Stealing a Spot, and Seduction Too?

"Bang!" came a muffled sound.

Chu Tian clutched the top of his head and drew in a sharp breath. He opened his eyes and found himself curled up in... what seemed like a wardrobe?

What was going on? Wasn't he... wait, no, didn't he get into a car accident?

In the dark, confined space, Chu Tian didn't have time to think about anything else. He first pinched his own arms and legs to check.

Mm, no missing parts on his body, his limbs were intact, and not even a layer of skin was scraped off.

This wasn't right!

Chu Tian clearly remembered that he was sent flying on the spot by a car on his way back to the dormitory from the library.

Even if he wasn't missing arms or legs, he shouldn't be completely undamaged, right?

And... what kind of ghost place was this?

He was passively curled up in this small, claustrophobic space, and his legs and feet were completely numb!

No, he had to get out of this ghost place first.

Chu Tian cautiously pushed open the wardrobe door. His legs had been curled up for too long, and moving them even slightly made them numb and aching again, a thoroughly excruciating sensation.

"Hiss—"

Chu Tian cautiously sucked in his breath, bit by bit moving his numb legs with both hands, looking just like someone paralyzed from the waist down, with a thoroughly excruciating sensation.

Just as he had crawled halfway out, the door suddenly gave a "click" sound and was pushed open.

The next second, the lights blazed on.

Chu Tian instinctively shielded his eyes, which were slightly discomforted by the strong light. He paused for a moment, slowly raised his head, and exchanged blank stares with the man standing at the door.

The man's appearance fit the current aesthetic of young people very well. His facial features were handsome and deep, and a pair of starry eyes were pitch-black and profound, condensed with a cold glint that made people tremble just looking at them.

Handsome and dashing, with a tall build, he was obviously Chu Tian's type.

It was a pity that the atmosphere at the moment was far too awkward, otherwise Chu Tian would definitely have asked for WeChat!

So... who was this?

While Chu Tian was still awkwardly stiff, the man took large strides toward him.

"What are you doing here?"

He stopped in front of Chu Tian, his gaze icy.

"Is squeezing me out of my spot not enough for you, and now you want to completely ruin my reputation?!"

The last sentence sounded as if it were squeezed out from between the man's teeth, and it still carried anger.

Chu Tian fell silent for a split second and smiled awkwardly.

"M-Misunderstanding, I wanted to give you a surprise."

Chu Tian dryly smiled, giving a deadpan wave to the man.

"Are you surprised? Are you caught off guard?"

The man's face darkened: "..."

Chu Tian: "..."

He silently put down both arms, feeling like his actions were quite foolish.

The other's gaze swept over him, landing on the posture where he was still kneeling inside the wardrobe, and his tone was subtle.

"Hiding in a wardrobe to give me a surprise?"

Chu Tian: "..."

The two of them stared at each other from high and low. The look the man gave Chu Tian still carried a trace of disgust and annoyance.

At this moment, the air fell into a standstill.

After a long while, the man spoke first.

"Is the air in the wardrobe good?"

Chu Tian snapped back to his senses and only then realized that his coming-out action had only reached the halfway point, and he still had one leg curled up inside the wardrobe, not yet moved out.

Chu Tian: "..."

He hurriedly crawled out from the wardrobe. As a result, because the blood circulation in his legs was poor, he stumbled, his legs went numb, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

"..."

"..."

Because of his posture, Chu Tian knelt solidly right in front of the man, his cheek nearly pressing against the man's lower abdomen, making the distance awkward and dangerous.

Chu Tian heard the man softly gasp, and then the man reached out to guard the area below his own lower abdomen, slowly taking a step back to put some distance between himself and Chu Tian.

"So this was your ultimate goal all along?"

The man gritted his teeth, his voice still carrying a bit of a floating, dazed quality.

Chu Tian: "..."

I am not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!

"This is a misunderstanding."

Chu Tian said dryly, extending a hand toward the man.

"C-can you help? My legs are so numb I can't stand up."

The man: "..."

Chu Tian waited for a long time without getting the other person to pull him up; instead, the man stared at him with a wary, scrutinizing gaze.

"Times have changed, people have no sympathy at all."

Chu Tian muttered under his breath as he pulled himself up by the edge of the bed.

"I'm young and strong, I wouldn't pull a scam..."

"Heh, wouldn't you?"

The man spoke mockingly, his tone icy.

"You took my spot and you're still not satisfied, changing tactics to try and seduce me? Chu Tian, my patience has a limit!"

Chu Tian froze all at once.

What stealing a spot, and what seduction?

He was an orphan with no power or influence, where would he get the ability to steal someone else's spot?

...Wait!

Chu Tian suddenly realized something.

He looked down at his bare legs, fair and delicate, straight and slender...

His thoughts had been too chaotic to process it earlier, but now he discovered that this wasn't his body at all!

"Boom—!"

A bolt of lightning exploded out of nowhere in Chu Tian's mind, his expression blank for a few seconds, his fingertips trembling slightly.

After a moment, Chu Tian swallowed hard and cautiously looked up at the man.

"Y-you are... G-Gu Shiyan?"

"What, playing dumb?" The other man crossed his arms, raised an eyebrow, and scoffed, which counted as an admission.

Chu Tian felt the world spin; it really was Gu Shiyan!

He finally understood what was going on.

He was "Chu Tian" alright, but he was no longer his original self. He had transmigrated into a brainless cannon-fodder character named "Chu Tian" in a romance-biz-background dog-blood novel.

The man in front of him was precisely the protagonist of the book, Gu Shiyan—and also the man he could never have.

Chu Tian had accidentally stumbled upon this novel. When he discovered that a character in the book shared his exact name, he had eagerly flipped through it.

By the end, he had found it simply breathtaking.

This was a non-romance male-lead satisfying webnovel. Gu Shiyan, serving as the protagonist, was originally from a wealthy family, but his family's fortunes declined and he was saddled with massive debts. This was the story of his struggle as he was forced to debut and enter the fast-money entertainment industry.

As for Chu Tian, he was a brainless idiot who relied on his family's slight wealth to set his sights on Gu Shiyan's face, boldly attempting to keep him as a kept man.

After facing rejection, the love-turned-to-hatred Chu Tian used every possible means to obstruct Gu Shiyan's debut, trying to force him to yield to his "tyrannical might" under the pressure of life...

And as the background-tragic-hero protagonist, Gu Shiyan ultimately relied on his strength to successfully step into the entertainment industry, step by step using his works to become a top idol. Not only did he pay off his debts, but he also investigated the real culprits who had schemed to ruin his family and debt-burdened them years ago, bringing them to justice.

The plots interspersed throughout of slapping various cannon-fodder characters in the face had made Chu Tian's reading experience exhilarating and immensely satisfying. However, when he himself became one of the cannon fodder about to face those slaps, things didn't seem so wonderful anymore.

Transmigrating was one thing, but transmigrating into such a hellish starting scenario—he might as well have a bolt of lightning strike him dead!

"I know you probably won't believe me, but I really am innocent," Chu Tian muttered with a numb expression, "I really don't want to go against you, wuwu..."

Going against a protagonist carrying the halo of plot armor definitely wouldn't yield a good ending, especially for this cannon fodder who shared his name in the original text; he had met his end early on, bringing ruin to his family as well. How could it be described as anything short of tragic?

Filled with grief and indignation, Chu Tian raised his middle finger toward the ceiling, cursing "treacherous heavens" in his heart!

"Rumble—"

Accompanied by the explosion of a loud clap of thunder, Chu Tian shivered, silently withdrew his finger, and lowered his head to Gu Shiyan in a well-behaved admission of his mistake.

"I'm sorry, all of this is a misunderstanding. I'm very sorry for causing you trouble. I'll find someone right now to help return the spot to you, and we'll just pretend nothing ever happened today. You've never seen me either. Sorry to bother you, goodbye!"

"Wait—"