The White Moonlight of the Sickly Villainess

Su Nian finds herself inside a novel as the sickly female supporting character’s white moonlight. The System tells her that if she wants to return to the real world, she must save the female lead and keep her from turning evil. The female lead is destined to pursue the male lead blindly until the two protagonists end up together. The System tells her this is a deal the female lead agreed to: she would endure a hopeless pursuit in exchange for one reunion with her white moonlight. With her all-knowing perspective, Su Nian knows that the white moonlight the female lead is searching for is actually her. When I saved her by the river at the age of ten, the red mole on my chest was etched into her memory for eight years. The System controls me, forbidding me from telling her the truth. All I can do is watch her repeatedly play out the tragedy of loving the male lead without being loved in return. I don’t understand. Why does the protagonists’ love have to be built up and beautified through the supporting characters’ suffering? Would they die without someone else to make them look good...? Xu Qingci stood at the edge of the teaching building’s rooftop and asked me, “Do you believe someone could turn herself into a vicious prisoner for the sake of a silhouette?” Beneath the school beauty’s halo, the System’s cold electronic voice dictated every step along a predetermined path. Until one day, she suddenly grabbed my wrist. “Your heart is beating so fast.” The System’s alarm blared. A twisted smile appeared in her eyes. “So my salvation has been right beside me all along.” They all thought the ending would be about a prince and princess. But they didn’t know that the imprisoned princess had already cut off the roses, waiting only for a little thief to climb over the wall and steal the key to the entire cage.