The Badass Heroine Doesn’t Want to Be Famous

(August First's new novel, Let a Beagle Be the Mediator on a Villain Reality Show) After diligently completing her 999th quick transmigration mission, Shi Zhi could finally choose a world to retire in. Shi Zhi counted off her conditions on her fingers: She wanted to be beautiful, have a great figure, and be rich. Very, very rich. With dreams of a wonderful new life in her heart, she transmigrated into the heroine of an entertainment-industry wish-fulfillment novel. She was beautiful and had a great figure, but she had no money, a terrible reputation, and mountains of debt. Shi Zhi: ??? System: Host, charge ahead fearlessly! Get into catfights, put your rivals down, and hurry up! Once you become a top-tier star, the richest man's butler will discover you, and you'll inherit a fortune worth billions! Shi Zhi: Why go to all that trouble? I came here to retire. She went straight to the rich man's butler and asked, “Hey, don't I look like your late master's daughter?” And just like that, she got her hands on billions. Viewers noticed that Shi Zhi, a little-known actress plagued by scandals, had changed. She'd become lazy and blissfully unconcerned. While actresses from other agencies wore the skimpiest dresses and shivered in the cold, looking beautiful but freezing, she strolled down the red carpet bundled up in a puffer jacket like an old man taking a walk. Other entertainers were into either singing or dancing, or, at the very least, reading. Ask what they were reading, and the answer was always A Brief History of Time. Shi Zhi, on the other hand, said, “Fishing, chess, gardening.” She especially liked flowers, and having money to spend. Shi Zhi's manager figured there was no saving this actress; she was probably a lost cause. Shi Zhi planned to leave showbiz with her billions, sleep in a three-hundred-square-meter bed, and live an utterly ordinary life. Then she became famous. Millions of fans cheered her on. What a hidden gem! Miss Shi Zhi, you have to make it big! After all the twists and turns, had she ended up living like the heroine of a wish-fulfillment novel after all? [Synopsis written on April 18; screenshot saved.] The wacky fantasy novel Can a Fun-Loving Slacker Save the Cultivation World? is now available. The moment Ye Lanqiu transmigrated into a book and saw her own face, she knew she definitely wasn't some random passerby. Looking around at the stoic senior brother who cultivated the Heartless Dao, the junior sister who might be a hopeless romantic, and the outer-sect junior brother destined to rise from having a crippled spiritual root, Ye Lanqiu thought, “Ha! Every trope is stacked three deep. Whatever happens, we're doomed!” At least she'd arrived early. To avoid becoming a target for a stabbing, a wicked supporting female character, or the harem of a hot-blooded hero, Ye Lanqiu began frantically trying to save herself. Ye Lanqiu showed the icy senior brother some warmth, emphasizing the friendly bond between fellow disciples. The senior brother thawed. His expression softened, and Ye Lanqiu received homemade pills, handmade pastries, and several pairs of knitted gloves. Ye Lanqiu: What in the world? The Heartless Dao has turned into the Girly Dao! Ye Lanqiu collected stories from across the cultivation world about men killing their wives to achieve the Dao and stuffed them into her junior sister's hands. She warned her not to pick up strange men on the roadside. From then on, the junior sister drew her sword 0.3 seconds faster whenever she faced a man. Her heart was colder than someone who'd spent ten years gutting fish at a supermarket. When the hot-blooded junior brother was being bullied, Ye Lanqiu descended from the heavens to save the damsel in distress. The junior brother stared at her in a daze. “Who are you?” “Your life coach.” Ye Lanqiu grabbed a little blackboard and started drilling him on proper conduct for men. A man who doesn't respect himself is like rotten cabbage. At last, when the junior brother had pulled his clothes up to his throat and was doing his best not to show a scrap of skin, Ye Lanqiu finally got her script. Ye Lanqiu: Foolproof! I've got this. The script: “You are the savior of the cultivation world.” Ye Lanqiu: ... Huh? Me? Was she the real hot-blooded hero all along?! Ye Lanqiu had heard of people pretending to be weak while hiding their strength, but who could tell her what to do when the pig was actually a pig? Since everything was already a complete mess, Ye Lanqiu whistled at her sworn enemy, the genius sword cultivator. “You're always hanging around me. Don't tell me you have a crush on me?” The cool, aloof young man kept a straight face. Ye Lanqiu: Nice. The next second, a line of text drifted above his head: [Aaaah, the heroine found out! He likes you, he's crazy about you. Say the word and he'll be your most loyal dog in a heartbeat!] Ye Lanqiu: Nice. Later, Ye Lanqiu was surrounded by powerful friends and family, who joined forces and swept all before them. Ye Lanqiu: Now this feels like being a savior. Note: 1. The heroine grows stronger over time. She's very strong, and the strongest by the end. She's not actually a pig! Theme: Everyone is the protagonist of their own life