Lin Wanwan stays up all night ranting about a melodramatic novel, then wakes up inside it as Su Nian, the villainess doomed to the worst fate.
According to the plot, she has to repeat the original’s self-destructive actions: throw red wine on the heroine, frame the sweet and innocent girl, and eventually get sent to a psychiatric hospital. Otherwise, the System will erase her soul.
During her first mission, she raises her glass, but the domineering CEO grabs her wrist. “Don’t throw it.”
Then he throws the entire glass of wine at the villain instead.
Lin Wanwan is dumbfounded. This is all wrong! In the original, the CEO clearly hated Su Nian!
Even more shocking, the CEO is Gu Huai, the novel’s original author. He entered his own book to save Su Nian, who has gained self-awareness.
“You weren’t chosen at random,” he says. “Su Nian chose you herself.”
The System hangs over her head, and the plot presses in from behind. Again and again, Gu Huai uses his “author privileges” to rewrite her fate, from helping her out of trouble to proposing in public, from changing the plot to rebuilding the world.
Lin Wanwan thinks she’s just a substitute, only to discover that she never was one.
When the truth about the System comes to light and the book world begins to collapse, Gu Huai takes her hand and says, “In any world, I want to write stories with you.”
This is the story of a villainess who is adored by the original author. It is also the story of a fictional character who awakens and chooses love and freedom.
