Lu Jiaojiao transmigrates into a book as the vicious supporting female character who humiliates the male lead from the start and gets her entire family executed at the end.
When she arrives, she's holding a little whip over a down-and-out young man. "Oh my! Neigh, neigh! Giddyup, giddyup!"
How could that possibly work? Thinking of how her whole family is still on death's door, Lu Jiaojiao decisively tosses the whip aside, clings to his leg, and scrambles to save her life while raising his favorability.
But she gradually realizes Lin Yuan's behavior is getting stranger and stranger. The way he looks at her is like a cat eyeing a fish.
Then, on the day of the palace coup, he rides up covered in blood, his eyes full of affection, and confesses, "Jiaojiao, all I want in this life is to protect you."
Huh? That's not how the story goes!
Lu Jiaojiao is struck dumb on the spot and cries out to Heaven, "Lin, you crazy dog, what's gotten into you? Are you a masochist? Do I have to take my little whip and lock the door before beating you? Get lost, get lost, get lost! I want to live a long life, not get written out early~"