The Tragic Novel's Male Lead Came Back with Me

After successfully completing her transmigration mission, Gu Yunshi returned from an old-school angsty novel to her own world.

She'd gone from a washed-up movie queen in the book to a B-list actress in real life, with five property deeds as her mission reward. Gu Yunshi's attitude was clear: Why bother with the entertainment industry? Why bother dating? Wouldn't it be better to be an emotionless landlady, living off the rent and waiting to die?

Then one day, her agent smashed in her security door...

Shishi! Stop collecting rent and come shoot a magazine cover!

Shishi! Put down your instant noodles. A major variety show starts filming tomorrow, and you're a regular cast member!

Shishi! The director specifically asked for you to play the female lead. Get ready to join the cast!

???

Where are all these opportunities coming from?

Gu Yunshi: Can't a person just collect rent in peace?

After coming from the book into the real world, Chi Ziyang became a top movie star once again.

Holding his Oscar for Best Actor, he vowed to find the woman who had pulled him out of the abyss in the book.

When an accident happened on set, she shielded him from falling props.

When gossip reporters spread rumors, she took the brunt of the public backlash.

In the end, he became a movie star admired by millions, while she became a vicious woman condemned by everyone and ended her own life at home...

Only at the end of his life did Chi Ziyang realize that Gu Yunshi was the woman he loved most.

If he had the chance, he would love her properly.

Then one day, he saw Gu Yunshi crouching in a corner on set, munching on a sweet potato, and heard his heart beat again...

One day, a reporter photographed a B-list star and a top movie star entering an upscale residential complex one after the other...

Fans: Trying to ride my idol's coattails? Come out and get what's coming to you!

Haters: What a cheapskate. She can't even afford a hotel.

Netizens: Just taking a wild guess, Gu Yunshi will definitely come out and clarify that they're just friends.

Early the next morning, Chi Ziyang answered a reporter's question with an unruffled expression. He replied calmly, "No need to guess. I'm pursuing her."

The whole internet was wondering how the movie star, who was cold to every woman, would pursue a girl.

Only Gu Yunshi knew what he was like that night, clinging desperately to her door, all wolfish one moment and puppyish the next: "If you rent me the other half of the bed, I'll pay the rent with the rest of my life. How about it?"

Gu Yunshi: ...Why does this sound like a losing deal?

At the awards ceremony, first-time nominee Gu Yunshi won Best Actress. Asked about her biggest dream, she answered, "My biggest dream is to be a landlady, live off the rent, and wait to die."

In front of everyone, Chi Ziyang once again called his assistant, his face expressionless: "Buy ten more buildings. Right now!"

Reading guide:

1. A B-list actress who's a lazy landlady, happy to live off the rent and wait to die, x a devoted, single-minded movie star who dotes on his wife.

2. One-on-one romance, transmigrating back out of a book.

3. Sweet, sweet, and ridiculously sweet!

4. The male lead goes through hell to win back his wife.

Coming next: After My Own Father Handed Me Over to His Mortal Enemy.

After a car accident, Qiao Ning transmigrated into a cultivation novel, becoming the Demon Lord's beloved daughter.

To make his daughter happy, the Demon Lord once stormed Lingxiao Hall to steal the biggest immortal peach on the table.

When his daughter fell ill and wouldn't recover, the Demon Lord stayed by her bedside for seven days and seven nights without sleeping.

He even had the Demon Clan's Asura Hall redecorated to suit his daughter's tastes.

Qiao Ning thought she would enjoy a father's love in this life. But one day, she opened her eyes to find her Demon Lord father sitting by her bed, weeping bitterly.

Demon Lord: Daughter, this is all my fault. Starting tomorrow, you'll have to go cultivate on my mortal enemy's mountain.

Qiao Ning: ??? Dad, are you trying to get me killed?

With the blood of both demons and gods in her veins, Qiao Ning possessed the rarest Yuan Spirit Root in the world. Her talent for cultivation was unmatched, and her spiritual power was unparalleled.

But blessings and disasters go hand in hand. The Yuan Spirit Root had to be strengthened through constant cultivation, or a bolt of heavenly lightning could strike at any moment and destroy her body and soul.

The Demon Clan, however, was incapable of cultivation. The only person in the world who knew how to cultivate a Yuan Spirit Root was her father's mortal enemy: Shang Yuan, Dao Ancestor of the God Clan.

The Dao Ancestor of the God Clan rarely appeared, yet stories about him and Qiao Ning's father abounded throughout the world:

Her uncle from the Demon Clan: Shang Yuan is vicious. He slaughtered demons by the thousands. You've only survived all these years because your father protected you.

The Ghost King: Shang Yuan? Hah, that monster. Back then, he didn't even spare you when you were just born. He nearly killed you.

Granny from the Soul Realm: Do you know why the God Clan keeps giving us trouble? Because the Demon Lord is your unlucky dad. The world was peaceful thousands of years ago!

Remembering all their stories, Qiao Ning clutched her little bundle and knelt trembling before the Dao Ancestor's door.

She thought she would die by his sword as soon as he opened the door. But Shang Yuan, whom her relatives had described, turned out to be a gentle gentleman, handsome as jade.

Shang Yuan: From today on, you will call me Master.

Many years later, the Demon Lord's daughter changed her affiliation from the Demon Clan to the God Clan.

That day, the Demon Lord cried himself unconscious in Lingxiao Hall.

Reading guide:

1. A cultivation novel with plenty of made-up lore and a decidedly unserious tone.

2. Lighthearted and absurd, with plenty of wish fulfillment and satisfying moments.

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