Lin Wanxing was the archetypal wicked supporting actress in an old-school domineering CEO romance. She spent her whole life chasing the male lead and obsessively targeting the heroine, only to end up with her family ruined and die miserably in prison. On the brink of death, she suddenly woke up to the truth: she was nothing but a tool to make the leads shine, and all her tragedies had been scripted.
After waking up, Lin Wanxing gave up completely: To hell with the plot, to hell with the male lead. I'm done playing along! But her family forced her to join a nationally televised dating reality show, where the original novel's leads just happened to be dating on the show's dime.
Everyone else joined the dating show to find love or promote a couple, but Lin Wanxing showed up with a watermelon just to watch the drama. When the male lead followed the script and made a move, she rolled her eyes. "Bro, if your eyesight's bad, go get it checked. I'm not good enough for you, so go find your little white flower." When the heroine staged a tearful scene by spilling red wine, Lin Wanxing called her out on the spot. "I've been sick of that dress for ages, so thanks for helping me throw it away. Your tears sure came right on cue. Have you been practicing?"
She refused to compete with other women or play games, and mercilessly roasted the show's melodramatic challenges, exposing the contestants' performative romances and turning the whole show into chaos. At first, the entire internet called her rude. But gradually, people realized this "wicked supporting actress" was the most genuine one of all: sharp-tongued, but never underhanded; laid-back, but never lazy; clear-eyed and perceptive.
With her "going wild and giving up" attitude, Lin Wanxing went from being universally hated to becoming everyone's favorite variety-show queen. She escaped the original novel's tragic ending, made a life of her own, and even found a soulmate who understood her and loved her for her madcap nature.
