Author, Don't Switch the Male Lead on a Whim

To follow the crowd and cater to readers' tastes, Lin Jiaoting changed the male lead after listening to eighty thousand words of her new story. The original male lead became a stepping stone for the current, yandere male lead to power up. The comment section erupted, but Lin Jiaoting herself stayed unruffled, calmly writing ten thousand words a day until the story was finished. On the day it ended... she transmigrated into a book.

Standing before her was a stern young man dressed in blue robes, his hair bound beneath a crown. Monstrous beasts with hideous faces surrounded them.

"I am Xie Mingjiang," the young man said calmly, cutting down the demon claw behind her with one stroke. "Might you know a fellow cultivator named The Real Mackerel?"

Xie Mingjiang: the original male lead, an unlucky stepping stone.

The Real Mackerel: a shut-in author corrupted by money.

Lin Jiaoting, whose only weapon was a laptop: "...That name sounds vaguely familiar, but I don't know him."

Following the original male lead, the author was nervous and uneasy, but because her constitution was so absurdly frail, things took a very strange turn.

When they first met, she couldn't withstand the demonic aura and sword energy, and came down with a high fever.

Then she couldn't handle fasting pills when she got hungry, so she kept getting nosebleeds and an upset stomach. She felt like throwing up, like dying X1.

Next, she couldn't stomach the food in the cultivation world and threw up until the sky spun. Low blood sugar, recurring mild fevers, and dehydration made her feel like dying X2.

Then the weather turned too cold. She froze stiff and couldn't walk, got chilblains, and felt like dying X3.

At last, she made it back to the sect, but the spiritual energy was so dense that her head spun and she couldn't adjust to the new environment. She struggled to cultivate with the others, but it was too hard and too painful, so she felt like dying X4, and got depressed X999.

Later, Xie Mingjiang became adept at cooking for her, warming her feet, and putting up protective barriers for her during fights. Whenever they went on a trial, there was always a girl draped over his back, chattering away and pretending to casually point out where the treasures were.

She said she was cold-hearted and indifferent, and that if she died one day, at least she would go without regrets. But Xie Mingjiang insisted on making her fall into the world of love and desire. No matter how difficult and painful the future might be, he wanted her to struggle on because she couldn't bear to leave a certain Xie Mingjiang behind.

"About wandering off"

Xie Mingjiang: "I can protect you without a protagonist's halo, Lin Jiaoting. Don't go wandering off."

Lin Jiaoting thought back on the days since she transmigrated. "What nonsense. I even hold on to your life-bound sword when I go to the latrine. Where am I going to run off to?"

Xie Mingjiang: ...

Come to think of it, she was right. He fell silent.

A selfish, cold-hearted, good-for-nothing author who acts spoiled and a righteous man who seems cold but is warmhearted.

Reading guide:

1. The female lead transmigrates into the story in her own body and is really, really frail. Her combat ability stays low from beginning to end. She lies flat, takes things as they come, and is gloomy, relying on her wits instead.

2. The male lead isn't secretly evil. He's a good person.

3. Probably a practice piece focused on romance, a little sweet treat, and not very long.

Theme: Be a good person