How to Become a Qualified Hero

Sneaking in a recommendation for my upcoming works, After the Second Male Lead Gets a Screw Loose and The Real Heiress Needs Support. Their blurbs are below. "Bows"

[Blurb]

Wen Xi stumbled across a novel that hurled a barrage of setup at readers right from the opening. After reading five chapters and thirty thousand words of setup, she finally couldn't take it anymore and left a bad review. Then, that very day, she transmigrated into a book and became the hero chosen by Heaven.

The System said she had to save the world. Wen Xi said, “Sure, I'll go slay the evil dragon!”

But then Wen Xi discovered that one of her teammates was descended from an evil dragon. She was doomed. She'd spent the whole journey going on and on about slaying evil dragons... The fact that she was still alive proved she really was Heaven's chosen hero.

So, was she still supposed to slay the evil dragon?

Dragon descendant: What do you think?

Wen Xi: I don't think violence solves anything. We should choose a more peaceful approach.

Dragon descendant: So how are you planning to save the world?

Wen Xi: How about we drag everyone into the novel's rabbit hole? If they get hooked on reading, they won't have time to fight. It's a brilliant idea.

Dragon descendant: ...That actually sounds pretty good.

And in the end, the world really was saved by a novel. Yay!

*The male lead is descended from an evil dragon.

*This is a short story.

*One-on-one romance, both leads' first love, and they only belong to each other, body and soul.

[Recommendations]

After the Second Male Lead Gets a Screw Loose

Tao Fangfei transmigrated into a romance novel as a cannon-fodder female side character and married the devoted second male lead, whose heart belonged only to the heroine. On their wedding day, the devoted second male lead stood in the rain for ages, because it was also the day the hero and heroine got engaged.

“You're nothing but a plaything. Don't dream of winning my love.” Tao Fangfei sat in the bridal chamber, waiting for the devoted second male lead to come back from the rain and say those words. But then...

“Why didn't you come comfort your little honey? You don't want your little honey anymore? Sob!” Someone burst in and suddenly wrapped their arms around Tao Fangfei's waist, rubbing their neck against hers with a pitiful look.

Tao Fangfei yanked off her veil and stared at the little honey who was well over six feet tall. Could this really be the devoted second male lead...? Weren't you supposed to be a cold-faced emperor who only showed his tender side to the heroine?!

“Young Madam, Young Master just got caught in the rain...”

All right, got it. This little honey had a screw loose.

“Listen, don't be a simp,” Tao Fangfei lectured him once they got closer.

“Little honey will be good! Little honey won't be a simp!” The devoted second male lead's eyes sparkled.

“Good. Also, don't call yourself little honey,” Tao Fangfei reminded him for what felt like the hundredth time.

“Sob, sob! Don't you love me anymore? Have you found another little cherry out there?” The devoted second male lead's eyes immediately turned red.

Tao Fangfei was exhausted.

Later, when she went to take down the white lotus younger sister who kept tripping her up, the heroine of the original novel, the devoted second male lead hugged her.

“Don't go! Don't you love your little honey anymore? Have you moved on already?! She's all you can think about now!”

“Let... go... of... me... I have to... take her down...” Tao Fangfei dragged the little honey, who was well over six feet tall, forward with great difficulty, stretching a hand toward the sky in despair.

She was even more exhausted.

The Real Heiress Needs Support

Ye Zhizhi's paper offerings shop was losing money and about to go under. Just when she was at her wit's end, her birth parents showed up and told her she was the real heiress of a wealthy family, switched at birth.

Since they were rich, surely they could support her paper offerings shop, right? Ye Zhizhi's eyes lit up, and she eagerly went back with them.

But just as Ye Zhizhi was planning which direction to expand the shop, her birth parents didn't give her a single cent! The fake heiress got plenty of pocket money! And with the paper offerings shop to support, Ye Zhizhi decided she needed to find a side job.

She'd start by catching ghosts! She could earn money by catching ghosts for people, then earn more by selling the ghosts. She really was a little genius! Huh? This rich man was popular with ghosts. If she stayed by his side, could she just wait for ghosts to come to her? And this rich man even offered to fund her paper offerings shop!

The Ye parents: “Just admit you were wrong, and maybe we'll give you a little of the Ye family's fortune someday.”

The fake heiress: “I'll ask Mom and Dad for you, and get my fiance to find you a proper job.”

A passing rich guy: “Master Zhizhi!”

The Ye family was dumbfounded. The person they wanted to suck up to was calling the Ye Zhizhi they looked down on “Master”? Wasn't Ye Zhizhi just an uneducated, money-grubbing country bumpkin?!

The next day, as her parents tearfully begged her to come back, Ye Zhizhi sneered. “Not a chance! They were the ones who refused to pay for my living expenses back then! The weather's getting cold. The Ye family should go bankrupt. Heh.”

*All the above stories are one-on-one romances, both leads' first love, and they only belong to each other, body and soul.

Theme: Stay optimistic and face hardships without fear