The Protagonist’s Ex Can’t Break Up With Him

[The third world is being revised. Not recommended for reading for now!]

After wrecking a small world, Fu Tinglan is banished by the Space-Time Bureau’s headquarters to the most neglected job there is: the protagonist’s scumbag ex.

An ex is supposed to be unambitious, gullible, spoiled, selfish, and unfaithful, keeping several partners on the hook at once... He torments the protagonist until they give up on love, only to open their heart again after meeting their destined other half.

Of course, an ex who hurt the protagonist also has to go through the whole routine of regretting everything, begging for forgiveness in the rain, then getting ruined, having his heart ripped out, and ending up in the ICU before being sent to the crematorium.

Fu Tinglan, who earns three thousand a month but works hard, does an excellent job completing the preliminary tasks. The protagonist he torments is torn between love and hatred for him. But just as Fu Tinglan is about to move on to the next stage, he suddenly realizes there’s a problem:

W-what should he do? It seems like he can’t break up with him.

World One:

In a school setting, he’s the scumbag ex who went to great lengths to win over the protagonist shou, only to dump him after giving him the cold shoulder because he believed his friend’s lies.

After they break up, his scheming friend takes advantage of the situation. By the time Fu Tinglan comes to his senses, the protagonist gong and shou are already completely devoted to each other. He cries and begs for a second chance, only to get a cool “Get lost” from the protagonist shou.

Fu Tinglan follows the script and wins the protagonist shou over. When his friend badmouths his boyfriend, he eagerly agrees. When his boyfriend badmouths his friend, he says, “No, no.” He gives him the cold shoulder from time to time, making his scumbag nature crystal clear.

But no matter how long he waits, Fu Tinglan never gets dumped.

Until the protagonist shou holds up his phone and asks him, “Why did your friend say he’d be your mistress? Why did he ask when we’re breaking up?”

The protagonist shou puts down his phone, his eyes dark and menacing, and says one casual sentence: “The only way you’re breaking up with me is if I die.”

Fu Tinglan: Huh? Wait, what? Hold on?

World Two:

In an insectoid setting, he’s the protagonist shou’s spoiled, capricious, and promiscuous male-insect ex.

[The insectoid world is entirely fictional and unrelated to reality. Please don’t conflate it with real life.]

World Three:

In an urban wealthy-family setting, he’s the protagonist gong’s insatiable “white moonlight” ex.

World Four:

In a fan-broadcasting story where entertainment is everything, he’s the unscrupulous streamer who betrayed the protagonist gong, a wealthy fan who appeared out of nowhere, after winning his love ticket.

1. Gong-focused, with a heartthrob gong

2. The shou is split into multiple versions. The main story ends with a one-on-one pairing.

Theme: You reap what you sow.