The Cannon Fodder Female Lead Successfully Stops the Second Male Lead from Turning Evil

[Next up: Sweetness Settled in My Heart and After Becoming the Heroine of a Tragic Romance, I Drove the Second Male Lead to Darkness. Please add them to your favorites~]

Blurb:

Yan Lingshu woke up to find she'd become a cannon-fodder supporting actress in a sweet romance novel, a character not even worthy of a name. The second male lead, Gu Huaijin, was the current emperor. Under pressure, he made Yan Lingshu, whose appearance most closely resembled the heroine, Yu Wanrong, his empress.

In the original story, Gu Huaijin was heartbroken because he couldn't have the heroine. He pined for her every day and neglected state affairs. In the end, he turned evil and imprisoned her, provoking the male lead to rebel. The impoverished and weakened Jin Dynasty eventually fell, plunging the realm into chaos.

Yan Lingshu thought of her original body's fate: an arrow through the heart after the palace gates were breached. She fell silent.

Was there still time to save the second male lead?

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As emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Gu Huaijin was brilliant and cared about the people. All he wanted was to focus on governing.

But under the pressure of the world, he was forced to spend every day revolving around a woman who didn't love him.

No matter what he tried, Gu Huaijin couldn't escape this puppet-like life.

It wasn't until the empress he'd treated as a "substitute" appeared at his side that he found a brief respite.

Later, he discovered that being close to Yan Lingshu could temporarily free him from this oppression.

He thought his feelings for her were nothing but a matter of necessity. He wouldn't let himself get caught up in romance again.

But why, after diligently attending court, did Yan Lingshu treat him with increasing coldness? Why was she even so magnanimous as to help arrange for the palace maidens to enter the palace?

Gu Huaijin was furious, furious enough to want to tie her to his side and never let her out of his sight.

Only later did he understand that even if he and Yan Lingshu were in love, it wouldn't stop him from governing the nation and bringing peace to the realm.

Because they loved each other.

A little scene:

Ever since Gu Huaijin realized he had fallen for Yan Lingshu, all he wanted was to cuddle up with her.

But after he held her for only a little while, Yan Lingshu said, "Your Majesty, it's time to review the memorials!"

He had barely kissed her when Yan Lingshu said, "Your Majesty, the Grand Preceptor has urgent matters to discuss with you!"

He had just started to get close to her when Yan Lingshu said, "Your Majesty, an urgent report from the frontier!"

Gu Huaijin: …

Reading guide: 1v1, alternate universe, one true love, sweet romance

Blurb dated 2020/11/6

Coming next:

Pre-release 1: Sweetness Settled in My Heart

1. Xu Ying heard a rumor that Wen Yuan, her childhood friend and the man she'd secretly loved for years, had finally realized how devoted she was and planned to confess to her publicly at her birthday banquet.

Xu Ying was overjoyed and dressed up carefully. But just as Wen Yuan was about to confess, the woman he'd always cherished, his former white moonlight, suddenly returned from abroad uninvited.

The moment she appeared, Wen Yuan ignored Xu Ying's pleas, took back the ring he'd intended to give her, and left with his former love, leaving Xu Ying humiliated in front of everyone.

Just as the room fell silent and the awkwardness reached its peak, Mu Tingzhi, president of Shengda Entertainment, approached Xu Ying with a bouquet and a diamond ring, dropped to one knee, and proposed!

After this, Xu Ying's heart for Wen Yuan had turned to ash. Looking at the man before her, handsome, bright, noble, and proud, with a gaze so tender it seemed to melt her, she paused for a moment, then accepted.

Xu Ying assumed Mu Tingzhi had only helped her out of kindness on a whim. Before long, he would call off the engagement himself.

After all, the two of them had only met a few times.

But she waited and waited, and even after they got married, he never once mentioned calling off the engagement.

2. Mu Tingzhi had secretly loved Xu Ying for years. He'd carved her into his heart back in that bright, sweltering summer, and his feelings had never wavered. But she'd forgotten him long ago, leaving no trace of him in her world for years.

She didn't know how hard he'd worked to become worthy of her or how much effort he'd put in. Even every time they met had been carefully arranged by him.

3. Wen Yuan's former white moonlight abandoned him once again. After a long period of despair, he finally realized that Xu Ying was the only one who truly loved him, without holding anything back.

Even knowing she now had someone else by her side, he was certain Xu Ying would eventually return to him.

But later, Xu Ying stood beside that exceptionally handsome man and refused to look at Wen Yuan again.

A little scene: After everyone had left the birthday banquet, only Mu Tingzhi and Xu Ying remained, drinking together.

After a few rounds, remembering how decisively Wen Yuan had left, Xu Ying couldn't stop her eyes from reddening. She wept softly, "In the end, my unrequited love came to nothing."

Mu Tingzhi wiped away her tears without answering. His gaze was deep, his resolve firm: My unrequited love will surely bear fruit.

Pre-release 2: After Becoming the Heroine of a Tragic Romance, I Drove the Second Male Lead to Darkness

Jiang Lian inexplicably became bound to a "Tragic Romance Experience System" and found herself as Jiang Lian, the stand-in for the white moonlight in an old-fashioned tragic romance. The male lead would torment her in body and soul.

To stay alive, she had no choice but to diligently play Jiang Lian, who remained devoted to the male lead no matter how he treated her.

Since she was bound to the male lead and could only be with him, she didn't dare to get involved with anyone else.

But later, as she watched Wei Heng, the original story's second male lead, always standing at her side and never letting her suffer the slightest harm, she couldn't help falling for him.

At the palace banquet, she watched the male lead send her off to marry into another kingdom for the sake of his white moonlight. When they were both captured by bandits, he chose the white moonlight without hesitation when forced to pick one of them. And when the white moonlight framed her time and again while the male lead blindly believed her, Jiang Lian felt not a ripple of emotion. It was simply because she didn't love him.

But after trying countless ways to be with Wei Heng and still failing, Jiang Lian finally understood: The Tragic Romance Experience System hadn't lied to her! This heartbreak was killing her.

Later, unable to have her because he loved her, Wei Heng began to turn evil and simply imprisoned her.

Wei Heng: "As long as you don't leave me, I don't care if you hate me." Then he pulled her into his arms and claimed her, no matter the cost.

Jiang Lian could only struggle wildly, forced by her character setting.

But inside, she was thinking: Beautifully done!

When the two finally got together, she asked Wei Heng why he'd fallen in love with her when she'd never dared to approach him.

Wei Heng replied, "Even if you do nothing, just standing there is enough to tempt me."

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