[Soul Land II] A Dream of Hongchen

What kind of ending should a female supporting character in a novel get? Many female supporting characters fall into the role of a sacrificial villain after falling in love with the male lead, or with a supporting male character who loves the heroine. They die at the hands of the male lead or supporting male character, or lose everything and realize their mistakes. Plenty of others exist to take a bullet or bear the blame for the heroine for one reason or another. Meng Hongchen is an ordinary, yet extraordinary, female supporting character! As a supporting character, she has exceptional talent, a great family background, and beautiful looks, all of which are perfectly ordinary traits for such a character. What makes Meng Hongchen extraordinary is that she falls in love with the heroine! Or rather, she falls in love with the heroine while she's disguised as a man, and even throws up blood when she learns the heroine is a woman. When she transmigrates into Meng Hongchen, she initially has no desire to oppose the hero and heroine. Given her circumstances, she could easily enjoy a comfortable and secure life. But fate plays a cruel joke on her. Her father dies at the hands of the White Tiger Duke, and her mother takes her own life out of grief. Thanks to her mother's sacrifice, she and her brother gain an extremely powerful starting point, and both swear to avenge their father. And so Meng Hongchen sets out on a road of no return, opposing the hero. Whether it's a million-year soul ring or an Ice Jade Scorpion, she can't steal the hero's cheat abilities, nor does she want to. But she will never let him get his hands on the Sun Moon Empire's carving knife, the Snow Lady her brother bought at auction, the students and teachers of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, or the precious metals of the Mingde Hall! Girl, stake your life and declare war on fate. Strong female lead, wish fulfillment, golden finger. If you don't like that, don't read. Enter at your own risk!