The Fake Young Master Simply Cannot Be Vicious!

[My next novel is I Refuse to Be a Stepmom! Blurb below]

Yan Zhoubo has known since childhood that he's a useless little thing.

He stutters a little, isn't very sharp, and everyone in his family, even the servants, can walk all over him.

Then he suddenly awakens and realizes he's the vicious fake young master who stole the real one's place in a book. The day the real young master returns will be the day he loses everything and is disgraced.

But just then, the System appears: [Babe, listen to me! Being a cannon-fodder character who causes trouble is so much fun. My Host will never bow to fate!]

Yan Zhoubo's eyes shine: [O-okay!]

And so...

The System tells him to go up the mountain and cultivate. He shamelessly clings to the Taoist master's leg, looking pitiful: "Master! I-I can sweep the floors for you! Take me up the mountain!"

He thinks the Taoist master will surely dislike him, and that his fellow disciples on the mountain will reject him for suddenly joining them.

Instead, he becomes the beloved of the whole temple. His master often checks on him, and his sharp-tongued senior brother teases him until he blushes every day.

The System tells him to get revenge on the rich young masters who bullied him, but they look at him tenderly and say, "It's okay. Say whatever you want, as long as it helps you calm down."

The System tells him to bully the real young master, but the real young master smiles gently. "Sure. I'll wear what you pick next time."

The System tells him to latch onto the villain's leg. He lunges over and knocks over the villain's wineglass. "Boss, don't drink it! It's poisoned!"

The villain takes a leisurely sip. "It's fine. Didn't you study at a Taoist temple? Come to my bed tonight and cure the poison."

Yan Zhoubo: This is nothing like what we agreed on!

System: [Don't panic! It means we're even closer to the pinnacle of life!]

Later...

He accidentally takes a sip of poisoned wine meant for his older brother. When he wakes up weak in his hospital bed, his entire family is weeping. "Xiaobai, don't go! You're the only precious child we acknowledge!"

A photo of the real young master in women's clothing unexpectedly goes viral, and his popularity soars. But late at night, he knocks on Yan Zhoubo's door. "The photo of me in women's clothes... I only want you to see it."

When someone wrecks his fortune-telling stall, the rich young masters who bullied him say, "Which idiot dared to mess with you? We'll teach him a lesson!"

Zhan Jiayu presses him against the desk and leans close to his ear, speaking gently. "Stop all that nonsense. If you become my wife, even if the one wearing women's clothes is the protagonist, he won't be able to touch you."

Yan Zhoubo: ???

System: [Babe, say yes! He's the biggest golden thigh around!]

With the System's guidance, Yan Zhoubo works diligently to play the role of a vicious fake young master. So why is the plot nothing like what he expected?

[Gong's perspective]

The System tells Zhan Jiayu that Yan Zhoubo is an insignificant cannon-fodder fake young master who will soon disappear from the story. But he thinks this little cannon fodder is good-looking and adorable. Most importantly, he doesn't think he's vicious at all.

His wealthy parents were the ones who ignored him and favored their eldest son first. What's wrong with him making a fuss at home?

Those young masters were the ones who bullied him first. What's wrong with using a few tricks to get back at them?

The real young master, the protagonist, was the one who went too far first. What's wrong with him mouthing off?

He's not vicious or bad at all. He thinks the System's assessment is biased. He's clearly just a poor little thing who was pushed too far.

Besides, he can deal with all the commotion Yan Zhoubo causes. He just needs to spoil him!

[Reading guide]

◆ Older, seductive villain gong × naturally clueless, sweet-faced shou

◆ The System is a matchmaker who stays out of the spotlight, confirmed head of the CP fan club

◆ Everyone gets their comeuppance, with a satisfying, face-slapping story

I Refuse to Be a Stepmom! blurb:

Wen Nian transmigrates into a book, becoming the insignificant Beta stepmom of the male lead in an interstellar ABO novel!

The stepmom is a replacement his general father finds after the male lead's mother dies. The male lead despises him. After the male lead seizes power from his father, the stepmom meets a tragic end, too.

Wen Nian looks at the male lead in front of him, who looks like a little stray dog, and thinks: That's it?

Wen Nian doesn't pay much attention to the male lead, but to secure a better ending for himself, he does his best to play the part of the stepmom.

The male lead gets into a fight at school and needs a parent? He goes.

The male lead needs a dance partner for a ball? He goes.

The male lead presents as an elite Alpha and loses control of his pheromones. He needs calming? Wen Nian steps in.

Wait, hold on. Aren't those last two things not what a stepmom is supposed to do?

In any case, Wen Nian successfully gets along with his stepson, and the male lead grows up and shows his talents, just as the original story says he will.

Wen Nian thinks he can look forward to a comfortable retirement, but why is his stepson's gaze so strange?

Gong's perspective:

Yin Yanchuan has lived on a remote planet since childhood. His deadbeat father ignored him and even beat him because his mother died. He grew up in the harshest conditions.

But his father, who seemed so obsessed with his mother that he was nearly mad, got ahead in life and married a Beta with no connections!

Disgusting! They're both disgusting!

But the moment Yin Yanchuan sees Wen Nian, he completely forgets his loathing for this stepmom.

He's so beautiful, too beautiful to be a Beta. He looks more like an Omega raised at home and pampered by everyone.

Yin Yanchuan admits that the moment he saw his stepmom, all kinds of wicked thoughts sprang into his mind:

Being only five years older doesn't make you much of a stepmom, does it?

His deadbeat father is always at the front lines. Can he really look after such a beautiful wife?

Yin Yanchuan feels no unease about his thoughts at all. He's a stray dog who crawled out of a sewer. All a stray dog wants is to defile that pure white rose!

"Who do you think is better, me or my father?" The person in his arms is soft as water, but Yin Yanchuan's expression is clear and determined. He insists on getting an answer.

"I've never tried it with your father. Do you really have to ask that kind of question right now?"

"So I'm better, right, Stepmom?" Yin Yanchuan whispers by his ear.

Wen Nian wants to strangle the little brat. How can he call him Stepmom at a time like this?

Theme: Everyone has their own worth