Yi Sheng, an overworked internet company employee stuck in the 996 grind, dies from staying up too late and wakes up as a disposable female side character in a cultivation novel.
The original owner had four senior martial brothers who adored her, but she was hopelessly lovesick, chasing the male lead for three years only to end up with a sword through her heart.
On her very first day in this world, the male and female leads point at her and curse her out.
Yi Sheng smiles. “Ever heard of the workplace trick of passing the blame?”
She broadcasts across the whole sect, making the male lead read her love letter aloud in public and earning him the title “Socially Dead Male Lead.” While she’s at it, she memorizes every sect rule inside and out.
She thought she would have to fend for herself, but her four senior brothers go into full-on protective mode instead:
The eldest comes over that very night to give someone a stern talking-to. The second “sparring partner” beats someone into a swollen mess. The third keeps the dirt flowing through his intelligence network in real time. The fourth junior brother announces, “Anyone who dares bully my senior sister will have my spirit beast waiting outside their latrine!”
Looking at the mountain of magical artifacts and spirit medicines, Yi Sheng falls into deep thought. “Did I get the nurturing-game script mixed up?”
She investigates her parents’ deaths, uncovers a conspiracy within the sect, and even turns the male lead into a “good friend” along the way.
When the red-eyed male lead begs her not to delete his contact, Yi Sheng blinks.
“We’re just good friends. What else did you think we were?”
Strong female lead · pampered by her found family · calculating · no romance · trope-busting · hilarious wish-fulfillment
Your life is your own, but the script belongs to someone else. Got it?
