Becoming a Working NPC in a Dog-Blood Novel

[Blurb tentative]

Chi Hei never imagined that he would one day die suddenly after reading countless melodramatic novels and passionately criticizing them. Luckily, there's always a way forward!

The [Work-for-Hire NPC] System makes its grand entrance, declaring that if he can earn a hundred million as a working NPC in the fictional worlds of novels he's read, he can come back to life.

Chi Hei: That's it? Watch me, a man who's read all the melodramatic novels, teach you a thing or two!

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First melodramatic novel, The Young Madam Runs Away 99 Times: Refusing to Marry into Wealth!

Male lead (coldly): Butler Chi, it's been three days. The young madam, she…

Chi Hei: She's been gone for four days already!

Male lead: You

Chi Hei: But if you swipe your card, we can give you the young madam's location right away!

Male lead (shocked): Are you a stalker?

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Second melodramatic novel, The Domineering CEO Falls for Me:

When the male lead first meets the female lead.

Male lead (coldly): Assistant Chi, three minutes! I want

Chi Hei: It's already taken care of! Look, how would you like to transfer the money?

Male lead (confused): You know her???

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Third melodramatic novel, Tormented Love: I'm the Stand-In for My Senior's Moonlight:

The male lead addresses the female lead, whose family member is seriously ill: Three million. That's how much I'll pay you to be my stand-in for a year!

Female lead, enduring the humiliation: Fine!

Male lead (coldly): Chi

Chi Hei: I've drafted the contract. Let's review it first and pay afterward.

Male lead/Female lead: …

Female lead (confused): Did you have a thing for me all along? Otherwise, why did you have the contract ready already?

Male lead: …

Fourth novel, fifth novel, sixth novel…

Chi Hei: How about that? I told you earning a hundred million would be easy! Money really is easy to make in melodramatic novels.

System: You did earn it, but…

The System looks back at the melodramatic novel worlds Chi Hei has visited.

System: But I don't think those worlds are melodramatic novels in the usual sense anymore…

Theme: Stay positive.