Background Character Stories: The Heroine Is Just an Ordinary Passerby, With No Everyone-Loves-Her Plot 路人甲文 女主是纯路人甲 没有万人迷剧情

1. 1 综 Supporting Characters in Crossover Dramas Refuse to Cooperate 综影视配角不配合 Ke Li氪荔Female-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted At a young age, Xu Lili drowned while saving someone. Answering the Underworld's call, she became an external hire, traveling to different screen worlds to live out the lives of various people and soothe their grievances. 15.9kReads8.0Score500Shelves

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   The main characters are all about living their own lives, regardless of the plot, and they're not saints.

2. 2 快 Quick Transmigration System: The Cannon Fodder Just Wants to Live Out His Natural Lifespan 快穿系统：炮灰只想寿终正寝 Let the Spring Breeze Carry Three Mountains Away蓬州吹取三山去Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Chen Jia dies, he becomes an agent for the quick transmigration bureau, taking the place of cannon fodder characters and living to a natural death. PS: No personal space, no fixed CP The seventh world introduces a CP storyline. [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [All sex, no feelings] [Not a story with a strong female lead] 7.3kReads7.7Score427Shelves
3. 3 快 The Life of a Passerby in Quick Transmigration 快穿路人甲人生 Xin Kangrui辛康瑞Ancient Romance164k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + No Fixed CP + Background Character + Living Out a Whole Life in Each World] After Jiang Li is killed by a brick falling from the sky, she binds herself to the Wheel of Reincarnation and transmigrates through countless little worlds, becoming a cannon-fodder background character every time! A cannon-fodder wife in the Republican era, a fallen concubine, a CEO's assistant, a cultivation-world phoenix woman destined to be cannon fodder... While everyone else is busy fightin 235Reads5.9Score—Shelves
4. 4 炮 The Quick-Transmigration Life of a Cannon-Fodder Side Character 炮灰路人甲的快穿人生 Ma Ka Ba Jie蔴垰犮桛Modern Romance197k WordsOngoing [No fixed couples + self-interest above all + love at first sight + multiple male leads + flexible values + pocket dimension + plot makes no logical sense] Raised at her grandmother's after being abandoned as a child, Ning Qiu buys a lottery ticket on a whim during the summer of her eighteenth year and is thrilled to discover she's won a billion. But before she can claim the prize, she dies in an accident on the way to collect it. Bound to a passerby System, she begins a life of quick transmigra 296Reads6.6Score—Shelves
5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: A Background Character's Struggle to Live 快穿之路人甲努力生活 Loves All Kinds of Noodles爱吃各种面食Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted A new story. Xu Xin is a modern office worker who transmigrates to various worlds and lives her life there. Some are original worlds and others come from movies and TV shows. Some worlds have romantic pairings, while others do not. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 穿 I Became the Abused Novel's Supporting Heroine, and I'm Kind of Fond of the Male Lead, But Not That Much 穿成虐文女配有点看好男主但不多 I Love Sweet Fruit我爱吃甜的水果Modern Romance608k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Rewrite a Torture Romance + Win Back the Wife at Any Cost + Jealousy-Fueled Love Triangle + Wild Plot Twists + Everyone’s Favorite + Sweet Romance] Just how unlucky can a person get? On her way home after working overtime on the weekend, she stepped in dog poop with nowhere to wash it off. She got home, opened the door, and found her boyfriend of five years wrestling with a temptress from work. She grabbed her phone to take pictures and video, only for her brand-new p 1.6kReads9.0Score160Shelves

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   1️⃣A truly unlucky passerby, a game within a game. 2️⃣The villainous female supporting character's sidekick, bittersweet.

7. 7 T Their Delayed Confession TA的延迟告白 Zhou Dai舟黛Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, driven, and resolute heroine x cool, rational, and devoted hero] [Transmigrate into a book + campus setting + breaking prejudice + slow-burn romance + reunion after years apart + happy ending] * Yu Ran transmigrated into an old-school campus Mary Sue novel and became the vicious female character's lackey. She went along with things on the surface but slacked off completely. Desperate to return to reality, she treated the characters as tools, and finally succeeded in offending ever 7kReads9.2Score826Shelves
8. 8 快 Quick Transmigration: The Second Male Lead Is My First Choice in Love 快穿：恋爱首选男二 Six Times 7六乘7Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted A word of warning: amateur writing, mindless sweetness, and cringe. [1v1 quick transmigration + happy ending + sweet romance + no bashing the original protagonists] [Raise the second male lead’s happiness level through romance, not his affection level] I woke up and found myself inside a novel. I’m here to love the devoted second male lead! Campus heartthrob: “Yinyin, shall we get engaged as soon as we graduate?” Evil dream spirit: “Yinyin, I only want to weave sweet dreams for you.” Devoted CEO 2.6kReads9.1Score153Shelves

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   "True Passerby A" is a sweet romance novel where the protagonist is directly given a new identity to seduce the second male lead. The writing style is a bit simplistic, but overall it's enjoyable. The second book features a protagonist who transmigrates into cannon fodder and redeems the villain. It's incredibly sweet and adorable. Each world is generally sweet, though there might be some bittersweet moments. The female lead is a total sunshine.

9. 9 治 Healing the Villain: Saving a Poor, Pitiful Soul 治愈！拯救可怜反派 Spring Waist春腰Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [A sweet little ray of sunshine x villains of all kinds, one-on-one romance, a lighthearted, witty, and healing sweet story with an unconventional vibe. The leads' personalities change with the plot, so the story never gets stale!] After being bound to an unreliable System, Zhao Yun kept getting assigned cannon-fodder roles. Still, she diligently did her best to complete each redemption mission. Across countless worlds, some people had happy, loving families and lives that turned out just right, 39.9kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tool Character Says Nothing and Just Stockpiles Supplies 快穿：工具人不语，只一味囤物资 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Fantastical Romance825k WordsCompleted System + space + hoarding supplies + no fixed couples (some worlds have romances, others don't) + low-key tone + a heroine who grows over time + period settings + fleeing famine P.S. This heroine develops over time. If you want instant gratification from the start, check out the author's other quick transmigration novel, Lu Jie Lyu's Life Is Satisfying from Beginning to End. One more P.S.: Dear readers, if you enjoy this, please leave a good review! Li Li is an ordinary wage slave among the mass 15.7kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves

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    The first book features a system, a spatial dimension, resource hoarding, and no romantic pairing (some worlds have one, some don't) + a lighthearted storyline + a female protagonist who grows through life + a historical setting + a time of famine escape. The second book is a quick transmigration story where the protagonist learns skills, hoards resources, doesn't get involved in the main plot, features a strong female protagonist with clear and definite goals, and no fixed romantic pairing.

11. 11 空 Space-Hopping Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Is Stockpiling Goods to Change Her Fate 空间快穿炮灰正在囤货改命中 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted No fixed pairing, and some mission worlds have no romance. System, personal space, hoarding supplies, period settings, escaping famine, and more. The heroine is a laid-back woman who wants to die a happy death. Her motto is: don’t do anything unnecessary, or you might lose your life. If she does make a move, it’s always for the sake of profit. Lu Jielv dies in the tenth year of the apocalypse. After death, her soul returns to the underworld, where she begins a life of quick transmigration. She t 19.4kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
12. 12 慢 Slow Transmigration: My Years Spent Just Getting By in This World 慢穿之我在世间凑数的那些年 Two Liang of Soft Armor二两柔甲Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Chang Nian transmigrated! She transmigrated into the role of an extra standing beside the protagonist, commonly known as a background character! Not even a nameless passerby! Much less a cannon-fodder character or supporting role with lines and screen time! And her one and only goal is to “stay alive!” Compared to the protagonist, she's ordinary and unremarkable, the sort of filler character with no dazzling moments to make anyone sit up and take notice! But who says only protagonists get their 8.2kReads9.1Score574Shelves

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    The female lead is a genuine, unpowered extra, and the show is really good.

13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: The Passerby Doesn’t Have to Follow the Plot 快穿之路人她不用走剧情 A Commoner Who Loves Peaches爱吃桃子的俗人Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [(No fixed pairing) (A laid-back, lie-flat slice-of-life story) (With a golden finger)] [A harmonious society and peaceful development, with no villains or evil characters.] After her soul returns to the underworld, worker An Yi meets the System, Liuliu. She cries out in her heart, “No to 996, no to 715, no to 886!” And gets sent into all kinds of small worlds. One book, one world; one life, one soul. Thus begins her laid-back journey as a minor character. She originally thought she would work d 6.3kReads8.8Score389Shelves

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    These are all comments from passersby.

14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: A Background Character’s Online Commentary 快穿之是路人甲在线吃瓜 Slowly Yuan Yi慢慢元一Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing “Ding! System 1818, your dedicated gossip companion, is at your service.” By a twist of fate, after graduating from university, Bai Yin joined the quick transmigration bureau. From then on, she began a delightful journey of following the gossip in one world after another. In a period-drama world, a reborn, vicious supporting female character and a beloved, lucky heroine fought to a stalemate. Bai Yin sat on the sidelines, munching seeds and thoroughly enjoying the gossip. In an ancient world, a 8.8kReads8.0Score679Shelves
15. 15 快 Quick Transmigration: A Professional Background Character Who Just Wants to Lie Flat 快穿之路人甲专业躺平 Ran Ran An然然安Ancient Romance403k WordsCompleted After You Jia died, she was forced to bind herself to a System. Apparently, because she’d donated money before her death and saved many people, she was finally getting her just rewards. So now she had a guaranteed job: transmigrate to various worlds and correct crooked ways. Could she just say no? Couldn’t they let her reincarnate into a rich family instead? It wasn’t even her idea to donate. Whoever wants these rewards can have them. But it was no use. She had no bargaining power. She could onl 25.5kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    Passerby A doesn't want to do anything, doesn't need to put in any effort, and can easily complete tasks on their own. There are also many worlds to consider reading, which can be explored when you're looking for something to read.

16. 16 快 Quick Transmigration: The Colorful Life of an Extra 快穿：路人甲的精彩人生 Chasing the Moon Across the Waves踏浪逐月Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted [Fast-paced + goofy + wild imagination] Among the countless novels, there are always minor characters who get only a few words from the author. Who would know that behind the plot, they, too, have wonderful lives of their own? Got a kid from the start? No problem. The kid’s all grown up and has learned to take care of themself and their elderly mother. Cultivation? Watch me work you all into the ground. The apocalypse? I’m going to turn zombies into perpetual-motion machines! What do you do whe 786Reads8.6Score100Shelves
17. 17 综 Crossover Reincarnation: This NPC Is a Little Different 综穿：这个NPC有点不一样 Stars Scattered Across the River散落满河星Female-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsOngoing (Original female lead, multiple arcs, highly capable.) Unbelievable! Lin Wei, an accountant worked to the bone by overtime, is taken out by a confused System in a "workplace accident." To make amends, the System showers her with compensation packages and sends her wandering across worlds, transmigrating into various screen universes as an ordinary passerby. The most conscientious System ever: no forced missions, no point-gating, and it takes care of everything she needs to get home. The heroine 49.2kReads8.9Score3.1kShelves

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    Special NPC

18. 18 慢 Slow Travel Through Life: Learning Until the Very End 慢穿活到老学到老 The Golden Axe and the Silver Axe金斧头银斧头Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Slow transmigration] [No CP] [Fanfiction] {World 1: Empresses in the Palace} Complete {World 2: The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, starting with The Mystic Nine} Complete {World 3: Dae Jang Geum + Lu Xiaofeng} Complete {World 4: Hunter x Hunter} Complete {World 5: Scarlet Heart} Complete {World 6: Harry Potter} Complete {World 7: A fairy-tale crossover} Complete {World 8: Original world} Zhang Ruoqi died. She was a nobody from the outer sect of a cultivation school, caught in the crossfire when the 9.3kReads9.1Score695Shelves

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    In this book, the female protagonist was originally tending a herb garden in a cultivation world. During a training expedition in a secret realm, she was killed as cannon fodder and transported to another world by fragments of a system, along with a small space within that realm. Initially, she hides her abilities, acting meticulously and cautiously in the Qing Dynasty. Later, during a tomb-raiding period, she makes close friends and her life becomes more carefree. She has some contact with the main characters, but not much; she offers them assistance. The story mainly revolves around her own life, and she eventually returns to her original cultivation world.

19. 19 路 The Everyman Builds His Own Circle, and We All Gather to Gossip 路人甲自成一家，集体磕瓜 Three Bowls of Wine三碗酒Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Completed] [She transmigrated into a book, but also didn't; the author takes the road less traveled and turns things up later] Rong Jiu transmigrated into a neighborhood alley in a book, becoming the Rong family's daughter, a local from the protagonist's hometown. She was a top student and a passing character in name only, with a crowd of gal pals and lunch buddies at school and around the neighborhood, always ready to charge into the fray for some gossip. So what if she'd transmigrated into a 1.2kReads9.0Score133Shelves
20. 20 穿 Book Transmigration: After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress, She Is Spoiled Rotten 穿书：成为炮灰女配后她被娇养了 Luo Wushengsheng罗五声声Ancient Romance582k WordsCompleted Wen Jiaojiao transmigrated into a book, becoming Wen Ruyue, the highborn legitimate daughter of the Wen family. In the original story, Wen Ruyue was a spoiled, domineering, frail, and foolish villainess who bullied the heroine from childhood. Before the book was even halfway through, she became cannon fodder and died. The resentment of the original Wen Ruyue activated the transmigration-into-a-book System and brought Wen Jiaojiao from the modern world into the story. The System warned her that s 7.2kReads9.3Score701Shelves
21. 21 快 The Everyman’s Rise to Greatness Through Quick Transmigration 快穿之路人甲奋斗成大佬 Young Hero Yun's Sword云少侠的剑Modern Romance3.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Gender-Flexible Protagonist + Building a Strong Nation] When Shui Miao (Si Shui) was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, she encountered Shi Lei (Rock), a hapless passerby A System. They signed a contract and began traveling through myriad worlds. The protagonist has no plot armor or golden finger (probably). Each transmigration is a life of its own. I’ll do my best to avoid simplistic writing, so please go easy on me. Quick Transmigration World One: Money 36kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    Passerby A's article~

22. 22 快 Quick Transmigration: After Saving People, I Became a Temp Worker at the Space-Time Bureau 快穿：救人后我成了时空局打工人 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + melodrama + cannon fodder + no fixed pairing + beautiful and charming heroine + not a strong female lead] After Chu Ying dies in a car accident, she is unexpectedly chosen by the Space-Time Bureau and becomes an employee of the Wish Fulfillment Department. To keep her soul from vanishing, Chu Ying enters different mission worlds and completes her tasks... World 1: An unknown nobody in an entertainment-industry novel; World 2: The unreasonable youngest aunt in a period nov 2.5kReads8.3Score129Shelves
23. 23 在 Making a Simple Life in the Quick Transmigration Worlds 在快穿世界中经营小日子 March After the Snow雪霁三月Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + System + Staying Away from the Plot + No Fixed CP] Chen Qian, an ordinary woman from the 21st century, transmigrated into the apocalypse after a car accident. But she failed to survive there and died again, only to encounter System 003. With the System’s help, Chen Qian began to transmigrate between different worlds, becoming a female supporting character in each one and collecting records of its civilization. Thus began her ordinary life in each new world. The heroine is 8.7kReads8.7Score463Shelves
24. 24 快 Quick Transmigration: The Everyman’s Path to the Top Across the Heavens 快穿：路人甲的诸天登顶路 Sunflowerxazx太阳花xazxAncient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Space; a growth-oriented heroine; quick transmigration; no romance; laid-back; stories seen from the protagonist's perspective] Good news: I've been bound to the legendary System! Bad news: The System is defective! 1: Fleeing famine in ancient times (√) 2: A capitalist's daughter in the 1970s (√), refuses to go to the countryside and heads to Hong Kong 3: Zombie apocalypse (√), told from a zombie's perspective; fairly laid-back 4: Global evolution (√), short; also known as A Few Stories About L 9.5kReads8.5Score921Shelves

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    Truly a passerby

25. 25 老 After Dad Got Out of Prison, He Found Out I’d Landed a Villain Husband 老爹出狱后，发现我喜提反派老公 Long-Eared Bunny长耳免免Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted The previous generation’s villain was Qi Yang’s dad. This generation’s villain is her husband. By the time Qi Yang awakened these memories, she was already completely stunned. No wonder Xu Jinci had grown poorer by the day after she married him, and was now on the verge of bankruptcy. The good news: she wasn’t the one bringing bad luck. The bad news: she’d landed herself the whole villain family package. Qi Yang yanked Xu Jinci down just as he was about to jump off a building. “Honey, don’t jump 11.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    Who says that in a sweet romance world, only by depending on the male lead can one achieve a happy ending? Generation after generation of heroines have broken free from their constraints and reclaimed their own lives. As long as one has the courage to face fate, even the most irreversible plot twists cannot bind a truly awakened soul. The ending of this book is decided by the heroine herself. Everyone's destiny is in their own hands.

26. 26 快 Quick Transmigration: Playing a Supporting Role in Another World 快穿：我在异界客串路人甲 It's Xinghe是星河吖Ancient Romance656k WordsOngoing Yan Chu bound herself to a System in a last-ditch effort to stay alive. The only problem was, this System didn't seem very reliable. While doing a mission: “Chu Chu, Chu Chu, what do we do next?” “Is there a plot hint?” “No.” “...” “Do you have a golden finger?” “I do.” “What kind? Is it useful?” “Maybe.” Yan Chu: “...Why does this System feel so unreliable?” 2.8kReads9.1Score140Shelves

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    Just a random passerby, not changing the plot. [Sending heart]

27. 27 只 I Just Want to Be an Extra 只想成为路人甲乙丙 Passerby A i路人甲iModern Romance624k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + quick transmigration + both leads are each other's one and only + yandere + coercive love + System + 1v1] (New book, the rating is low for now, but it'll go up later!) The male lead is powerful and influential. The female lead isn't a strong, dominant heroine, nor is she his equal. The male lead is always the one who pursues her! She won't take the initiative to seduce him! He's always the one scheming to win her over! But the heroine will grow more and more as the story g 5.2kReads7.1Score325Shelves

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    New book recommendation! A completely twisted male protagonist! But he doesn't harm the female protagonist. The female protagonist just wants to complete a minor role, but she gets targeted every time!

28. 28 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel, Lying Flat and Enjoying the Gossip Is Perfectly Reasonable! 穿进年代文，躺平吃瓜很合理吧！ Yuanyuanzi Loves to Be Lazy圆圆子爱偷懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The System was supposed to bind itself to the villainess, but through a twist of fate, it bound itself to her instead. She already has plenty of golden fingers. Could it please leave her alone? Going to the countryside for sent-down youth service can be a lot of fun. Who says you have to suffer? She knows full well that she's just a minor bystander who likes to watch the drama. She'll watch the heroine and villainess stir up trouble, but only from a safe distance. Here's to everyone living happi 12.7kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a historical novel and encounters an unreliable system. The system, which was supposed to be bound to the female supporting character, is instead bound to the female protagonist. What can she do but watch the drama unfold and observe the original female protagonist and the female supporting character's lives unfold.

29. 29 快 Becoming a God Through Quick Transmigration: I Take Every Trial Seriously 快穿成神：历劫我是认真的 Yuanyuanliu媛媛liuFantastical Romance870k WordsOngoing Quick transmigration + space + System + no fixed CP + three thousand realms. The World Tree has existed since the beginning of heaven and earth, with a lifespan measured in billions of years. Newly born World Tree babies must travel through the various realms, broadening their horizons and comprehending all kinds of rules. Commonly known as surviving tribulations... The protagonist grows over time and can be male or female, any species. There are more female characters. No missions, no conquest, 1.5kReads—Score117Shelves

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    Quick transmigration + space + no fixed CP + strong female lead, a female protagonist who grows through character development, no missions or romance guides, 10-25 chapters per unit, each small world is quite interesting [thumbs up][smirk][thumbs up]

30. 30 快 Quick Transmigration: I’m a Master at Protecting Beauties 快穿：我是护花小能手 Yuanyuanliu媛媛liuFantastical Romance248k WordsOngoing Quick transmigration + No CP Female awakening + Personal growth + Romance and family One story arc every 10 chapters. The first volume's 10 short stories are complete. How can women break free from the bonds of love? How can they escape their difficult circumstances? Jingjing keeps transmigrating through one little world after another, helping girls who find themselves in difficult situations. In helping others, she also grows stronger, and Jingjing comes to understand the path she wants to take 167Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 当 The Background Female Character Gets Love at First Sight Again 当背景板女配又被一见钟情 Yi Xuxi一虚西Ancient Romance506k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration · love at first sight · super-strong heroine · salvation · devoted love] Lin Shumi transmigrated into a book. The good news: the book had an outline. The bad news: the story didn’t follow it. She got it. My story is the real story. 🌤 Her attempt to claim the favor she’d done someone failed, but that favor came to claim her first. Pei Shiyan was the esteemed Imperial Tutor, proud and self-possessed, cold and aloof. But after meeting her, all he wanted was to turn the favor o 6.6kReads8.7Score519Shelves

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    She's pretty, but not a heartthrob!

32. 32 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Lives Long Enough to Outlast Everyone 快穿：炮灰活得久，熬死所有人 Pidanj 0904皮蛋0904Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + punishing scum + no fixed couples] Some worlds have no romance, while others do. There is no male lead. In the first world, a seventy-year-old granny is a big shot in a male-oriented novel. In the second world, the princess consort insists on being virtuous and gracious. 81.8kReads8.5Score5.4kShelves
33. 33 快 The Quick Transmigration Side Character Has Something to Say 快穿之路人甲有话说 Empty Empty Empty Boat空空空船Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted System story, redemption, building a career, romance, alternate world, both leads are pure As an ordinary side character chosen by the System, Xu Yihe only hoped to make it safely to the end of each world’s story and then enjoy her retirement. But things didn’t seem quite that simple? First story: A period reborn tale. A veterinarian who saves lives × an insecure village heartthrob. The heroine treats pigs; the hero slaughters them. The couple sees the pigs of Xiaohé Pond Village through their e 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one! This one!

34. 34 穿 Transmigrate into a Commoner Girl in an Ancient Western World 穿越成古西方世界平民女孩 Pleasant Scenery怡人景色Ancient Romance206k WordsOngoing With memories of the modern world, she embarked on an accidental journey through time. As she gradually learned about this place, she discovered that she'd stumbled into an ancient Western fairy-tale world, where a whole new life of magic and fantasy awaited her. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is just a random passerby.

35. 35 穿 Transmigrate into an Immortal Romance 穿越仙缘 Pleasant Scenery怡人景色Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted I never expected to transmigrate. I thought I’d have a normal country life, but later I discovered that the legendary cultivators really exist. Luckily, I have a golden finger, even if it’s a little underwhelming. For now, I’ll keep my head down and grow stronger! 158Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 快 Quick Transmigration: Chang Ning's Journey 快穿之长宁的旅途 Wind in the Mountains山间风声Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No CP + Ordinary Passersby + Staying Away from the Plot + Transmigrating into a Book) The plot? I can use it as a reference. The protagonist? Has nothing to do with me. Romance? No thanks! Traveling through different little worlds, Chang Ning has only one goal: to stay alive for as long as possible. P.S. After the female lead transmigrates, her gender is not fixed. If that bothers you, please think twice before reading! 13.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    This one is good; it has a plot, but it's not really related to the female lead. She's just a background character who grows up quietly.

37. 37 穿 After Becoming an Extra, I Got Harassed by a Deranged Villain 穿成路人甲后，被疯批反派碰瓷了 Rainbow-Eating Fish游鱼吃彩虹Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted [A traditional fantasy romance with an ancient setting, one-on-one romance, and a happy ending] [A heroine with no grand ambitions who plays the fool but is far cleverer than she seems vs. a calculating, gloomy hero who is secretly a hopeless romantic] After choking to death on an egg, what a hapless soul. Ling Qingwei transmigrated into a book. She became an anonymous passerby with no name, no System, and no golden finger: a total nobody. Content to take life as it came, she decided to cultivat 518Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is just a background character; it's always a 1v1 relationship.

38. 38 快 Quick Transmigration System: A Healing Life 快穿系统治愈系人生 Fishy One Fisher鱼鱼一渔Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted I want to write short, sweet stories, so I'm writing a quick transmigration novel. There may or may not be romance, and there are several little side worlds. Maybe some characters could even turn into small animals, like cats. A healing story sounds nice too... World One: Childhood Sweethearts (beloved farm girl and her hunter childhood sweetheart) World Two: The Bride Who Died Young (childhood betrothal and a marriage meant to bring good fortune, between a bride and her sickly husband) World Th 405Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Plain and healing by an ordinary passerby

39. 39 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves

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    Everyone else who transmigrates becomes the protagonist, but she's not even a supporting character; she's just a background extra. Compared to the protagonist, she's undoubtedly ordinary and unremarkable. Who says only protagonists have their shining moments? Who says only protagonists deserve to be remembered? Ordinary people also have their own goals and attitudes towards life! And Changnian's attitude towards life is simply "to live!"

40. 40 快 Quick Transmigration: A Journey Along the Chang'an Road 快穿之长安一路行 A Boatful of Clear Dreams Waiting for the River of Stars一船清梦等星河Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Strong heroine + System + pocket dimension + personal growth + self-reliant struggle There is a System, but it’s a good-for-nothing. Its golden finger isn’t much, and the heroine may occasionally have a love interest, but that will never get in the way of her growing stronger. When the System first found Chang’an, all it wanted was a longer life. It was just a good-for-nothing and couldn’t find a chosen one, either. Chang’an said that wa 24.4kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
41. 41 快 Quick Transmigration: Somebody Stop Her! The Host Is Fierce and Defiant 快穿：来人啊！宿主她又彪又反骨 Ran Ran An然然安Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted (No fixed couple. The female lead goes crazy whenever she feels like it, has top-tier gear, is a master at watching the drama unfold, and stays out of everyone’s mess. She only answers to herself, and leaves the rest to karma…) Ren Shen is a ginseng spirit who has cultivated for billions of years. Every day she lazes around in the Misty Forest, doing nothing and annoying everyone. All the spirits dare to be angry, but don’t dare speak up. Then, after Ren Shen raided someone’s hidden collecti 9kReads9.3Score658Shelves
42. 42 快 Quick Transmigration: Only a Max-Level Supporting Actress Is Truly Unbothered 快穿之满级女配才是真咸鱼 Ran Ran An然然安Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted Li Jiaran used her status as the beloved little darling of all the ancestors to run wild and throw her weight around in the underworld. Maybe being too arrogant really does bring retribution. So the ghosts joined forces with the ancestors and banished her. She was furious. They were completely unreasonable. With no other choice, she took her System, Goudan, and wandered through minor worlds, working hard to earn enough satisfaction points to return to the underworld. Fortunately, Goudan assigned 14.7kReads9.3Score1kShelves
43. 43 黄 A Dream of Glory: Sis, Maybe I Should Stick to Being the Main Character! 黄粱一梦，姐还是大女主人设吧！ Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted The pillow that serves as a vessel for a dream of golden millet. She begins cultivating because of various forms of faith and desire. She encounters different protagonists in small worlds. Those protagonists once had lives that had sunk to rock bottom. Then, one day, they suddenly have a dream. From that point on, their lives take a dramatic turn. Or perhaps it is a prophetic dream. A dream of golden millet is not a joy without sorrow. A college girl in an era where people have tails. A happy li 13Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 快 Quick Transmigration: The Good Times of an Ordinary Background Character 快穿之路人甲的美好时光 Shi Nian柿唸Ancient Romance391k WordsCompleted Quick transmigration + space + adorable pets + passerby + farming + patriotism Due to circumstances beyond her control, He Ke was forced to transmigrate at first, but later came to accept it calmly. She experiences the full range of human emotions. Everyone is the protagonist of their own life. Let’s explore this dazzling world of countless possibilities together. It’s all about adorable pets, role-playing as all kinds of characters, and a golden finger, and somehow disrupting the plot without e 90Reads6.3Score—Shelves
45. 45 快 Quick Transmigration: I’m Definitely a Hoarder 快穿，囤货体质无疑了 Calm for a Long Time淡然久Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted Blurb: [Quick transmigration + pocket dimension + hoarder nature + simple living + no romance] If the System can't be trusted, she'll rely on herself. The heroine grows gradually, and the story is slow-paced. She loves eating and hoarding supplies, and her goal is to return to her original world and enjoy her retirement. 1. A marriage alliance with a small-time rich family 2. The fake heiress who was switched at birth 3. A concubine-born young lady sent into exile 4. A lie-flat life raising chil 2.8kReads7.8Score137Shelves

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    He's really just an ordinary person, living a simple and mundane life, with no romantic partner.

46. 46 警 Warning! Don't Get in the Way of the Frail Passerby A's Storyline 警告！别妨碍病弱路人甲走剧情 S YamuchaS雅木茶Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted [The rating is new, and will keep going up~] The male lead is the same person in every world~ [Love at first sight, very fast-paced romance] After being bedridden for years and nearing death, Song Qingye bound herself to a System and became a passerby in every world. But the System's technology was shoddy, and the memories of all the big shots in the little worlds failed to get erased! The bodies provided by the System were also frail. But don't worry. She's only a passerby, after all. Wor 21.2kReads8.3Score2.5kShelves
47. 47 重 The Reborn Novel’s Cannon-Fodder, Nerdy Nobody 重生文里的炮灰学渣路人甲 Salted Fish Biscuit in a Tree树上的咸鱼饼干Modern Romance575k WordsCompleted The print edition, titled Better Than the Mountains and Seas, is now available, and a short drama under the original title is also out! The original title is The Cannon-Fodder Academic Loser and Background Character in a Rebirth Novel. Transmigrate into a book, one woman and two love interests, mildly comedic [Bright and sunny heroine Xue Jialuo] VS [passionate, straightforward puppy Liang Chong] VS [scheming, calculating cat Zhou Xubei] After commenting on a book, Xue Jialuo transmigrates into 25.4kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    These two are stories about passersby in transmigration novels, and the second one is about a female passerby in a story with two male protagonists [facepalm].

48. 48 穿 Reborn as a Bystander in a Pure-Hate Novel 穿成纯恨文路人甲 Dreams Return Beneath the Bright Moon明月归梦Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted [Ordinary heroine vs. a male lead group gradually losing their minds, multiple male leads] Wei Shu read an indecent novel. The protagonist was a beautiful young man, while all the love interests were nearly six-foot-three, broad-shouldered men. The story was a toxic mix of melodrama, violence, and coercion, pushing every boundary and having no bottom line. At first, she enjoyed reading it, but gradually she began to feel sorry for the protagonist. Hoping to see him turn his life around and live 6.5kReads8.8Score581Shelves
49. 49 快 Quick Transmigration: Feiyun in the Heavens 快穿之飞云在天 After the Autumn Rain一场秋雨过后Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing [A Little Schemer + Growth-Oriented Male Lead + Quick Transmigration + No Fixed CP + Space + System] After being reborn in the apocalypse, Su Yunfei changes his destined death and dismantles a System to use as a teleportation device. He seeks out cannon fodder burdened by resentment and helps them avoid their destined deaths and find happy lives. Along the way, there are joys and sorrows, laughter and fun, danger and excitement, and plenty of humor. In the end, it all becomes nourishment for the 27.1kReads7.6Score2.6kShelves

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    "Just a passerby?" Sometimes it doesn't even qualify as a passerby; it's more suitable for female-oriented content. Don't be influenced by the comments; see for yourself.

50. 50 七 A 1970s Book's Cannon-Fodder Background Character's Everyday Life 七零穿书炮灰路人甲的日常 Bu Kaka布卡卡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + transmigrate + pocket dimension + everyday family life + making a fortune + watching the drama unfold As a modern-day corporate drone who’d given up on life, Xu Jianian woke from her lunch break and found herself completely dumbfounded. Looking at the old-fashioned green train before her, she wondered, Where on earth have I ended up? After figuring things out, she learned she’d transmigrated into a period novel, and she was a cannon-fodder character wh 21.4kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves

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