My Top-Tier Star Brother Worries Every Day That I'll Die [Metaphysics]

Genius metaphysician Xu Mi transmigrates into a novel where she becomes a cannon-fodder female supporting character who loves the male lead but cannot have him, and goes out of her way to get herself killed;

In the book, the original Xu Mi is a small-time fortune-telling streamer. She joins a competitive paranormal variety show, but her livestream goes disastrously wrong, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Vengeful, overzealous netizens later slash her three times, killing her;

Her older brother, Xu Huan, is a popular top-tier star. He refuses her request to join the show together, then blames himself for her death and turns dark, opposing the male and female leads before meeting a tragic end;

Xu Mi arrives just as the fortune-telling livestream that leads to her death is about to begin;

What a coincidence, she’s back in her element!

Before the paranormal show airs

Netizens: Xu Mi is a nobody from the bottom of the industry. She’s pretending to be a psychic to get famous, a fraud who makes a show of summoning spirits. Is the production team really willing to hire her and risk damaging their credibility?

Netizens: LOL, I bet she won’t even make it through the first episode. I’ll just sit back and watch her performance. Can’t wait to see Xu Mi get exposed and humiliated!

After the paranormal variety show airs

She tells fortunes and reads people’s destinies on livestream, exposes hoaxes and scams, deals with vengeful ghosts, unravels the secrets of haunted houses, reveals the mystery behind a forest fire, and investigates a mirror-image castle in a lake...

A certain top-tier idol drops into her livestream: Thanks for warning me, streamer. You saved me from getting scammed!

The heir to a haunted house showers her with gifts: Thanks for helping us. Our family can finally go home and be together again!

A media mogul fills the screen with tips: Thank you for saving my life!

An official organization: Thanks to Comrade Gu Yi’s help, the missing girl has been found.

Onlookers: !!! Holy crap! The streamer was a hidden big shot all along! I bow to you!

The haters furiously shower her with gifts: I admit I was a little too loud before. Sorry! My luck is awful and I never win anything in your livestream fortune draws. Please look at me, streamer! Save me!

Xu Huan is a popular top-tier star, aloof and reserved;

That was also Xu Mi’s first impression of him after she arrived.

Before the livestream, Xu Huan suddenly appears with a huge pile of things;

Xu Huan: A blessed jade plaque, prayer beads, Five Emperors coins ritually consecrated, a hard-to-find talisman for peace, a thousand-year-old peachwood sword, the White Cloud Sect patriarch’s compass, the Ghost King’s banner, Captain America’s shield... Take all of it with you. It could save your life in a pinch.

Xu Mi: My life isn’t in danger. If I run into demons or ghosts, they’re the ones who’ll be in danger.

Xu Huan glances at the words displayed above her head: [Xu Mi, 18, first-rank cannon fodder, will be hacked to death by someone at 4 p.m. today].

Xu Huan, anxiously: You never know what fortune or misfortune lies ahead. Better safe than sorry. If you run into danger, use whatever you think will work. No need to ask for help at the last minute. Especially this shield. It’s made of pure gold. Besides... (A thousand more words of nagging omitted.)

Afraid he’ll keep lecturing her, Xu Mi grabs the shield with one hand, nearly dropping it on her foot.

Xu Huan: I’ve also got a robe worn by the eminent Buddhist master who attained nirvana. It has boundless merit. It stinks, but it’s incredibly useful! Let your brother put it on you!

Xu Mi pinches her nose: It stinks!

What do you mean, incredibly useful?! Compared to this, luosifen and stinky tofu are amateurs!

So during the show’s livestream, viewers see the aloof top-tier star Xu Huan with his nose pinched, clutching the robe and keeping a wary eye on everything around her, ready to wrap it around her at any moment;

Netizens: Hahahahaha, what kind of unlucky little sister is Xu Mi? Xu Huan turns into a total goofball around her. It’s hilarious, but kind of heartbreaking!

Once, while Xu Mi was experiencing the Heavenly Dao inside a crystal coffin, Xu Huan wrapped her up in the robe like a silkworm cocoon and held her as he wept uncontrollably: “Sis, why did you still have to go?”

“I told you, you’re destined to be a little cannon-fodder character. Stay away from the main cast and you’ll be safe!”

“You say you don’t love him, the male lead, but your actions tell me you still do!”

Xu Mi, woken by the stench and saddled with the unrequited-love role again: ...

Netizens: Master Xu’s inner monologue: I wasn’t killed by a vengeful ghost. I was killed by the stench of that robe. Hahahahaha!

Later, Xu Huan discovers that whenever the main cast gathers together, including the male and female leads, the death prediction on Xu Mi’s forehead disappears;

Xu Huan: This time, I’ve got a green burlap sack. It’ll make the face-slapping even better!

The original male lead: No, no, don’t! I’ll do it myself! Please take a break, big shot!

Xu Mi stares at the original male lead’s thick hair and scratches her head: Bro, he’s not the one whose hair I’m always yanking out!

Someone waiting for her to yank his hair wonders: Why hasn’t she come yet?

Reader’s notes:

1. The metaphysics is all made up, with material sourced from Baidu. The fortune-telling mainly uses Zi Wei astrology and the Four Pillars of Destiny;

2. The female lead is the strongest. She and her brother are biological siblings, and she has a minor romantic pairing.

Theme: Everyone is equal. Cherish yourself and those around you.