After Courting the Dragon-Born Protagonist, the Fake Young Master’s Cover Is Blown

Yan Shi transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous fake young master in a melodramatic wealthy-family novel.

The original Yan Shi loved making trouble and relentlessly bullied the real young master after he was brought back. In the end, the overpowered real young master had enough, destroyed his family, and left him to die in the streets.

Yan Shi: ???

The good news: His family doted on him more than they did the real young master.

The bad news: His entire family were doomed side characters, and he'd also been bound to an absurd System.

[Mission objective: Max out the real young master Jiang Yubo's affection]

[Failure penalty: Follow the original plot, lose your family, and die in the streets]

Looking at the overpowered real young master he'd mistreated in the original story, now standing at his door in a washed-out school uniform, Yan Shi felt his vision go dark. He'd just transmigrated into the book and inherited the mess after the original Yan Shi had pointed at the boy's nose and finished making threats.

Yan Shi: Is it too late to get on my knees and beg for forgiveness?!

System: [Warning! Initial affection: -100! Host, stop glaring at your target like you want him dead!]

Yan Shi forced out a fawning smile and snatched up the old bag at Jiang Yubo's feet.

"D-Dearest little brother! That's a heavy bag! I've got all the cold watermelon you can eat in my room!"

(Just hang on! If I win him over, I can live!)

Jiang Yubo had always known the script.

The gilded cage before him, his fake "family," and the fake young master who was destined to be vicious and stupid, then crushed into the dirt by Jiang Yubo: Yan Shi.

Jiang Yubo's eyes were utterly indifferent.

The destined "face-slapping comeback" and "family destroyed" plotlines were nothing but stale, boring performances to him.

He couldn't even be bothered to take revenge.

He simply wanted to see what kind of act Yan Shi was putting on. The boy had just made a threat, then rushed over to grab his battered luggage and call him "little brother," all while looking so terrified he was trembling.

So Jiang Yubo stepped through the Yan family's front door.

He'd treat it as a free ticket to a ridiculous reality show.

The villainous fake young master's affection-farming days begin:

An outsider gives Jiang Yubo a hard time? Yan Shi slams the table and roars, "He's my real brother! Who do you think you are?!"

System: [Affection +1! Go, Host!]

His younger sister wants to put Jiang Yubo in his place? Yan Shi uses his money to shut her down: "Sis! Three limited-edition figures from around the world! Stay away from my brother!"

System: [Affection +5! Target's mouth turned up by 0.5 degrees!]

When the original plot forces him to kidnap Jiang Yubo--

System: [Alert! High-risk death flag! Take the target and run now!]

Yan Shi grabs Jiang Yubo and dashes through a window. "It's a trap! Run with me...!"

But then--

In a dark alley, Jiang Yubo pins him to the wall with one hand.

At some point, the slim boy who used to be shorter than him had grown into a tall man who even made Yan Shi look up at him. It took almost no effort for him to hold Yan Shi captive in his arms, shrouding him in shadow.

Jiang Yubo's hot breath brushed Yan Shi's ear. His low voice was edged with teasing menace. "Why are you running? Weren't you pretty cocky before?"

"Now..." He chuckled, and his fingertip brushed Yan Shi's trembling Adam's apple. "Why are you shaking so much?"

"Are you afraid I'll do to you what you used to do to me... and eat you alive?"

He spoke the last three words almost against Yan Shi's earlobe, making the man beneath him shudder violently.

System: [Beep! Affection has exceeded the threshold. System protocol forcibly upgrading--]

Yan Shi, horrified: I was trying to build a brotherly bond, not a brotherly romance!

A timid, sarcastic fake young master who transmigrated into a book x a scheming, outwardly proper real young master who was reborn

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