How Did a Music Variety Show Turn into a Battle Royale?

Complete and ready to binge.

Here's a quick transmigration novel coming soon: After the Villain Killed the Protagonist, launching on December 26. The blurb is at the end. If you're interested, feel free to add it to your reading list~

Violin-world goddess Luo Shutong joined a music variety show for the first time and was instantly captivated by the free-spirited Jiang Ningyun.

Once she was in deep, she discovered that Jiang Ningyun was personally teaching a sweet young rapper to play guitar, helping a talented songwriter of traditional-style music with her arrangements, and singing and dancing with the center of a jazz girl group...

Luo Shutong watched it all with an outwardly cool, composed, and elegant air.

Her private account had been posting late-night messages for years: "How do I get a player to settle down?"

Until one day, she forgot to switch accounts.

Luo Shutong entered the entertainment industry, infuriating her fans, but they still couldn't help tuning in to their goddess's show.

One day, the goddess suddenly posted: "I thought this cup of sour plum juice was something only I got, but it turns out other people got some too..."

Then she deleted it a second later.

"??? Goddess, are you okay?"

Her fans were baffled.

According to an insider, Jiang Ningyun had ordered sour plum juice for the entire crew that day.

"I'm shipping them! The goddess and the queen of song are the best couple!"

A celebration for the ship fans, heartbreak for the solo fans.

"Back off! Our goddess is a violin star. How could we let vulgar people from showbiz sully her?"

"Get lost! Your goddess is practically dripping with fake sweetness! Move along and let our talented lady shine on her own!"

"Goddess! Come out and say something!"

Luo Shutong chose to play dead.

Then her secret account was exposed

"Stop fighting! The goddess's private account is right here. Tong-Ning is real!"

That day, the whole internet drowned in jealousy, and the fans went wild.

After Jiang Ningyun finally won her fairy bride's heart, overcoming countless trials

"Honey, I made your sour plum juice myself. Everyone else's was delivered!"

"Honey, I'm really not a player!"

"Mm, you're not."

Luo Shutong smiled faintly, opened her phone, and pulled up a news story: "Popular singer spotted having a late-night barbecue with a band's lead vocalist." She left a big smiley face as a comment.

The fans enthusiastically approved

"Question: Will Jiang Ningyun be able to get out of bed tomorrow?"

Jiang Ningyun couldn't get out of bed.

An outwardly cool and elegant violinist with a vivid inner monologue x a seemingly carefree player who is actually a gentle, devoted popular singer

*A few friendly reminders

1. The author isn't a celebrity follower, doesn't participate in fan circles, and knows nothing about showbiz or the music industry. Expect lots of creative liberties!

2. The characters aren't based on real people! (That's three times!) Please don't tag real people~

3. The variety-show setting is inspired by several real shows, with plenty of original elements. There may be some plot holes?

Coming soon: After the Villain Killed the Protagonist

A ruthless, coldhearted, cunning villainess x a calculating, obsessive, yandere protagonist

For no apparent reason, Xia Xiange was forcibly bound to some contraption calling itself the Fake Protagonist System.

System: You must travel through different worlds, kill the protagonists, take their place, and steal the world's fortune.

Xia Xiange rolled over. "Too tired. I'm not doing it."

System: Or would you like to experience having your soul scattered into oblivion?

Xia Xiange: "?! Wait, I'm suddenly full of energy. Boss, give me another chance!"

And so Xia Xiange became yet another exploited worker under a shady, unscrupulous System~

When she saw her assignments

Raise the protagonist to be useless, humiliate her, cheat her, then kill her in all sorts of ways.

Xia Xiange fell into thought. "Isn't this a villain's script?"

System: "What's wrong with it? The protagonist has to suffer until all her fortune is gone before you can take her place."

Xia Xiange: "So what did the protagonist do to offend you?"

The System flew into an embarrassed rage. "Shut up!"

Just you wait, System! One of these days, I'm going to tear you apart!

Under the System's supervision, Xia Xiange did her job with great (feigned) diligence, but... not only did she fail to kill the protagonist, she made her turn dark. The plot also started veering in a strange direction.

Cultivation world: bewitching martial aunt x crippled genius

After raising the protagonist, Xia Xiange arranged for her cultivation to be destroyed, then ran her through with a sword. Ten years later, the person who had died and come back to life appeared at her door, her gaze obsessive.

Protagonist: "Martial Aunt, since you've treated me this way, then sink into hell with me..."

Xia Xiange: "No thanks. I don't want to. What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Apocalypse: mad scientist x deranged zombie king

Xia Xiange and the protagonist grew up together, yet she still ruthlessly strapped her to an operating table. After enduring terrible pain, the protagonist died from an overdose of medication. The apocalypse broke out soon afterward, and the zombie king stood before her with a gloomy smile.

Protagonist: "Xiaxia, do you still remember me? We promised never to abandon each other. You have to keep your word..."

Xia Xiange: "You're ugly. Who are you? I didn't do anything. It wasn't me. Don't make things up."

Later, an interview clip from the Source Tracing Bureau was leaked...

Xia Xiange said earnestly: "A word of advice to all you protagonists: don't get lovesick, or you might run into someone like me, a heroine who focuses on her career. You'll end up like her, run through the heart with a sword, skinned alive, dismembered, and dragged off for experiments... Tsk, what a tragic fate~"

Protagonist: "..."

The next morning, someone tearfully added: "Villains, after doing something bad, make sure you clean up the scene properly, or you might not be able to get out of bed..."

Theme: Have the courage to pursue the dreams in your heart