How a Crematorium Assistant Gets Immersed in the Gossip

--Coming soon: "Please, Be Kind and Give Me Some Money"-- Blurb: Gu Yiwen transmigrates into a book, an old-school novel about a scummy top and a masochistic bottom, a breakup, and a new love interest. The bottom lead was once a pampered young master, adored by everyone. But after his family fell from grace, he plunged from heaven into hell and was bullied in every way imaginable. After the bottom lead got into trouble, the top lead secretly helped him. But the scummy top took credit for everything and stole the person he loved. The bottom lead fell for the scummy top, who eventually left him battered and broken. He went abroad, while the top lead waited hopelessly, clinging to an impossible love. Gu Yiwen is the assistant to this tragic, unlucky top lead. The good news: As his personal assistant, Gu Yiwen gets to be there in person and catch all the gossip as it happens. The bad news: The story doesn't start for another five years. Life is dull, but Gu Yiwen makes it through five years like a dead fish. He becomes the most capable assistant to the top lead, a young CEO known as a business prodigy and a cold, unfeeling man. Every company wants to poach him. Faced with an astronomical offer, Gu Yiwen refuses with steely resolve. --As if! How could he leave such a great seat for watching the drama? Dream on! * After the bottom lead returns from abroad, Assistant Gu can finally begin his happy life of catching all the gossip. Assistant Gu's first lesson: How to catch the gossip as soon as it happens. First, you have to show up at the scene right away. The bottom lead visits the top lead's home. Assistant Gu says with a look of satisfaction, "It's the first time the young master has ever brought someone home." Butler: "...Isn't that my line?" The top and bottom leads chat happily. Assistant Gu quietly wipes away a nonexistent tear. "It's been so long since the young master smiled like that." Butler: "...Wasn't that my line too?" The bottom lead falls ill. Assistant Gu says irritably, "It's just a little cold. Why call me over in the middle of the night?" Family doctor: "...Shouldn't I be the one saying that?" Butler: "...You're overdoing it, Assistant Gu." Assistant Gu's second lesson: How to make the gossip-watching experience more immersive. You have to do your utmost to help your boss pursue the bottom lead. Somehow, this step doesn't quite go to plan... For instance, Assistant Gu carefully arranges a candlelit dinner, but... The top lead sits alone at the elegant dining table, his usually impassive face full of dejection. "Assistant Gu, why do you think he didn't come?" Assistant Gu: "...How would I know?" The top lead laughs bitterly. "Assistant Gu, would you have dinner with me?" Assistant Gu: "...Sure. It's all food I like anyway." Assistant Gu lowers his head, deep in thought about what went wrong, and misses the person across from him curling their lips into a smile, their eyes subtly full of determination. [Reader's Guide] 1. Both leads are each other's one and only, 1v1. 2. The top and bottom leads aren't based on real people, and both have their flaws. 3. More to come~ Coming Soon: Yang Momo, who has spent more than ten years herding sheep, is finally found. It turns out he's the illegitimate child of a wealthy family, lost to them years ago. It turns out he has an older brother. That very night, Yang Momo bids farewell to his wicked foster parents, packs up everything he owns, and heads into the city, making a beeline for the grand mansion at the address he's been given. His older brother is handsome, and kind of scary. But Yang Momo is dazzled by the mansion's splendor and refuses to leave. Life back in the wealthy family is pure luxury. Yang Momo rises to the top in an instant, with everyone else beneath his feet. He gets the extravagant life he'd always dreamed of, one more lavish than he could have imagined. Yang Momo's life in the wealthy family is everything he could want, except for one problem: Why is his brother so terrifying? * To keep Shen Yi from kicking him out, Yang Momo sticks to his side all day long. He sits right beside him at meals, bowl in hand, and follows him to bed with his quilt. Wherever his brother goes, he trails after him like a little shadow... After doggedly wearing Shen Yi down, Yang Momo finally establishes a close, brotherly relationship with him. Then he immediately reveals his true ambitions: whenever he opens his eyes, all he wants is money. "Shen Yi, buy me a sports car." "Shen Yi, that winery is so beautiful too." "Shen Yi! Give me money!" Yang Momo becomes the most extravagant spender in the capital. He takes one sip of a milk tea and tosses it, and buys a set of clothes just to burn it. He wants the biggest pearls, the most expensive clothes, and limited-edition shoes. He needs a new sports car every month. Just as he's about to throw caution to the wind and start throwing his weight around, he learns he's got the wrong address... The mansion isn't his, and his big brother isn't his big brother... Yang Momo remembers all the trouble he's caused and Shen Yi's cold, merciless face. He shudders. Run! He has to run! Yang Momo packs up and tries to escape, but his bundle is so big it gets stuck in the doorway. He stares at the stuffed-full bundle, unable to bear throwing anything away, his face twisted with indecision. "Throw it all out. I'll buy you new ones." Yang Momo's eyes light up. "Okay!" ...Wait, why does that voice sound so familiar? He looks up and sees Shen Yi smiling strangely, his low voice full of menace. "Where do you want to go, Momo? Take your big brother with you, okay?" * Everyone in the capital knows that the one the Shen family brought home is not only an ignorant country bumpkin, but also a spendthrift. A fool. Everyone also knows that the older Shen brother is ruthless and sinister, a terrifying man no one can get the better of. A mad dog. They're all waiting for a laugh, eager to see when the older Shen brother will kill the younger one. They wait and wait, until Yang Momo is spoiled rotten and starts throwing his weight around over their heads. They think this must be a case of spoiling him so he can be ruined! They wait some more, until Yang Momo's name is put on the Shen Corporation, and the terrifying eldest Shen brother holds him in his hands like a precious jewel. They watch Yang Momo grow more willful by the day, and more extravagant with every passing moment. They wait their whole lives, and watch Shen Yi spoil him for his whole life. Theme: Take charge of your life and work hard to live it.