After the Laziest Fish Has Something to Aim For

Coming soon: After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Villain Became My Wish System

Wen Xu has two talented older siblings, twins who are capable of shouldering great responsibilities, and a younger brother who is a musical prodigy.

He's unremarkable, caught in the middle, yet adored by everyone. He's never wanted for money or possessions.

With life this comfortable, he's reached the highest level of lying flat and waiting for death. What could he possibly be dissatisfied with? He might as well keep lying flat.

His crush is engaged and about to become someone's husband, so Wen Xu wants nothing more than to devote himself to his passion for anime and games.

Then Liang Shiyu's engagement to his fiance is called off, causing a sensation across the city.

Vacationing abroad, Wen Xu hears the news and springs upright. He packs his bags and returns home to pursue him.

This laid-back guy doesn't beat around the bush when he pursues someone. He gives Liang Shiyu a ring right off the bat, wears the same perfume when they meet, openly declares his love with red roses, and invites him to a romantic restaurant for dinner...

But because Wen Xu has called him "Uncle" since childhood, Liang Shiyu has never seen him as an equal.

The ring is just a souvenir he brought back for his older relative after a trip. Wearing the same perfume is like a little kid secretly trying on his mother's high heels.

The shop clerk put the wrong card on the red roses, and it happened to be Father's Day.

The day of their dinner at the romantic restaurant was Army Day. The kid really is patriotic.

Until one day, Liang Shiyu accidentally wandered into Wen Xu's secret lair and opened the door.

There were uniforms in all sorts of styles, indescribable cosplay outfits, and little props in the display case alongside trophies bearing his name.

At a glance, he could see that every gift he'd ever given Wen Xu was in this room. Without exception, everything here was connected to him.

Liang Shiyu raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know you had this sort of interest."

Wen Xu brazenly asked, "Uncle, would you wear one for me?"

The employees at Wen Xu's company started working harder and taking their jobs more seriously. Their boss was personally designing cosplay outfits for the company's cosplayers, and the moment he opened his eyes each morning, he was already messaging one of them about the details.

But no matter how long he waited, he never saw a company cosplayer wear the outfit their boss had designed.

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There were still plenty of doors in Wen Xu's secret lair. Liang Shiyu opened another Pandora's box, revealing a room with shelves full of manga.

Liang Shiyu stared at the age ratings on the books and fell into thought.

Wen Xu was still waking up in bed when someone kissed him awake.

"Is it prettier, or am I?"

The laid-back guy's back was aching too much. He pushed the other man away and said, "A gentle family man wouldn't act like this."

Liang Shiyu: "Today's cosplay is a suited brute."

Business tycoon top, who cosplays for one person only x laid-back third young master bottom, once an anime-playboy, now devoted to one person

*It's not that I'm greedy. It's just not time yet.

[After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Villain Became My Wish System]

Blurb:

Jiang You transmigrated into a book, and there's a not-too-bright System in his head.

His final mission is to survive to the end of this story about a wealthy family's business war, and save the villain from his doomed path.

System: [Mission one: Get close to the villain.]

Jiang You asks, "What counts as getting close?"

System: [Go for it. This System will decide.]

Yet despite his efforts, his progress bar goes backward instead of forward.

Jiang You puts his hopes in a wish app he stumbled upon by chance.

The System tries to put down its competitor: [Host, this rotten thing is just a scam. I'm the one who's truly good and kind.]

Jiang You: "Then move the progress bar forward."

System: [Sumimasen, Host-chan. Watashi has no hands.]

Jiang You types into the wish app:

[I hope I complete the mission to get close to the villain.]

One day, the drunk villain pins Jiang You beneath him. Their noses touch, their breaths mingle, and the villain's hand slips under his clothes.

Jiang You screams inwardly, "Help! I'm not pure anymore!"

[Mission to get close to the villain completed. Claim your reward.]

Jiang You: "..."

Later, Jiang You discovers that every wish he writes in the app comes true.

[I hope the villain keeps smiling today and stays in a good mood, so I can complete my mission.]

A subordinate botches a presentation, and the villain watches him with a smile from the audience.

The directors hold an accountability meeting, and the villain smiles without warmth as he looks around the room.

By the end of the day, the villain's mouth hasn't stopped smiling.

[Congratulations, Host. Mission complete.]

The mission is completed without Jiang You having to do anything.

Jiang You starts letting himself go.

[I hope the villain finds a partner and stops fighting the protagonist top for the protagonist bottom.]

In the morning, someone knocks on Jiang You's door. He opens it to find the villain standing outside.

"Second Young Master, who are you looking for?"

He Luocheng pins him against the wall and says fiercely, "I'm looking for a partner."

He Luocheng suddenly awakens to his own existence and learns that he's the story's biggest villain.

The next second, TXT text appears before his eyes.

[Hope He Luo grows to be a hundred years old. Thank you.]

They even misspelled his name.

One day, He Luocheng discovers that the person behind the TXT text is the new cleaner.

The text updates: [I hope I complete the mission to get close to the villain.]

The little cleaner deliberately falls at his feet and secretly touches him.

While he's resting, he pokes his cheek.

No wonder this timid guy can't complete his mission.

He Luocheng has always loved helping people.

*Bonus scene

After they get together, Jiang You makes He Luocheng angry.

He writes in the wish app:

[I hope He Luocheng stops being angry. Good thing he doesn't know I met my senior yesterday too.]

He Luocheng appears in the doorway, his voice low and ominous. "Now I know."

Theme: Be brave and pursue love. You never know, your dream might come true.