After the Substitute Villainess Treats Four Male Leads as Replacements

Lin Zhizhi transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder female supporting character. Because she looks a little like the heroine, several of the male leads use her as a substitute, exploiting her without a second thought before abandoning her, until the whole internet turns against her.

Then she gets bound to a female supporting character self-destruction System.

System: Be a good girl and follow the substitute-supporting-character plot!

Lin Zhizhi smiles. "Okay."

A substitute, huh? Then can I use them as stand-ins for my own fictional crushes?

Lin Zhizhi sets her sights on the heroine's unattainable dream guy, award-winning actor Lu Shubai.

So, on a popular dating reality show, she takes part in a heart-fluttering challenge with an obsessive, domineering CEO, playing his ex-girlfriend who is still deeply in love with him.

The man says coldly, "Remember, you're only her substitute!"

Lin Zhizhi recreates a confrontation scene from one of the actor's dramas, gazing forlornly at his back.

"That's right. I'm only a substitute."

The viewers: Aaaah, she loves him so much!

System: ...Why does something feel off?

She role-plays with a cunning director, gazing warmly into his eyes and asking softly, "Hey, want me to help you win over Sister Nan Zhizhi?"

The man smiles, grips her arm hard, and leans in to whisper, "I told you, you're not worthy of saying her name."

Lin Zhizhi silently recalls a line from one of the actor's dramas and murmurs helplessly, "You're right. How could I be worthy?"

The viewers: She's so devoted. That's exactly how I look when I'm secretly in love with someone.

System: Damn it, what is she up to?

Paired with a proud, puppy-like young man, Lin Zhizhi follows the plot and slips effortlessly into the role of Wen Nanzhi. He plays along obediently, only to realize afterward that he's mistaken her for someone else.

"Lin Zhizhi, you! How dare you deceive me?!"

Lin Zhizhi gazes at him sadly. "Yes, I deceived you. Why couldn't you deceive me, too?"

Not only is the System scratching its head, but the viewers in the livestream are also beginning to feel that something is off.

[Comments: That's weird. Let's keep watching.]

[Comments: Damn, Lin Zhizhi is seriously strange?!]

After these men have all convinced themselves that they love her and decide to graciously accept her, Lin Zhizhi looks at them with a hint of apology and sorrow.

"I'm sorry. I understand now. In the end, none of you are Lin Xianqing, Chen Xingtan, or Lu Chaoqi."

The male leads' eyebrows twitch sharply at her words.

Who... who?!

[Comments: What the hell, those are the male leads from several of award-winning actor Lu Shubai's hit dramas!]

That's a real stab in the heart!

[Comments: This dating show is completely ridiculous!]

[Comments: Wow, you guys were using her as a substitute, but Lin Zhizhi is way more up to date. She was using you as the male leads in TV dramas to indulge her fictional crushes!]

[Comments: Recreating the scenes in real life, for the full 3D experience.]

[Comments: So the CP I shipped really did break up?]

Even the System is stunned. "Wasn't I telling you to follow the substitute-supporting-character plot?!"

Lin Zhizhi looks innocent. "Didn't I follow the substitute-supporting-character plot? Didn't I?"

The System is so angry it bangs its head on the floor.

What the hell kind of supporting-character plot is this? How did all those male leads end up as your substitutes?!

By the time several episodes of Love's Journey had aired, Lin Zhizhi hadn't been canceled at all. Instead, she had become a sensation across the internet, appearing in every CP fan community. While fans of each couple insisted their own CP was the real deal and shouted excitedly as they gobbled up every sweet moment...

That night, award-winning actor Lu Shubai posted on Weibo.

Lu Shubai V:

[Image] @LinZhizhizhizhizhi

Because of you, I believe in the divine again.

The whole internet erupted. Viewers were left reeling.

The CP I shipped finally broke up, but I think I might have found a new one.

P.S. This is a one-on-one romance. The male lead is award-winning actor Lu Shubai.

Coming soon: I'm Turning Trash into Treasure on a Galactic Livestream

Veteran mechanic Song Yu is transported to the interstellar era overnight. She inherits a mech scrapyard on the verge of closing down and... a StarNet livestream account.

Her username is outrageously bold: Interstellar Number One Scrap Dealer.

A few interstellar netizens who happen to pass by are thoroughly scornful.

"You livestream while collecting scrap? Is anyone going to watch that?"

"Interstellar number one? I'm reporting you!"

Before long, Song Yu goes viral thanks to her sharp tongue and astonishing modification skills.

"Someone recommended this channel just so I could learn how the streamer roasts people."

"Let's see what good stuff the streamer can dig up today."

A comment from an account called Interstellar's Number One Mech Engineer cuts in.

[Interstellar's Number One Mech Engineer] sent [Sea of Stars] x666

"Streamer, are you taking apprentices? You're better than the mech instructors at Imperial Star Military Academy!"

Interstellar netizens: ??? Come on, that's a bit much.

No matter how amazing the streamer is, can she really be better than the top military academy?

Then someone clicks on the commentator's profile. StarNet verified: Zheng Yang, Mech Engineering Department, Imperial Star Military Academy.

Zheng Yang, from the interstellar tycoon Zheng family?

Interstellar netizens: Wow, he's the real deal!

So what kind of big shot is the streamer?

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As the real heiress abandoned by a family of mech engineers, Song Yu enrolls in the armored infantry program to keep her identity from being exposed. But she still has to grow her scrapyard into a thriving business.

During the military academy league livestream, students from all the schools are mingling amicably, when someone who clearly doesn't fit in appears among them.

Song Yu threads her way through the crowd with a stack of business cards, slipping one into each person's chest pocket from time to time. She adds a sweet wink. "Scrap can be treasure. Sell it to me and you'll make money. Looking forward to hearing from you!"

Everyone: Is this a military academy league or a massive scrap-trading convention?

Quite a few people think of the mysterious streamer who's taken the interstellar world by storm. They're both scrap dealers, but surely they can't be the same person. That streamer is a veteran mech engineer, after all.

Everyone expects the perennially last-place Teser Military Academy to be eliminated again, but under the leadership of this eccentric student council president, they make it all the way to the finals.

Then, when a 3S-level star beast appears unexpectedly at the finals and the students can barely move under its pressure, Song Yu steps forward with a sigh.

She casually raises a hand, and the enormous star beast is flung to the ground. Only her glowing blue eyes reveal that the terrifying mental power just now came from her.

[???]

[Am I watching a livestream or a recording of a full-dive game?]

[There's only one family in the whole interstellar world whose members' eyes turn blue when their mental power surges, right?]

[Tsk, I'm tagging the Song family. Just curious, how do you feel about sending your real daughter to a remote planet and doting on a fake heiress now?]

The Song family: ...

Don't ask. They're currently arranging the funding to research a time-reversal machine.

Theme: Independence and clear-headedness.