My Childhood Friend Turned Out to Be the Second Male Lead in a Tragic Romance

[The pseudo-incest novel I'm going to start, I Want to Date You, is now underway. If you're interested, click through to my author page and save it!]

[Childhood friends | Funny, sweet romance]

[Couple: Wild and sweet, a drama queen who loves imagining things x A doting, selectively strict childhood friend, a scheming wolf in sheep's clothing]

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Blurb:

Jiang Xingqian doesn't learn that she's transmigrated into a book until she turns eighteen. She has become the doomed childhood friend who dies young in an angsty romance novel, where the male second lead is Xu Qingchuan.

In the original story, she gets into a car accident while out with Xu Qingchuan and dies.

Consumed by guilt and despair, Xu Qingchuan then takes the female lead, who resembles her, as a substitute. After his love goes unrequited, he turns dark.

Jiang Xingqian, the walking plot device: Are you freaking kidding me?!

As fate would have it, Xu Qingchuan shows up in front of her right then.

Taking in the man who practically has "refined scum" written all over him, Jiang Xingqian sneers and kicks him.

A bastard who looks for a substitute can go to hell!

Xu Qingchuan: ???

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After getting kicked and successfully injured, Xu Qingchuan wakes up to discover that whenever Jiang Xingqian is near him, he can hear her thoughts.

He peels an apple for her.

Jiang Xingqian thinks, "Who knew Xu Qingchuan had a dark side? Is he trying to choke me to death so he can go find the heroine?"

"..."

He asks her to go out with him.

Jiang Xingqian looks horrified. "Is this the day I'm supposed to die? No way am I going! Stay safe, stay away from Xu Qingchuan!"

"..."

Xu Qingchuan thinks that maybe the one whose head got messed up after a fall isn't him, but Jiang Xingqian.

Jiang Xingqian, dragged against her will to the psychiatric department: ???

"You piece of crap, Xu Qingchuan! I knew you wanted to curse me!"

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Later, Jiang Xingqian unexpectedly realizes how she feels and secretly starts preparing to confess.

But her plans are forced to a halt the very next day.

In the shadows of a dim stairwell, Xu Qingchuan leans close and demands, "Why have you been avoiding me these past two days?"

Jiang Xingqian meets his phoenix-shaped eyes, faintly tinged red, and her heart skips a beat. She calculates the timing. "Did Xu Qingchuan turn dark early? But the heroine..."

The next moment, a warm sensation on her lips interrupts Jiang Xingqian's wild thoughts. Xu Qingchuan grits his teeth and says in her ear, "You're the only one for me!"

Jiang Xingqian: Huh??? This is an option?

*

Years later, Jiang Xingqian, now a mother of two, jolts awake from a dream. Looking at the devilishly handsome man holding her tight, she finally remembers!

What she read back then was... an adaptation written by fans of the original novel.

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[Bonus Scene]

One day after the two of them get together.

Jiang Xingqian is curled up in Xu Qingchuan's arms watching a show when she suddenly looks up and smiles at him shyly.

Xu Qingchuan: ...That familiar smile that means she's about to start something.

Jiang Xingqian: "To keep our relationship from getting stale, I think we should spice things up!"

Xu Qingchuan gets a bad feeling. Sure enough, she says next:

"I'm into wild guys now."

"Would you be my wild boy?"

Xu Qingchuan, who just finished playing a cool, abstinent doctor last night: "..."

#Reading Guide#

* Sweet romance, no angst, both leads are virgins and strong, maximum fluff!

* Flirty tension early on, lovey-dovey sweetness later.

* The original male and female leads aren't vilified, and they don't get much page time.

* The heroine has a slight everyone-loves-her quality. No female rivalry or face-slapping vicious female side characters!!! [Important: Read with caution if this bothers you.]

* (Author's notes) There will be funny bonus scenes, explanations of foreshadowing, and important highlights. For the best reading experience, please don't hide them. Hearts!

* No writing advice, please! No need to tell me if you drop the novel!

Ongoing novel | Pseudo-incest: I Want to Date You

"What does it feel like when the person you love becomes your brother?"

Shen Xi feels as if her heart has been torn apart, falling from heaven to hell in an instant.

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On the night they part, the young man's brows and the corners of his eyes are tinged red with moisture. He grips her shoulders tightly and says hoarsely, "Shen Xi, don't wait for me."

After that, Jin Nanli vanishes from her life without a trace.

When they meet again, Shen Xi keeps a careful distance and observes proper boundaries. But Jin Nanli forcefully inserts himself into every corner of her life, as though they had never been apart all these years.

Driven to the point where she can no longer stay calm or rational, Shen Xi asks him with red-rimmed eyes, "What are you trying to do?! Can you just leave me alone?"

"I want you to love me!" Jin Nanli finally tears away the warm, gentlemanly facade he has worn for days. The possessiveness and obsession in his eyes are almost tangible. Each word comes with a faint catch in his voice. "We almost got to be together once. You ask me to leave you alone, but what about me? Who's going to leave me alone?"

They should have gotten together nine years ago, but the timing was wrong.

Now, he is going to get those nine years back.

Completed novels: Don't Mind Me Anymore and The Cannon Fodder Supporting Female Lead and the Villain Get a Happy Ending

* Blurb screenshotted on 2022.7.17. Any plagiarism will be pursued!

* Weibo: Mianbai Xi

Theme: Be lenient toward others and strict with yourself.