Transmigrated as the Cannon-Fodder Female Lead in a Danmei Novel

【The new novel, To Ship Them, I Decided to Win Over the Immortal Venerable, is now available. Visit my author page to read it.】 Jin Xianyu transmigrated into an angsty, melodramatic danmei novel. The bottom in the secondary couple, Yu Longyao, was lowborn, beautiful enough to pass for a woman, calculating and slick. He was the novel’s big bad, the kind of villain who would smile as he destroyed you. The top, Xie Fuwei, was a distant and aloof immortal, lofty and untouchable, with a heart of crystal. Yu Longyao loved Xie Fuwei deeply. He committed countless atrocities in his life, but Xie Fuwei alone was the unattainable love he kept in his heart, the one person he could never speak of. And Jin Xianyu, as luck would have it, transmigrated into the role of Yu Longyao’s wife. A cannon-fodder female side character. A miserable cannon-fodder female side character who was doomed to be killed by Yu Longyao. So Jin Xianyu decided to make a move on Xie Fuwei, who was still straight at the time. Please note: 1. The heroine is an unparalleled beauty, and the novel may contain a great many descriptions of her appearance. 2. This story does not represent real life. The male characters in the novel are bisexual or pansexual by nature. See the author’s note in Chapter One for specific content warnings. 2020.6.19 Up next, Novel 1: To Ship Them, I Decided to Win Over the Immortal Venerable In the male-lead-centric novel The Way, Xia Lianqiao had three least-favorite characters. The first was the cannon-fodder third female lead who shared her name, Xia Lianqiao. The second was the vicious female supporting character, Sima Yuanheng. And the third was the heroine’s adoptive father, who broke up the CP she shipped with his own hands: Ling Chongxiao! Ling Chongxiao was arrogant, passionless, and devoid of desire, love, or hate. He oversaw the laws and punishments of the immortal sects. He was as beautiful as the moon amid flowers, yet cold as frost. He carried the divine sword Tiangang, and three thousand immortals had fallen beneath its blade. The male lead she shipped with the heroine, Bai Ji'an and Li Langyuan, were made for each other. But thanks to that ridiculous divide between mortals and immortals, they got a bad ending because Ling Chongxiao interfered! Breaking up my CP was unforgivable! Burning with indignation toward Ling Chongxiao, Xia Lianqiao transmigrated into the book as the cannon-fodder third female lead who shared her name. As the third female lead with a crush on the male lead, Xia Lianqiao spent her life after transmigrating into the book enjoying a happy existence filled with: “Aaaah, my CP is getting together!” “Waaah, can’t I ship them?! I’m shipping them, I’m shipping them!” She resolved to change the plot, defend her beloved CP at all costs, take down anyone who tried to split them up, and shove her couple all the way to the altar. As for Ling Chongxiao and Sima Yuanheng, she would take care of them herself! ** Everyone knew that the True Lord Ling Chongxiao, Jade Purity’s Mighty and Manifest Dao, was cold and heartless, a solitary figure. Three thousand immortals had fallen beneath his sword. He was a prodigy among the young generation of the immortal sects, a lofty mountain beyond reach, and someone everyone was afraid to criticize openly. One day, the protagonists Bai Ji'an and Li Langyuan finally turned against Ling Chongxiao to save their friend Xia Lianqiao, and stormed into his residence, the Transcendent Sky Hall, with swords drawn. Deep within the countless chambers, usually as pristine and cold as a hall of snow and ice, they found a familiar-looking girl imprisoned in a golden cage. Pearls lit the room like candles, and embroidered brocade covered the floor. The robe draped over her seemed to belong to Ling Chongxiao. The immortal-binding cord around her wrists seemed to be Ling Chongxiao’s. And the sword tassel tied around her ankle seemed to be his too. Even more horrifying were the little love bites dotting her neck and wrists. Bai Ji'an’s eye twitched. “...What did Ling Chongxiao do to you?” Xia Lianqiao, timidly: “Would you believe me if I said it wasn’t on purpose?” ** Xia Lianqiao: My CP is canon!! Li Langyuan, dazed: ...I think the idol I stan just had a scandal... Theme: Strive hard and never give up.