A Danmei Gong's Guide to Self-Rescue

World Five completed The freshly manufactured, half-baked System Liuliu gets lost while handling a complaint, causing a number of original danmei gong protagonists to awaken. They don't want to live lives controlled by someone else. Liuliu: Help me out, and you can't complain about me, okay~ World One: The original cold, cool guy who’s secretly a slow-witted, teary-eyed simp gong vs. the villainous childhood-friend shou After twenty years of smooth sailing, Yu Zhishui learns one day that he’s the gong in an original danmei novel, and promptly falls apart. To avoid the tragic fate awaiting him in the original story, Yu Zhishui works diligently to change the course of events. Meanwhile When he’s unhappy, his childhood friend comforts him; when trouble comes, his childhood friend saves the day; when he wants a boyfriend, his childhood friend… His childhood friend corners Yu Zhishui at a bar after he claims to be at the library. With a gun pointed at his “love rival,” he says, both rationally and wildly, “Get out of Haishi.” Yu Zhishui slaps him. In return, a delicate chain appears around his ankle. Faced with this situation, Yu Zhishui keeps his cool and lays out his demands: First, he wants to be the wife. Second, he wants to be the gong. His childhood friend’s villainous-progress bar is successfully interrupted. He gives Yu Zhishui an inscrutable look, pins him to the bed with measured ease, and gladly agrees. World Two: The original devoted, reserved gong who’s secretly emotionally unavailable vs. the rakish, carefree love-rival shou Su Jin is the steward’s son, with the textbook simp’s script in hand. He’s supposed to spend eighteen years secretly in love with the hot-tempered, innocent young master. But he has an emotional disorder. After awakening one day, Su Jin learns the truth about his world. After thinking it over, he decides to copy what others have done before him. So he decides to learn how to be a proper wife (not really). In the original novel, his love rival has been quietly watching Su Jin for a long time. He calls him his love rival, then rushes in and becomes… a friend? He calls him all kinds of affectionate nicknames and looks out for him at every turn, giving him jade, a cat, and even a meteor shower… Yet they’re still, friends. Though his friend reminds him several times, Bo Huarong: I can tell for myself whether we’re friends or husbands. And so he smoothly turns himself from the top candidate for husband into a suitor, and has a spectacular meltdown. World Three: The original cannon-fodder student at an aristocratic academy, secretly a commoner heartthrob gong vs. the mad, arrogant, privileged shou The world is a shoddy operation. Due to a System error, Yang Guangji ends up at Alliance University, whose name differs from Federal University by just one character, a famous school for the nobility. He thinks he’s being cautious and reading the room, but the people around him are acting stranger and stranger. F3, with his violent temper, does a complete about-face after seeing Yang Guangji’s face. He shyly starts a conversation and even puts on a little display. Yang Guangji: He cut me off? He must have a problem with me. The flirtatious F2 runs into him and strikes up a conversation. “Need a hand, classmate?” Yang Guangji: That smile’s up to no good. I can see the schemes in his eyes. Bad guy. The bright and cheerful F4 warmly invites him over, radiating sunshine. Yang Guangji, pained: Damn it, the Sunshine King actually lost. The arrogant, unhinged F1 takes advantage of the situation. He meant to drag Yang Guangji into hell, but somehow got pulled into a completely different story and became visibly sweet and harmless. Though he still keeps a lion on campus, threatens people, and looks down on everyone. Yang Guangji: tilts his head in confusion.jpg Rong Hongxuan sighs. “I get it now.” Yang Guangji blinks slowly. He doesn’t get it. Thanks for asking. I’m at an aristocratic academy. I’ve never understood anyone’s hints, but I still graduated safely. World Four (Ancient): The gentle, dignified head of the family gong vs. the seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless minister shou Xiao Ying takes on the burden of leading his family before coming of age. Young but already in power, he is dignified and proper. His only flaw is his frail health. Until one day, a creature claiming to be a System appears beside him, constantly spouting things he can’t understand. Thinking he’s hallucinating, he considers whether to make arrangements for his affairs or ask for a prescription. The System grows more and more frantic, and something like tears begins to spill from it. It even starts shrinking. Xiao Ying sighs and carefully touches the little blue ball. “Stay by my side for now.” The young head of the family stares distractedly at the bamboo slips in his hands According to Liuliu, he’s the gentle gong in a “chase-your-husband-to-the-crematorium” novel, deceived and used by the shou, then transformed by his family’s downfall. After turning villainous, he imprisons the shou and gets his happy ending. Xiao Ying is momentarily speechless. He quietly apologizes, then turns away. A short while later, ashamed of himself, he says, “I failed to judge people correctly, and let it corrupt my character. That was truly wrong of me.” Liuliu is deeply shaken and inspired, and resolves to fight the plot to the bitter end. To change his fate, Xiao Ying follows the System’s guidance and finds himself a powerful ally. According to the System, this would probably be… a husband? Prince Ning, Shi Chengyun, is the story’s designated pure-hearted hero. Xiao Ying finds Shi Chengyun easy to get along with and can’t help treating him like a younger brother. The System thinks Shi Chengyun is the finest partner among all its Hosts, so both of them are quite satisfied. Until Xiao Ying is drugged under the influence of the plot and stumbles into a carriage Agarwood fragrance curls through the air. The usually easygoing man’s face is half hidden in shadow. “I wondered why I couldn’t find you. So this is where you were.” Xiao Ying’s courtesy name is Bulai. World Five (Apocalypse): The brash, cool gong vs. the chaotic evil shou who lives for a laugh World Six (Cultivation): The timid gong who manages to cause plenty of trouble vs. the shou who follows behind and cleans up the mess The little System’s story Coming soon: My Friend, Redeemed Chu You first met Yan Sheng at Myth. The other man’s slightly long black hair curled softly. He seemed separated from everyone by an invisible barrier, and beneath the kaleidoscopic lights, he was so beautiful he barely seemed alive. The next time they met, Yan Sheng kept his head bowed as he listened to his elders, acting every bit the good child. A good child? Chu You scoffed. Good children don’t go to Myth. * Yan Sheng is quiet most of the time, but he’s not hard to get along with. There’s only one exception. As time went by, anyone with a bit of sense could see it. A friend teased him, “I told you to rein in that young master attitude. I’m curious, how did you manage to offend him this badly?” Chu You gave a humorless smile. “How should I know?” He was practically Yan Sheng’s dog. * Chu You once played a redemption game that lasted five years. Everyone thought he’d fallen in love. He himself didn’t feel anything special and soon forgot all about it. Naturally, he didn’t remember that Yan Sheng had been there too And the person being redeemed was Yan Sheng’s friend. Both leads are each other’s only partners. The blurb has changed, but the core premise remains the same. 1. A collection of interconnected stories, not quick transmigration. 2. The gong in each world isn’t necessarily the original protagonist. 3. The author enjoys all kinds of pairings, especially unusual ones. Please check the tags before reading. 4. Not suitable for readers with extreme character preferences. 5. There are countless good novels out there. If this isn’t for you, just hit the back button. Theme: Every feeling deserves to be cherished.