Please, System, Stop Changing

Zheng Fang was a low-level employee exploited by a heartless company. He earned a salary of three thousand while doing thirty thousand worth of work. He was treated like a beast of burden, got no overtime pay, and even had to take the blame for his boss.

And that wasn't all. After he angrily quit, his heartless boss withheld his pay. When he got home, his landlord was demanding rent, and his parents had sent him messages urging him to get married.

That night, in his shabby, pitch-dark rental room, he saw his friends on social media, dressed in suits, paired up, and jetting off to destinations around the world. He looked on with envy.

Zheng Fang sighed. He really was just a disposable side character.

Then the next day, he transmigrated into a book.

The good news: He had a System.

The bad news: It was a cannon fodder System.

Zheng Fang: You can't insult me like that!

System: "Our assessment shows that your current situation is an excellent match for the cannon fodder System. Binding you now."

Zheng Fang said angrily, "I'm not binding. No matter what you say, I'm not binding. A man may be killed, but not humiliated..."

System: "Complete one cannon fodder mission and receive a reward of 30,000 yuan. If you cancel the binding, the reward will be taken back."

Zheng Fang: "Humiliate me... If that's the deal, bind me right now! Every second I hesitate is an insult to money."

Besides, a job's a job, and being cannon fodder is something I know how to do!

-

Zheng Fang had landed in a melodramatic, angst-filled romance novel. His job was to serve as a stepping stone on the male leads' road to love, repeatedly courting disaster so their bond would grow ever stronger.

For the thirty thousand yuan, no, for the sake of keeping the story on track, Zheng Fang began diligently working his way through the novel's world with the System.

After a few missions, Zheng Fang had earned money, no, no, he'd really let money go to his head. He had helped deepen the bond between the two male leads, and besides...

Maybe it was just his imagination, but Zheng Fang felt like something was wrong with his System, too.

Because he was getting beaten up as cannon fodder less and less often.

There were even a few times when he felt like he had a golden finger. Otherwise, who could explain how he was able to fly?

Finally, during one mission briefing, the System's usually cold, mechanical voice actually had a playful lilt to it. Then Zheng Fang heard the new mission and realized his System had a serious problem.

It kept changing!

And the first mission issued by the System now bound to him was to have a night of passion with He Jingxing, the novel's biggest antagonist.

Zheng Fang: "Is this System of yours even legitimate?"

System: "Hehe, our assessment shows that the Host is in the throes of surging hormones. You are now bound to the Flower City System. Ooh, yeah~"

Zheng Fang: "What?"

Who said my hormones could surge without my permission!

And you, antagonist, stop looking at me like that!

The next morning, Zheng Fang sat on the bed, rubbing his lower back. His eyes were red and his voice hoarse as he pushed away He Jingxing, who had kept him busy all night. "I want to switch to the Green River System!"

-

He Jingxing, president of A City's tech giant Jingrui Technology, needed to move temporarily near his alma mater for personal reasons. He assumed a false identity, hoping to enjoy a quiet return to campus life.

But the person living across from him was a drama queen and a walking headache.

This Zheng Fang was either causing trouble for someone or getting into trouble himself. He even got chased and beaten up every time.

And ever since He Jingxing had helped him once, Zheng Fang seemed to have decided he was a good person. Especially under the dim streetlights, his eyes shone so beautifully that, without a word, he shoved a grilled sausage into He Jingxing's hand.

"I'll be cannon fodder and support you!"

He Jingxing: ...

But he still nodded. "Okay."

Reader's Guide:

1. A short-tempered, easily flustered receiving partner who obediently listens when coaxed, paired with a seemingly cold dominant partner whose long-dormant passion catches fire.

2. Both are sexually inexperienced. Happy ending.

3. Zheng Fang's System changes, but binds according to his circumstances.

4. That's all I have to say. Read on.

Zheng Fang: Um, I forgot to mention: My memory's been kind of bad lately, and I'm pregnant.

He Jingxing, looking smug: It's mine.

Theme: Strive upward with a positive attitude.