How to Conquer That Yandere Second Male Lead

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Ye Baiwei transmigrated into a book, becoming an NPC destined to be cannon fodder from the start.

The System kindly offered her a way to survive:

[Conquer that sickly, obsessive male second lead, and you can stay alive.]

Ye Baiwei: ...What if I refuse?

[You will die. Your soul will be trapped in this world forever.]

"..."

She knew Ji Qing had a secret crush on the heroine. He was careful and restrained, keeping his feelings pure and untouched.

Ye Baiwei followed him everywhere, put on an act, and waited for the perfect moment when the two of them were alone. She shoved the heroine aside and threw herself into Ji Qing's arms, cutting off any chance for him to confess his feelings.

Killing intent surged in the depths of the young man's eyes as he warned her, "Everyone who's ever gotten close to me is dead."

Ye Baiwei nodded nervously, yet shamelessly followed him around, repeatedly trying to melt his heart with love.

In the Quwu Secret Realm, Ye Baiwei accidentally got separated from the protagonist's group. Just as she was at a loss, the earth shook and monsters poured out in droves.

Ye Baiwei: ?

System: One, Ji Qing released the monsters.

Two, he's coming to take your life.

Driven to the edge of a sheer cliff by the monsters, she stood as the valley wind whipped her shirt against her back. A horde of hideous, snarling beasts gathered before her. A powerful demon, slightly stronger than the rest, taunted her arrogantly: "Any last words before you die?"

The girl stepped off the cliff and said, with no apparent connection to the moment, "From now on, no one will help bandage his wounds. He should take better care of his life."

As soon as the words left her mouth, she fell straight down, like a kite with its strings cut.

The air suddenly filled with danger, and the monsters' cries rang out from far away. Ji Qing returned and caught her in midair.

The violent, obsessive young man leaned close to her ear and gritted out, "Who said you could curse me?"

Later, in an illusion of corpse puppets, a mass of dead bodies surged toward them.

With his magic power restrained, Ji Qing irritably flung talismans around, but nothing worked.

At the crucial moment, Ye Baiwei, whom he had thrown aside, squeezed her way back in.

He snapped, "Weren't you scared? What did you come back for?"

Ye Baiwei clutched the young man's clothes tightly. "I'm afraid of ghosts alone. If we're going to die, we might as well die together."

Ji Qing's movements froze for an instant, his heart pounding like a drum.

When Ye Baiwei once again found Ji Qing surrounded by earth demons, she was a little too late. The young man crawled out of a pile of corpses, his dark hair loose and his whole body covered in blood.

The moment he saw her, he frantically pulled a doll from his arms and offered it to her ingratiatingly, his voice trembling. "I... protected it really well. It hasn't gotten a drop of blood on it."

Ye Baiwei, who had long since forgotten the doll, was unusually silent.

On the day of the final battle, according to the script, Ji Qing was supposed to die.

The instant the System announced that her conquest was successful, it offered her a second choice:

[Crush the ancient spirit pearl, and Ji Qing will live.]

She lowered her eyes to gaze at the tiny spirit pearl in her palm, then looked up.

Ji Qing knelt on one knee, his bangs hiding his eyes, in a pitiful state. Black smoke curled around him, taking the shape of a giant hand as it slowly closed around him.

At that moment, the villain raised his longsword and pointed it straight at Ye Baiwei, the outsider. "His life is in your hands. Save him, and stay here for all eternity."

"Or go home."

Thanks to mhs@Zhuo Bing Shao Xue for the cover illustration. It's so beautiful!

Content warnings:

1. The male lead is not a good person. He really was bad! Later, he keeps falling for her on his own and grovels relentlessly.

2. A laid-back heroine ascends to immortality. Absurd comedy; the writing style is not classical.

3. Happy ending.

Theme: Keep a level head and get along peacefully.