The Female Supporting Lead Decides to Live Life Her Way

[Next up: My Rival and Disciple Fought After I Died. Blurb at the very end! My completed novel, After I Betrayed the Greatest Sword Cultivator in the World, is also available. Enjoy!] Ji Ningyu, a disciple of the foremost immortal sect, was beautiful and radiant, but arrogant and domineering. She spent her days causing trouble, picking fights, and doing whatever she pleased. Then she met Ye Xingzhou. He was like the bane of Ji Ningyu's existence, turning her life upside down. Ji Ningyu bullied him, ostracized him, and opposed him at every turn, making life difficult for Ye Xingzhou and his childhood sweetheart. Only after she accidentally died amid a demonic beast's rampage did she realize that she was the vicious supporting female character in a storybook, bent on splitting up the hero and heroine. She had done one foolish thing after another and finally died a fitting death, to everyone's satisfaction. The storybook's male lead was none other than Ye Xingzhou, the "Chosen of Destiny." When she opened her eyes again, she was reborn. To survive, Ji Ningyu racked her brains to get along with the storybook's male lead, Ye Xingzhou. She kept trying to set him up with his childhood sweetheart, and even if she had to fake it, she would make herself look like a good person. Just when Ji Ningyu thought everything would keep getting better, a sword pierced her heart. The blade was cold and sharp, its hilt patterned with curling clouds. It was Ye Xingzhou's life-bound sword. Ji Ningyu died without ever understanding what she had done wrong. She opened her eyes amid excruciating pain and was reborn for the second time. Ye Xingzhou was being bullied, dangling precariously from a cliff in the back mountains. Ji Ningyu crouched down and watched him quietly for a moment, then smiled. She suddenly drew her sword and ran him straight through. To hell with being a good person~ This time, she would live however she pleased. She had been carefree and at ease ever since leaving the sect. She never expected to be hounded by Bai Yuanyuan, the male lead's supposedly delicate "childhood sweetheart." Ji Ningyu was fed up and wanted nothing more than to shake her off, but she kept failing. To destroy the male lead's golden finger, Ji Ningyu put herself in danger. Just as she got what she wanted, a giant beast attacked her and sent her plunging into the depths of the sea. Ji Ningyu thought that, in the end, she couldn't escape death, the fate of a vicious supporting female character despised by everyone. Through her hazy consciousness, she saw someone dive into the sea without hesitation, lift her up, and murmur, "Don't die..." With tear-filled eyes and a delicate, heart-wrenching figure, it was Bai Yuanyuan, the male lead's childhood sweetheart, who had always followed her around. Their clothes were disheveled as they bobbed in the tide, tossed about by the waves. In a daze, Ji Ningyu touched her chest. Instead of softness, she felt a deep scar over the other person's heart. "...Why do you have a wound here?" The person before her smiled faintly. Their appearance gradually changed, revealing finely arched brows and long eyes, bright as stars. Their voice was low and alluring. "You gave it to me, Ji Ningyu." "Have you forgotten?" [Guide to Reading with Spoilers]: 1. The male lead is in the blurb. The person the heroine stabs and the cross-dressing beauty are the same person, and both are the male lead. So the male lead has cross-dressing scenes and uses them to get close to the heroine. There's a reason for the cross-dressing. 2. The heroine isn't killed by the male lead. The person who kills her doesn't deserve to be the male lead. The male lead is sweet on the outside but dark underneath, though that side isn't obvious early on. It's only later that you may realize he has a few screws loose. 3. The heroine is emotionally awkward and doesn't like to speak her mind. She had a reason for bullying the male lead early on, and the two of them once fell out. Not a powerful female lead or a strong heroine. This is a story of growth. Not a conventional redemption story, with a light ensemble cast, equal focus on plot and romance, one-on-one pairing, both leads' first time, and both physically and emotionally chaste. Upcoming novel, My Rival and Disciple Fought After I Died: Only after I died did I discover that both my rival and my disciple had secretly loved me. When college student Shi Bu Wan accidentally transmigrated to the cultivation world, she went from naive and ignorant to someone whose name inspired terror. In her lifetime, she killed her elders, kept her friends and family at a distance, and severed her romantic ties. She repaid kindness with betrayal, and in life and death, friend and master alike, only her long saber stayed by her side. At last, just as the cultivation world had wished, she died. Shi Bu Wan had no idea how she had died. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn as Shi Wan, an outer sect disciple of Tianxin Sect, the foremost immortal sect. Everywhere she went, she heard rumors that the female demon Shi Bu Wan had died. Some said Shi Bu Wan had been slain by Xie Yanci of Tianxin Sect, the greatest sword cultivator of the age. Shi Bu Wan considered it. That was possible. After all, Xie Yanci had once been her fiance, but she had killed his master and broken off their engagement. They were enemies in every sense of the word. Others said Shi Bu Wan had been killed by Ying Juehan, a genius cultivator who had suddenly emerged. That was possible too. Ying Juehan had once been her personal disciple. Later, the two parted on bad terms, and he left the sect, cutting off all ties with her. He should have had some reason to hate her. Before Shi Bu Wan could figure out the truth, another rumor emerged: neither Xie Yanci nor Ying Juehan had killed the female demon. Not only that, they were going to avenge Shi Bu Wan. Shi Bu Wan: Huh? Later, it was said that Xie Yanci and Ying Juehan each believed the other was Shi Bu Wan's killer. They fought until the sky and earth darkened and mountains crumbled, battling for three days and three nights without sleep. Shi Bu Wan: ??? Wait, things seemed to have taken an unexpected turn. Theme: Love is a flower that never stops blooming in this world.