As a Straight Man, Do I Really Have to Be the Bottom Every Time?

After Shen Zhixu died, he was bound to a danmei novel system.

System: "Host detected as having an extreme irresistible-charmer constitution. Compatibility with the role of the universal bottom: 100%."

Shen Zhixu: "But I'm straight!"

System: "That's fine. It makes things even more exciting."

Shen Zhixu: ?

[The Greedy, Arrogant Kept Man]

Shen Zhixu, a professional pretty boy, had hooked up with a widow rich enough to make the Forbes list. But just as he was about to register their marriage, she died in a car accident.

At the widow's funeral, Shen Zhixu clenched his teeth as he paid his respects. He had spent so much effort on this woman, yet without a legally recognized marriage, no matter how much of a scene he made, he wouldn't get a single cent.

Burning with resentment, Shen Zhixu caught sight of the widow's sons out of the corner of his eye. They were at the age when boys first fell in love, and easy to fool. A bold idea quickly took shape, and he soon put it into action.

Pursuing men was no different from pursuing women. It was all the same old tricks: flowers, shopping, movies. Before long, these naive young men were completely under his spell.

Love, love, Shen Zhixu chuckled smugly. Whether men or women, once they fell in love, they were blinded and lost all reason. No matter how brilliant they were, they were nothing but dogs for him to command.

It wasn't until Shen Zhixu's plans backfired, and he was imprisoned in bed with banknotes stuffed in until they spilled out and his legs couldn't close, that he truly understood just how different men and women were.

[The Cynical Illegitimate Son]

As an illegitimate son, Shen Zhixu had always been an unwelcome outsider in high society, leaving him with a deep-seated bitterness toward everyone around him.

One day, Shen Zhixu got hold of a video. In it, the aristocrats who usually looked at him as if he were a sewer rat, their eyes full of contempt and disgust, wore collars around their necks and crawled on the ground in a posture of utter submission.

Shen Zhixu found the powerful people's tastes utterly disgusting, but at the same time his heart pounded with wild excitement. He put on a wig and changed into women's clothes. Looking at the "queen" in the mirror, wearing a tight leather dress and black high heels with red soles, he thought he could use the nobles' tastes to openly trample them like dogs.

His emotions churned, refusing to settle. What Shen Zhixu didn't know was that the video was entirely fabricated by AI. The person behind it intended to use the poisonous, wicked illegitimate son to leak the footage. It wouldn't cause any real harm to the powerful people involved, but it would at least get under their skin.

What the mastermind hadn't expected was that the fool he'd picked up and wielded like a knife would have such delusions of grandeur. Not only did Shen Zhixu refuse to act as planned, he actually intended to tame these powerful people, every bit as lofty as he was, into pets through desire.

More surprising still, Shen Zhixu succeeded. The powerful people, who had never had a taste for being anyone's dogs, willingly let him order them around and play with them, just to earn a single reward from the beautiful Queen.

In the end, even the mastermind, who had kept himself out of the picture and watched from the sidelines, couldn't help falling for him. He wanted to try kneeling at the feet of this smug Queen, tearing his stockings, letting his hands climb up his long, delicate legs, and pinning him down in an act of defiance, filling his belly until it swelled. He wanted to know what that would feel like.

[The Special-Admission Student at the Elite Academy]

Shen Zhixu was a commoner admitted to the elite academy on a special scholarship. He had entered with boundless hope, but reality dealt him a crushing blow on his very first day. He witnessed another special-admission student, an upperclassman, being driven to jump from a building by a noble young master. Not one of the teachers or students nearby was willing or dared to step in and help.

There were far too many noble young masters like him at the academy. They ignored all rules and morals, trampling on the dignity and lives of commoners as carelessly as they stepped on ants by the roadside. Yet they came from families and backgrounds so impressive that everyone could only look up to them. No matter how despicable their crimes, they could continue to live free of consequences.

Shen Zhixu's hands trembled. He told himself he couldn't be afraid of them; he had to please them, or he'd become the next upperclassman. At last, he learned that the four young heirs from the most powerful families at the academy were all gay. Due to certain secrets within the royal family, homosexuality was not accepted by the public at the time. Shen Zhixu thought he could simply claim to share their orientation, win their trust, and be accepted as one of their underlings or lackeys.

So, at the welcome party, the slender, handsome boy, as beautiful as an elegant daffodil, let his eyes, filled with uncertainty and unease, sweep casually over the F4 in the front row before lowering them. His thick, delicate lashes cast faint shadows over his eyelids.

At the end of his self-introduction, he said, "I... actually like boys too." His voice was quieter than a mosquito's buzz, yet clear enough for the people he wanted to hear it.

The F4, already so captivated by the boy's beautiful looks that they could barely focus on their conversation, fixed their eyes on him. Their gazes instantly froze, then turned sticky and feverish.

It seems to have worked, Shen Zhixu thought, not entirely sure.

The bullying and verbal abuse that would normally be inflicted indiscriminately on every special-admission student never came his way. The F4, known to outsiders as devils, treated him very, very well, so well that he even felt they were trying to please him.

Things would only get smoother from here, Shen Zhixu repeated to himself again and again. As if a lie could come true if he told it often enough, he would graduate safely and leave behind everyone at this elite academy, including the F4.

-- Synopsis screenshot backup, February 4, 2025

Theme: Face adversity with a positive attitude