Shen Jiangyun is a socially conscious young man who loves reading danmei novels.
He likes men and considers himself a top.
One day, he finds an old-school, melodramatic CEO novel. To his surprise, it's a story about two men. How rare.
The CEO in the original story is rich beyond belief, owning real estate and villas all over the world, a private jet, personal bodyguards, and countless servants and housekeepers. He's the domineering CEO of the world's richest conglomerate, but he can't win over his darling sweetheart. He pursues him for a full hundred chapters, driving the poor man into depression and eventually to his death.
Shen Jiangyun leaves a one-star review: "Does this CEO have no social skills? Is something wrong with his brain?"
After going to sleep, he has a nightmare. He jolts awake and realizes he's transmigrated into a book! He's back in the plot of a 2013 CEO novel, the very one he finished reading that day!
"What the hell?!"
Right after Shen Jiangyun's furious shout, a man walks through the door. He's both unfamiliar and familiar: brown eyes, slightly curled bangs, and a beauty mark at the corner of his eye. He looks exactly like the male lead CEO from the novel Shen Jiangyun read that day. The book describes his face as chiseled, which Shen Jiangyun doesn't understand.
"Sir, are you... Gu Qingshen?"
The man curls his lips into a smile. "What trick are you playing now? Did you pretend to lose your memory after falling? Doesn't matter. If you like playing games, I'll play along to the end."
"..." Shen Jiangyun breaks down. Those are the exact words the CEO says in the book he's reading.
Could he be the love interest who dies of depression?
"What's my name?"
The man still wears a gentle yet chilling smile. "Jiangyun, having fun?"
The reason Shen Jiangyun read this book in the first place was that the love interest had the same name as him, which he found amusing. Who knew something like this would happen?
Gu Qingshen is the quintessential old-school CEO name, but Shen Jiangyun finds it a little funny... Does he really have to live through this ridiculous, dizzying story himself?
[System! System! Is there a System?]
Shen Jiangyun never expected to be different from everyone else. Other people transmigrate into books and get a System, but he doesn't. It's not fair! He's been forcibly trapped in this world!
"Jiangyun, do you have to pretend to have amnesia to fall in love with me? Is it so hard to love me?"
Shen Jiangyun gets goosebumps all over. "It's not hard. I love you."
Gu Qingshen: "??"
Later.
"Here's thirty million. Leave my son."
Shen Jiangyun: "Deal. Thank you, Auntie."
Later still.
"Young Master Shen, aren't you taking the car today?"
Shen Jiangyun: "No. I remember there's a car accident in the next chapter that almost runs me over."
Driver: "?"
One day.
He politely asks, "Even if the two of us have a chance, can I be the top?"
Gu Qingshen's expression darkens in an instant. He grits his teeth and says, "You want to die?"
"..." Forget it. Staying alive is more important. I'll accept my fate. My life matters more than my pride.
Later still.
"Jiangyun... Yun... I love you." Gu Qingshen is going at it.
Shen Jiangyun lies on the bed, closes his eyes, and says in anguish, "If you don't stop, I'll be in the hospital in the next chapter..."
Here, Shen Jiangyun has all the wealth and luxury he could ever want. Every morning, he wakes up in an enormous bed. Why make life difficult for himself? He'll just rewrite his own fate!
Money-loving, goofy, and full of schemes bottom x cold, straightforward, devoted CEO top
[Reading guide]
No System, no missions. Everyone from the bottom's original world treated him badly, and once he transmigrates into this world, he can't go back. One-on-one, mutually devoted, both each other's first love, with lots of funny old-school CEO novel shenanigans.
Theme: Face life with a positive attitude and let the right values guide your way forward.