After the Beloved Group-Pet Novel’s Cannon Fodder Awakens

Jiang Lu woke up one day to find that he had time-traveled seventeen years into the future. By this time, his close friend already had a better friend, and his childhood sweetheart already had a lover. Furthermore, after he went missing back then, his parents had adopted a child to channel their longing for him, and they even had a biological younger brother for him in their old age. Not long after, he discovered that the world he was living in was actually a doted-on favorite web novel. It was just unfortunate that the doted-on protagonist wasn’t him, but rather his parents’ adopted son. He was merely a piece of backstory, a background prop, cannon fodder, and a foil for the protagonist. Such cannon fodder was destined to never win against the protagonist, so Jiang Lu wisely chose to distance himself from these people. However, the plot still refused to accommodate him. Every time he was ignored and fell into a state of not being needed, a part of his body would become transparent. Jiang Lu did not want to turn into a transparent person whom no one could hear or see, and who would ultimately die in loneliness. Therefore, he racked his brain to make himself needed. Until Lin Xuan appeared. Jiang Lu discovered that as long as Lin Xuan was by his side, his body would not turn transparent. He no longer needed to force himself into a state of being needed, nor would he be erased out of existence by the plot. He was very grateful to Lin Xuan, which was why he would satisfy all of Lin Xuan’s demands. This included providing him with all his whereabouts, carrying a wiretap provided by him everywhere he went, and… being locked up by him. Lin Xuan had known since he was a child that he was sick. He had a desire for possession that exceeded the normal scope for everything belonging to him; he would rather destroy it than hand it over to others. Lin Xuan endured this for eighteen years. Fortunately, over all these years, apart from lifeless objects, not a single person had ever stirred such a desire within him. Until he met Jiang Lu. Jiang Lu was too well-behaved. No matter what he did, Jiang Lu would only look at him with those clean, pure, bright eyes, as if anything he did to him was right and permitted. Even when he pushed his luck by wanting to lock him up and wanting him to only ever see him and belong solely to him, Jiang Lu only hesitated for two seconds before nodding. He was truly very well-behaved. Lin Xuan liked him a lot, so even if his illness were cured, he would never let him leave. *** One-sentence Summary: The world is a giant lie; Lin Xuan is not. Core Theme: Be happy, be joyful. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: After the Beloved Group-Pet Novel’s Cannon Fodder Awakens — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠