The Protagonist Always Thinks He's Just an Extra

[Completed] Yan Xihe always knew that the world she had been reborn into was a grand collection of Jinjiang school-life novels. At Saint Delat Noble Academy, balls and campus festivals came one after another, while the cafeteria served cuisines from all over the world without a break. Students rode a little train to class, went on three-day, two-night spring and autumn excursions, and watched all kinds of male and female leads act out romantic comedies. Yan Xihe thought life was pretty nice: checking the forum that seemed ready to explode at any moment, eating butter crabs the size of two palms for eight yuan each in the cafeteria, and always placing somewhere in the middle of her class. That was until the bespectacled boy at the desk beside hers solemnly told her that she ought to be top of the class, ought to be the school belle, and ought to have all those male leads pursue and love her. "Right, right." Yan Xihe nodded, leaned back in her chair, and yawned as she looked at her passerby character's one-line script. "You're absolutely right. But if you keep talking to me, our homeroom teacher will show up in three seconds and dock all your conduct points." "I..." Their lively, smiling homeroom teacher popped her head in with perfect timing. Yan Xihe contentedly continued working on her 482nd math test. If there was one difference, it was that when the 483rd female lead arrived, Yan Xihe realized her script had gone from a single sheet of paper to a whole dictionary. Without doing a thing, she'd gone from passerby supporting character to hidden female lead. Watching the female lead become utterly dependent on her, the male lead get reduced to a sidekick, and the second male lead turn into a full-on mother hen, Yan Xihe fell silent. "I didn't do anything." "Right, right." The bespectacled boy nodded dismissively. "In twenty seconds, the male lead will come ask you how to pursue the female lead, the second male lead will ask whether she's eaten well today, and the female lead will ask you to go to the cafeteria with her." "..." "So, are you happy with what you see, Miss Protagonist Who Claims She Didn't Do Anything?" Reader's Guide: 1. This isn't an unlimited-flow story. Yan Yan is basically a fixed background NPC who has awakened to herself. 2. The bespectacled boy is the male lead. He's only just awakened, and he's a bit of a goofball. [Hey!] 3. The noble school in this story is a middle-schooler's fantasy. If it resembles anything in real life... Wait, does a school like this actually exist? 4. Updates are every other day this week because I have a teacher certification exam. New Novel Pre-Release: "After Going Viral, I Changed the Entertainment Industry," ID: 7391418 After ending her quick transmigration career, retiring, and returning to her own world, Sheng Ling was faced with one good piece of news and one bad one. The bad news was that she discovered she was actually a vicious female supporting character in a novel, determined to bring about her own downfall. She'd also accepted one last variety show before quitting the entertainment industry, a slow-paced reality show. On it, she was destined to mock Qin Xiaoxuan, the female lead of "The Road to Infinite Stardom," mercilessly. The production team disliked her, the audience cursed her, and after being humiliated again and again, she tried to disappear without a trace. But her name was already becoming a meme: "Don't be too Sheng Ling." The good news was that she had money after retiring, and had broken free of the plot's constraints. She could do whatever she wanted. As soon as filming began for "Our Slow Life in the Countryside," Sheng Ling decided it was time to put on a show. She mocked the female lead, and the comments section suddenly understood: "Sheng Ling saw through it, right? She picked up the conversation to get her out of trouble. Didn't you see Qin Xiaoxuan trying not to laugh?" She picked on the director and the production director, and the comments went wild with delight: "She's tearing up the script! Who can stop our Ling now?" She tried to disappear without a trace, and the comments flooded in so fast the screen froze. "Sister Ling is about to drop another bombshell and turn the entertainment industry upside down. Let's wait and see!" After winning countless fans with that variety show, Sheng Ling picked up her champagne flute and watched her System butler bow slightly. His voice was gentle and considerate. "Miss, the weather is turning cold, and you've retired from the entertainment industry. Would you like to take your private jet to the Amazon for a picnic, or sail on the family luxury yacht to explore the Bermuda Triangle?" "No." Sheng Ling took a sip of grape juice, her expression calm. "I've got a new idea." Immersive holographic movies, absolutely realistic virtual game worlds, and a revolutionary leap forward in information technology... In a daze, the audience realized that the entertainment industry's sky really did seem to have changed. Theme: Fear neither wind nor rain, and keep moving forward.