[Laid-back, couldn't-care-less straight bottom x ambitious, powerful top who only wants to climb to the top]
After Mu Zhen died, he transmigrated into a novel as a vicious cannon-fodder character.
In the original story, the vicious side character was arrogant and overbearing, using his power to bully people and doing everything he could to break up the main couple. But his comeuppance soon arrived: his family's company was investigated and nearly went bankrupt, and his father sold him to the second young master of the Si family, Si Wenyao, to save himself.
A System calling itself Xiao Ba told him that if he completed the assigned plot missions, he could regain his freedom. But he couldn't leave on his own, or the Heavenly Dao would erase him.
Mu Zhen: “What are the missions?”
Xiao Ba: “Help the second young master of the Si family win over the main character bottom.”
Mu Zhen: “I won't break up a couple.”
Xiao Ba: “Hehe, then you can take the main character bottom's place yourself.”
Mu Zhen: “...I'm straight, thanks.”
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Mu Zhen's first mission was to accidentally spill red wine on the main character top's suit at a banquet, giving Si Wenyao and the main character bottom a chance to spend time alone.
At the lavish banquet, Mu Zhen held a wineglass and looked around.
Xiao Ba: “What are you looking for?”
Mu Zhen: “I don't know which one is the main character top.”
Xiao Ba: “The hottest one.”
So Mu Zhen carried his glass of red wine toward the tall man surrounded by people in the middle of the banquet hall.
He squeezed his way through and pretended to stumble into the man's arms, spilling wine all over him.
The people around them turned pale with fright and rushed to pull him away, but the main character top put an arm around his waist and smiled. “It's fine.”
Mu Zhen: ? Hands off. No.
He'd planned to sneak away, but the man kept him by his side, eating and drinking with him.
Only after the banquet ended did he learn that the man was Si Wenyao's older brother, not the main character top.
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Although Mu Zhen had been sold to Si Wenyao, the two publicly claimed they were dating.
Si Wenyao promised Mu Zhen that if he helped him win over the main character bottom, he would tear up their contract.
Living under someone else's roof, Mu Zhen had no choice but to bow his head.
Once, the two of them went to the Si family home and ran into Si Wenyao's older brother again.
Mu Zhen nodded and followed along, calling him “Big Brother.”
Then he received a five-figure gift for addressing him by the right title.
Mu Zhen: No wonder they're a wealthy family.
After that day, money started appearing in his account every so often, sent by the man.
At first, there were reasons in the transfer notes. Later, he began getting hundreds of thousands at a time, with no explanation.
Mu Zhen: ?
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Si Qi, the current head of the Si family, was ruthless and cold-hearted.
He had never imagined he would develop improper desires for his younger brother's boyfriend.
At their first meeting, he noticed how soft and fragrant Mu Zhen's body was.
At their second meeting, he heard Mu Zhen call him Big Brother, but wanted him to use a different name.
At their third meeting, he saw Mu Zhen deliberately fall onto another man's body.
He knew his chance had come.
He laid a vast net.
Then, on the day Mu Zhen broke up with his boyfriend, he closed it.
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The System would leave automatically one month after the Host completed the missions.
On the night it left, Xiao Ba stared at a screen full of mosaic censorship and asked in confusion, “Didn't you say you were straight?”
In the midst of his ragged panting, Mu Zhen managed to answer, “He offered too much.”
Xiao Ba: “Money, or what's inside your belly right now?”
The man's hand had just taken Mu Zhen's and placed it on his stomach, where he felt a bulge.
The man's deep, magnetic voice rang out. “You're such a greedy little thing.”
Mu Zhen: “...”
Theme: Face adversity and keep moving forward