Chapter 1

Cannon Fodder Substitute Alliance Author: Eight Lord Party [Complete + Extras]

Blurb:

Cheng Lang transmigrated into a novel. He became one of the cannon fodder substitutes in a tragic substitute romance. The system required him to complete the evil cannon fodder's mission: court death to advance the relationship between the official couple and make the scumbag top realize his mistake.

Then Cheng Lang joined forces with every cannon fodder substitute in the novel, including the official bottom. They started a company, built their careers, created an industrial ecosystem, brought the scumbag top to ruin, then kicked the scumbag to the curb—and successfully made him realize his mistake!

System: That's not how you're supposed to do it.

Cheng Lang: Did I court death or not?

System: "..."

Cheng Lang: Did the scumbag regret it or not?

System: "..."

Cheng Lang: Did they get their happy ending or not?

System: "..."

Lu Chengxuan had been a player for years, and everything had always gone his way. Until one day, a catfish barged into his pond. Not only did it lure away all his fish, it smashed up his pond too. Worst of all, that damned catfish even lured away his white moonlight!

As a professional evil cannon fodder, Cheng Lang had always considered himself dedicated and highly reliable.

Everyone: You're not reliable. You're just wild!

Tags: Face-slapping, System, Feel-Good Novel, Revenge, Punishing Scum

Search Keywords: Protagonists: Cheng Lang, Qin Mu┃Supporting Characters: ┃Other:

One-sentence Summary: Take the scumbag top's path and leave him nowhere to go

Theme: The overlooked evil cannon fodders should unite and build an industrial ecosystem together

Chapter 1

The pounding DJ music slammed into his ears, while the laser lights overhead spun wildly, as though they wanted to blind everyone in the room.

Cheng Lang, who had just transmigrated, felt dizzy for a moment and nearly lost his grip on the tray in his hand. Just as the iced whiskey and two cocktails almost slid off the tray and crashed onto the floor, Cheng Lang swiftly adjusted its angle. The three glasses slowly slid back to the center of the tray. The liquor inside swayed gently with the movement, gleaming with the light of money beneath the dance floor lights.

That was close! Another inch, and nearly a thousand yuan would've been gone! Cheng Lang complained inwardly. Couldn't you pick a better time next time I transmigrate? Do you really have to make trouble with my money?

There was no response.

Cheng Lang did not take it to heart. He casually picked up the number tag beneath the glasses and found the customer who had ordered the drinks according to the order number.

After delivering the drinks, Cheng Lang slipped out of the dance floor without drawing attention and turned directly into the men's restroom. "Go on, what's the mission?"

A line of dry text appeared before Cheng Lang—

[You have transmigrated into The Domineering CEO's Substitute Lover and become the evil cannon fodder Cheng Lang. According to the novel's setting, you must take Cheng Lang's place and complete the evil cannon fodder's mission: repeatedly court death, advance the relationship between the official couple, and make the scumbag top realize that his true love is the official bottom, Shen Huaiyu.]

Cheng Lang waited patiently for several minutes, but the system had nothing more to say. He asked in astonishment, "That's it?"

There was no response.

"No, where's my cheat?" Wasn't some kind of cheat standard equipment for doing missions?

The system remained silent.

Cheng Lang refused to give up. "What about a storage space? A spiritual spring? Miraculous pills? Skills for showing off and slapping faces?"

[You need to understand your standing. You are merely an evil male supporting character.]

"What's wrong with being a supporting character? Aren't supporting characters people? Don't supporting characters have hearts?" Cheng Lang could not stand this kind of unequal treatment. "...At least give me a system shop where I can exchange points for skills?"

After a long silence, the system replied:

[It does not possess such mundane functions.]

So this lousy system of his was useless for anything except assigning him missions!

At that moment, Cheng Lang saw the system's true worth clearly. "You're good for nothing."

Faced with its partner's furious personal attack, the system maintained its silence.

Cheng Lang stormed out of the men's restroom. The moment he stepped outside, he ran into Shen Huaiyu, the official bottom from the original novel.

As the male protagonist of a pure romance novel, Shen Huaiyu's looks and temperament were absolutely top-tier. He was handsome, gentle-browed, refined and elegant, with a quiet melancholy and fragility that made people want to gather him into their arms. Cheng Lang's eyes lit up, and he could not help composing a piece of florid parallel prose in praise of him.

Knowing its partner's nature all too well, the system silently warned him:

[Mind your identity!]

Cheng Lang turned a deaf ear and approached him, asking with concern, "Are you okay?"

A flicker of shame and humiliation crossed Shen Huaiyu's face. That single question left him so ashamed that he wished he could disappear into the ground.

Cheng Lang knew what Shen Huaiyu had gone through. He also understood what he was thinking.

The Domineering CEO's Substitute Lover, as its name suggested, was a tragic substitute romance. In the novel, Shen Huaiyu had originally been a gifted young man from a well-off family. Both his parents were university professors, he had always excelled in both character and academics, and he had a younger brother who admired him greatly. After the college entrance exams, the whole family decided to take an impromptu road trip to celebrate Shen Huaiyu's admission to his dream university. They never expected to be involved in a car accident on the way. His parents died on the spot, his younger brother was severely injured and became comatose, while Shen Huaiyu alone suffered only minor injuries and was discharged after recovering in the hospital for a week.

His family had been destroyed overnight, and the blow was devastating for Shen Huaiyu. If not for the possibility that his younger brother might one day wake up, Shen Huaiyu might even have chosen to die. After enduring his grief and arranging his parents' funeral, Shen Huaiyu decided to sell the family home to pay for his brother's treatment. He hated to do it—the house held the family's happiest memories—but he had no choice. He desperately needed money.

Only after dealing with all of that did the dazed Shen Huaiyu have time to report to school. Because he had missed the school's designated registration period, he was not assigned to a dormitory for his own major. Instead, the school placed him in a dormitory in the School of Economics and Management—Cheng Lang's dormitory. That was how he came to know the original Cheng Lang.

The original Cheng Lang was an orphan without parents, raised in an orphanage since childhood. Having witnessed the dark side of society all his life, his heart had long been dyed black by that vast cesspool. Yet he was good-looking, skilled at putting on an act, and sweet-tongued, so no one around him could see his true face. Relying on that mouth of his, he conned his way through life and smoothly gained admission to the city's most prestigious university, majoring in its most sought-after finance program.