Keep Away from Me, You Funeral Pyre

They are the "scum tops" in the book, nailed to the pillar of shame and supposedly deserving of having their hearts carved out and bones scraped clean. But after awakening, they want to tear up the scripts fate has written for them---

Li Shu took his boyfriend's favorite milk tea to see him, only to hear his cool, distant voice from outside the classroom: "Li Shu? He's just an ordinary friend."

Tsk, just a friend! Then who was the one who blushed and confessed before?

Li Shu was about to kick the door open when memories of his past life suddenly awakened. A System appeared out of nowhere to stop him. "Host, stay calm! Just like in your previous life, you should leave without a word. Wait until ten years later, when the Chu family has been driven into bankruptcy by the villain and Chu Yichen has wasted away looking for you, then show up as the one in power..."

Li Shu disagreed. The idiot from his previous life had been brainwashed by the plot, but he hadn't!

He kicked the door open even harder. The System panicked and started spitting out garbled text. "You can't! You have to complete the three-part package: kneel in a blizzard, develop stomach problems from taking drinks for him, and die in a car accident. Only by trading your life for his regret points can you get rid of the scum top label..."

Li Shu: ??

Listen to yourself. Does that sound like something a person would say?

"But if you don't do that, you'll be his devoted lapdog for all eternity~"

Li Shu gave an angry, cold laugh. So he needed regret points, did he?

He grabbed the villain who was walking by and kissed him, right in front of Chu Yichen, whose expression changed instantly.

System: It's over, it's over, it's over!

Wait, why are the regret points going up by one, one, one?

Later, the villain's shirt collar would casually reveal faint red marks, while his finger bore a matching couple's ring just like Li Shu's.

System: ??

Why have the regret points gone through the roof?

After throwing the lunchbox carefully prepared by his contract-marriage partner into the trash, Shang Shixu said coldly, "Time's up. Here's the divorce agreement. Also, give me back my mother's keepsake."

As he signed his name, memories of his previous life suddenly awakened. A cold smile curled his lips.

Just then, a System appeared. "Host, you can't take revenge on him. According to the plot, you should realize your mistake!"

The System hurriedly checked its plan. "Next, you have to wait for him in the pouring rain without an umbrella, announce your retirement at the Best Actor's award ceremony to atone for your sins, and donate your heart to him to earn regret points. Otherwise..."

Shang Shixu smirked. So he needed regret points, did he?

He suddenly pulled his manager onto his lap. Amid the other's ragged breathing, he kissed the scar on the manager's collarbone, the one left for his sake, his lips and tongue lingering over it.

System: It's over, it's over, it's over!

Wait, why have the regret points gone through the roof again?

Xie Zhiheng was famous in the industry for being cold and ruthless, yet he was incredibly gentle with one intern at his firm. He even remembered little things like whether the other had eaten breakfast.

But when the intern confessed to him, he suddenly awakened. Without mercy, he exposed the other's false identity, then gathered the evidence and personally sent him to court.

Just before the trial, a System suddenly appeared. "You'd better stop. Let's see... Next, you're supposed to cry your heart out for him, lose your standing in the industry because you can't focus on your career, and finally die for him. Only then can you get regret points..."

Xie Zhiheng sneered. "So, regret points?"

He drew his true first love into his arms and leisurely toyed with him, undoing his buttons one by one before fastening his tie for him...

System: I'll wait and see.

Sure enough, the regret points went through the roof again. Heh!

Zhou Jin suddenly awakened, but still turned away without hesitation despite Cheng Jianwei's desperate pleas. His true love was waiting for him.

But a System tried to stop him. "Scum top, he just donated bone marrow. You'd better obediently be his dog, take a fatal blow for him, then push him out of the burning building. Otherwise..."

Zhou Jin replied politely, "Are you saying that after I give everything to help him save my lover, I have to abandon my lover and fall in love with him to avoid being a scum top?"

The System felt as if the other man was pointing at its nose and cursing it, but that was what the plot said. "How else are you supposed to earn regret points? It's not my fault!"

But Zhou Jin ignored it and took his lover's hand. His fingertips brushed over the still-healing needle mark, then he kissed it reverently...

System: ...

Forget it. The regret points have gone through the roof anyway. I'm done interfering!

---Only by tearing up the absurd script fate has written can true love rise again from the ruins!

Theme: Respect and love yourself