The Real Heiress Went Viral After Joining a Dating Show

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A love rookie who's reserved and self-conscious, an overindulgent CEO with a double standard who's easy to appease x A straight woman who's scatterbrained, a diligent wage slave, and a sweet girl destined to be a rising star in entertainment

Ruan Cheng is a good girl with all the right values, but it's as if she's been hit with a stack of bad-luck debuffs.

She's a stunning beauty, yet she keeps failing auditions. On the rare occasion she lands a role, the show never airs. She tries to earn extra money to support her family, but all kinds of mishaps ruin her plans. In the end, she can only rely on her prestigious university and good reputation to work as a tutor, supporting her seriously ill mother and school-age younger sister.

At a critical moment, when her agent tricks her into attending a drinking party, she manages to escape and luckily runs into a kindhearted CEO. He takes her to a doctor and even helps her find work. His one condition is that she pretend to be a couple with him to ward off unwanted admirers.

Ruan Cheng: As long as you pay me, I'll do whatever you want! A wage slave never gives up. So what if some rich heiress is a notorious, scandal-plagued starlet? I'll keep her away!

And so, the clingy little shadow officially appears. At a dating show, she feeds him skewers while he grills meat; she goes to work while he collects the pay. Every day, they ride their little electric scooter home together like a married couple.

Netizens cry out: Where did this unlucky couple come from? They're ridiculously sweet! Give me a dozen!

But Ruan Cheng feels that something is getting more and more wrong. Why is the chuunibyou kid she tutors long-term chasing after her with tears in his eyes, calling her big sis and asking for a hug?

Why does the aloof CEO investor keep arranging chance encounters with her, then sneaking glances at her?

Why are the rich parents of the notorious starlet treating her with such concern?

And what's more! Their contract couple arrangement was supposed to be temporary, so how did he turn into a clingy pest she can't shake off? Aren't you supposed to be an aloof CEO? Stop stealing my character!

Ruan Yinmei is the unquestioned princess of the wealthy Ruan family. Her brothers always have to give way to her, and she has a fiance she loves. So what if he doesn't like her? Anything she wants will eventually be hers.

Then one day, she learns that the Ruan family has found their biological daughter, and she becomes a complete laughingstock. The more spoiled she used to be, the harder it all comes back to haunt her.

She watches as her cold older brother and rebellious younger brother dote on the real heiress, while the fiance she could never have falls in love with her at first sight. Her parents even insist that the real heiress be treated as her equal. She can't just sit by and do nothing. In the end, despite exhausting every possible scheme, all she does is ruin her own reputation and leave her family utterly disappointed.

The moment she drives her car toward the real heiress, she is reborn. There's still time to change everything.

So she takes advantage of her birth mother's serious illness to sign the real heiress to a company full of sycophants, snatch the resources that made the girl famous in her previous life, and make her vanish from the entertainment industry. She sends her to an investor's bed, completely destroying any chance she has with her fiance.

She'll take the real heiress's path and leave her with nowhere to go, until she's miserably shelved, suppressed, and finally forced to return to the countryside in disgrace, never to show her face again!

But despite all her precautions, she still sees that face on the dating show that was supposed to be the shining moment for her and her fiance...

Netizen: Heard there's a gorgeous couple on that dating show! I'm so shipping them!

Netizen: Heard you can click and see a sweet little shadow girl and a CEO who plays favorites!

Netizen: Heard the Sweet Candy couple were promised to each other as kids! So exciting!

Netizen: Heard the year's biggest plot twist, the real and fake heiress drama, is unfolding now!

Netizen: Enough talk, go watch Ruan's new show. You won't regret it!

Netizen: I'm dead, the Sweet Candy couple officially announced their relationship! I believe in love again. Resting peacefully.

Tang Jue: If I'm clumsy at love, not romantic enough, and can't keep up with you, please wait for me. I just want to give you the very best.

Ruan Cheng: Love happens once in a lifetime, and that one time lasts a lifetime. Love means accepting each other and giving to each other. I'm new to dating, so please be patient with me.

Love at first sight, mutual devotion, and a straight-shooter.

Life is hard. Here's a sweet treat to warm you up.

Coming soon: My Idol Life at an Elite Boys' School [Interstellar].

Ruan Xingchen transmigrates into an old-fashioned, cheesy romance novel she wrote, becoming the notorious female lead's rival in an elite boys' school on the water-spirit planet, where women are scarce. She's a member of the school's idol group.

As a flamboyant young heiress, she goes to great lengths to get into the boys' school, all for her fiance.

But the ideal husband she's always dreamed of is entangled with a poor commoner right under her nose. Or rather, with the heroine, who's pretending to be a boy.

So she uses her power to bully the heroine, sends lackeys to harass her, and subjects her to snide remarks and mockery, all in one package. She successfully inspires her fiance to take pity on and protect the heroine. To make matters worse, when the heroine's identity is exposed, the heroine's fans across the school and the entire planet condemn her, and she meets a tragic end.

After reviewing the plot, Ruan Xingchen comes to her senses and immediately decides to stay away from the leads, live like a lazy fish, and enjoy the wealthy life she's always dreamed of.

But the power of the plot is endless. She's forced to take part in every major story event. So why is the main cast acting more and more strangely toward her?

Silly heroine: Xingchen, thank you for healing me. You're my best friend!

Domineering hero: Xingchen, thank you for teaching me. You're my moonlight!

Gentle male supporting character: Xingchen, thank you for supporting me. You're my guiding light!

Female supporting character who helps the leads: Ruan Xingchen, you had a great hand and played it terribly. You're useless!

The hero's uncle: Xingchen, thank you for coming into my life. I love you.

Ruan Xingchen: Is this really the novel I wrote? Why have you all become so unrecognizable?

A sweet story about becoming a super idol who leaves school, takes the world by storm, and reaches the stars, while gaining friendship, family love, and romance along the way.

May I be like the stars, and you like the moon, shining together night after night.

Theme: Stay positive and keep shining