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As a supporting female character and, in a sense, a cannon-fodder character, Lin Xu has always worked diligently: follow the plot, complete her tasks, avoid the death flags, and reach a peaceful end in old age.
But no matter how hard she tries, by the end of the story the male lead always confesses to her with an awkward look on his face. If she turns him down, he immediately changes his tune.
What on earth is going wrong?
World One: The Vain Childhood Friend in an Online Game Novel
The male lead is the biological heir. Lin Xu was only his childhood friend from when he was down on his luck as a boy, and they have had no contact for years.
After accidentally seeing a post from one of his friends, Lin Xu immediately downloads the same game, hoping to get close to him, enjoy a glamorous online romance, and eventually marry into a wealthy family.
In the original story, the male lead was supposed to expose her vanity, dump her, and become partners with the heroine, announcing their relationship to the whole server. Lin Xu would become everyone's laughingstock and angrily delete her account.
So why is it that she meets the male lead, rumored to be incredibly aloof in the game, on the first day, and he is already hurriedly dragging her off to get married the next?
After revealing his identity, he nervously tells her that he's become better-tempered and better-looking than before, then asks if she'll give a relationship with him a try.
“We'll be together forever, right?”
World Two: The Ordinary Junior Sister of the Overpowered Hero
Lin Xu's task is simple: when the male lead approaches her during his training, disdainfully push him away, then avoid the death flag in the secret realm.
To stay alive, Lin Xu works hard to save up supplies. Even when the overpowered hero spends all day hanging around her, acting crazy and foolish, she simply ignores him.
The more she ignores him, the more he shows up in front of her.
Could she have offended the overpowered hero?
When the secret realm plot arrives, Lin Xu follows the story and gives a disdainful look to the overpowered hero when he asks to team up with her. Looking wounded, he is led away by his other companions, while she doesn't spare him a glance.
In the secret realm, Lin Xu falls into danger, her little face deathly pale. With her tear ducts prone to leaking, tears stream down her face as she faces a sea of demon beasts. The foolish overpowered hero descends from the sky.
As expected of an overpowered hero, he kills every demon beast with a single slash.
Lin Xu watches as the overpowered hero drops his foolish act and hurries over to her, his face tense. He presses a life-saving artifact into her hands, then carefully wipes away her tears. Her blurry reflection fills his dark eyes, and his voice is besotted despite his expression.
“Don't cry, little Xu Xu. I came too late. I shouldn't have gotten mad when you didn't choose me. Please stop crying, okay?”
World Three: The Cannon-Fodder Supporting Girl in a School Romance
Lin Xu is a cannon-fodder supporting girl who has a crush on the male lead. Before she can deliver her love letter, she hears that the male lead and heroine are together. Someone else sees the letter and spreads the news everywhere. Distraught, she gets into a car accident on her way home, becoming a subject of regretful mention by the heroine.
Her task is to write a love letter to the male lead, put on a sorrowful expression, then keep her eyes on the road as she walks home and avoid the death flag.
It's an incredibly simple task. Lin Xu thinks there's no way she'll fail this time.
But why does the male lead next door stare at her with eyes as wide as bells the moment she takes out a sheet of pink stationery?
They're only classmates. Why is he staring at her?
Lin Xu is a little troubled. At last, after class one day when the classroom is empty, she sneaks around and writes the letter, then slips it into a carefully chosen white-and-pink envelope.
She packs her schoolbag and stands up, only to see the male lead standing outside the window, staring at her like a ghost.
Lin Xu jumps in fright.
Watching her come out, the male lead says in a low voice, “Lin Xu, you shouldn't date in high school...”
Lin Xu: ...What is he talking about?
On the day the plot is supposed to happen, Lin Xu follows the original story, drops the letter on the floor beside the desk, and goes home.
The next day, everything in the classroom is as usual. There aren't any of the strange looks she had imagined.
Instead, the male lead starts making excuses to talk to her every day, and his gaze grows stranger and stranger.
It isn't until after the college entrance exams that Lin Xu learns that as soon as she left that day, the male lead picked up the letter.
Three seconds after picking it up, he unilaterally decided they were a couple.
Lin Xu: ?
As Lin Xu tries to explain, the male lead stares at her and asks, “Xu Xu, have you fallen for someone else?”
World Four: The Pretty Airhead in a Tycoon Novel
As a pretty but useless streamer who gets humiliated early on in a tycoon novel, Lin Xu only needs to question the male lead after seeing his low-spending account enter and make a big show of himself, then wait for the male lead to humiliate him in a rival streamer's channel.
The System has prepared all her lines for her this time, and Lin Xu is brimming with confidence.
On the day the plot is supposed to happen, Lin Xu sees the male lead's account enter, but before she can say a word, he showers her with gifts, leaving her completely dumbfounded.
Faced with the male lead's solicitous concern, Lin Xu can only grit her teeth and carry out her task.
She takes 2,000 yuan to slander the male lead, gets exposed by him and called out in public, then quits streaming.
The male lead can't believe it when he learns the truth.
With the controversy at its peak, Lin Xu streams one last time. The moment the male lead arrives, he takes the top spot on the rankings, filling the screen with golden messages.
The viewers who came for the drama or wanted to kick Lin Xu while she was down realize something seems off.
[Xu Xu, please stop blocking me. I'm begging you]
[Did I do something wrong? I'll apologize]
[Do you really hate me now?]
[You said you liked that little island, so I bought it for you. I bought you the stars too. Even if you only liked me a little more for my money, that would be enough (crying). Please don't ignore me]
[Do you even hate my money now?]
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1. The worlds' order is not fixed. Strictly one-on-one romance, but other characters may have one-sided feelings for the heroine. Please be cautious if that bothers you. This is a fluffy, brainless romance, so we recommend reading without overthinking.
2. The male lead is guaranteed to be secretly in love and a hopeless romantic. He likes throwing himself at her, and may randomly unlock possessive, competitive, and obsessive traits.
3. Both leads are inexperienced and devoted to each other. The heroine is not a strong, independent female lead, and her appearance stat is maxed out in every world.
Theme: Life itself is power.