The Days I Ran a System for a CEO

[The final installment will be posted on the 5th. The whole story will probably cost only a few yuan. Thanks for your support!]

[Upright young CEO gong x unflappable, slightly unhinged System shou]

[The blurb for the upcoming story, You've Fallen for the Rival Ship, is at the very bottom.]

After Mo Shiyu died, he discovered he had been reborn as the poor, unlucky System in a melodramatic BL body-double novel.

He was trapped in a tiny square world inside the CEO protagonist's mind and had to help the protagonist advance the plot.

[Hello, Host. I am your plot-progression System...]

Shang Zhe: Hello, Comrade System.

The story began. The white moonlight left, and the protagonist shou was slandered by a vicious supporting character as a substitute.

Mo Shiyu read from the script: Your white moonlight is gone, so hurry up and turn evil. Torture the substitute you found, and get all hot and heavy with him...

Shang Zhe scratched his head, looking utterly innocent. "Th-That doesn't seem right. You're supposed to do that kind of thing with someone you love."

Shang Zhe became brothers with the protagonist shou, who had sold himself to pay off his debts. He even helpfully found him a job and encouraged him to pay off his debts with his own hands.

Mo Shiyu: ?

The plot moved forward. The rival company resorted to underhanded tactics to compete with Shang Zhe for an overseas project.

Mo Shiyu: Wave your hand and bankrupt the other company.

Shang Zhe was surprised. "Huh? Me?"

Shang Zhe established friendly relations with the rival company. The two sides shook hands, made peace, and landed on the trending list.

Mo Shiyu: ??

Then came the plot twist. The white moonlight returned to the country, and the protagonist shou staged a dramatic escape, tearfully saying, "Since I'm only a substitute, I'll never come back."

Mo Shiyu: Put on a chase scene where he runs, you pursue him, and he can't escape even if he grows wings. Catch him and lock him up.

Shang Zhe looked troubled. "But... but that's illegal."

Shang Zhe let the protagonist shou leave and make a life for himself. He became an executive at a multinational company, and when he came back, he was deeply grateful to Shang Zhe.

Protagonist shou: You gave me my big break!

Even when Mo Shiyu finally took matters into his own hands, just as the two of them were about to get intimate...

Shang Zhe stood up and said, "No, we can't. It's unhygienic without a condom. I'll go buy some."

Mo Shiyu: Universe, head, question marks

Reader advisory:

This contains lots of bizarre conversations between the gong and shou, just chatting. It's an oddball, free-association story where the author writes whatever comes to mind. It's really weird, seriously weird.

The characters are caught in an utterly clichéd, melodramatic novel. The cast includes, but isn't limited to, an "overbearing" CEO, a body double, a white moonlight, a devoted second male lead, an all-purpose butler, a doctor friend, and an obsessive antagonist...

A comedy. The shou has white hair and violet eyes, and uses his pretty face to do bizarre things. He plays straight man and gets laughed into exasperation.

The gong is a beacon of righteousness, a paragon of virtue, and unconsciously likes to play the pig to eat the tiger. He's pure through and through, and the only sly tricks he has are all aimed at the shou.

Disclaimer: No characters are based on real people. Any similarities in names or plot are purely coincidental. Please use a comparison chart before accusing the author of plagiarism. No off-topic comments or unsolicited writing advice. If you drop the story, please don't come back to complain. Extreme gong/shou fans, please stay away. Beginner-level writing ahead. Read civilly and help create a positive writing and reading environment.

Coming soon:

Xu Dengxin and Ji Nanlou met in a fan community. They had the same taste in ships, hit it off immediately, and found kindred spirits in each other.

Over the course of two years, they became each other's favorite fanfic authors, planning projects together and attending all sorts of fan events.

Then one day, Teacher Nanlou posted on their social feed:

[AB is just so good.]

Xu Dengxin's eyes widened in shock. His typing fingers trembled as he deleted his words, close to despair.

Because this time, he was shipping BA.

He had tragically ended up shipping the rival pairing to his favorite author's.

Ji Nanlou met his favorite artist. The two shared the same values, had endless things to talk about, and became well-known friends in the fandom.

Until one day, during a casual chat, Xu Dengxin praised him: "Teacher Nanlou's stories are different. They're so full of pure romance, nothing like those stories that are just there to get people worked up."

Ji Nanlou guiltily hid his secret identity on the red-and-white site, where he had written dozens of extremely explicit stories.

And so their romantic comedy, with both of them harboring ulterior motives, began.

An obsessive-compulsive perfectionist shou who can't overlook a single flaw (artist) x a laid-back, lazy gong who secretly has a filthy mind (writer)

Theme: Strive to become outstanding young people of the new era.