The Male Lead's Canary Is Always Trying to Escape

[A tiny bit of love-triangle drama. See Chapters 44, 51, and 59. Thanks for your support!]

Nan Yu transmigrated into a book, becoming the most tragically doomed lunatic villain in some unspeakable novel:

the fool of a matchmaking immortal who was infatuated with the God of War Pei Xia, secretly tied the ill-fated fate thread to bind the two together, and was ultimately stripped of his bones and had his heart destroyed.

Looking at the black energy roiling around his wrist and the ill-fated fate thread wrapped tightly around the wrist of someone else, Nan Yu met the protagonist gong Pei Xia's deathly stare.

Nan Yu, the ultimate couch potato: !!!

Help! Whoever wants to follow this lousy script can do it themselves!

A lovesick puppy? Not even a dog would do it! Cut the thread and run, right now!

As a conscientious villainous cannon fodder (who just wants to run away), Nan Yu's KPIs are crystal clear:

Get himself killed → exit the story → go be a couch potato!

The top priority? Cut the ill-fated fate thread as fast as possible and stay away from the calamity that is Pei Xia.

Nan Yu starts studying the plot and carefully devises a "break-the-fate-thread plan":

Put on a show of "falling for someone else" in front of Pei Xia.

Deliberately provoke him so he'll hate Nan Yu and kick him out.

Even try to find the "heavenly fated protagonist shou" and use a destined match to replace his own ill-fated bond.

But who could have guessed that plans never keep up with changes?

The harder Nan Yu runs, the darker and more dangerous Pei Xia's gaze becomes.

The colder Nan Yu acts, the tighter Pei Xia's grip closes around him.

Nan Yu tries to set Pei Xia up with the protagonist shou according to the script, but the protagonist shou turns his focused gaze on Nan Yu instead.

Even the Fox King, who caught a glimpse of him during the spring hunt, shows an interest that says he means to claim him.

Nan Yu is bewildered. Why is the plot going in a completely different direction from what he imagined???

Unbeknownst to him, Pei Xia has seen it all.

In those eyes that once regarded him as dust, a storm gathers and possessiveness surges.

"You tied a fate thread to me without asking, stirred my heart, and now you want to attract every other man?"

Pei Xia finally loses patience and pulls him fiercely into his arms. His thumb forcefully brushes over Nan Yu's lips, parted in shock, as he delivers the final verdict:

"Too late. You'll never be able to untie this thread for the rest of your life."

Later, Pei Xia declares Nan Yu's place by locking him in an extravagant, frigid golden cage.

Nan Yu refuses to submit, no matter what, and escapes that suffocating cage.

He is overjoyed, as if he has survived a catastrophe: He's free! Finally free!

He has to find somewhere to hide, quickly! Far away from Pei Xia!

He thinks of the gentle, refined protagonist shou and the Fox King, who showed him kindness during the spring hunt...

"My friends! I need help, now!" Nan Yu clings to them as if they were lifelines and rushes off to seek their help.

But

When he steps into the protagonist shou's elegant residence, he is greeted not with protection, but with the other man's undisguised, burning infatuation. "Young Master Nan, you've finally... chosen me?"

When he flees into the fox forest for the Fox King's protection, the Fox King gives him an unequivocal declaration: "Now that you've entered my territory, you'll stay forever as my demon consort."

Nan Yu: ?!

He backs away in terror as his "friends" close in, their eyes brimming with the same terrifying possessiveness as Pei Xia's...

At that moment, he turns ice-cold all over and falls into complete despair:

This damn story isn't about a villainous cannon fodder at all!

It's hell mode, where every last villain wants to force him into love!!!

Pei Xia's golden cage...

Could it actually be the only "safe zone"?

[Please note before reading]

◇ One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads have only ever been with each other, and neither of them knows how to communicate

◇ An imaginary world. Please don't overanalyze the setting.

Theme: Save yourself from danger, a thousand times over if you have to.