Beat the Hero of That Live-In Son-in-Law Novel

Yue Hongyu is washing her sword. A red mole at the corner of her eye is as crimson as blood, like a fresh, vivid grain of cinnabar. She just won a fight. Winning is part of her daily life, and something she must do, because she's one of the finest swordsmen in the world. She doesn't want to be one of them. She wants to be the best. Just then, a creature called a System finds her and tells her she's a supporting female character in a son-in-law novel. The male lead, An Xuecai, transmigrates from another world. Though born poor and reduced to the status of a live-in son-in-law, he rises above his circumstances, crushing and humiliating his father-in-law's family, and taking five stunning concubines. Yue Hongyu is one of the five concubines who actively beg to be taken in. A concubine? One of five? Begging to be taken in? Yue Hongyu narrows her eyes dangerously, thinking she might as well kill this ridiculous System. System: No, no, please put away that 40-meter greatsword. The System is here to give her a cheat. With this cheat, Yue Hongyu won't be dumbed down by the male lead's halo, and she'll also be able to save the other women who have been affected. Yue Hongyu decides to give this cheat a try. The original female lead, Ye Ningshuang, has been married to the male lead for seven years. She thinks marrying An Xuecai was a blessing she earned in her previous life. An Xuecai has risen to great success, yet still lets her keep her place as his primary wife. She sees this as a great kindness from him. Sometimes Ye Ningshuang remembers how she used to argue with An Xuecai about taking concubines and changing her surname. She berates herself for being ungrateful, and can't help wondering: What was I thinking back then? Until one day, Yue Hongyu lifts the male lead's mind-dulling halo from her. Ye Ningshuang: I'm divorcing him! Reader's Guide: The female lead is a supporting character. She has a limited presence early on, but gets more scenes as the story develops. The various supporting female characters get plenty of screen time, and each has her own story. Some are good, some are bad. Upcoming Story: Giving the Scheming Male Side Character a Ridiculous Persona Feng Niannian opens her eyes and finds herself transmigrated into a book as the nominal fiancee of Murong Chen, a popular cannon-fodder male side character with the same name as her. Murong Chen is beautiful and brooding. He went into qi deviation while training and becomes restless every so often. To ease Murong Chen's suffering, his family searches far and wide for a cultivator whose spiritual power can soothe him. At last, they find a useless female cultivator. Feng Niannian may be useless, but her spiritual spirit happens to be compatible with Murong Chen's and can soothe his agitated, tormented spiritual spirit. Thus, she becomes Murong Chen's nominal wife, serving as a treatment tool under the title of Madam Murong. But Murong Chen is arrogant and devious, unwilling to be controlled by anyone. He has never let Feng Niannian treat him. In the original book, Feng Niannian doesn't love this male lead's nemesis. Instead, she devotes herself to the righteous male lead, seeing him as her only light. But once the male lead falls in love with the female lead, Feng Niannian can't help doing some of the nasty things a villainess is supposed to do, and ends up being packaged off as cannon fodder along with Murong Chen. After transmigrating into the book, Feng Niannian decides to steer clear of the plot where she harms the female lead, reject the script where she admires the male lead, persuade Murong Chen to accept treatment, and help him become a decent person. Feng Niannian sums it up: If you're sick, get treated! To keep Murong Chen from becoming a target of public scorn, Feng Niannian racks her brains. After transmigrating, Feng Niannian puts her heart into it and creates one righteous, noble persona after another for Murong Chen. Murong Chen: Righteous and noble? That's obviously a ridiculous persona. Feng Niannian: It's righteous and noble with just a tiny bit of ridiculousness. Until the original righteous male lead senses something is wrong. When did Murong Chen become so popular that even flowers bloom at his feet, while the male lead himself fades into the background? Male Lead: Where's my protagonist halo? Where's my huge protagonist halo? Murong Chen: I actually didn't want this. My wife just gave me too many personas. At first, Murong Chen only wanted to enjoy the male lead and the others' livid faces as they tried and failed to expose his true nature. He had already resolved to do something bad. His righteous, noble persona was only temporary. As more and more people started following him, he wondered when he should take off his hypocrite's mask. But as he kept up the act, the original male lead broke character before he did. He looks at Feng Niannian's docile, harmless, fake-lazy face. His heart skips a beat, and he suddenly thinks it might not be so bad to keep pretending forever. Murong Chen, looking serious: Something must be wrong with me. Theme: Help people build a faith of their own, one that won't be shaken by others