The Substitute Side Character Won't Play Along

Thanks for supporting the official release, cuties! My new novel, White Moonlight Breaks Out of Her Coffin, is now underway. Visit my author page for a dose of joy! Sheng Mingyao is a substitute used to torment the heroine in a cruel romance novel. As the substitute supporting female character, Sheng Mingyao achieves the following: Her master brings her in to take a sword strike meant for the heroine. She cuts out her heart for her senior brother. Her sect abandons her and sacrifices her to the greatest swordsman next door. The Demon Lord treats her as a substitute and torments her in every way... After a perfect series of self-destructive choices, she wakes with her memories and gradually returns to the very beginning of her life as Sheng Mingyao: ... Actually, I'm not that attached to this world, so why don't we all have another round of inner demons together??? ※ However, just as Sheng Mingyao decides to stop acting like a person... Her cold and heartless master: Actually, you're the disciple I'm proudest of. Her gentle, flirtatious senior brother: I won't pay attention to anyone else anymore. Yaoyao, could you say one more thing to me? The arrogant greatest swordsman in the world: There are only three things in this world: you, the sword, and everyone else. The mercurial Demon Lord: A-Yao, hug me. Seeing this, the blind "little demonkin" darkened his gaze and whispered obediently in her ear... "Sister A-Ming, I eat very little, and I'm more obedient than they are. So don't keep them. Keep only me, okay?" Sheng Mingyao: Heh. There's no way in hell I'm believing you lousy men again! * The heroine's mouth runs away with her from time to time. * The timeline runs backward; the story will explain why. * The male lead is a scheming sweetheart at heart. He loves only the heroine and knows how to play the pitiful card. ※ Weibo: Shenxian Baobei Paixingxing After Mistaking the Villain, I Won Him Over [Blurb] Jiang Yuedie transmigrates into a book. She's not the heroine, the second female lead, or the white moonlight. She has transmigrated into a cannon-fodder character with a one-sided crush on the male lead. The moment she opens her eyes, she's in danger, nearly out of health, and surrounded by a chilling, ghostly aura. When the male lead comes to rescue her, Jiang Yuedie immediately makes it clear she has nothing to do with him. "Actually, I'm in love with your junior brother, Wen Lianggu." She thinks a gentleman like the male lead would never press her for details, but before Jiang Yuedie can breathe a sigh of relief, the man, as serene as a breeze beneath a clear sky, gives a soft laugh. "How much do you love him?" Jiang Yuedie: ? "If you can't put it into words..." He pauses, drawing the tip of his sword down from her shoulder, his smile warm. "Why not let me cut out your heart and see?" Jiang Yuedie: ???!!! Only later does she learn the truth. The person who came to save her that day wasn't the male lead, but his junior brother. Wen Lianggu, the gentle, devoted and utterly selfless supporting male character in the original novel. * No big deal. She can still keep her head down and survive. Jiang Yuedie stands on a pavilion in her wedding dress, holding a wedding ball. This is the final plot point in her character bio. She gives a little wave and tosses the ball. It arcs perfectly through the air, but just as it's about to land on the male lead's head... It swerves. ...And hits his junior brother, Wen Lianggu. Jiang Yuedie, who was just about to run away: ? Why is it you again? She turns to look at him, baffled. The man, clad in white like the bright moon and a gentle breeze, rolls the wedding ball between his fingertips. Their eyes meet, and he smiles tenderly at her. At the same time, a voice rings in her mind... [Congratulations, Host, on unlocking a hidden quest] [Please win over this world's most powerful villain, Wen Lianggu] "I know you want to go home." In a sea of blood, Wen Lianggu's white robes are drenched in red. Yet he pays no heed to what's behind him. He gazes at Jiang Yuedie with curved eyes, smiling as tenderly as he did when they first met. "Come, kill me." He offers her the hilt of his knife and closes her hand around it with a smile. "Then you can go home." Theme: Stay committed to the socialist path, hold fast to your convictions, and never give up on yourself.