A Cannon Fodder's Guide to Going Viral [Book Transmigration]

Xue Li is a koi spirit. After failing her tribulation, she transmigrates into a book as a doomed starlet.

The original heroine has a lover she adores. She gives him everything, only to be framed by him and meet a tragic end.

After transmigrating into the book, Xue Li marries a small-time influencer in a whirlwind wedding to foil her scumbag lover's schemes.

Later, the reality show featuring Xue Li and her influencer husband becomes an online sensation, and work offers pour in.

Xue Li always thinks it's all thanks to her koi luck.

Until one day, at a press conference, her influencer husband sits beside the newly crowned richest man and calls him "Dad."

Xue Li: "Wwwwwwhat?"

Please add my new story, I Heard the Actor Has a Crush on Me, to your reading list~

Synopsis: Xu Wanyang, a little-known actress, signs up for an immersive mystery reality show. Neither the director nor the guests are well known.

Xu Wanyang is prepared to coast through it, but during the filming of the first episode, the award-winning actor Yuan Chuanlin makes a surprise appearance. The two are cast as a couple with a tragic ending, forcing Xu Wanyang to bring out every bit of her acting talent.

After the show airs, viewers devastated by the case transfer their feelings to the couple, and the "Xu Yuan CP" becomes a huge hit.

The laid-back Xu Wanyang watches her follower count shoot up and starts to panic. She bribes the production team to give her the role of Yuan Chuanlin's sworn enemy in the next episode. At the end of the show, Yuan Chuanlin personally plunges the "knife" into Xu Wanyang's heart.

The viewers, stunned by the twist, start talking nonsense.

Viewer 1: Tragic romance is the best!

Viewer 2: Mr. Yuan stabs her, then turns around and kisses her.

Viewer 3: The show may have ended tragically, but the two of them are cuddled up together in real life.

Xu Wanyang looks at the man beside her in alarm. "We weren't secretly photographed, were we?"

"Can you focus?" Yuan Chuanlin takes her phone, then grabs her slender wrist, sounding displeased.

Xu Wanyang: "..."

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Xu Wanyang thinks she and Yuan Chuanlin are just a brief fling born of loneliness, and that they should quietly part ways when the show ends.

However, on the day of the finale, someone digs up a video of Xu Wanyang competing in high school. The young Yuan Chuanlin, a backup dancer, crouches in a corner, tracing the girl's shadow with his fingertips.

Overnight, every major platform is plastered with the trending topic #YuanChuanlinHasACrushOnXuWanyang.

Xu Wanyang: It must be fake. I'll wait for a clarification.

Yuan Chuanlin: I happened to meet a peerless beauty in my youth, @XuWanyang, and from then on, I started honing my acting skills.

Netizens: What the hell?!

Xu Wanyang: ???

Please add my upcoming story, The High-Maintenance Beauty Goes Viral on a Dating Show, to your reading list.

Synopsis: The little actress Yu Xi collapses while filming. When she wakes up, she becomes aware of herself and realizes she's a high-maintenance, pretty-but-useless character in a book.

According to the plot, she is about to join an outdoor competition reality show with the heroine. At first, the male guests flock around her because of her peerless beauty. But soon her true nature is exposed: lazy, fussy, and stupid... Her behavior makes the heroine seem beautiful and kind, while Yu Xi's own image crumbles. In a fit of rage, she dies of a heart attack.

Yu Xi: "..."

Yu Xi switches to a livestreamed dating show overnight. She's doomed to die early anyway, so she just wants to lie flat and enjoy looking at handsome men.

Before the dating show begins, netizens say: Who is Yu Xi, some no-name actress? Please stay away from my idol.

In the first episode, a clip of Yu Xi sunbathing in a lounge chair without makeup goes viral across the internet.

Netizens: Holy crap! She's stunning! I can get behind this! Move aside, handsome guy, my turn!

In the initial vote, Yu Xi casually votes for Male Guest No. 1.

In the end, No. 1 gets three votes and can't hide his smugness. "You should all praise me. I'll pick whoever compliments me best."

Yu Xi: I refuse to compete. I'll abstain.

Male Guest No. 2 goes on a date with Yu Xi and buys her an outfit so tacky it's beyond belief.

No. 2 even lectures her: "Pretty girls should be careful when they go out. Otherwise, you're the ones who'll suffer."

Yu Xi: "Boys should be careful at all times. Then girls won't have to worry just because they're wearing clothes."

Netizens: [Such a pretty girl, what a shame she has a mouth.]

[Yu Xi is just like me. What a great comeback!]

[Hope they bring in a male guest who can put Yu Xi in her place.]

The last mysterious guest makes an early surprise appearance. It's the newly famous top-tier star Qi Yicheng, who is also the original male lead's older brother.

Yu Xi takes one look at him and thinks, Oh, isn't this the "ex-boyfriend" I used to work with?

Before entering the entertainment industry, Yu Xi pretended to be Qi Yicheng's girlfriend to fend off admirers, but he still hasn't paid her the promised fee.

Yu Xi finds everything about Qi Yicheng irritating, but the once-cold, aristocratic young master seems to have become a different person.

Yu Xi glances at a glass of water, and Qi Yicheng brings her the natural spring water he prepared.

Yu Xi rubs her stomach, and Qi Yicheng cooks her a Michelin-level meal.

Yu Xi massages her head, and Qi Yicheng offers her soothing essential oils.

The netizens are amused: This counts as a way of "putting her in her place." Let's see her talk back now.

Until one day, during a truth-or-dare segment, Yu Xi draws a task: The one thing you most want to say to an ex.

Yu Xi: "You lousy ex. You owe me money and won't pay me back."

As soon as she finishes speaking, Qi Yicheng pulls out a bank card and slips it into her hand. "I'll give you my whole salary."

Everyone: What the hell? You two are exes?!

Theme: Love stands stronger than stone