The Nerd Is Troubled

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There’s always this novel where the main gong is a wealthy Alpha, and the main shou is a poor Omega. For certain reasons, the shou disguises himself as an Alpha and enrolls in an elite all-Alpha boys’ high school, ending up as the gong’s roommate. From that moment, the gears of fate begin to turn. They circle each other, push and pull, testing the waters, never quite closing the distance– until they do.

And then, there’s the cannon fodder roommate.

Forced to watch as the two flirt, provoke, and probe each other day after day. Occasionally roped in as an unwilling wingman, sometimes even an accidental part of their “play”. But for the most part? Just a perfectly qualified piece of background decor.

Unfortunately, Jiang Xu transmigrated into that very cannon fodder roommate.

The turning point of the story happens when the main gong turns 18. Still unaware of the main shou’s true gender, he decides to come clean to his family.

His family, unsurprisingly, doesn’t take it well. A poor same-gender lover? Absolutely not. They start throwing high-status, high-quality Omega candidates his way, hoping to “correct” his romantic inclinations.

Frustrated beyond belief, the gong turns to his ever-reliable cannon fodder roommate.

“Just do me a favor– help me get rid of one of them, and I’ll give you 100,000. How about it?”

“…….”

Jiang Xu took a quick look at his bank account, which was emptier than his soul.

So, he agreed.

Months later, after enduring a relentless emotional tug-of-war with the main shou, the main gong was utterly exhausted.

Then, at a grand banquet, he unexpectedly ran into one of his former matchmaking candidates, Jin Jiayue, the sole Omega heir of the Jin family.

Jin Jiayue was 28 this year, tall and strikingly handsome. A textbook domineering CEO type. But his overly assertive nature often made people joke that he didn’t act like an Omega at all. Add in his infamous bad temper, and he had successfully scared off every Alpha who had ever tried to pursue him.

Rumor had it that he had never even been in a relationship.

The main gong stared at Jin Jiayue’s stunning face in a daze, then pulled out his phone and dialed Jiang Xu’s number.

“Jiang Xu, did you already get rid of that Jin Jiayue for me?!”

“Yeah.”

“How the hell did you do it?!”

Jiang Xu was silent for a moment before replying, “I became his boyfriend.”

Main gong: “……”

Jin Jiayue despised blind dates and loathed being alone with those scheming Alphas. Yet, under his grandmother’s persistent pleas, he reluctantly agreed to meet a high school Alpha.

He’d heard this Alpha was tall, handsome, and smooth-tongued. Someone with countless admirers but no history of ever getting close to an Omega.

The first meeting was at a library.

The Alpha, dressed in a white shirt and black pants, wore black-framed glasses and sat across from him, reading an entire book in silence.

Jin Jiayue: “……”

The second meeting was at a café.

The Alpha ordered a glass of milk, then, as if no one else existed, pulled out a copy of Five Years of Gaokao, Three Years of Mock Exams.

Jin Jiayue: “……”

The third meeting was at a hot spring lodge on a mountainside.

A lone Alpha and an unattached Omega, finally alone in one room. The Alpha leaned back on the couch and played on his phone.

Jin Jiayue figured, “There’s no way he can keep up this act now.”

He scooted closer to take a peek, only to see the screen displaying 94 words learned on a vocabulary app.

Jin Jiayue: “……”

Jin Jiayue was like an old house catching fire; once set ablaze, it burned uncontrollably. If he didn’t see his Alpha for even a second, he found himself thinking about him. So, he simply accepted the invitation from A City’s top Alpha high school to give a speech.

While passing by the Hall of Honor beneath the administration building, his gaze inadvertently landed on a familiar face in a framed photo.

Beneath it, the name and class were written clearly:

Senior Year, Class A.

Jiang Xu.

Only then did Jin Jiayue realize that his Alpha, the one who had quietly wormed his way into his heart, was actually a top student who still had to run around working odd jobs just to make ends meet.

A little bookworm who had no choice but to hustle for his own survival.

Introduction: It turns out I am just a part of your play

Associated Names
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The nerd is distressed
书呆子很苦恼
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Luciaaa
Luciaaa rated it
March 24, 2025
Status: Completed
Bruh, I was just looking for something to cure my boredom, but man, this book is really my type. It’s cliché, sure, but the thing is—they’re both green flags! And I love that because it’s so rare to find.

The only downside for me is the age gap. Like, every time they mention it, I get this icky feeling. But overall, I still enjoyed it. I even read the whole thing, including the MTL version. I just wish they included the extra chapters, but you have to subscribe first, and I... more>> can't... sad.

Read at your own risk! If you're not comfortable with age gaps, you might want to skip this one. It gets mentioned quite a few times, and honestly, it gave me the ick a little. <<less
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Shadowdrop
Shadowdrop
March 26, 2025
Status: Completed
I don't mean to bash on other authors, but this novel is one of the rare cases where I 100% believe that the author is (or at least at some point was) in a healthy relationship.

The plot is sometimes over the top and the side characters are a bit cartoonish (especially original novel's alpha "ML" and this novel's ML's "rival"), but the relationship carries the novel.

It's a bit more smutty than I prefer, but the smut is pretty realistic and not the awful "the top going at it for hours... more>> while the bottom begs to stop and can't walk afterwards". Also, in case someone wants to know - it's tagged mpreg, but there is no pregnancy in the main text (except one or two unnamed passers-by)

Lasty, it's neither a plus or a minus, but there were several times when I couldn't understand why the author did something, and then later was like "oooh, they probably wanted to write their kink". <<less
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karevamp
karevamp rated it
March 29, 2025
Status: Completed
I enjoyed reading this story for the couple's growing romance. I don't mind the age gap since MC is mentally older than he looks.

The only criticism is that majority of characters are so freaking entitled and judgemental on whether you're rich and/or have status. Only MC and ML didn't care but almost everyone else judged MC harshly or pitied him for being "poor". I found it so annoying that he is judged for his living conditions and not him as a person. It just shows how all these people only... more>> find value in useless things and not a person's character. Just sad really.

Spoiler

In fact, I wish MC was never from a rich family cause that is such a cop out to fixing their "problems". Why not make a story that gives a lesson that you shouldn't judge a person by their wealth and love a person for who they are. MC is such a strong willed person to earn money for his family and they just shoot that down in the end by adding in the trope "you were lost as a child and came from a rich family all along." And I find that so boring. Sigh.

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But MC and ML are really sweet to each other and that keeps me going despite everyone acting self-entitled.

And they have social norms on how omegas and alphas to act. MC and ML break those norms and I LOVE that. Wish they discussed more on that but this isn't a revolutionized tale on society, it's a simple romance, so I'm chill with that haha. <<less
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KhunP
KhunP rated it
June 1, 2025
Status: c161
Spoiler

I want to know the ending of the main couple in the novel, but I can't find the extra episode.

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This story clearly makes your heart flutter with 'first love'. It's cute. ML and MC There is good character development, but the side characters' stories are completely skipped.

It's not bad. I understand that the author just wanted to write the main character's love story. Just focus on the main character.

Spoiler

Up until the end of the main story, it was never explained why MC had trouble ejaculating and perceiving pheromones. They threw away when MC started a relationship with ML.

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