The Canary Deleted His Account and Started Over [Reborn]

[Complete! Occasional updates are for revisions. The complete novel is exclusively and officially available on Jinjiang!] [Double Rebirth | Face-Slapping and Scum-Punishing | Mutual Healing | Sweet and Satisfying] Jing Shun debuted as a child star. His very first film after becoming an adult won an international award, and his career was taking off. Then a terrible fall from a stunt harness left him disabled. His longtime friend Chi Sheng took the opportunity to pursue him relentlessly, confessing his love in front of everyone at a banquet and swearing he would take care of Jing Shun for the rest of his life. But in less than five years, Chi Sheng was surrounded by countless young stars and online influencers, and even drunkenly let slip: "He's a useless guy who'll be stuck in a wheelchair for life, and he's a man, too. How could I possibly like him?" "Just looking at Jing Shun's limp, powerless legs makes me sick. I haven't even touched him." "Me, I love watching him from behind the security cameras when he accidentally falls and crawls around on the floor in a pathetic mess. It's hilarious." Overnight, Jing Shun once again became the laughingstock of all H City. What he had thought was a friend turned true love was nothing more than a rich young master keeping a canary for his amusement, toying with him out of sheer perversity. When Jing Shun awoke, he had been reborn five years earlier, back at that same banquet, attended by half of H City's high society, where Chi Sheng had made his grand, supposedly "devoted" declaration of love. This time, Jing Shun rejected him without hesitation and turned his gaze to the man standing at the banquet hall entrance. The head of the Chi family, Chi Gui, who, according to rumor, had only been acknowledged by the family as an adult, yet took control of the whole clan single-handedly in less than five years. He was also Chi Sheng's uncle in name, and Chi Sheng was as afraid of him as a mouse was of a cat. Overcome by grief and indignation, Jing Shun wheeled himself closer and struck out at Chi Sheng even at the cost of hurting himself. "I don't want that good-for-nothing Chi Sheng. I think you're pretty great, though. How about you and me give it a try?" "..." The whole room erupted. Everyone was waiting for Jing Shun to be brutally rejected and humiliated. But Chi Gui simply answered, "Okay." From that day on, high society in H City began speculating about when Chi Gui would get sick of Jing Shun and kick him out of the Chi family. Even Jing Shun himself was prepared to leave the Chi family and fend for himself at any moment. But only Chi Gui, who had also been reborn, knew... Over the past five years, on every late night, how many times had he regretted arriving too late after the accident on set? How many times had he only dared to discreetly ask about the person he loved? How many times had he envied his useless nephew? And no one knew that saying "Okay" at the banquet had taken nearly all the composure he had. [Content Notes] 1. Chi Gui (top) x Jing Shun (bottom). Primarily Jing Shun's point of view, with supplementary scenes from Chi Gui's. The official pairing stays together, no switching! Double rebirth, one-on-one, devoted to each other. Face-slapping, scum-punishing, and a sweet little romance, guaranteed! 2. Because of his legs, the bottom has some insecurity and gloominess, and occasionally shows a crazy side. After being reborn, both his body and mind will heal! The top is powerful, but his secret-crush meter is maxed out. He's restrained and reserved early on, then becomes intensely possessive later. Don't ask, he loves him so much! 3. The bottom gets a little everyone-loves-him treatment! There will be a tiny amount of variety-show content and scenes of filming a show within the story. 4. The scumbag and the bottom never have a physical relationship! There are several reasons, which will be explained in the story. Important! 5. The author isn't a medical professional, so the bottom's treatment will only be described briefly. If you ask, you can just consider it a Jinjiang medical miracle. Thanks! Upcoming novel: When the Most Hated Guy Starts Improvising [Book Transmigration] One day, Le Yin transmigrated into a melodramatic danmei novel, becoming a cannon-fodder stand-in for the beloved protagonist. The original owner should have been a pampered young master from a wealthy family. But while his whole family was on vacation, he was kidnapped by mistake and spent twenty years enduring a hard life with his adoptive family. Meanwhile, the protagonist of the novel was a child adopted by the Le family. He took the original owner's place, enjoying a privileged life for twenty years and becoming the unattainable first love whom all the male leads loved but could never have. Because he resembled that first love, after the Le family brought the original owner home, the male leads chose him as their stand-in toy. They all played with him, pretending to care for and cherish him. But when he offered them his sincere feelings and revealed the scars of his past, they brutally trampled on his looks, character, and soul. Betrayed, mocked, toyed with, and humiliated by the male leads, the original owner learned the truth and fell into utter despair. He ended his life by jumping from a height, bringing his existence as the person everyone hated to a close. Faced with the original owner's death, the male leads showed no remorse or regret. Instead, they competed to comfort the first love, who was pretending to cry. After confirming the plot, Le Yin, who had transmigrated into the book, gave a cold laugh. He looked at the male leads gathered around the "first love" at the banquet, a glint of amusement in his eyes. Fine. If it's all an act, then... He wanted to see who would end up playing whom. -- When Scum Male Lead Number One cruelly humiliated him by calling off their engagement, Le Yin deliberately made his eyes redden and spoke with feigned insecurity. "I know I'm not good enough for you. You deserve someone better. Don't worry. Starting today, I won't appear in front of you again." The next day, the other man's scandalous and indecent photos spread throughout their whole social circle. Le Yin improvised: "He's not that kind of person! I believe him!" When Scum Male Lead Number Two pretended to go bankrupt to test him for money, Le Yin cautiously offered him his bank card. "This is all the money I have. Take it. Don't panic. I'll find a way to help you raise more." A week later, the authorities shut down the other man's businesses, and he really did go bankrupt. Le Yin improvised: "He must have been framed. I'll help him find evidence!" When Scum Male Lead Number Three deliberately teased him at the pool, Le Yin pretended to drown. After being rescued, he acted deeply moved. "I'm sorry for putting you through all that. Thank you for having someone save me. I hope you'll be safe and well from now on, too." Half a month later, the other man had a serious accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down and in a wheelchair. Le Yin improvised: "How could this happen? Does he have anyone to look after him?" When everyone gave him the same hard time as in the novel, Le Yin was ready for them and met every challenge with ease. In public, he acted sweet, adorable, pitiful, and kindhearted. In private, he manipulated a whole crowd of scum male leads as if they were in the palm of his hand. As Le Yin kept up the act, he suddenly noticed that the male leads had all forgotten their original roles and were acting strangely toward him. "..." Don't come any closer! To avoid all this trouble, Le Yin grabbed someone at random and improvised: "I'm already engaged. Please don't bother me." -- Huo Xu was the eldest son of the Huo family and stood at the very top of the social pyramid in the capital. Refined and self-possessed, cold and distant, he had countless admirers but had never been moved by anyone. For years, he had looked down on his friends' infatuation with the Le family's adopted son, and remained unmoved by the adopted son's secret confession of love. That was until the Le family's real young master, who had gone missing, returned home. On the surface, the other man seemed like a timid country bumpkin, acting pitiful and adorable in public. But in private, he was completely different, dazzling and bold, so captivating that Huo Xu couldn't take his eyes off him! Huo Xu was the first to discover Le Yin's "evil" side, but willingly kept it secret and helped him out of trouble. When his friends fell for Le Yin and pursued him, Huo Xu pretended to help by offering advice, while actually doing everything he could to "eliminate the competition" and take every opportunity to make himself more noticeable. Then one day, Le Yin laced his fingers with Huo Xu's to put on an act for everyone. "I'm already engaged. Please don't bother me." Huo Xu, the pretend fiance who planned to make the act real, slipped the ring he'd prepared long ago onto Le Yin's finger. "All right, darling. When are we going to register our marriage?" Le Yin: ? Wasn't this just an act? The other male leads: ??? Where did you come from? Huo Xu: #OpportunityAlwaysGoesToTheManWithARing# #ARealManEarnsHisOwnTitle# [Reader's Guide] Bottom: Le Yin, a master of acting who plays innocent, naive, and pitiful, but is actually a queen with a score to settle! Top: Huo Xu, the rightful partner with a lover's flair, an exhibitionist who loves showing off their relationship. He only wants to possess the bottom, and his clinginess is off the charts! The top and bottom are devoted to each other, one-on-one. The official top took no part in any of the original novel's wrongdoing. A satisfying scum-punishing story. There are plenty of supporting male leads in the original novel, some good and some bad. The bad ones all get face-slapped. Title undecided. I'll change other details if I think of anything. Moral: Never give in to the hardships fate brings.