Oh No, I Got the Same Role Number as the Wicked Female Lead

Shen Ji, a gaming shut-in, one day transmigrated into a xianxia romance novel. He became the third young master of the wealthy, handsome, and talented Shen family, but unfortunately, he was just a supporting character with the label: arrogant genius who dies young. Shen Ji: I know how this goes. I just have to overturn my early death, make a comeback, and beat the male and female leads senseless. Turn a female-oriented angst novel into a male-oriented power fantasy. But two years later, he was still just the leads’ background character. No matter how hard he tried, the male lead stayed one step ahead of him in everything, keeping him stuck in second place for all eternity. Shen Ji: Fair enough. I give up. A single guy can’t compete with people who are dating. I might as well go back and quietly be a homebody. But just as he packed his things to head home, he accidentally fell into someone’s trap and drank a doctored beverage that was meant for the male lead. As his consciousness grew hazy, Shen Ji finally saw the culprit emerge from some dark corner: the vicious supporting girl from the original story, who diligently sabotaged the heroine in an attempt to steal the male lead. She was the second young lady of the Qin family, Qin Ruofu, stunningly beautiful but with one mouth too many. Shen Ji, his face burning red: So hot... What did you put in the soup? Qin Ruofu, shouldering a shovel, glanced at him disdainfully. “What rotten luck. I got the wrong person. Whatever, let’s bury him.” Then this beautiful but truly foolish Miss Qin actually dragged him out to the wilderness and started seriously digging a hole to bury him. She kept grunting away at the tiny hole, not even knee-deep, until the drug had worn off. Shen Ji stood behind her as she dug. “Miss, how long until you’ve finished digging my grave? I’m waiting to move in.” Qin Ruofu wiped away some sweat and waved impatiently. “Stop rushing me. I’m almost done.” As soon as she said it, she realized something was wrong. She stiffly turned around and saw the handsome young man staring at her with cold eyes and a mocking smile. * Later, everyone in the cultivation world knew that Third Young Master Shen and Second Miss Qin were birds of a feather, partners in crime, and thick as thieves. When she did evil, he killed people; when he killed people, she disposed of the bodies. A match made in heaven. Shen Ji watched the male lead, whom he had fought openly and covertly and tried every scheme to defeat, get provoked by Qin Ruofu’s sugary words on the heroine’s side. When the heroine turned cold and threw a tantrum, the male lead fell apart and completely lost it. Shen Ji was amazed. Qin Ruofu shot him a smug glance. “Well? I’m smarter than you, right?” Shen Ji gave her a thumbs-up. “Sis, you’re the best.” * Much later, Shen Ji, now head of the greatest sect under heaven, received an ugly little purse Qin Ruofu had sewn by hand. Suppressing the corners of his mouth, he said disdainfully, “It’s so ugly.” Qin Ruofu rolled her eyes. “Take it or leave it. If you don’t want it, give it back.” Shen Ji hurriedly hid the purse. “Who said I didn’t want it?” From then on, he wore it at his waist every day, telling everyone he met, “What? How did you know my wife embroidered a purse for me?” Everyone: Who asked you?! Reader’s Guide: 1. Both leads are pure, strong, wicked, sharp-tongued, proud, and told from dual perspectives. 2. The male and female leads are imperfect characters. The romance begins midway through the story; at first, the heroine likes the second male lead. 3. The heroine has a character-growth arc. You don’t need to tell me if you drop the book. 4. There are meme references, and the tone is lighthearted (probably). Blurb screenshotted on January 21, 2025 Please add my upcoming novel to your favorites: “Behave, You Can’t Turn into a Ghost Here” Blurb: What should you do if you transmigrate as the villainess engaged to the male lead of a cultivation novel? According to the script, Fang Xingzhu began her life as a player in a harem game: Flirting with other men in front of the male lead was as easy as breathing. She gave his life-saving pills to another man to help him advance, then told him as he lay dying, “You only lost your life, but he lost the chance to reach a higher cultivation level.” She hooked up with the male lead’s archenemy, flaunted their relationship in front of him, and then plotted to harm him for her new lover. Only after suffering such profound betrayal would the male lead grow to hate her and leave. Then he would meet his true destined partner, and Fang Xingzhu could leave this world. That night, Fang Xingzhu sat across from the male lead, a dagger from his archenemy hidden in her sleeve, gazing at the moon and agonizing over what to do. She couldn’t bring herself to act. After all, she’d never even stabbed a pig. Across from her, the man finished his last sip of wine. The corners of his eyes were faintly red as he asked softly, “Aren’t you going to do it?” Fang Xingzhu: ? She immediately tried to run, only to discover she couldn’t move. All she could do was watch the man walk toward her, take the dagger from her sleeve, and gently guide her hand to stab him herself. Then Fang Xingzhu discovered a hole had appeared in her own chest, too, and blood was gushing out. She stared at the man in horror. “Dude, what did you do?” He gently caressed her cheek with his bloodstained hand, smiling wildly and madly. “Xingzhu, I planted a life-sharing gu in you. In this life, if I live, you live; if I die, you die.” It turned out the male lead wasn’t the male lead at all, but a male ghost reborn to take revenge on her. After failing her mission and waking up again, Fang Xingzhu returned to the day she first met the male lead. This time, she’d learned her lesson. But then again, did the male lead still have his memories from the previous two lives? If he didn’t, then as long as she avoided the death ending, couldn’t she just keep following the script? Fang Xingzhu looked at the man before her, smiling gently, with no trace of hatred in his eyes, and sank into deep confusion... * Song Zhanyu knew that she wasn’t the woman who had killed him in his previous life. She was kinder than that woman, and more innocent, too. She genuinely believed that her pretentious, crude, and clumsy tricks could make him fall in love with her. At first, Song Zhanyu found her amusing. He played along, wanting to see whose soul lay beneath that beautiful face. Later, Song Zhanyu thought that if she obediently stayed by his side, perhaps he could spare her life. But she made the same choice as the woman before her. She betrayed him again and again, until the blade pierced his heart. But it didn’t matter. He could give her another chance. This time, though, she could only choose him. A good-hearted, dutiful heroine who’d rather save her own skin X a brooding male ghost who remembers being killed in both his past lives Theme: Help one another and live in harmony