Si Bei is transported into an old-school melodramatic novel as a vicious minor character and married off to a rich man in his sixties.
The good news: The wealthy old man dies suddenly on their wedding night, leaving his entire fortune to Si Bei.
The bad news: To avoid the tragic ending he has in the original novel, he has to complete plot missions and win over the five men assigned to him by the System.
The worse news: All five are his stepsons, and each one is a different kind of twisted in the original novel: scheming, insane, wicked, or sinister...
The even worse news: As he works to win over these five men, they gradually set their sights on him, too.
After the unexpected death of the Fu family's head, control of the family falls into the hands of the handsome young husband the old Mr. Fu had just married. Everyone thinks he's just a pretty face and a weak gold digger. Without Mr. Fu to protect him, this beautiful young husband is sure to be schemed against by his vicious stepsons until he loses both his money and his status.
In the end, someone really does lose everything, but it's those vicious stepsons.
At midnight, a tipsy Si Bei is pinned against the wall by his stepson. Dazed, he calls out three or four names before finally getting the man's right.
The other man's eyes burn red with jealousy. "Just how many men are in your heart?"
Si Bei is very drunk. "They're... they're all Daddy's good sons."
Note 1: The seme is the eldest. There is an eleven-year age gap between the seme and uke.
Note 2: It follows a slapstick route in the style of an old-school melodramatic novel, with a fictional world where all kinds of rules are bent.
Note 3: The seduction plot is 1v5, but the romance is 1v1.
Theme: Love yourself and love life.
