Male Lead, Keep Your Distance from the Author!

[Blurb One]

When Zhong Xuan first started high school, he was not only under a ton of academic pressure, but also had to keep up a composed, aloof image around everyone. As a result, his mental state gradually became... beautiful.

To blow off steam, Zhong Xuan enthusiastically wrote a novel called The Tale of Changchuan. Changchuan was the chosen tragic hero: an alcoholic father, a mother who died young, and a broken heart. No matter how people around him bullied and humiliated him, Changchuan remained resilient and kindhearted.

By his second year of high school, Zhong Xuan had securely claimed first place in his grade, and his ability to pretend to be cool and distant had reached perfection. So he gave up trying, naturally forgot all about The Tale of Changchuan, and stopped updating it.

In the second semester of his sophomore year, a transfer student arrived in the class next door. Rumor had it he was 1.9 meters tall, with a pair of alluring phoenix eyes and an aura that was both righteous and wicked. He had a dashing bearing and an imposing presence.

Zhong Xuan: "Oh."

His inner thoughts: Let me have a look, let me have a look. (Fox peeking out)

When Zhong Xuan saw the transfer student in person, he gave him a quick once-over, his expression calm and composed.

"He really is pretty good-looking," he remarked coolly.

Everyone around him gave him a thumbs-up. As expected of the top student, a role model for us all. So steady and composed, able to see such a beauty and remain unmoved, full of righteous virtue.

Zhong Xuan was ecstatic inside: Holy crap, holy crap, he looks freaking amazing!

But why does he feel like the most familiar stranger? (Fox on alert)

Later, the transfer student approached him of his own accord and told Zhong Xuan that he was Changchuan, the male lead of The Tale of Changchuan.

Zhong Xuan, who was memorizing key points on materialism:

"..."

This guy could be cured and still drool.

But not long after, Zhong Xuan noticed that Duan Changchuan seemed to have boundless energy, was born with incredible strength, and had a black mole on his lower abdomen.

Zhong Xuan couldn't stay calm. Why was he exactly like his dear son?!

All signs suggested that this guy really was the male lead of his novel.

Zhong Xuan, with his poker face: "Oh."

Zhong Xuan on the inside: Waaah, my dear son! My perfect, dutiful young man has come to save Daddy!

At first, things really did go just as Zhong Xuan had expected. Duan Changchuan took meticulous care of him, looking after his every need.

Zhong Xuan was short on money, and Duan Changchuan gave him some!

Zhong Xuan was bullied, and Duan Changchuan stood up for him!

Duan Changchuan was handsome, had a handsome personality, and was ambitious and helpful (?).

All in all, Zhong Xuan was very pleased with his dear son.

But before long, Zhong Xuan could no longer smile.

His dear son was always grabbing him by the back of the neck, as if he were a cat, and staring at him with a meaningful look.

He even insisted they sleep with their feet touching...

Zhong Xuan was furious. "Would Liu, Guan, and Zhang do that? We're good brothers! Good friends!"

Duan Changchuan said gloomily, "Liu, Guan, and Zhang loved sleeping with their feet touching. You do so well in school, Ah Xuan. Don't you know that?"

Zhong Xuan: "..."

Duan Changchuan put an arm around his shoulders again, almost pressing up against him.

"You know what we are to each other. There's no need to spell it out, right?"

Zhong Xuan felt like something was off, but couldn't refute him, so he could only nod.

But in a corner Zhong Xuan couldn't see, Duan Changchuan revealed his gloomy, brooding nature and murmured, "Looks like I still can't rush things."

You can't get hot Zhong Xuan in a hurry.

[Blurb Two]

In the novel, Changchuan was born with incredible strength. When war broke out, he couldn't bear to see the land ravaged and the people starving, so he resolutely joined the army. After ten years of military service, Changchuan drove back the Xiongnu and made a name for himself at Mount Langju. He rose through the ranks on merit, until the imperial court bestowed on him the title of Marquis of the Brave Champion.

But the suspicious emperor intended to discard his bow once the birds were gone, and tried to have Changchuan killed.

To protect himself, Changchuan claimed he had Heaven's mandate and led the people and rebel forces in revolt. He cut down any god or Buddha in his way, and three years later, marched into Chang'an and ascended the throne.

Three years after that, his subordinates rebelled, and he was torn apart by five horses.

When Changchuan first arrived in the modern world, he was shocked to discover that he had returned to his youth and become a 17-year-old boy again.

There were all sorts of high-tech gadgets and newfangled things he couldn't understand.

But Changchuan was highly adaptable. He'd been through every kind of hardship, so he confidently went to high school.

...After a few classes.

Changchuan: I'd rather go back to suffering through life's hardships. :) [Foaming at the mouth]

Later, he discovered that he was a character in a book in this world, and that the source of all his suffering was the book's author.

And this person was his classmate from next door, that clever fox of a pretty boy. No, the top student in the grade.

Duan Changchuan gave a cold laugh. Zhong Xuan, was it?

With a face like that, how could he write such a cruel plot?

He decided to get revenge on Zhong Xuan. First, he'd befriend him, then cruelly abandon him, so Zhong Xuan could taste what it was like to be despised and fall from his pedestal!

As Duan Changchuan kept deceiving him, he suddenly started to think this pretty boy was kind of cute.

Don't let a pretty face distract you, Duan Changchuan!

[Blurb Three]

Zhong Xuan's path to breaking down:

1. My dear son came to save me!

2. I treated you like my son, and you treated me like an enemy?

3. I treated you like my son, and you were thinking about my ass?!

4. Fine, you can call me Daddy... (He reaches out from the bed, trying to escape, only to be dragged back)

#They talked about bonds and destiny, then rolled into bed#

#Daddy, open the door, it's me, Mom#

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On the first day Tong Chen and his mother moved into their new home, he was standing in front of a beautiful rose-covered wall when he met Lu Qianli, who was stuck in a gap in the wall.

The little boy, who looked like a golden retriever, stretched out one hand and blinked his big eyes. His manly little butt wiggled back and forth.

"Help me."

"."

And so began the story of Tong Chen and the clingy nuisance he could never shake off.

Kindergarten.

To get on Tong Chen's good side, Lu Qianli often lurked in a dog hole, spying on him.

One day, he noticed that Tong Chen really liked the dog next door. Whenever the dog licked Tong Chen, Tong Chen would affectionately pet it and give the big dog a squeeze.

So when Lu Qianli stood in front of Tong Chen and licked his nose, he couldn't understand why Tong Chen went, "Wah!" and slapped him.

The big dog, who had watched the whole thing: Bro, what kind of skills do you have, imitating me as a lickspittle?

First grade.

The school organized a trip to the zoo, and Lu Qianli insisted on taking Tong Chen to the lake to see the big birds.

Holding Tong Chen's little hand, Lu Qianli patted his chest and said, "Stick with me. I'll help you get a good look at those beaks."

Half an hour later, a teacher was frantically trying to take attendance when a loud crash rang in her ears. She turned around and saw the most quiet and well-behaved Tong Chen running and crying,

with a goose hot on his heels.

Lu Qianli was chasing after the goose with a mysterious white feather in his hand, yelling at it,

"Stop right there! If you dare bully Chenchen, I'll stew you!"

That night, Lu Qianli's mother invited Tong Chen over for goose dinner. Lu Qianli knelt by the wall, tears of regret dripping from the corners of his mouth.

Starting middle school, Lu Qianli was confident that he could now avoid every pitfall that might make Tong Chen mad. After all, he'd spent the first twelve years of his life stepping in every pitfall there was. (⌒_⌒;)

Lu Qianli: I've crossed ten thousand mountains in a light boat! (≧?≦)

Just then, Tong Chen's long-lost domineering CEO father made a dazzling entrance, glaring suspiciously at Lu Qianli, the blond brat.

Lu Qianli: The Wumeng Mountains stretch beyond the mountains. :)

Daddy had to shoulder the pressure of winning back his wife, being outsmarted by his genius son, and feeling like a worried old father whose little cub might be stolen by the blond brat next door. For a while, the CEO Daddy's shoulders were even broader than a Korean guy's.

Lu Qianli was secretly delighted and made a snide comment. "Your dad's life is a complete mess."

Tong Chen, who was always throwing his dad under the bus, gave a cold laugh. "Go take a sip while it's a mess."

"?"

At last, Tong Chen came of age, and the CEO successfully won his wife back. He held Tong Chen and said earnestly, "My Chenbao, you're an adult now. There are things I've been holding back that I can finally tell you."

"That blond brat is up to no good. You have to keep your distance from him."

Tong Chen hesitated to speak.

The next second, Lu Qianli ran over from next door, looking pleased as punch. He bowed and dropped to his knees in front of the CEO, greeting him with filial devotion: "Dad!"

CEO: "???"

Tong Chen covered his face and walked over to Lu Qianli. The blond clung tightly to his precious son's hand, grinning like he was getting a bargain.

That night, the CEO cried in his wife's arms. "Can a blond brat steal your son, too?"

Note:

[Sunny puppy top with an unconventional thought process (Lu Qianli) x aloof beauty bottom with a black-sesame filling, who keeps throwing his dad under the bus (Tong Chen)]

[The top is blond because he has one-quarter foreign blood, but his heart is still Chinese. He got 66 on the English portion of the college entrance exam.]

#What happened in the end to those domineering CEOs chasing their wives and the mommies who ran away with their babies?

Theme: We live in a new world where everyone is equal.