After the Villainous Cannon Fodder is Reborn

Growing up in an orphanage and enduring countless hardships, Tao Mu never imagined his life had followed the wrong script. Eighteen years ago, two babies were born at the same time, but a mix-up by the medical staff swapped their name tags. Tao Mu, who should have been born into a wealthy family, was sent to the orphanage instead. Eighteen years later, the mistake was uncovered. Tao Mu thought everything would return to normal—but his parents and older brother despised him for being "too scheming," his lover and friends all turned away, and the heartbroken Tao Mu spiraled into darkness, ultimately becoming a hated villain in everyone’s eyes. Abandoned and alone, he jumped to his death. Reborn once more, Tao Mu was stunned to realize he was living inside a novel. The protagonist was the other child mistakenly switched at birth—a naïve and sweet sweetheart. And Tao Mu? Just a malicious cannon-fodder character in the protagonist’s sugar-coated life. Tao Mu: Screw the plot, screw the tropes. This life, I’m not playing along! In short, this is the story of a tormented cannon fodder who, after rebirth, stops compromising himself to please others and instead carves out his own entertainment empire to crown himself the ultimate winner. **Friendly Reminders:** 1. Fictional setting, parallel universe. 2. The story will shamelessly indulge the male lead with over-the-top melodrama—three times, for emphasis. 3. A little angst for flavor, but it’s all for the sake of indulgence. 4. Enjoy the emotional rollercoaster, logic and IQ need not apply. 5. Not a business or realistic story—every plot twist exists solely to pamper the male lead. 6. The author has gone feral, abandoning all restraint. Brace for extreme drama.