So She Was His Moonlight All Along

Jiang Xingxue had known since childhood that she was the doomed, early-dead childhood sweetheart in a body-double romance novel. Beautiful and gentle, cultured and refined, she was the male lead's beloved first love. She died a tragic death at the hands of the demon clan while saving him, becoming a wound that would never heal in his heart.

Jiang Xingxue was at a loss. Her useless childhood friend was actually the male lead in the book, and the boy who used to tug on her braids had secretly been in love with her?

Jiang Xingxue didn't want to die young, but if she went against the original plot, she would be struck by lightning. So, while getting zapped until she was crispy on the outside and tender within, she meekly followed the plot and searched for a way to break free.

At last, when she was seventeen, Jiang Xingxue used a bag of fake blood to "die" beneath the demon clan's sword. As the male lead wept in utter grief, she finally escaped the shackles of the plot.

Next came the story of the tenacious, resilient heroine saving the male lead. Jiang Xingxue swept away the thunderbolts and took back control of her life, secretly watching the drama unfold from the sidelines.

The male lead met the heroine, mistook her for a substitute, and braved life and death with her. He fell for her, then came to Jiang Xingxue's grave to repent...

Everything followed the original plot, but Jiang Xingxue never expected that the first person to come to her grave and repent wouldn't be the male lead. It would be the villain who had stabbed her to death.

The most handsome and wicked villain stood rigidly before her grave for a long time. Then he dropped to his knees with a thud, pulled spirit money, rouge, and clothes from his bag, and sobbed as he burned them. "Please, rest in peace. Stop haunting me in my dreams! Amen, Amitabha!"

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Jing Xuan was in despair after transmigrating into a book as its major villain. He had been a model student his entire life, never smoked or drank, and had no bad habits. After working hard to pass the civil service exam, he transmigrated into a fantasy world, where he was immediately greeted by a horde of bizarre demon underlings.

Some had horns, some had scales on their faces, and some had crooked noses and slanted eyes. Every morning, Jing Xuan had to spend half an hour psyching himself up before he dared open his eyes.

Living among monsters was bad enough, but he also had to follow the plot and play the big villain. If he disobeyed, he'd get electrocuted.

Jing Xuan was helpless. Jing Xuan fought back. Jing Xuan got electrocuted. Jing Xuan gave in.

Finally, after killing a character with his own hands, Jing Xuan, who had grown up in a society governed by the rule of law, broke down. He couldn't sleep at night and tossed and turned.

To ease his pain, he often went to pay his respects at the grave of the beloved first love he'd killed.

Then one day, after finishing his tearful confession, he turned around and saw the person he'd killed with his own hands standing before him, smiling brightly.

A ghost! Aaaahhh!

Jing Xuan's vision went black, and he fainted.

Black-hearted sweetheart with a dramatic contrast x outwardly cold, inwardly warm, meek and timid (not really) male lead who transmigrated into a book

Jing Xuan: Why the hell do I have to write the male lead a taunting letter?!

Jiang Xingxue (snatching the pen): Are you writing it or not? If you won't, I will!

Jing Xuan (sniffling): ...I'll write it.

Theme: Stay true to yourself and never let hardship defeat you.