Playing the Friend Group Like This Will Get You Kissed

Lin Yiran is a temporary worker bound by a single wish to System 886, a “friends-and-family | System” from a terrifyingly vast world. His mission is to enter different novels, play the rejected friend who secretly loves the protagonist uke and meets a tragic end, and earn friendship points. Then the temp worker brought his whole family along on a mission, including the righteous protagonist who was supposed to beat the strange boss to a pulp in the original world. World One: The rich kid who secretly loves the aloof top student uke [Complete] In the novel, Lin Yiran is a rich kid who secretly loves the aloof protagonist uke. When the uke stays silent, he speaks up. When the uke does nothing, he takes action. He’s a tool used to set the scumbag seme protagonist’s redemption arc ablaze. But the protagonist uke dislikes his vulgar, frivolous personality. Lin Yiran takes on all the bad-guy roles, yet allows the seme protagonist to scheme his family into bankruptcy and hire someone to break one of his legs, forcing him to leave in disgrace. Lin Yiran sticks to his role, provoking the seme protagonist at every opportunity, defending the uke protagonist, sucking up to the powerful and looking down on the weak, and acting ostentatious and over-the-top. But the plot changes without warning... The scumbag seme protagonist’s grin keeps growing. “He’s warm and friendly to everyone else. Why is he so cold and rude only to me? Could he like me and be trying to get my attention?” The aloof uke protagonist’s gaze burns with passion. “I can tell he treats me differently from everyone else. Xiaoran is too slow to realize it. As his older brother, I should make the first move.” World Two: The poor fake older brother who adores the real young master uke [Complete] In the novel, the real young master uke was switched at birth. Lin Yiran is the eldest son of his adoptive family. His parents died young, so he had to drop out of school and dance erotically at a nightclub to pay for his younger brother’s education. Tormented by his forbidden feelings, he learns that he and his younger brother aren’t related by blood and finally works up the courage to confess. All he gets in return is, “You’re too dirty. You don’t deserve to be with me.” In a daze, he steps in front of a runaway truck. But the plot never goes according to plan. Lin Yiran stares speechlessly at the uke protagonist, who’s overjoyed after learning the truth. The uke protagonist hugs him tightly, his gaze stubborn and his voice feverish. “Big Brother, it’s fate. There’s no point in refusing me. We’re destined to be together for the rest of our lives.” World Three: The foolishly loyal adjutant who admires an anti-male general uke In the novel, the uke protagonist murders a male insect. Lin Yiran, an adjutant who blindly worships the general, is implicated and thrown in prison for failing to stop his crimes. The male insect who was attacked dies, and the seme protagonist, a human from Earth, takes over his body. Unhappy with the warped worldview of the insect race, the seme protagonist vows to save the poor female soldier. Defying all opposition, he marries this convicted female as his wife. After the wedding, the tyrannical male insect transforms into a model husband, and his devotion finally pays off: he successfully heals the broken, anti-male uke protagonist. In the end, the two insects join forces to overthrow the male-dominant regime and create a new world where males and females are equal. And Lin Yiran... spends the entire story locked in prison. On Equality Day, the prison guards open Lin Yiran’s cell. Just as he’s glad that the general hasn’t forgotten him, he’s greeted with an execution on the spot. The reason: A criminal male insect should be made an example of on Equality Day, to warn male insects who dream of restoring their former status to face reality. This mission is simple. Lin Yiran just has to stay in prison until the novel ends, then get killed. But things don’t go as planned... The seme protagonist stands outside the cell, not sparing even a glance at the uke protagonist being tortured next door. He points firmly at Lin Yiran. “I want to marry him and make him my wife. Release him now.” Lin Yiran: What??? World Four: The honest ex-husband of the top researcher In the original novel, Lin Yiran and the top researcher uke enter a business marriage, then divorce. Three years later, the zombie apocalypse begins. Lin Yiran awakens an ability and risks his life to protect the uke protagonist, who is absorbed in developing a purification drug. On the day the drug is perfected, Lin Yiran proposes they get back together. The uke protagonist surprisingly agrees, but on one condition. In the end, Lin Yiran dies at the hands of the Zombie King, who is leading a horde of zombies to lay siege to the city. But Lin Yiran, diligently working on his mission, gets stuck at the very first step: the uke protagonist refuses to get a divorce! 886: [So how did you manage to get divorced from the uke protagonist in the end?] Lin Yiran lightly brushes the dirt from his clothes and says casually, “Oh, we played a little role-playing game. He played an old lord who dies suddenly in bed, and I played his newlywed sixth concubine. I tricked him into signing the divorce papers by telling him they were an inheritance transfer form.” 886 falls silent. After a long pause, it says: [...Host, you’ve had a rough time.] Lin Yiran covers his face in despair. “It’s not that I’ve had a rough time. I was born unlucky.” Completed world: The pretty widower who cheats on his spouse (infinite-flow) The seme is a widower, and the uke is his lover. Warm, friendly, sunny seme who’s slow to realize his feelings × righteous protagonist uke from a terrifyingly vast world (fused with the strange) Bonus scene: After they get together, when they’re caught up in passion... Lin Yiran is shocked by the slick sensation around his waist. “Where did those tentacles come from?” The other person keeps kissing him, unconcerned. “It’s fine. I made a wish to the strange boss to find you. He might be coming out soon.” Lin Yiran: “How is that fine???” ── Note: The uke is the same person in every world. The seme is the main character in this quick transmigration story, and the uke’s personality is fragmented across the worlds. There are multiple partners along the way, but the ending is one-on-one. Not suitable for readers who only like pure romance. Please mind the warnings. No splitting up, switching roles, or betrayal. The cover is just a pretty template. See the illustrations for the characters’ actual appearances. Feel free to join in if you’re interested! Upcoming story in my profile: The Worker Refuses to Join the Love Triangle A universally adored, reserved, secretly flirtatious office worker seme × domineering CEO, spoiled and entitled uke. Add it to your collection if you like! Theme: Every gift fate bestows has already had its price marked in secret.