Fighting for Favor? No, No, No. The Supporting Actress Just Wants to Lay Low

[A timid pushover who can bend and bounce back X an older lover who guides with flirtatious talk]

Before the real heiress returned, Xi Rendong awakened.

As the adopted daughter of a vicious supporting female character, she was destined to become jealous and cause endless trouble after the real heiress returned, picking fights and setting her up for the sake of winning affection, until everyone abandoned her and she was left a broken mess.

Xi Rendong immediately panicked. Determined to cherish her life, she decided to stop competing for affection, stay away from the real heiress, and steer clear of the original plot.

The first step to independence: move out, then get a job.

So she packed her bags and ran, wanting nothing more than to keep her head down and live in peace.

But though she didn’t go looking for trouble, trouble came looking for her. First, her fiercely controlling eldest brother tried every way he could to force her home.

She was terrified.

Next, her beautiful, tragic boss, who was all about her career, asked if she wanted to pull off something big.

She refused.

And finally...

The biggest villain, locked in a life-or-death struggle with the protagonist, smiled at Xi Rendong, who was drunk and clinging to him, rubbing against him.

“Do you want to kiss me?”

“Mhm.”

“Sure.”

He smiled gently. “You know that means we’ll have to date afterward, right?”

“Mhm.”