Everyone's Favorite, But a Gloomy Plain Jane

Synopsis: Luo Xiaoyi is an utterly ordinary freshman. If you picked ten students at random on campus, seven of them would be just like her. Black-rimmed glasses, heavy bangs, unfashionable clothes, and the clear-eyed foolishness of high school still clinging to her. She fades into the background as an extra among the campus geniuses and handsome men and beautiful women, trying hard to please everyone and carefully fit into university life. But for all her appearance as a well-behaved college student, Luo Xiaoyi has a freewheeling, dark, green-tea heart. Her circumstances limit her, so she can only pretend to be well-behaved by day and curl up in bed at night, spewing venom. When she sees the university's official account honoring outstanding students, Luo Xiaoyi gets lost in the handsome face of the top student and campus heartthrob, while secretly hating him for acting so superior. So what if he's handsome and smart? He looks down on people and acts like he owns the place. She'd love to drag him down and see him looking pathetic. When she sees her princess-syndrome, rich-and-beautiful roommate sharing her life on social media, Luo Xiaoyi likes and praises her, showering her with compliments, while secretly wondering why she has to be a small-town exam machine, agonizing even over buying milk tea. So what if she has a rich dad? When she sees an influencer dancing in a short-video livestream, sweetly calling viewers "big brother" as viewers send one lavish gift after another, Luo Xiaoyi snarkily posts passive-aggressive comments in the chat. So what if she uses heavy filters? Let's see if her top donor keeps sending gifts when the filters are off. When a hugely popular male celebrity is trending on Weibo and being fawned over by everyone, Luo Xiaoyi glances at her own favorite female celebrity, pushed down the billing and relegated to the corner. Her eyes almost turn red with hatred, and she becomes a top-tier hater, infiltrating anti-fan forums and cursing out a hundred people at once. By midnight, Luo Xiaoyi's anonymous social media account is stuffed with vicious private messages. Irritably turning over in bed, she resents how cruel the world is to an ordinary girl like her. If only she were adored by everyone. She checks the time and realizes she's stayed up until three. She has an eight a.m. class tomorrow. Let the world end! Luo Xiaoyi never expected that the very next day, her world would be turned upside down. The men include: A sunny, clingy national-team swimmer (puppy-like possessiveness) Her first-love, aloof campus heartthrob and top student (the lovesick heroine trains him to heel) A younger, brooding guy with an amazing voice (online romance) A fatherly professor from the School of Engineering (falling into love with your eyes open) A playboy rich kid who reforms, with an M streak (ultimate rivalry between men) A mysterious top donor who is also her boss (office romance) A top-tier star (the celebrity her favorite idol competes against forces her into a relationship) To be continued, more to come as I think of them... Warnings: 1. The female lead is a gloomy, timid mess, not a genuinely good person. If that's not your thing, stay away!!! 2. An ordinary girl adored by everyone, written to suit my kinks. Don't expect logic. 3. All the men are virgins, and the female lead will have multiple relationships. Purity-conscious readers, please steer clear. 4. 70% anti-piracy text. Coming soon: Soaked. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites: A nest of gloomy, obsessive men x a strong little darling / a lethal dose of obsession / a battlefield of male rivalry 1 The first time Yun Xi saw Shen Yanfeng was in a cramped, gloomy rental apartment. Her mother, the only person she had in the world, had been missing for three months, and Yun Xi was so hungry she was about to faint. Shen Yanfeng picked her up. The little girl was so thin she seemed liable to blow away in the wind. The man's brows and eyes were shadowed, and the scent of cedar surrounded him. Yun Xi heard him say, "Come on, you little burden." Yun Xi fainted in Shen Yanfeng's arms, and he carried her back to the Shen Family's luxurious, prison-like home. When she woke up, Yun Xi learned that her mother and stepfather had died in a car accident. Shen Yanfeng was her stepfather's younger brother, and her uncle by marriage. 2 Yun Xi suddenly became the heiress of the wealthy Shen Family. Everyone envied her good fortune, but Yun Xi wasn't happy. She had no one to rely on in the Shen household. When her cruel stepbrother Shen Wangshu bullied her, she could only silently accept it with red eyes. The rebellious boy roughly pinched her cheek, his fingertip brushing the redness at the corner of her eye. Seeing the fear in Yun Xi's eyes, he felt oddly irritated for the first time. "Brother." A clear, gentle boy's voice came from behind. Shen Wangchu rescued Yun Xi from the devil's clutches, then looked down at her with a face exactly like Shen Wangshu's. Though they had the same face, Shen Wangshu was a feared school bully, while Shen Wangchu was an exemplary top student, and the unrequited love Yun Xi had cherished for a long time. Yun Xi's face flushed slightly. Embarrassed to look at Shen Wangchu, her heart pounding, she hurried away. 3 After she came of age, Yun Xi decided that everyone in the Shen Family was crazy. Shen Wangshu pinned her to the bed with red eyes, like a mad dog. His fingertips crossed the boundary: "Xixi, second brother can do it. Why can't big brother?" Shen Wangchu, her white-moonlight first love, trapped her in a cage made of love: "Xixi, no one else will love you but me. Please don't leave me, okay?" Shen Yanfeng watched impassively, letting Yun Xi escape before slowly closing the net around her. The cold man lifted Yun Xi's tear-reddened face, speaking as if in a sigh or a statement of fact: "Xixi, where else can you go besides the Shen Family?" "Be good. Come sit on your uncle's lap." 4 The men of the Shen Family all thought Yun Xi had accepted her fate. Who would have guessed that she would recklessly get involved with yet another man? She used him to escape the Shen Family, then wiped her mouth and dumped him. That elegant, radiant man went mad. When the Shen Family came looking for her, Yun Xi sniffled and said she wanted to go home... The story opens at the end of January. Add it to your favorites while you wait! Theme: Striving is a lifelong pursuit