I Absolutely Will Not Be Turned Gay

Lu Ren transmigrated into a book.

The book looked like a cultivation novel, but was actually a classic Green River-style, harem-like, beloved-by-all danmei story.

He was a cannon-fodder senior disciple who loved the protagonist shou without being loved in return, and later fell into depravity, becoming a villain who was killed with a single palm strike by the protagonist gong.

The good news: he's an editor, and knows all these endless tropes inside out.

The bad news: he's straight.

When the System appeared, its cold, mechanical voice began, "Hello, Host. I am..."

Lu Ren cut it off. "You're the System, right? We can talk about the mission later. Can I make a request? I'd like to take out some insurance for my chastity first."

System: "..."

*

The protagonist shou was secretly drugged by the cannon-fodder gong, and Lu Ren stumbled upon it. At the height of the crisis...

System: Please step in and help, raise the protagonist's affection for you, and change the cannon fodder's fate.

Lu Ren: And then the protagonist falls in love with me at first sight? That's inadvisable.

System: Then you...

Lu Ren: Leave the professional stuff to the professionals. I'll do what a disciple of a righteous sect should do.

System: ?

Lu Ren: I choose to report them.

Later, thanks to an anonymous tip, the grandmaster arrived in time to stop the tragedy. Lu Ren kept his contribution a secret.

*

Lu Ren knew all too well that once he'd transmigrated into a book, there was a high chance that everyone would fall for him: the original beloved-by-all protagonist shou, the official gong, the villains, and even the cannon fodder...

So, in a world full of men who loved men and women who were merely background characters, what he had to do was obvious.

His top priority was to protect his precious backside.

Because he, a straight man...

would absolutely! never! be turned gay!!!

Most likely a story about going from universally disliked to universally adored.

There's no ruling out multiple what-if storylines, a love rivalry, multiple books merging, cross-dressing, the male lead faking his death and changing identities... and plenty of other possibilities. I don't even know what elements I'll put in before I start writing. (shrugs)

Theme: A spirit of resistance