I'm an NPC, and Three Powerful Brothers Can't Get Enough of Me

Ling Zhishui had felt like time was passing especially slowly lately. Then a basketball hit him on the head, and when he came to, he suddenly realized:

He was a background NPC in a melodramatic danmei novel, and the main characters were in the middle of a major plotline!

The author was determined to cram in every popular trope, so the book had the entertainment industry, enemies-to-lovers, turning straight men gay, gay men cross-dressing...

And the hot trope attached to him was being a rich family's adopted son.

As an NPC who'd read countless books and knew his place, he wanted to escape his tragic fate.

Ling Zhishui clung to his family's legs and wailed, "Dad, Mom, Brother, if I don't leave you, how will I ever become self-sufficient?"

He was rewarded with a penthouse in the city, registered as the address on his personal household record.

Ling Zhishui: Sob, it's so satisfying to cling to these legs.

Ling Zhishui, who could talk his way through anything, set his sights on his three good-for-nothing NPC roommates as the first step in his career.

Roommate A: Loves cross-dressing, fragile ego.

As Ling described him: A rising star in cosplay, so beautiful you can't tell if he's a man or a woman, with a heart as clever as seven.

Roommate B: A third-rate web-novel author, famous for getting hate essays written about him.

As Ling described him: A literary pioneer who cares nothing for fame and fortune, beloved by readers who'd follow him through life and death.

Roommate C: A dark-skinned sports student, taciturn and awkward with words, completely hopeless with women.

As Ling described him: Oozing hormones, a man of his word, and never one to mess around.

Roommates A, B, and C: ??? You can explain it like that?

At first, netizens said: [Great Sage Sun, come collect this bunch of demons.]

Later, roommates A, B, and C became hugely popular, Ling Zhishui shot to fame, and Dorm 168 started trending.

Netizens: [Ling Zhishui, the matchmaking industry will never let you set foot in it.]

[Zhishui, I'm a hardcore shut-in who loves anime. Give me a bio for tomorrow's interview.]

A popular netizen comment: Ling Zhishui can spread rumors with just one sentence. Every detail is wrong, but he somehow gets the answer right.

His second and third brothers, who'd been taken in but had struck gold and seen their careers soar: Zhishui, bring us more people.

Ling Zhishui: Ah, wait, let me make something else up.

Eldest brother (did you all forget about me?): Stop making stuff up. Come to my place

Ling Zhishui (obediently): Sure!

Eldest brother: Warm my bed.

Ling Zhishui: Retracting one message.

#So this is where the incest trope was waiting for me#

Theme: True love lasts forever