[A timid, lovestruck seme who only wants to stay alive and ship the couple] × [A seductive, obsessive, possessive, and twisted uke]
In the New Era, a virtual dating show became a sensation, and the whole country started shipping the "Lanxing" couple. But the road to a happy ending is never easy, and the biggest obstacle in their way is the "wicked supporting woman," Fang Zhixu. To get Fang Zhixu written off the show, the production team launched a countdown to the female supporting character's death: Do you agree to Fang Zhixu being eliminated?
Zhixu, the couple's number-one fan, clicked yes without hesitation.
But she never imagined that the very next second, her soul would transmigrate into the show's Fang Zhixu.
The female supporting character's death countdown had only ten days left.
Zhixu: If Heaven gave me another chance, I wouldn't press that "yes." If I could set a time limit on the female supporting character's life, I would want it to be... ten thousand years!
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To stay alive and ship the couple in person, Fang Zhixu decided to take on a new role: she'd do everything she could to help them get together.
No. 1: Set up opportunities for the male and female leads to be alone together. She was thrilled.
Viewers: We knew she'd pull something. Just wait and see!
No. 2: Clear up misunderstandings between them. She was delighted.
Viewers: Such a fake, sugary act. You think Zhou Lan will fall for you now?
No. 3: Sincerely offer the two of them her blessings. She was over the moon.
Viewers: What a surprise! What a brilliant trick. Do you think I'm falling for it?
She pulled off a whole string of stunts, but her odds of dying went from 1 to 5.
Worse, the couple she shipped broke up right in front of her!
A miserable little jpg.
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Just as Zhixu had resigned herself to lying flat and waiting to die, things suddenly took a turn.
The great antagonist, Shi Qian: Want revenge? Make me happy, and I'll help you.
Zhixu clutched her chest. No way! I refuse to engage in an illegal transaction!
Shi Qian: Really? You stole my heart. Aren't you afraid of owing your conscience?
Zhixu gasped. N-nonsense!
Shi Qian revealed the red mark on her collarbone, her smile alluring. I wonder which little dog bit me last night.
Zhixu's gaze darted away. If you hadn't seduced me, I wouldn't have!
Viewer 1: The lilies from my hometown are blooming again!
Viewer 2: With a gorgeous older sister like that, who needs some stinky man?
This story is also known as: After Breaking Up the Canon Couple, I Got Together with the Villain; The Wicked Supporting Character's Death Countdown Has Stopped?; The Couple I Shipped Had a Tragic Ending, and I Was the One Who Broke Them Up
*The author's personal headcanons are everywhere. Please don't overanalyze them.
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After I Gave Up, My Actress Ex Regretted Everything
Meng Yuan is a popular award-winning actress, adored by the spotlight and dazzling with success. Shang Li has spent years struggling in the entertainment industry and is still completely unknown.
They seem like the moon in the sky and dust beneath the eaves, worlds apart and with nothing in common. No one knows that they have been in love for ten years.
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In their third year together, faced with obstacles from both her career and family, it was Meng Yuan who once again held on tight to her hand and firmly promised, "Meng Yuan will always love Shang Li, and will always be with Shang Li."
In their fifth year together, Meng Yuan's career took off. At the busiest point in her life, she crossed half the country just to bring her flowers on Valentine's Day.
At last, Shang Li, who had pretended to be strong but was broken and fragile, slowly grew whole again, nourished by Meng Yuan's love year after year. Without hesitation, she entrusted her heart to her.
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But how can it be that the one who said "I love you" first stopped loving, while the one who fell in love later can't let go?
Meng Yuan's love used to be passionate and sincere, dazzling as the sun. So when she stopped loving her, Shang Li couldn't even pretend otherwise.
Their chat history grew shorter and shorter. Meng Yuan's expressions turned impatient and irritable. She instinctively avoided Shang Li's touch and had long forgotten the promises she'd made. Even lying in the same bed, Meng Yuan no longer wanted to kiss or hold her.
Shang Li thought that if she just held on, they would make it through the cold spell and find an even more passionate love.
It wasn't until she saw the messages "This is boring" and "I want to break up" in Meng Yuan's chat history that she finally understood.
Meng Yuan simply didn't love her anymore.
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While filming in the remote mountains, Meng Yuan received a bouquet with a note wishing her a bright future. She casually set it aside, as she always did.
She had long grown used to Shang Li's thoughtfulness and tenderness, and was tired of the still water that was Shang Li, so calm it never stirred a ripple.
It wasn't until Shang Li disappeared from her life completely that she finally understood what she had thrown away.
It was her breath, her heartbeat: something she'd taken for granted and casually discarded, only to realize, when the pain tore her apart, that she couldn't let it go.
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Rising star Shang Li is invited to join a laid-back variety show. Because her tastes and habits, and even the way she dresses, are so similar to those of Meng Yuan, the popular actress on the show, the whole internet mocks her as a copycat, desperate to ride Meng Yuan's coattails.
During a game, the host draws a random question: "If you had to live here for the rest of your life, which guest would you most want to live with, Ms. Meng?"
Through the crowd, Meng Yuan's gaze lands on one person. "Shang Li."
Shang Li smiles faintly, but there isn't a trace of her old tenderness or affection in her eyes. She replies politely, "I don't really like her."
Theme: Be a decent person.