I Became the Female Lead's Stepmother After Transmigrating Into a Novel

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Tao Jianshu transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder supporting female character engaged to the male lead.

The original Tao Jianshu had an unrequited love for her master, who was also the male lead, Song Yi, and met a miserable end.

As for Song Yi, of course he got his happy ending with his newly taken disciple, Yan Qingqing, her junior sister.

Tao Jianshu: ? Thanks, but no. I'm breaking off my engagement with my master from the start.

She keeps her distance from Song Yi, clings to her sect-leader father and protective older brothers, and contentedly becomes the family's darling.

She works hard to improve her cultivation, transforming from an arrogant lovesick fool into a cultivation prodigy. In her spare time, she admires the villainous Grandmaster's peerless beauty.

Wait... villain?

Tao Jianshu insists that Yu Wenzheng is just a pitiful little soul who never got enough affection!

Without hesitation, she throws herself into her Grandmaster's arms, acting obedient and sweet on the outside while obsessing over raising him on the inside.

Out loud: "Grandmaster, your cultivation is profound. This disciple admires you greatly."

In her heart: "That tsundere act is so adorable! Mommy loves you!"

Sometimes her mommy-fan feelings turn into something else...

"So hot! I want to have his babies!"

After Tao Jianshu breaks off their engagement, Song Yi realizes he wants her after all. But he discovers that his rivals are already everywhere in the cultivation world: a cold-blooded demon lord, the young prodigies of various sects, and even his former master...

On the Qixi Festival, he takes Yan Qingqing to admire the lanterns at the night market, only to spot Tao Jianshu laughing so hard she can barely stand.

Then he sees the man beside her and stares in shock. "Master? You and her..."

Yu Wenzheng says coolly, "Call her your Mistress."

Thinking it's all an act, Tao Jianshu feigns embarrassment. "That's not very appropriate."

"Didn't you want to have my babies?" Yu Wenzheng's lips curl slowly. "I forgot to mention, I can hear your thoughts."

Tao Jianshu freezes.

Remembering all the filthy things she'd thought, she could dig out the Epang Palace with her toes... So why didn't he tell her sooner?

A laid-back heroine whose mommy-fan feelings turn into something more x a seemingly cruel, tsundere Grandmaster (originally a snake)

One-on-one romance. The heroine has an irresistible charm, and the hero can hear her thoughts when he's nearby.

I'm terrible at writing blurbs. Please click through and give the story a look, QAQ.

Cover art by Bingshui Gugu: Miao Jiang. Thank you!

Pre-release collection: I Win Over Bandits with Food. Please add it to your library. Blurb:

Ning Fu, a food blogger, transmigrates and becomes the hereditary leader of a bandit gang.

She opens her eyes to find four burly men carrying knives. "Boss, when are we going down the mountain to rob someone?"

Ning Fu's mouth twitches. "Actually... have you ever thought about living a different kind of life?"

The bandits stare at her, thinking that the pretty boy who escaped must have hit their boss on the head and made her lose her mind. "Boss, there's only a little rice and a few vegetables left in the stockade. If we don't go down the mountain, what are we going to eat?"

Ning Fu frowns at that.

The country is prosperous. Becoming a bandit is a dead end!

She heads straight to the kitchen and takes a look around. Half an hour later, the whole stockade is filled with delicious aromas.

The bandits bury their heads in their bowls, practically licking them clean.

"I've never eaten anything so delicious!"

"Exactly! Boss is amazing. She can make vegetables taste this good even without meat!"

Ning Fu smiles, sets down her chopsticks, and presses her advantage while the iron is hot. "There's no future in being bandits in these prosperous times. We should make food and earn a living instead. What do you think?"

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From that day on, the broadswords in Qinglin Stockade were replaced with cleavers, the wasteland was turned into vegetable plots, and her burly, broad-shouldered subordinates tied on aprons and became kitchen apprentices under Ning Fu's guidance.

She didn't ask much of them. Each person only needed to specialize in one dish.

Before long, milk tea, stinky tofu, jianbing, mala hot pot, and all kinds of snacks were being snapped up as soon as they hit the market. Ning Fu made a fortune.

The bandits counted their silver through tears. "It feels so good to go straight!"

Their former hideout was turned into an ancient version of a culinary school. The bandits even found time to do good deeds, just so Ning Fu would teach them more new recipes.

Later, Ning Fu's business expanded from the mountain towns to the prefectural city and the capital. Her various delicacies swept the entire Great Qing dynasty, and the team of master chefs she assembled became famous throughout the land.

Also coming soon: Savior, but the Holy Maiden of the Demon Realm. A silly beauty x a puppet.

Add it to your library if you're interested!

Theme: People are born kind. Even those who lose their way can find the path to goodness again.