[Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance + Hilarious Gossip-Watching + 1v1 + Both Leads Pure + Light Ensemble Cast + Secret Identities]
After dying from overwork, Xu Jinyao transmigrates into a CEO romance novel as an insignificant passerby who owns two school-district apartments.
For the sake of her benefits and retirement plan, she gets a job as a security guard at a branch of Shenghua Group, clutching a thermos of goji berry tea as she watches the original leads' iconic scenes unfold.
Even better, her phone has a gossip app only she can see: Gua Liuzi!
[Main Plot Alert: Chapter 17 of the original story begins at 18:30. Keywords: wall pin, forced confession]
[Daily Tidbit: Tomorrow's cafeteria pork buns are made with low-quality lymphatic meat. Eat one and get a VIP experience of acute gastroenteritis.]
Eat a gossip tidbit, check in, and claim a reward...
[Reward: Eat whatever you want without gaining weight (permanent)] [Stay up all night without losing your hair (permanent)] [Two free milk tea coupons]
She casually shares the tips in a local group chat of 500 people called "Unblinking Gossip Watchers of This City." Her tips about catching cheaters, avoiding bad deals, and exposing scam claims are always spot-on, earning her the nickname "Goddess Yao" from the group!
Then one day, a lurker called Y, who never speaks in the group, sends her 20,000 yuan with the note: Tuition for learning to gossip.
That same day, CEO Fu Tingxu leans against the security office door, clutching his stomach. "My stomach hurts. Mind if I borrow your chair?"
Xu Jinyao stares at the "stomach medicine" in his pocket. It's all throat lozenges.
[Warning! Highest-Level Main Plot Alert: Fu Tingxu will be in an elevator accident. Eight minutes until it happens!]
Xu Jinyao: ...Help! For the sake of my benefits and retirement plan!