After Becoming the Most Hated Character in a Comic

[Main story complete, bonus chapters ongoing] Relying on his good looks, Chi Kuo had never known hardship growing up, until his family fell on hard times and he transmigrated into the chaotic world of a comic. In this comic, he bullied and tormented the legendary protagonist. Little did he know, the protagonist was like a white flower growing from a crack in the stone: the more Chi Kuo bullied him, the more he drew the attention of the young elites. Naturally, after doing something so foolish, Chi Kuo was in for a terrible ending. After the people around him successively became Love Interests 1, 2, and 3, the side character Chi Kuo played, a nameless bottom, was destined to be abandoned by everyone and die miserably. It looked pretty pitiful, but Chi Kuo didn't mind. As long as he died at the protagonist's hands, he could go home. - On the xxxth day of bullying the protagonist according to the original plot, Chi Kuo finally maxed out the protagonist's resentment meter. Chi Kuo figured that, given how vicious he was, the protagonist must hate him more than anyone else. If everything went according to plan, the protagonist could chop off his fragile head tonight. He wouldn't even have to wait until he was sent to prison. But while Chi Kuo was waiting for the protagonist to fly into a rage and finally kill him, he stumbled across a post from two years ago on the reader forum for the comic The Golden Kingdom. [Why does my roommate always like to leave me locked outside?] [...A crush? You don't understand. He can't possibly like me. My roommate is a really nasty person. Whenever anyone talks to me, he just stands nearby and sneers.] [Oh, so he was just trying to get my attention. Is that what being in love is like?] [All right, all right, I know this isn't the off-topic section. We're supposed to discuss the comic's plot.] [But why do you all say the protagonist will kill the bottom side character sooner or later? I think he actually likes him.] [What do you mean, the protagonist put a lethal dose of poison in his water to kill him? That was a harmless new sleeping pill! He only resorted to that because the guy won't let me get close when he's awake.] [He said my family background is so pathetic that I don't deserve to talk to him. But since he likes me too... Wait, that's not what I meant. I never said I was the protagonist.] Everything pointed to the idiotic poster being the very protagonist Chi Kuo was waiting to kill him. Chi Kuo stared blankly into space, suddenly understanding why the protagonist had sat motionless beside his bed and watched him the night before last, waking him from a dream. - The comic The Golden Kingdom was still running to great acclaim. But the wildly derailed plot, which no power on earth could get back on track, was clearly more captivating than some post in the off-topic section. Protagonist: [The only thing that's kept me going is revenge.] Protagonist: [Men are disgusting. Men who like men are even more disgusting.] Still the protagonist: [Even if that hand hits someone, it can only hit me.] The protagonist again: [Look at him again and I'll gouge your eyes out.] The protagonist, who was supposed to love and hate the love interests in turn, genuinely wanted to kill the love interests from the original plot. The love interests, who were supposed to fall in love with the protagonist, genuinely wanted to kill him for trying to steal the man they loved. Former Love Interest 1: [What's so lovable about my brother? He's stupid and useless, just a pretty-faced idiot.] Later Love Interest 1: [You little bitch, you little bitch, you little bitch! Why won't my brother talk to me? Why doesn't he want me? Is it because this hand hurt him? Then how about I chop it off to appease him?] Former Love Interest 2: [Fairness isn't absolute in most things. You've done so many wicked things. As a judge, all I can do is bring you before the court as soon as possible so you can learn from your mistakes.] Later Love Interest 2: [Who cares about fairness? Heh. Let's pin a crime on the others first and get them away from him.] Former Love Interest 3: [I would be in a difficult position if you bullied His Highness like this. If you really refuse to stop, I'll have to make you pay.] Later Love Interest 3: [What do you mean, a minister stealing the emperor's wife and having his whole family wiped out? Fine, wipe them out. Divine retribution? What divine retribution? There are so many people in the world, so why should I be the one punished? Whether it's Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth, I'll accept anyone as long as I can stay by his side.] He'd thought he was playing the role of a universally despised, vicious bottom. But when the proud heads bowed before him one by one, Chi Kuo realized they'd all gone mad long ago. Willingly, they said they would give him everything. * [Please note] ● A reverse-harem story. The original protagonist in the blurb is the main love interest. The other love interests are each awful in their own way, and they only have one-sided feelings for the bottom. He won't reciprocate. ● The forum first appears in Chapter 5. ● There's a lot of humiliation and groveling from the love interests. They're all obsessive, twisted creeps at heart, and there are several romance subplots. I'm writing a reverse harem, so surely that's reasonable. ● Everyone is sexually inexperienced. If you think otherwise, it's probably a rumor the love interests spread about each other. Love Interest 1 later likes to act fragile, Love Interest 2 is a dark and beautiful type, and Love Interest 3 likes putting on an act. ● Not a traditional Western fantasy setting. It's a modern magic-world noble academy story. I made up the entire world, and since I like beautiful, tragic characters, there will be some injuries. ● I used to write fan fiction, so some of my old verbal quirks may crop up now and then. I'll keep them in check! ● The cover and character portraits were commissioned for commercial use. Please don't use them without permission. ● This is not a power fantasy, this is not a power fantasy. At first, the protagonist doesn't feel like he belongs in this world, and every character has their own growth arc. Check out my upcoming novel: "Should the Villain Marry the Dragon-Slaying Hero Too?" Synopsis: In his previous life, Shen Fengshu was a villain who betrayed his sect. His junior brothers, celebrated as heaven's chosen, hunted him down, and he died beneath a rain of arrows. Then Shen Fengshu was reborn, this time as the fiancée of his junior brother Pei Jing. In this life, his role was to be a disposable male side character, abused body and soul by Pei Jing and his brothers, then sobbing as he told Pei Jing, “I love you.” Shen Fengshu looked at the familiar faces before him, the very men he'd raised, yet who had driven him to his death. He turned away and vomited into a trash can. “Men... urgh... I love you... urgh...” To fight back against this disgusting fate, he decided to kill the male lead, Pei Jing. But Pei Jing was the chosen one, and every time Shen Fengshu tried to assassinate him, the Heavenly Dao intervened and made him fail. Worse, Shen Fengshu's sarcasm and barbed remarks all came across as flirtation to Pei Jing. Shen Fengshu: “I really want to die together with Pei Jing.” Pei Jing: “He wants to be with me even in death.” When Shen Fengshu saw Pei Jing survive a lightning strike without a scratch, he burst into tears. “He still won't die?” Pei Jing: “He was so afraid of losing me.” - Pei Jing had loved Shen Fengshu in his previous life. He was always thinking that his senior brother was the best person in the world. But why were there always so many people around him? Why couldn't he look at Pei Jing alone? Why couldn't those hands touch only his face? He slowly raised his head and looked coldly at the people surrounding his senior brother. A thought roared in his heart: I really want to... kill them all. So in this life, even if he died, he'd crawl back to his senior brother, spend every night beside him, and hold him by the waist. He'd kiss every inch of his skin. Shen Fengshu, fast asleep in a dream, suddenly shivered. Why did it feel like his dead junior brother was back? He hurriedly pulled out the voodoo dolls bearing Pei Jing's name from under his pillow and clasped his hands together in earnest prayer. Pei Jing, watching from the shadows, softened his gaze. “As I thought, my senior brother loves me.” He even holds my doll while he sleeps. Content warning: The bottom is a genuine villain, and at first he really does want to kill his junior brothers. [Bonus scene] When they discovered that their senior brother had been reborn as Pei Jing's fiancée, the reborn junior brothers said this in front of Pei Jing: Friend A: “Shen Fengshu is a gold-digging dog! He only wants your money. Don't fall for it, A Jing!” Friend B: “You know Shen Fengshu won't even walk if you don't treat him nicely. If you tell him you like him now, won't he take advantage of you tomorrow and demand you carry him around?” Friend C: “You're still so young. Why rush into a commitment? Shen Fengshu loves you so much, he'll marry you once you've had your fun!” In private Friend A: “A gold digger? That's exactly what I want! Money's all I've got. If my senior brother would give me even a little of his love, I'd be the happiest person in the world.” Friend B: “Take advantage of me? That's exactly what I want! If my senior brother married me, I'd carry him everywhere. I'd hold him while I ate and while I bathed. He wouldn't have to touch the ground for a single moment of the day.” Friend C: “My senior brother's young in this life and easy to deceive. Honestly, if the three of us team up and get rid of Junior Brother Pei, then my senior brother can marry us, right? Heh heh heh.” Pei Jing: ... Pei Jing: Go die. All of you. * [In short, a story about sect brothers sabotaging one another just to win their senior brother?] Theme: Growing through adversity