After Awakening, the Villainess Only Loves the Second Male Lead

Jiang Ning awakens to discover she's inside a novel. Her childhood friend, who grew up with her, is the male lead, while she is the villainess. When the male lead's destined heroine arrives, Jiang Ning will commit every kind of evil out of jealousy, only to die tragically in a car accident... Given a new life, Jiang Ning refuses to repeat the same mistakes and meet a dead end. She also refuses to let Cheng Zhi, the second male lead who loves her more than his own life, follow the same path as in the novel: trying and failing to avenge her before taking his own life. She decides to break away from the plot and find another way forward, for both herself and Cheng Zhi. The story begins when Cheng Zhi comes to her door demanding marriage. Jiang Ning turns down her childhood friend's suggestion that they elope, then agrees to the match instead...