The Fake Heiress's Guide to Self-Destruction

[The neighboring story, "After Giving Up on Winning Over the Male Lead," has plenty of chapters ready to binge!]

In short:

The story of a social butterfly fake heiress and a socially anxious real heiress.

Ji Changxia and Ji Man first met on their shared birthday.

After seventeen years of switched lives, each must return to her rightful place.

Social butterfly Ji Changxia felt nothing but wistful about it. She had no intention of continuing to occupy someone else's nest, nor did she want to cling to a wealthy family like the female side character in the original story.

She packed her things, but just as she walked out the door, the real heiress stopped her from leaving.

And so...

Did she become a live-in son-in-law?

Ji Man's thoughts: No, I just need someone to turn me into a social butterfly. She's just a tool.

Later, she ate her words.

Bonus scene:

Ji Changxia: This won't do. You're too timid. We need to desensitize you. See that guy playing basketball over there? Go ask for his number.

Ji Man: Really?

Ji Changxia: He's really handsome. Go give it a try.

Ji Man: ...Give it a try?

A few minutes later, Ji Man jogged back.

Ji Changxia: Did you get it?

Ji Man, blushing: I did. He said we could give it a try.

Ji Changxia's expression darkened: What do you mean, "give it a try"? Give me his number. You ask for his number and he thinks he can try his luck? He's got some nerve.

Ji Man: ...Oh.

Behind her back, Ji Man laughed to herself. KO.

Notes:

1. Includes a transmigrate-into-a-book plot, but the original story doesn't have much influence.

2. At heart, this is a sweet romance.

3. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites.

New story coming soon: "After Becoming a Villainess Disguised as a Man"

Xia Zitong read a novel and gave it a one-star rating. When she woke up, she'd become the obsessive, unhinged villainous boss in the story.

She'd thought the boss was cool and domineering, but after transmigrating, she learned that he was a poor thing driven mad by his circumstances.

And a poor thing disguised as a man, at that!

Xia Zitong wanted to curse.

In the interstellar age, everyone has a companion beast. Anyone without one is considered useless.

Xia Zitong worked every day to earn money and save up energy for herself, only for the companion beast she eventually awakened to be a palm-sized fluffy little ball.

Xia Zitong: Give me my money back! Go back and get remade!

The little ball cried pitifully, then released an energy wave that knocked a mecha out of the sky. "Squeak."

Xia Zitong: Crying won't help. Give me my money back!

The little ball: "Squeak, squeak!"

A spaceship came crashing down.

Xia Zitong: How much could this pile of scrap be worth?

Later, Xia Zitong, who could barely get out of bed after what the little ball did to her, came to love it.

Also, if you like short stories, check out "New Year" in my author column.

Theme: The stars don't let down those who keep moving forward. Hard work can bring infinite possibilities.