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"A celebrity! I've had every kind there is, but never a celebrity. Look at that pretty face, that soft, tender skin. Big brother's definitely going to treat you real good..."
The moment Lu Chiyan opened his eyes, he saw a sight that burned them: a greasy man with a fat head and big ears was approaching him, sporting a beer belly that looked seven months pregnant. He rubbed his hands together, his face full of impatient desire.
That sleazy voice made his scalp crawl.
In an instant, countless images and pieces of information flooded into Lu Chiyan's mind. After a bout of ringing in his head, he finally figured out his current situation.
He had transmigrated into a novel.
He had entered a book called "After I Died, the Scumbag Knelt Before My Grave and Wouldn't Get Up." Judging by the plot, it was the legendary dead-person literature, and he was one of its male leads. Coincidentally, they shared the exact same name.
The other male lead, the scumbag in this book, was called Duan Linfeng.
To sum up the plot in one sentence: he, Lu Chiyan, was Duan Linfeng's ultimate bootlicker, granting his every request and loving him without a shred of dignity, yet without complaint or regret, but his love and sacrifices received no response from Duan Linfeng, at least not while he was alive; later, after he died, Duan Linfeng belatedly came to his senses, began to love him, began to suffer so much he wished he were dead, and repented at his grave every day.
Lu Chiyan: "..."
Just... ummm...
At that moment, Lu Chiyan's silence was deafening.
Duan Linfeng had brought this greasy man here to humiliate him, all because he mistakenly believed Lu Chiyan had drugged him in an attempt to sleep with him.
Speaking of being drugged... sure enough, he was starting to feel it... Lu Chiyan felt his body growing uncomfortable.
It was as though an unknown, wicked fire was rampaging aimlessly inside him. His whole body burned and scorched, so unbearable that he wanted to tear every piece of clothing off himself.
His head began to grow woozy too. His eyelids felt as though thousands of pounds of iron hung from them, so heavy he couldn't open them at all, and his consciousness gradually blurred.
How had the book described this part of the plot again?
It seemed... the greasy man had gotten his way and brutally tormented Lu Chiyan for two days. Afterward, Duan Linfeng used Lu Chiyan being unclean as an excuse to break up with him. Then Lu Chiyan developed depression and struggled in agony every day. Someone who should have had a dazzling career in stardom and limitless prospects fell into the abyss just like that, and finally slit his wrists in his own bathroom, taking his precious life.
At that thought, a shudder ran through Lu Chiyan, and he suddenly snapped awake, his energy surging. Just as the greasy man's hand was about to touch him, he kicked the man right in the crotch, then hauled himself out of bed with every ounce of strength he had and dragged his heavy body outside.
If things continued according to the book's plot, how could that possibly end well?
He had no interest in dead-person literature, much less in being some devoted bootlicker.
Staying alive was what mattered most.
Only after leaving the room did he realize he was in a hotel. Barely holding himself up, Lu Chiyan staggered to the hotel entrance.
When he looked back, that greasy, potbellied man had actually chased him out.
He couldn't let himself get caught now. In his current state, once he was dragged back, he would be meat on the chopping block, at someone else's mercy.
Lu Chiyan spotted a car parked at the hotel entrance. Without giving it much thought, he pulled open the door and climbed straight inside.
Someone had been sitting in the right-hand seat in the back, only to be forcibly squeezed over to the left by Lu Chiyan.
"Sorry, I..." Once he got a clear look at the person in the back seat, the words Lu Chiyan hadn't finished saying stuck awkwardly in his mouth.
If he wasn't mistaken, this incredibly handsome man staring at him with a dark expression was called Qin Sili, and he counted as one of the book's major villains.
Qin Sili was Lu Chiyan's older brother, though they had neither a blood relationship nor a legal one.
Lu Chiyan's father and Qin Sili's father had been close friends. Later, they died in a car accident together, and Qin Sili brought Lu Chiyan back to the Qin family, so he had more or less grown up there.
However, Lu Chiyan had always felt that his father had been dragged into the fatal car accident by Qin Sili's father, so his attitude toward Qin Sili wasn't very good, and their relationship was poor too.
After Lu Chiyan got together with Duan Linfeng, Qin Sili strongly opposed it, so Lu Chiyan moved out of the Qin family home.
To oppose Lu Chiyan and Duan Linfeng being together, Qin Sili did many "bad things," adding countless obstacles and difficulties to their relationship.
Unfortunately, Lu Chiyan, the male lead, was simply too much of a bootlicker. No matter how many obstacles Qin Sili set up, Lu Chiyan broke through them at any cost.
In the end, Lu Chiyan and Qin Sili severed ties completely.
And through this earth-shaking love of his, Lu Chiyan also scored himself a depression-plus-slit-wrists package.
According to the book's plot, after Lu Chiyan died, Qin Sili attacked Duan Linfeng even more frantically. The Duan family went bankrupt, their household was ruined and its members died, and Duan Linfeng was driven into a dead end too. His final ending was to kneel before Lu Chiyan's grave, weeping bitterly in regret, and slit his wrists.
After the contents of the entire book flashed through his mind, he excitedly grabbed Qin Sili's hand.
What major villain? This is my own big brother!
Not only had he provided him with food, drink, and clothing, but he had also been farsighted, taken the lead, and tirelessly tried to stop him from being with the scumbag. In the end, after his death, he had even stopped at nothing and spared no effort to utterly destroy the scumbag's reputation, avenging him in a way.
How could that be called a villain?
He was clearly a benefactor!
Even a real big brother couldn't do more than that!
What was more, Qin Sili really was remarkably good-looking. His features were exquisite, his contours deep, and his bone structure practically perfect, especially those eyes that looked down upon all things, with upturned corners and a cool gaze. His whole being exuded an air of refinement and distance.
Lu Chiyan didn't understand. With a gem like Qin Sili right in front of him, how on earth had the original owner fallen for Duan Linfeng?
Heavens, is this a face a human can possess? What a magnificent work of art. How can anyone look this good?
Lu Chiyan's grip on Qin Sili's hand grew even more excited.
Qin Sili's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment as he looked at Lu Chiyan.
He hadn't seen Lu Chiyan open his mouth, so what was the voice of Lu Chiyan's he had just heard?
I'm screwed. That damned feeling is back. What do I do? I'm so dizzy. If I collapse into Qin Sili's arms now, that wouldn't count as staging an accident to scam him, would it?
Qin Sili: "???"
Although those words greatly shocked Qin Sili, he could already be certain: that strange voice he was hearing seemed to be Lu Chiyan's inner voice?
Before Qin Sili had time to think through why he could suddenly hear Lu Chiyan's thoughts, Lu Chiyan pitched headfirst into his arms, his head striking his chest, and passed out.
Qin Sili: "..."
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