The Substitute Top is Obsessed with Research
Zhu Ning
Helian Xiuming was a top researcher in telecommunications, leading an ascetic and reclusive life for over a decade. Just one step away from completing his grand plan, he suddenly transmigrated! Unwilling to accept it! He became an extremely handsome but dirt-poor male college student—majoring in underwear design. Helian Xiuming: "..." ??? At this time, 5G research hadn't even begun. People were still leisurely browsing the internet on 2G, with core chip technology choked by foreign control. Everything needed revival. Yet, his current credentials couldn't prove his knowledge. He had no published works and was stuck as an underwear design student... Then, his always-troublesome roommate Yan Yueheng tempted him: "I can fund your lab and pay your salary, as long as you sign this contract as my fake boyfriend—and obediently listen to me." Contract term: one year. One year later, when Helian Xiuming achieved fame and success… Yan Yueheng, who wanted to make things official, began to panic. * Duan Xiuzhou was Helian Xiuming’s half-brother, the male lead of a typical power-fantasy novel. Unlike his brother, left behind in the countryside, he was raised abroad by their wealthy father, soaked in foreign influences. According to the original plot, Yan Yueheng was his devoted gay admirer—aloof and indifferent to others, yet secretly infatuated with him, constantly showering him with money and resources. When Yan Yueheng was caught using a lookalike stand-in, Duan Xiuzhou berated him in disgust. Overcome with guilt, Yan Yueheng sold all his company shares and exhausted every resource to help Duan Xiuzhou expand his market and overcome crises! Fresh off his return to the country, Duan Xiuzhou approached Yan Yueheng for money and resources, just as described in the book. Yan Yueheng had a strikingly pale complexion and striking beauty—Duan Xiuzhou figured he could condescend to chat a bit to secure what he needed. But upon meeting him, he realized Yan Yueheng was nothing like he remembered—his strong fists could take on three of him at once. Yan Yueheng not only rejected him but even boasted lightly: "Ah, all company investments are managed by Helian Xiuming now. Your project belongs to a foreign enterprise—his competitor. He won’t approve the funding." Duan Xiuzhou: ??? Wasn’t his brother just some shabby, unloved lookalike in the book?! And wasn’t Yan Yueheng supposed to be cold to everyone else?! How could he look so sweet?! Yan Yueheng sighed again: "We shouldn’t meet or contact each other from now on. You kind of resemble a lower-quality copy of him. If he finds out—well, he'd get angry, while I might... might find it a little... or a lot... fun?" Duan Xiuzhou: ? ???