The original protagonist was a dark rat (updated in version 5.17)

For a time, the Heavenly Society became the most notorious force in society, yet people dared not speak out against it.

In order to resist the Heavenly Separation Society, the nobles had to seek strength from the common people.

They increased the number of specially admitted students, selecting those who were hardworking and close to the nobility, in order to counter the fanatical force of the Heavenly Society.

From this point on, Shengxi completely completed the transformation of his thinking:

Rather than sympathizing with the pitiful lower classes who are bound to have their own hateful aspects, it's better to worship the powerful nobles.

Lin Xue recalled the description of Shengxi in the original book.

After learning the truth, Shengxi completely switched sides and became a lackey of F4. He was the first to attack anyone who opposed the aristocracy, and he even advocated that "the powerful and wealthy are also victims of the exploitative system," "when war comes, the nobles sacrifice their lives to defend the country, and the nobles have made a huge contribution to the country," "the nobles have contributed more to the country than the commoners, and should therefore receive more wealth," "the commoners are ignorant and weak, while the nobles are brave and clear-headed," "without the nobles, Shilan would have perished long ago," "the descendants of the exploiters are innocent, and hatred should not be passed on to the next generation," "the wealth of the powerful and wealthy is also accumulated generation after generation. You are poor, shouldn't you reflect on yourselves? Why should your ten years of hard study catch up with the accumulated wealth of others?" He labeled all those who opposed the aristocracy and were dissatisfied with them as jealous people from the Heavenly Society and persecuted them.

Even the nobleman himself wasn't as ruthless as Shengxi.

By supporting the four major families, Shengxi gained their backing and became a figure like the powerful eunuch of the Eastern Depot.

He helped the nobles suppress the special admissions students who advocated for equality, becoming a rabid dog under the four major families. The outstanding special admissions students could no longer rise to prominence.

In the end, Shengxi attained a prestigious position second only to the four and above all others. All commoners had to flatter and fawn over him, and he became arrogant amidst everyone's adulation.

He abandoned his former commoner friends, ashamed to associate with them, and lived every day in a luxurious manor like an aristocrat, enjoying the privileges of being ennobled and granted land, becoming the honorary nobleman he had always longed for, and achieving a happy ending with a perfect storyline.

The final scene of the story is Shengxi and F4 attending a celebration banquet together, drinking and chatting happily.

After the banquet, they went together to the newly built detached luxury tomb for Shengxi's brother, where F4 offered flowers and sacrifices.

Finally, Shengxi said, "Brother, you should be happy too, right?"

A sudden gust of wind swept across Shengxi's face in the cemetery, bringing the story to a close.

In the original text, from Shengxi's perspective, his older brother is "everyone's white moonlight," but he is Shengxi's childhood trauma.

My brother is exceptionally intelligent, my brother is flawless, my brother is simply someone who shouldn't exist in this world.

But he was, unfortunately, the mud beside the treasure.

At school, when everyone's eyes fell on him, they pointed and whispered, "That's Shenghan's younger brother."

The girl handed him a love letter, asking, "Could you please give this to Shenghan for me?"

[My older brother seems to be the handsome second male lead in a shonen manga, someone who serves to both motivate and discourage me, this bottom-of-the-class genius.]

My brother is like the moon. But where there is light, there is also darkness. My brother's light illuminated Shengxi's ugliness and wretchedness, as well as the pitted and scarred heart that he had never shown to others.

Shengxi, the seemingly radiant little sun, is like the male protagonist in a traditional shonen manga. All his inner gloom and youthful inferiority complex stem from him.

Shengxi's older brother, Shenghan, aspires to become the best journalist, exposing all the darkness in the world. He risks his life to enter St. Ria and investigate the dark side of this historic and prestigious academy.

As a result, in this school that was exclusively for nobles, "it touched the interests of the Celestial Dragons," and in order to avoid implicating his family, he was forced to commit suicide.

After his death, his parents accepted the compensation from the Celestial Dragons, which was essentially a way to keep quiet. They never spoke a word for their eldest son who had died tragically. They even resented their eldest son for being so foolish as to provoke the Celestial Dragons and cause them trouble, even though Sheng Han hadn't actually caused them any trouble at all.

They had little affection for their eldest son. After Shenghan was born, they were busy running their small business, so Shenghan was sent to live with relatives from birth. When their business improved and they had their second son, Shengxi, they poured all their love as new parents into their younger son, who was still starting over.

The older child has been away from them for too long. Having not been raised by them from a young age, the child displays unpleasant behaviors typical of someone else's child. Even though the child always wants to be close to them, they are unwilling to be close to the child.

Her second son, still sweet and soft in her arms, was being carefully trained and educated according to her own wishes.

So, after bringing their eldest son back, they always found fault with him. Yet, they couldn't find anything wrong with him. Because the eldest son was superior to the younger son in every way.

Despite being the eldest son who was fostered by someone else, he was better than the younger son in every way—academic performance, talent, height, and appearance.

Even in terms of filial piety and character, the younger son, who was raised by his side since childhood, cannot compare to the older son.

The fact that their eldest son, whom they had given away for adoption, was so outstanding showed their failure in parenting, and they disliked him even more.

Later, their eldest son was admitted to St. Les ...

So, after Shenghan's death, although they felt a faint sadness, they also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They were finally free from the torment of their own mistakes. To admit that "giving away their excellent eldest son for adoption and then remaining indifferent to him after taking him back" was their own fault was worse than death.

At least there isn't a single marker that constantly tells them how much their education has failed.

After their eldest son died, they were finally able to live a truly happy life as a family of three.

The character Sheng Han has very few scenes in the original book.

The story of him being fostered by other people when he was young was glossed over.

Later, after being taken home, he only lived in the protagonist Shengxi's memories, briefly mentioned as "how outstanding his brother was after being taken home, surpassing him in every way." "When his brother came back once, he brought the protagonist a watch as a gift, which he had bought with money he had saved up from working part-time, but the protagonist thought it was cheap and too low-class, and that it was embarrassing to wear. He wore it once in St. Leah and was ridiculed, so he threw it directly into the trash can at home. His brother saw it, cleaned it, and picked it up."

Then sell it secondhand.

After depicting the shadow cast by the older brother on the protagonist Shengxi, and the brother's selfless love and care for the protagonist, the final scene is the death of Shenghan.

If you think about it, the only point where Sheng Han has any impact on the plot is that he summoned an evil god when he died. He summoned a savior to save the world at the cost of sacrificing his soul.

However, making a deal with an evil god...

Lin Xue felt that the evil god was just deceiving him. There was no savior to save the world.

In this world, even the gods themselves are praying to gods and Buddhas.

What's the use of praying to God?

The so-called sacrifice before death was merely to give his soul a final resting place.

Being turned into a Russian nesting doll by an evil god is also a kind of destiny.

Isn't the rampage of evil gods tacitly approved by the righteous gods? Or, an even more treasonous thought is: perhaps the righteous gods of this world are actually evil gods.

The protagonist of this novel, Shengxi, is a very unconventional character. On the surface, he is sunny, lively, and helpful—a classic little ray of sunshine.

However, in reality, all those nice gestures were an act, a persona he put on to increase his approachability and popularity.

Doesn't Shilan's special admissions program need a warm, sun-like leader among the common people? Then he should play that role.

He has a huge secret:

The tall, handsome, and sunny body he now possesses is not his; it was stolen from him by forcibly transmigrating into the book using the system.

He was originally an ordinary high school student in the real world, full of jealousy. Because he was too ordinary, no matter how hard he tried, he could not compare to even a hair on the head of a talented person, so he became more and more vicious and twisted.

One day, he obtained a magical cannon fodder counterattack system, which claimed to help ordinary people like him, without any talent, defeat those high-spirited geniuses and crush them into dust.

Thus, with the system's guidance and assistance, he transmigrated into a novel set in an aristocratic academy, becoming the cannon fodder younger brother of the original protagonist.

Using this system, he took on the role of the protagonist, stole his brother's protagonist aura, and gradually became the true protagonist of the novel by imitating his brother's every move—fighting against the powerful and wealthy, gathering special students, and gaining protagonist points.

He was born a dark and rotten person who equally hated anyone better than him and would never allow anyone to surpass him. Moreover, he had a strong performative personality and believed that all the world's attention should be focused on him.

He secretly suppressed and killed all those who were more talented than him.

When he says "nobility is so great" at the end, it's all part of his out-of-character persona, an excuse to do what he wants.

He simply couldn't stand seeing students from the same background as him climbing the social ladder.

Seeing others excel, shine, and be discovered makes him feel worse than if he were dead.

Knowing the true identity of the so-called original protagonist Shengxi, Lin Xue naturally had no desire to have any interaction with him.

It's easy to get rid of a mouse, but there's no need to turn your house upside down just to kill one.

In the later part of the story, the Heavenly Alliance was wiped out by a coalition of nobles and other commoners, with only a few remnants escaping.

After the incident of the Heavenly Separation and Salvation Society, the common people who had been awakened to their own consciousness realized that the desire of the lower class to become superior was more terrifying than that of the nobles.

So they abandoned their anti-aristocratic ideas and completely groveled at the feet of the nobility, like believers kissing the toes of God, desperately trying to maintain the rule of the nobility.