The Frail Heartthrob Is Still Breaking Character Today

[Pre-collection: After Faking His Death, the Hated-by-All Man Falls into a Shura Field. Blurb below, please add it to your collection qwq]

The powerful minister Jiang Huai has two things he can't tell anyone.

First, although he's the adored heartthrob in the book, he actually transmigrated into it.

Second, he's gay.

Jiang Huai: Why can't I say I like men, even after transmigrating into a book? (clenches fist)

System: Host, you need to maintain the image of an upright gentleman.

Jiang Huai grits his teeth.

That's right. After dying, he transmigrated into a book as its beloved heartthrob. But to preserve the character's image and keep the supporting characters from getting suspicious, he has to act like an upright gentleman.

The reason is simple: a System error sent him into the wrong book, a political intrigue novel that was abandoned before its ending. In the original, the powerful minister Jiang Huai is a hypocrite who seems as pure and bright as the moon, but is secretly deeply calculating. Though adored by all, he's also a sickly, beautiful cannon-fodder character who coughs every three steps and pants every two. Several supporting characters fight over him until they're battered and bruised.

His mission is to maintain his character while finding the true male lead.

Jiang Huai: I'm just a lazy salted fish...

System: The true male lead is the cure for the sick beauty. Without the antidote, this body will soon die.

Jiang Huai grits his teeth and nods.

But he can't resist good looks!!!

The innocent, playful young emperor invites him to admire flowers and tease birds. The cold, broad-shouldered general with the narrow waist suddenly asks to meet him in secret. The lovesick prince, his eyes lingering everywhere, says he'd gladly die for him. Jiang Huai is practically drooling:

"Excellent, all of you..."

The System murmurs: Host, you need to maintain the image of an upright gentleman.

Jiang Huai clears his throat and wipes away his drool.

"It's so late. We should all head back."

*

The protagonist of the book remains nowhere to be found, and Jiang Huai's health worsens by the day. By the time his illness flares up and he is on the brink of death, the realm is in the midst of civil war, and the entire court is in chaos.

The young emperor, about to be forced from the throne, cries himself hoarse. The lovesick prince, whose coup has failed, arrives with red-rimmed eyes and an imperial physician, but they are all helpless. Meanwhile, the general who was meant to emerge victorious from the civil war, and become the new ruler, makes his way through thousands of soldiers. He kneels before Jiang Huai, cuts open his own chest, and feeds him the blood from his heart.

Jiang Huai's eyes suddenly fly open through the haze. He looks into the deep, intent, cold eyes before him. The protagonist he has searched so desperately for...

Has been right in front of him all along.

*The blurb only mentions three, but there are n in the story OvO. Anyone who appears could be a love interest, and they all have one-sided crushes~

The couple is Xiao Jiang and Bu Zhuoqing~

----After Faking His Death, the Hated-by-All Man Falls into a Shura Field

Zhu Weiqiu, frail and delicate, blacks out and wakes up inside a melodramatic cultivation novel.

Bad news: In the book, his constitution is special, making him a peerless cultivation furnace coveted by everyone.

Worse news: The original owner was arrogant and spoiled, and loved interfering in other people's relationships and toying with men. In the end, he gets caught up in one, two, three, four, five... melodramatic affairs, and meets a tragic end after being hunted down...

Zhu Weiqiu, single since birth: That's a lot of people.

He runs. Can't he just run away?

[Human Realm]

To mend the relationships of two noble-family childhood friends that the original owner ruined, Zhu Weiqiu specially seeks out red strings that can kindle desire. He secretly gets them drunk, then quietly ties a red string around each of their wrists. Just as he's about to leave with satisfaction, he trips over the string.

The red string is now wrapped around his small, pale wrists, one on each side, connecting him to the two men, whose behavior has already started to turn strange as they walk toward him.

Zhu Weiqiu: You two... Huh? Wait, don't pull at my sash! QAQ

[Immortal Realm]

As the late Immortal Venerable's newlywed spouse, the original owner was lonely and repeatedly tried to seduce the upright, aloof eldest disciple.

Thinking of the icy fate of being run through by a sword one day, Zhu Weiqiu resolves to be a dutiful little shiniang. He not only avoids the eldest disciple every day, but also clutches the Immortal Venerable's clothes and sobs whenever he gets the chance, looking as pitiful as can be.

But why is the eldest disciple's gaze growing more and more inscrutable?

Zhu Weiqiu hurriedly packs his things and flees. What baffles him even more is that not only does the eldest disciple chase after him with red eyes, but the person who suddenly grabs him and pins him against a tree is the supposedly "deceased" Immortal Venerable.

The aloof Immortal Venerable, who should despise the original owner, kisses the corner of Zhu Weiqiu's tear-swollen eye in front of the eldest disciple. His gentle voice swallows Zhu Weiqiu's sobs: "So this is how much you've been missing me, my dear."

[Ghost Realm]

This time, Zhu Weiqiu is sure that all he has to do is raise the little brat the original owner toyed with and abandoned.

But nobody told him that the little brat, who originally wanted nothing but to destroy the world, would suddenly become obsessed with pinning his "mommy" down!

And nobody told him that the little brat also has a Ghost King father who likes binding him with all kinds of indescribable tentacles!

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After successfully faking his death several times, Zhu Weiqiu stretches with satisfaction. He's finally managed to stay alive!

But when he turns around, he sees men... men... men... coming after him in hot pursuit.

One comes with a sword, one rides a flying sword, and another carries a saber.

Their weapons are bigger than the last.

Zhu Weiqiu's legs go weak: No, there are really too many of them...

Theme: Perseverance leads to success.