Why Is It So Hard to Pretend to Be an Ordinary Person!

[Extreme Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment, and Shameless Showing Off!] The Ultimate Show-Off: A Slacker Bottom, a Big Shot Pretending to Be a Rookie, and Everyone Loves Me!

In 2024, a boy group survival show featuring contestants from across Southeast Asia went viral as soon as it aired, because every single contestant was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

Among the 101 contestants were an aloof, brilliant student from a prominent family, a Harvard graduate who spoke four languages, stood 189 centimeters tall, had the perfect nine-head figure of a model, and had walked at Fashion Weeks around the world;

The son of the country's biggest entertainment company CEO, a real crown prince with money to burn, a roguishly handsome mixed-race visual who was breathtakingly gorgeous;

A seemingly refined and gentle, elegant young man who could make people scream until they cried once he started moving: the group's top dancer, with both a six-pack and defined abs under his white shirt, whose performances were explosive;

A heavenly main vocalist who looked rather ordinary, but gave people goosebumps the moment he opened his mouth;

And a sweet, adorable younger brother, a rich second-generation kid who would have to go home and inherit a fortune worth tens of billions if he failed to make it big.

The rest of the contestants were either rich second-generation kids or celebrity offspring.

Of the 101 contestants, a hundred were tall, rich, and handsome.

Only one looked completely unremarkable, wore clunky glasses, couldn't sing or dance, had no presence at all, always stammered through interviews from the sidelines, didn't fit in with his teammates in the slightest, ranked dead last in popularity, and liked to avoid the cameras.

Qi Cheng: "Have I hidden myself well enough?"

Qi Cheng had transmigrated into a book. A malfunction in this world's System had left a lot of transmigrators living in it.

Most had already completed countless transmigration missions and honed all kinds of skills. Take him, for example. He'd returned from quick transmigration missions, could switch effortlessly between six languages, excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, had a voice as if kissed by an angel, and was stunningly beautiful!

With transmigrators this powerful, the world had fallen into chaos, so the Main System dispatched transmigration hunters.

His fellow transmigrators were being hunted down one after another. Those who had especially powerful cheats, like award-winning actors and top-tier stars, were particularly likely to become targets of suspicion.

Qi Cheng, who had just transmigrated onto a survival show and was all set to make a spectacular debut, felt relieved: Good thing I haven't brought out my big guns yet.

There was still time!

To avoid being discovered, he kept his many secret identities under wraps and tried to be a little matchstick, letting others shine so he would look more ordinary.

For instance, when one of his teammates, who was playing the role of a gifted songwriter, was composing a song, he'd pretend to hum a couple of lines without thinking: "Would this sound better?"

Then the song became a hit.

For instance, while the group's top dancer was choreographing a performance, Qi Cheng would quietly make a seemingly thoughtless dance move nearby, giving him a flash of inspiration.

Then the performance turned out explosive.

When someone made a mistake, Qi Cheng was the first to approach, secretly encouraging him away from the cameras: "Don't get discouraged! You'll always be the best in my eyes!"

Then the guy made an incredible comeback.

He was also always good at uncovering the others' hidden strengths: "Am I the only one who knows he has the best abs in the whole group?"

"Sure, he loves to scowl, but doesn't that make his occasional smile even more charming?"

But he realized that things weren't going the way he wanted at all.

As the show aired, viewers noticed that Qi Cheng got more screen time with every episode.

It wasn't that he was always beside every teammate. It was that every teammate was always gathered around him!

One contestant: "Honestly, this song wouldn't have become such a hit without his help."

Another contestant: "To me, he's the sun in my life."

Another contestant: "I like him. There's nothing wrong with saying so."

Netizen: "A contestant on a certain survival show has stirred up a bigger scandal than the show itself. Apparently, people got into a fight over Qi Cheng! Just because they wanted to share a dorm room with him!"

"No surprise there. Last episode's team-selection drama was practically overflowing with jealousy! All those hardcore solo fans have turned into a huge ship-war!"

"This is so exciting. I can barely breathe through every episode. It makes me blush more than a romance drama!"

"Qi Cheng's about to take first place by a landslide!"

Qi Cheng: Shaking in fear!!

And then...

Netizen: "Hey, is this incredible voice actor streamer who never shows his face Qi Cheng?"

"Is this the guy making tea in a mansion worth over a hundred million? Is that Qi Cheng?"

"This guy who crossed Tianmen Mountain in a wingsuit at eighteen kinda looks like our Qi Cheng."

"That big shot who's been shocking the entire art community lately seems to be Qi Cheng."

His ugly-making skill was gradually disappearing. His teammates accidentally discovered the enormous fortune in his bank account. They heard him just quietly humming a song. One teammate caught a glimpse of his great physique and got a nosebleed.

Manager: "Qi Cheng, your fan count broke the Guinness World Record today! You've successfully become the most popular member of the group. Should we celebrate?"

Qi Cheng: "Help me up. I can still struggle a little longer!"

A flopping fish lets out a twisted scream: Why is it so hard to be an ordinary person!

He stood where the spotlight couldn't reach, but in the eyes of those who loved him, he shone brightly.

Ensemble cast, feel-good, sweet, and full of shameless showing off!

Ultimate Show-Off Slacker Bottom VS transmigrator husband, with both leads having transmigrated

Theme: Face adversity head-on and live a brilliant life.