[Unhinged Antics + No Romance + A Source of Endless Fun + No-Brains, All-Satisfaction Story + PPT... + A System that Pops Up from Time to Time to Push the Plot Forward]
Ling Xi, formerly an overworked office drone and now someone who has transmigrated into a book, stares at her reflection: a drab maid's uniform, a rag in her hand, and today's Nth sigh escaping her lips.
She transmigrated into a CEO romance novel titled The CEO's Contract Bride: Girl, Don't Even Think About Running Away! Just hearing the title brings to mind every classic trope: melodrama, forced marriage, pregnancy escapes, and a groveling chase to win back an ex. As for Ling Xi, she was “lucky” enough not to become the heroine or the villainess. She didn't even get to be a named passerby. She transmigrated into… the male lead's housekeeper.
Yes, the kind who quietly walks by with a fruit platter while the leads put on the year's biggest drama, or picks up a broom and cleans up after they argue and smash things.
In theory, it was a pretty good job. No need to move the plot along, no danger to her life, free meals and lodging, plus a salary. It was basically a paid VIP seat for watching the drama up close, the ultimate lie-flat dream!
At first, Ling Xi thought so too. She even ambitiously drew up two action plans: The Housekeeper's Guide to Being a Background Character and On How to Gracefully Enjoy the Drama from Beginning to End.
But reality dealt her a crushing blow.
The leads in this story… weren't right. They were very much not right!
