In her previous life, Qin Susu was a stand-in for the female lead. She fell off a cliff and died.
Only as she lay dying did she learn that she was merely a cannon-fodder supporting character in a novel, and that her death hadn't been an accident.
She woke from a nightmare and returned to five years ago, the day her agent forced her to join a dating reality show to ride the coattails of top-tier star Tang Qingjun, only for her to be vilified across the internet and the show to be snatched away.
This time, she joined the show without a hitch.
The top-tier star's fans were a force to be reckoned with, and the comments mocking Qin Susu were plentiful.
[Qin Susu is a broke nobody, way below the 108th tier, and she still gets to join a dating show with our idol? Feel so bad for him.]
[They say she even makes her assistant kneel to serve her tea. This diva needs to get out of showbiz already!!!]
[It's fine. They say our idol likes aloof divas (not) like her. She doesn't fit the type.]
But the more the fans watched, the more they felt something was off.
The idol, who was usually as cold as ice toward women, kept asking after Qin Susu, even though she was clearly pretending to fall and making a fuss over nothing.
When Qin Susu deliberately fell into a pond, he jumped in without a word to save her.
When Qin Susu deliberately smashed the food in her bowl, he gave her his own rations after a full day's work.
The fans were all stunned...
Wasn't he supposed to be immune to women?!
They rushed to their keyboards to defend him: It's not that our idol can't control himself, it's that Qin Susu is a scheming diva who's way too good at this, and terrifying!!
After the dating show ended, the fans thought their idol would finally go back to normal. Who could have guessed he'd actually start dating that diva in real life!!!!!
The idol appeared on a talk show, and the host asked why he was with Qin Susu.
The idol: Because she's innocent and sincere!
Fans: ??? Someone get us the best eye doctor, right now. We'll pay for our idol's appointment and medical bills.
Later, the show released behind-the-scenes footage:
[Show challenge: Jump into the pond and catch fish. Catch the heaviest fish to win tonight's feast.]
Qin Susu: I can't swim. I can eat grass. If you want a feast, go catch the fish yourself. I'm just going through the motions and watching.
Then Qin Susu tripped over a cable from the filming equipment and fell into the pond.
The idol jumped in to catch fish, but realized Qin Susu really couldn't swim, so he swam over to rescue her.
The idol pulled Qin Susu from the water, and she was still clutching a big silver carp.
A sweet romance about a beautiful, scheming supporting actress who unexpectedly wins herself an idol, and a fake relationship that turns real.
Theme: Work hard at life and keep improving every day.