After the Hated Fake Young Master Faked His Death

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--Synopsis--

The turning point in Jiang Yuncheng's life came when he was twenty.

He wasn't the Jiang family's biological son. The real young master was brought home, and the person who had been his older brother for twenty years asked him in the cruelest terms if he could leave.

He spent the night under a dilapidated covered bridge. When he woke, a mysterious System had appeared inside him. Jiang Yuncheng then learned that he didn't belong to this world. He was fictional, nonexistent data. There were only two ways to stay alive: win the love of the world's chosen one, or earn the affection of enough strangers.

The world's chosen one was Jiang Chizhao, the man who had been his older brother for twenty years.

So Jiang Yuncheng chose the other path: he entered a talent competition to make his debut.

Someone with talent but no backing was bound to be discarded. They let him make it into the debut lineup, then released fabricated scandals just before the finale and left him stranded where he was.

More than half a year's effort went down the drain, and Jiang Yuncheng's body rapidly wasted away.

He felt as if his life had always been one step short.

One step short of learning the truth about his birth. One step short of finding out there was a mysterious System inside him. One step short of learning that he was a virtual character. One step short of making the debut lineup.

He was also one step too late to meet his biological family.

Unable to gather enough affection to stay alive, he was on the verge of death. Risking his life, he went to see his biological mother. She was such a gentle woman, but the two of them only passed each other by.

Jiang Yuncheng died that winter. He didn't make it to the Lunar New Year.

The departure of a fictional character did not affect the world's progress. The memories of everyone connected to Jiang Yuncheng were automatically altered. They no longer remembered ever having let down a boy like him. Only Jiang Chizhao would sometimes think of him in the dead of night.

Whenever he did, he'd ask about him. At a party, Jiang Chizhao ran into the contestants who had appeared on a talent show with Jiang Yuncheng. They had all become leading figures in the industry. Jiang Chizhao seemed to casually bring up Jiang Yuncheng, only to get this reply:

"Who is he?"

It dawned on Jiang Chizhao that Jiang Yuncheng really had disappeared from the world. Even his mother didn't remember him. The love he'd held down in his chest could no longer be restrained, and burst forth. Jiang Chizhao picked up a knife and carved Jiang Yuncheng's name into his own chest.

Ten seconds later, the wound healed without a trace.

Jiang Chizhao went completely mad.

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Reader's guide:

Updates with the rankings. This is an indulgent, self-indulgent fantasy, so please don't criticize the author in the comments. I'll secretly get upset and hide under the covers crying.

Written in the style of a Jinjiang novel, but read like a rabid dog.

An unconventional amnesia story.

Not a traditional groveling-to-win-back-your-wife story. No spoilers, but it's not an abusive relationship.

Fake stepbrothers at first.

There is a secondary couple to move the plot along. Feel free to avoid them if that's not your thing.

A delusional, stubborn, rabid top who can talk his way around anything × a pitiful bottom at first, then a revenge-fueled dog trainer

--Upcoming story--

Lu Fuyan was an unlucky college student. After graduating, he got a job at a decent advertising company, but his boss was an obnoxious show-off. Lu Fuyan didn't dare defy him, so he could only secretly badmouth him behind his back.

Then one day, after his boss showed off, Lu Fuyan found himself unable to stop from talking back: "What a load of dam bullshit!"

Thinking work had driven him crazy, he went to the hospital. The doctor recommended relieving his stress, and a flaky friend introduced him to a gay bar. Lu Fuyan slept with his dream guy.

Three times.

His stress was successfully relieved, but his ability to talk back didn't disappear. That's when he learned he had been bound to a 1X1 Dam System. The System could only contradict humans. Whenever someone showed off in the Host's area of expertise, it would activate automatically and argue with them. Its activation line was: "What a load of dam bullshit!"

His colleagues hailed Lu Fuyan as the Dam God, and he became their go-to guy for standing up to the boss. Then one day, the group's new boss arrived for an inspection, and Lu Fuyan suddenly realized he was the guy he'd slept with three times. The boss instinctively tried to keep his distance from Lu Fuyan.

"I don't know him."

"What a load of dam bullshit!"

What should you do if you slept with your boss and then insulted him? Help, this is urgent!!!

Theme: True death is being forgotten.