Reborn: No Longer the Male Lead’s Stepping Stone

In her previous life, Mu Qingyan was the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family, a disposable character in a novel who lived to become a laughingstock. She was infatuated with movie star Jiang Chen for five years, pouring the Mu family's resources into turning him from an unknown into a top-tier star. In return, her family disowned her, her stepmother framed her, and on the day of his wedding, she leaped from a high-rise, becoming nothing more than a stepping stone on his path to the top. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn as a junior at Jiangcheng Film Academy, back before any of those tragedies had happened. But a Cannon Fodder System suddenly attached itself to her mind, forcing her to repeat the same fate: love a worthless man, hand over resources, become his stepping stone, and die miserably! Mu Qingyan flipped the table on the spot. “To hell with being cannon fodder! You think I’ll accept my fate? Dream on!” This time, she would never repeat her old mistakes. Every resource, connection, and opportunity that was supposed to go to the male lead in the original novel, she would put to work for herself, using them all to pave her own way. She would crush scumbags, take revenge, build her career, and fight her way to the top on her own merits, founding a business empire of her own. The cool, dignified man was gentle only with her. “If anyone dares touch you, I’ll destroy them.” The haughty, aloof young heiress became her closest friend, while another tragic female character, also destined to be cannon fodder, changed her fate because of Mu Qingyan. Even more astonishingly As she continued to rebel against the plot, the novel’s paper characters began to awaken, gaining real consciousness of their own. Even the Cannon Fodder System bound to her was heading toward total collapse.