★ Characters: A fake stand-in who becomes everyone's darling x a drudge who becomes an insider through connections x a laid-back shou who just wants to lie flat ^ a sword master gong with a sour face, whose wife died a hundred years ago
This book is pure indulgence, one glorious treat after another!
Jian Xin transmigrates into a book and lands a minor cannon-fodder role.
He thinks he'll have to scrape by in the cracks, but then he discovers:
Leader of the Immortal Path: "Do you like these golden-core spirit fruits, Xin Xin?"
Ghost King of the Underworld: "You can come and go as you please in the library of my netherworld palace, Xin Xin."
Supreme Sword Master: "You have remarkable bones and talent. Would you like to inherit my legacy?"
Xin Xin: Wait, what do you big shots want from me? I'm just an utterly ordinary nobody!
Then one day, he accidentally unlocks a crucial fragment of the plot...
It turns out the big shots think he's the long-deceased, breathtakingly beautiful Saint Son of the demon tribe, the white moonlight who once captivated all three realms!
Xin Xin suddenly understands: Oh, I see! I'm the protagonist of a stand-in story!
BUT!
Looking at the immortal spirit fruit in his hand that can grant ten years of cultivation with one bite, the lost formation manuals propping up a table leg, and the supreme-level "bodyguards" following him openly and in secret... Then he thinks of the trash academic advisor in his past life who exploited him, delayed his graduation, and made him work himself to the bone...
Xin Xin instantly decides to lie flat: A stand-in? Great! I deserve all of this!
A life as everyone's darling, access to top-tier resources, and a protective master? What's not to love? A life where he never has to suffer is simply perfect!
Xin Xin throws both hands in the air: I'm a professional stand-in! By all means, send all your good stuff my way! I'll gladly take this blessing!
Until... he sees a portrait of the legendary "long-deceased" Saint Son.
The mighty figures' eyes turn shadowy, their gazes concealing countless desires, as if they want to tear the person in the portrait apart and devour him.
Their eyes fall on Xin Xin again, full of wistful longing: He looks so much like him, truly!
Xin Xin is shaken to the core, and another crucial plot fragment unlocks
The person in the portrait is him
Reader's guide:
1. Everyone loves the protagonist, but it's one-on-one romance, with strong mutual feelings!
2. The protagonist is a gorgeous darling, and this is a no-brainer wish-fulfillment story.
Theme: I have a precious pearl, long locked away by the dust and toil of this world
