The Most Sought-After in a Republic-Era Novel

[Karma's a Bitch + From Universally Hated to Universally Adored + Rivalry Between Suitors + Mary Sue]

Wen Shangzhen came across a promotional post for a novel. She'd only read the first three chapters when she clicked the link to continue reading, blacked out, and transmigrated into this Republican-era-style novel.

Wen Shangzhen transmigrated into the novel as Shang Zhen. Although she'd only read three chapters, she knew the heroine wasn't Shang Zhen. Shang Zhen was just a universally hated cannon-fodder supporting character. And Wen Shangzhen had arrived right after Shang Zhen jumped into the water to kill herself.

Honestly, Wen Shangzhen couldn't understand why everyone in the novel hated Shang Zhen so much. She looked in the mirror and, well... Shang Zhen's body fat percentage was certainly high enough to count as obese, but she had clearly been blessed with lovely features and good skin. And from the little maid's tearful thanks for the pretty hair ties she'd given her, Shang Zhen seemed like a kind girl. Sigh...

But before Wen Shangzhen could feel sorry for Shang Zhen, she discovered that the misfortune of being the universally hated supporting character had landed on her, too.

Stay away! Wen Shangzhen panicked. She didn't want to be cannon fodder in someone else's life!

Fat? Lose weight! Poor? Make money! No degree? She could go through the college entrance exams all over again. What was there to fear? Universally hated? Whatever. She'd be grateful if people would just stay away.

Later, someone gazed quietly at her sleeping face and left a tender kiss on her forehead.

Someone sat in the shadows, lost among a sea of people, watching her shine brilliantly onstage.

Someone disguised himself and changed his name, crossing a land torn by war just to catch a distant glimpse of her and ease the ache of missing her.

Someone's mouth was full of blood and tears, yet he still murmured her name, hoping only to see her once more.

[What makes someone a New Woman? Who gets to define it? Is five percent new? Is fifty percent new? Wen Shangzhen doesn't want to agonize over the question anymore. She hopes everyone will strive to live: for money, for power, for knowledge, for freedom, or for love. It doesn't matter. Just keep striving to live until the sun and moon usher in a new age, until both the new and the old can find a place in this world.]

Reader's Guide:

1. An alternate-history Republican era setting. It respects the objective course of history, but is still fictional.

2. A romance with lots of male love interests, but no male lead in the strict sense. The heroine doesn't end up with anyone in the main story. The extras have a happy ending, so please don't read if that bothers you.

Theme: Serve the motherland.