Second Male Lead's Dating System

Coming soon: Everyone's Cremation After My Tragic Death

---Synopsis---

As the ancients (ahem) once said: The male lead belongs to the heroine, but the second male lead belongs to everyone.

Shen Qingqing is a devoted fan of second male leads. Every day, she weeps over their passionate yet tsundere love, which is also just a little domineering.

One day, the mysterious [Second Male Lead Finds Love System] comes looking for her.

Shen Qingqing: "Why me?" Go on, praise me!

System: After receiving feedback (complaints) from several authors, we've found that your love for second male leads is so overwhelming that they feel guilty. The Authors' Alliance is sending you into the beta version of the Second Male Lead Finds Love System.

Shen Qingqing: What's a beta version?

System: ...Well, possibly, maybe, there could be bugs?

Shen Qingqing: I have something xxx to say. Should I say it or not?

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[The King Never Rises Early Again]

Emperor Yan loved talent and summoned the newly crowned top scholar to the imperial palace every day. The ministers were pleased, never suspecting that the scholar was actually a woman.

"Your Majesty, I have long admired General Gu. I beg you to grant us your blessing."

"I'll grant your wish, but who's going to grant mine?!"

The emperor flew into a rage and confined the scholar in the palace.

There was a consort in the harem, pretty but dim-witted, who was often used by others. One day, she tripped in front of Emperor Yan...

"Your Majesty, would you let me be the one to grant your wish?"

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[Childhood Sweethearts Can't Compete with a New Arrival]

A merchant family in the west of the city had a daughter who was breathtakingly beautiful and skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Before she was even born, she was promised in marriage to Lin Shiyun, the only son of the Lin family next door.

The people of the west side of the city all said it was a match made in heaven, perfectly suited to both families. The elders of the Lin and Shang families waited for the Shang girl to come of age. But when the day finally came, she eloped with a wandering swordsman.

A month later, Lin Shiyun took a maid in his household as a concubine. Another month passed, and he made her his principal wife.

Everyone in the west of the city sighed over the turn of events.

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[A Brother's Wife Is Off Limits]

Prince Ning was getting married, and his younger brother, Prince Chen, came to offer his congratulations.

"I wonder what my sister-in-law looks like?"

The Princess of Ning was cool and aloof. She looked at Prince Chen coldly.

Prince Chen fell in love at first sight.

The Princess of Ning had a younger sister who had been spoiled and willful since childhood, and was intensely jealous of her elder sister. One day, she tried to harm the Princess of Ning, but accidentally fell into the lake at the Prince of Ning's residence herself.

Prince Chen happened to be passing by and jumped into the lake to save her.

"I can only repay your life-saving kindness by marrying you," the woman said coyly. Prince Chen: I saved the wrong person.

"But you did save me, so I should repay you by marrying you," she said, batting her eyelashes.

Prince Chen shuddered and fled.

System: Host, you're being too aggressive. It won't help you complete the mission.

Three months later, Prince Chen went to the Princess of Ning's family home to ask for her hand in marriage.

Everyone's Cremation After My Tragic Death

Lin Nianyi was reborn. When she woke up again, she discovered that she was a cannon-fodder female character in a novel, there to serve as a contrast to the universally adored heroine.

Not only was she destined to die young, but her family, best friend, childhood sweetheart, and even the god she secretly loved would all gradually become blind to everyone but the heroine, cherishing her and becoming important allies in her fight against the villain later in the story.

Lin Nianyi fell ill and fainted in her room while her family celebrated the heroine's birthday.

Lin Nianyi got hurt at the sports meet while her best friend and childhood sweetheart comforted the heroine after she made a mistake.

Lin Nianyi gave her crush a love letter, but he handed it over to the heroine to win her favor.

In the end, Lin Nianyi's depression kept her from getting into college. While repeating her final year, she was bullied to death. The heroine appeared and sent the bullies to prison.

No one regretted Lin Nianyi's death or felt guilty. Every plot point existed only to portray the heroine as kind and beautiful inside and out.

And until the very moment she died, Lin Nianyi was still waiting for her family, best friend, and childhood sweetheart to come save her.

After living again, Lin Nianyi finally understood. The first thing she did was distance herself from the people who had hurt her.

She stopped sweetly calling them "Big Brother," stopped going to great lengths to prepare gifts for her best friend and childhood sweetheart, and stopped sparing her crush even a glance...

As time passed, everyone suddenly came to their senses and realized something was wrong with Lin Nianyi. They all found it strange.

"Nianyi, here's the birthday present I owe you, from your big brother."

"Nianyi, weren't we going to choose the liberal arts track together?"

"Nianyi, you're the one I love..."

Lin Nianyi watched it all with an expressionless face. She wanted nothing more to do with people who weren't worth it, and was even prepared to spend the rest of her life alone.

But then...

The day after she cut ties with her family, a domineering CEO publicly claimed her as his daughter.

The day after she turned down her crush's confession, the villain showed up with two identical college acceptance letters and stood in front of her.

"Lin Nianyi, from now on, I'm yours."

"Jiang Yu, who said I'm yours..." Lin Nianyi paused, stumbling over her words. "What did you say?"

Wait, that didn't happen in the book!

Wasn't the villainous final boss supposed to have nothing but a career storyline?!

Also known as:

"Everyone's Getting Cremated, Ashes and All"

"I Only Wanted to Be a Career Fan of the Villain, but He Wants to Ship Us"

Theme: Everyone deserves the chance to be loved