[Period setting + a hint of female-targeted romance + Mary Sue adored by everyone + one woman and many men + a battlefield of male rivals]
Xing Baozhu has been lazy, willful, and selfish since childhood. Aside from her pretty face, she has no virtues by any conventional measure.
She constantly takes from those who sincerely love her, wishing she could suck their flesh and blood like a leech.
She loves money, comfort, and being adored. As long as she's happy, it doesn't matter who else suffers.
When she discovers that her world is nothing but a book, she naturally grows jealous of the heroine, who has a good life, convinced the heroine stole it from her.
The childhood-friend simp
The stingy educated youth sent to the countryside
The student council president who became the other woman's man
The petty, calculating junior with a sweet façade