The heroines of romance novels should have lived happily ever after, but the plots put them through all kinds of suffering until they are exhausted in body and spirit, at which point they end up with the male lead. Behind each of them is a supporting male character who loves her but cannot have her. He is more devoted and more charming than the male lead, yet an unreasonable plot makes him and the heroine miss their chance.
One day, the heroines all awaken to their own agency and manually change the supporting men's bad endings into happy ones.
1. He is a police officer, a supporting character in a crime investigation novel. The heroine catches the drug kingpin male lead's eye at first sight. To protect her, the policeman goes undercover in the enemy's ranks. On the day his identity is finally revealed, the heroine falls in love with the drug kingpin...
After awakening: What kind of trash plot is this? I'm a successor of socialism. How could I fall in love with a drug addict? Isn't my honest and kind boyfriend so much better?
2. He is the ruthless, violent, calculating ex-husband, a supporting character in a rebirth novel. He gives the heroine all his tenderness and sincerity, but she mistakenly believes he caused her death. After she is reborn, she gradually falls for the male lead, while her ex-husband fails to hold on to the last light in his life and eventually dies saving her...
Heroine: My husband loves me so much. How could he have hurt me? Now that I've been reborn, of course I'll go find him and live a happy life with him!
3. He is an officer, a supporting character in a period novel. Defiant and dazzling, he and his childhood sweetheart promise to marry when she turns twenty. But while he is fighting on the battlefield and covered in scars, she gets involved with the grinning, roguish male lead. Eventually, the second male lead gives up on her, only to be latched onto by a fallen comrade's country wife while visiting the comrade's family...
After awakening, the heroine straps on her pack and rushes to catch a train: My darling, this time I'm coming with you!
4. He is a gentle, restrained supporting character in a story about repaying a debt of gratitude. He saves the heroine when she's a child, but when she grows up, she mistakes the arrogant, conceited male lead for him. She endures both physical and emotional abuse without complaint. After the two go through the usual chase-your-wife-to-the-crematorium plot, they finally get together, while he receives nothing but thanks and an apology.
Heroine: ...This male lead has some nerve. Why take credit for something he didn't do? This time, I'm going to find the person who really saved my life!
5. He is the devoted original partner in a novel about a man desired by everyone. He's so loyal and devoted that he gets eliminated from the running.
After awakening, the heroine says: Am I an emperor? Why would I need so many men? I only need the best one.
...More worlds to come.
Theme: Life needs love.
