological father has already waved a hand and arranged for him to repeat his second year of high school in the same class as the protagonist.
Shen Yingci can only rein in his sharp edges and play the part of a stereotypical good student. Since he can't avoid the protagonist entirely, he'll watch coldly from the sidelines during the original plot's inevitable encounters and stop making the butterfly effect any worse.
He endures and endures, until he witnesses one of the potential love interests being bullied in the bathroom and his conscience finally gets the better of him. Shen Yingci pushes up his glasses, kicks open the stall door, rubs his wrist, then tilts his head and smiles at the terrified crowd.
"What are you playing at? Mind if I join?"
If he can't stand by and watch, then helping the protagonist out of a bind probably counts as another way to stay alive. Help one more person, gain more goodwill, improve his survival odds, and keep his already fragile conscience clear. It's a win all around.
But...
Shen Yingci takes a step back until he hits the corner of the wall.
Why are you confessing to a background character?
[Believe me, I'm really only trying to stay alive.]
* One-on-one romance, no picking a side. Mu Xunxun is the love interest.
* The protagonist has a universally adored aura.
* Mindless fun ahead.
Theme: I study, I strive, I excel, I succeed.
