The Substitute Is Just Too Pitiful [Quick Transmigration]

In countless melodramatic novels, the original protagonist always has a moonlight lover, either far away or right beside them, and an unlucky substitute chosen by their love story.

Then something went wrong at the Space-Time Administration. Countless original novels went up in flames, and the Supreme God had no choice but to assign missions, sending agents to reenact the stories.

System: Follow the plot. Humiliate the substitute mercilessly, trample on his dignity, torment him in body and soul, and finally cast him aside like a worn-out shoe. Got it?

Agent: Got... got it, I think.

Some time later.

System: Host, what have you done?!

System: (in utter shock) Why did you choose the substitute even with your moonlight lover right there? Why did you kiss him? And why is he hugging you?

System: "...Wait, why are his legs wrapped around you? And why does my program say the current scene has been censored? What exactly are you two doing?!"

The seme afterward: (humbly admitting fault) You know me. I've always been softhearted. How could I bring myself to hurt someone so pitiful?

System: ...Are you sure it wasn't just because he was so good-looking?

Seme: ^^ You tell me.

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■ "Uneducated Little Celebrity x Powerful Patron"

System: "You love someone else, but have no choice but to attach yourself to the substitute. You endure everything and play along until your moonlight lover returns from abroad. Once you've seized his shares, you'll crush him beneath your feet..."

The little celebrity followed every instruction to the letter. For instance, he called the other man by the wrong name during intimate moments, put the gifts from his moonlight lover in the most conspicuous spot in the house, and pinned his moonlight lover's name at the top of his contacts...

But

System: "?"

System: "Explain to me how these two marriage certificates came about."

Holding his beloved in his arms, he blinked innocently. "Didn't you tell me to get my hands on the shares?"

Now they're marital property. You tell me, did he get the shares or not?

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■ "Rookie Sword Cultivator x Cold, Abstinent Master"

System: "The day you planned to elope with a mortal, your master broke both your legs. You hated him to the bone, but accidentally discovered that he was in love with you..."

System: "You pretend to love him, when all you really want is to steal his sword bones. On the day you extract them, you defeat him at the Immortal Cultivators' Assembly. Humiliated and helpless, he can only watch as you leave hand in hand with your beloved..."

But

System: "?"

System: "Is this right? Why have you turned the Immortal Cultivators' Assembly into a couples' ceremony? And with the substitute, no less?!"

Sword Cultivator: "Didn't you say to humiliate him at the assembly?"

The greatest cultivator under heaven had his legs kissed weak beneath him in front of every cultivator there. Is that humiliating enough?

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"Fake Playboy x Genuinely Old-Fashioned, Sincere CEO"

"You're the notorious playboy of Jincheng, spending every day at pleasure houses, but everyone knows your heart belongs to the moonlight lover far away in another country."

"You made one casual, flirtatious remark, and that stubborn old fossil took it seriously, insisting on staying by your side."

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"Nomad Who Stumbles into a Forbidden Zone x World-Weary, Sharp-Tongued Exiled Elf"

"You stumble into the Black Tide, and at the brink of death, catch a glimpse of the figure coming to save you. He descends like a god and gently gathers you into his arms."

"But when you wake, the elf by your side is cold and solitary, and never mentions saving you. Years later, when you and he are already engaged, you learn that the two of them were not the same person."

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"Dark, Unhinged Zombie x Taciturn Strongest Human"

"The person you're looking for... is already dead by my blade."

"I know. That's why I'm here to avenge him."

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"Heartless, Easygoing Dungeon Runner x Corrupted Infinite-Worlds Boss"

"I know full well that the person you love isn't me."

"So what?"

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...To be decided

[Reading Guide]

1. An anthology, with different mission agents in each world. Some are the original characters, and some have transmigrated.

2. A little two-person romance, both bittersweet and sweet. Neither moonlight lover has a romantic storyline. One-on-one from beginning to end.

3.

Theme: Cherish the person before you.