After I Transmigrated into an Old-School Romance Novel

[Cool and Radiant Strong Female Lead * Overbearing CEO with a Puppy-Dog Love Brain]

Xue Jingxi is a woman chosen by fate.

She transmigrates into an old-school CEO romance novel. In the book, she is the vicious supporting female character, while her adopted older sister is the strong female lead who rises to power. Outsiders only see the female lead growing stronger bit by bit, never realizing that she climbs to the top by stepping on her younger sister, Xue Jingxi. In the end, her schemes drive the once-innocent Xue Jingxi to turn evil, leaving her family ruined and dead, while the female lead lives free and easy and marries the male lead.

Xue Jingxi: "I know how to handle this."

Whatever methods the original female lead used to take what was hers, she would use those same methods to take it back.

Her sister is caught pulling strings behind her back. "I'm sorry, little sister. I didn't mean to."

Xue Jingxi pushes her into the water. "Sorry, big sister. My hand slipped."

Her sister likes the third male lead. "I love him so much. I can't live without him."

Xue Jingxi: "What can I say? Even if I don't like him, I still want him."

Taking advantage of having read the original novel, Xue Jingxi memorizes every major turning point. To make sure her plan goes smoothly, she sets up the great villain and makes use of him, while he does the same to her. With the great villain backing her, she gets a lot done.

Xue Jingxi originally plans to deal with her white-lotus of a sister, then keep to her own little patch of land and live a quiet life. She never expects things to have long since stopped going the way she imagined. Just as she is about to run away, the great villain refuses to let go. He's even already pictured their future wedding.

Xue Jingxi: ...

Since she's already gone this far, she might as well see it through. Given that she once used the great villain, when the original male lead comes back, she'll help the great villain deal with him. Two negatives make a positive, so surely the great villain will finally let her go.

But then she discovers there seems to be something fishy between these two brothers.

Shen Yanzhou has always thought Xue Jingxi is vulgar and noisy, and unworthy of his good friend.

He decides to bring his friend back to his senses and make him mend his ways.

Who knew he would be the one to fall head over heels?

Anyone who tries to drag him away is in for a fight.

In her original life, her family was ruined and she died in despair. But ever since Xue Jingxi came to this world, everything has changed. A man who stood above all others is willing to turn from an immortal into a mortal for her.

It is only much later that she learns none of it was a coincidence. Not even her arrival.

That man does not believe in gods or Buddhas, yet for her, he is willing to pray and plead, asking the gods to take pity on him just once and return his beloved to him.

[Bonus Scene]:

Xue Jingxi casually forwards a link to a friend, with the caption: Hahahahahaha, I'm dying. I love men like this so much.

Shen Yanzhou: ?

He clicks on it and realizes this man's behavior is kind of like his own. What does this mean? Is she hinting at him? She definitely likes me.

Three seconds later, Xue Jingxi unsends it. Sorry, wrong person.

Shen Yanzhou: ?

I get it. Playing hard to get. You just like me.

Shen Yanzhou on the outside: Emotionless, the cold-faced King of Hell.

Shen Yanzhou on the inside: Does Xue Jingxi like me yet today?

* This isn't a feel-good novel in the classic sense. The protagonists have their own career and romance storylines, while the supporting characters are just minor catalysts who help move the plot along.

* This is more or less a career-and-romance story disguised by secret identities.

* Some old-school tropes are included to make the plot feel plausible, but there are no formulaic plotlines.

Next book: After Joining a Survival Variety Show with My Nemesis

[Looks Cool and Aloof but Is Actually a Bratty Movie Emperor * Quirky Little Panda]

1/

Chuyuan is a mythical beast that took the form of a panda in ancient times, said to be a guardian deity who protects the human world.

During a battle, Chuyuan is summoned to accept a mission to maintain peace in the dimensional space. System 007 is her tool.

She takes over the body of a rich young lady who was originally just a cannon-fodder character in the entertainment industry.

The System starts up, and Chuyuan arrives in this world.

Chuyuan: I get it. My mission is to defy fate, fight injustice, and make it home in one piece?

System: No, you just have to eat, lounge around, and wait to die.

Chuyuan: ?

2/

The wilderness survival variety show, organized by a famous director known for turning tropes on their heads, invites eight big names. They are the eight most talked-about people in today's entertainment industry, each with a very different personality.

The youngest grand-slam-winning movie emperor, Zhu Yan; Fang Zhou, the rapper known for having the most attitude; the eccentric genius director Han Xiaoqi; sunny singer Qi Yu; cool-girl wilderness explorer Zhao Luoyi; gentle singing-and-dancing goddess Tong Yin; rising actress Su Yilan; and Chuyuan, known as the daughter of a tycoon.

Of course, the two people everyone is most excited to see are Zhu Yan and Chuyuan.

Rumor has it that although they are never on the same wavelength, they are sworn enemies.

Chuyuan once declared that the man she least wanted as a boyfriend in the entertainment industry was Zhu Yan, because he was an unbearably stiff bore.

Zhu Yan once said that the person he least wanted to work with was Chuyuan, because she had nothing but money.

And yet these two nearly turned the survival show into a dating show.

The two stars flirt right in front of everyone and even admit they're a couple.

Viewers: What do I do? I think I just found a real couple to ship.

Making fire with your bare hands? Chuyuan: I'll do it.

Catching fish in the water? Chuyuan: I'll do it.

Chopping wood and climbing trees? Chuyuan: I'll do it.

Zhu Yan at first: ...She's definitely trying to get my attention. How should I turn her down? (Self-absorbed.)

Zhu Yan later: Aren't we holding hands today? (Pouting.)

3/

Chuyuan loves reading novels and studying them, especially the possessive, unstable male characters.

She is particularly fascinated by Zhu Yan. While playing with his hand, she marvels that she has actually found the perfect obsessive male lead in this world, all in the name of literary research.

The genuinely sharp-tongued, bad-tempered, germophobic Zhu Yan (who only pretends to be an obsessive male lead) doesn't quite understand, but he enjoys it. While reproaching himself for having no backbone, he still interlaces his fingers with Chuyuan's.

That is, until he sees Chuyuan get lured away by someone else's bamboo-tube rice.

Zhu Yan: Have you ever had the experience of losing out to bamboo?

+++++++++ I treat you like my wife, but you treat me like a tool!

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#ThoughtIWasDoingTheViciousSupportingFemaleCharacter'sMissionButKeptMaxingOutTheSupportingCast'sAffection

#IKeepSayingIOnlyWantToGoHomeAndJustFindThingsToDoWhenI'mBored,DoYouBelieveMe

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