The Supporting Female Lead's Survival Guide: Prince, I Really Don't Mean It

[A carefree, survival-first heroine × a dignified, imposing prince who talks himself into love] Originally titled "Villainess, Make Your Move." Revised irregularly. Thank you for supporting the official release!

Reborn as a wicked supporting female character with a tragic ending, Bu Sang Sang has only two goals: stay alive and keep her whole family safe.

Prince Qian, Chu Zheng, is the ideal husband coveted by every noblewoman in the capital, but Bu Sang Sang avoids him as if he were a disaster. The prince's residence holds deadly things like military tallies and defense maps. If she gets involved with any of them, her entire family will be executed.

But this fearsome prince has a heart full of twists and turns. To keep the woman he loves from being persecuted by a wicked supporting character like her, he goes to great lengths to keep an eye on her.

Bu Sang Sang speaks from the heart as she advises him: "Instead of beating around the bush, protect her by staying close. Whether or not she has someone she loves, you can still marry her. With your qualities, it's only a matter of time before she falls for you."

Chu Zheng finds her advice very convincing.

She has barely stepped through her family home's front door when an imperial edict arrives at the Bu residence.

The news of their marriage spreads, and the capital erupts in uproar. One noblewoman even comes to the door to sneer that the marriage is like a beautiful flower stuck in a pile of cow dung, with Bu Sang Sang as the dung. Little does she know that this pile of dung has no interest whatsoever in that precious flower.

Prince Qian, Chu Zheng, was born noble and commanded respect even when he was not angry.

Four years after coming of age, he had never shown any interest in a woman. His imperial brother worried himself sick over it and bluntly said, "If you have some ailment, you can simply tell me the truth."

Chu Zheng replied, "Your younger brother has no such ailment. You needn't trouble yourself."

Chu Zheng thinks he should marry a well-bred lady from a distinguished family, live in harmony with her, and treat each other with respect.

He has heard about the reputation of Minister Bu's family for years. The Minister of Revenue is good at raising sons, but not daughters. The infamous "Two Buffoons" are hated by both people and ghosts, as everyone in the capital knows.

Whenever the empress chose a consort for him, she would immediately strike the Bu family's daughters from the list. He never objected.

It was rare to meet her, and she certainly opened his eyes.

In his view, she would stop at nothing to marry him. She deliberately engineered several occasions for them to touch, hinted to him outright that he should marry her, and even went so far as to drug him.

Fortunately, he was interested too.

Can't own up to what you did? No matter. There's plenty of time.

On their wedding night, Chu Zheng leisurely unties his belt.

Bu Sang Sang: "You're making a huge sacrifice for the heroine, aren't you?"

To avoid consummating the marriage, she desperately heaps praise on him, saying he's a true gentleman, steadfast in the face of temptation.

Chu Zheng nods and says, "I had no idea I was so wonderful in your eyes. I knew you had feelings for me."

Bu Sang Sang: "?? How did that aloof prince from before turn into such a scoundrel?"

Chu Zheng continues, "But these virtues are of no use between husband and wife."

Bu Sang Sang: "I don't like you."

Chu Zheng: "That's all right. We can fall in love over time."

Only later does she realize that his supposed disinterest in desire was all an act. Every day, he tries to squeeze into her room. When she kicks him out, he can come up with a hundred excuses to return. At night, he even puts an erotic manual on the table and studies it like official documents.

Before meeting Bu Sang Sang, Chu Zheng was courteous and distant with everyone, his heart as still as water. After meeting her, he learns to be shameless, whisper sweet nothings, and cling to her, all without a teacher.

"Now that we're married, you can only like me."

Countless noble ladies hope to win his favor, but he gives all his possessiveness and devotion exclusively to Bu Sang Sang, who only wants to run away and stay alive.

[Reading Guide]

1. Both leads are adults. One-on-one romance. After transmigrating, the heroine has an 18-year-old body and the mind of an adult who has just graduated from university. The hero is 24, and their mental ages are similar.

2. Heroine | Survival-first fun-seeker | Wild imagination | Perpetually cursed with bad luck | Insists she has no feelings before romance

Hero | Proper and restrained | Secretly passionate, jealous king | The first to talk himself into love

Theme: An attraction that comes from the depths of the soul