Ruan Ling is a full-time employee of the Spatial Guild, assigned to the Cannon Fodder Division.
Her job is to enter the little worlds formed by books and play cannon fodder characters, earning energy to keep her consciousness alive.
But Ruan Ling is a spirit creature. Forget acting, she can barely tell who the male and female leads are.
So maybe it isn't all that surprising that she gets an E every time the System evaluates her.
But...
"Even if you did nothing but recite your lines, you'd get a D. How do you keep getting Es?" Her team leader slammed the report onto the desk, exasperated that Ruan Ling was wasting her potential.
Ruan Ling felt wronged too. "How should I know? They never stick to the script. How am I supposed to get a chance to say my lines?"
"Then next time the male and female leads fight over you, try to stop them, okay?"
"Sure. But when have they ever fought over me?"
"..."
World One: An Esper from the Apocalypse Travels Back to the 1960s. Ruthless Female Lead * Scheming Male Lead
She plays the female lead's sweet-talking adopted sister, fighting her for everything and occasionally setting her up, only to be face-slapped by the female lead and eventually thrown into the mountains to feed the wolves.
Ruan Ling: System, I set her up. Why doesn't the female lead beat me up in private?
System: Give the female lead her roasted rabbit legs back first.
On a flat patch of ground deep in the mountains, surrounded by wild grass, a fire burned brightly with several honey-glazed rabbits roasting over it. The female lead sat beside Ruan Ling as she happily ate. Her usually stern face softened, and a smile curled her lips.
A few days later.
Ruan Ling: Why has the male lead shown up already? Is he stealing my scenes?
System: Stop munching on sunflower seeds and hurry up and break up the fight. This is terrible. This world is going to get an E rating again.
World Two: A Dating Show Love Triangle. Flirtatious Female Lead * Cold Male Lead
Ruan Ling: I just wanted to sneak a little time on my phone. Why is there someone everywhere I go?
System: Never mind, as long as they don't start fighting.
Ruan Ling: System, what are you talking about? Everyone's just doing their own thing.
Expecting a spirit creature to understand what a deliberate chance encounter is, or what it means for the atmosphere to be charged, is asking a lot.
World Three: ...
Unwitting heartthrob female lead Ruan Ling vs. Spatial Guild big boss male lead Qing Yun
Everyone has a one-sided crush. Love triangle. No split personalities. One-on-one romance. Both leads are virgins.
The male lead has a relatively minor presence and isn't even part of the love triangles early on.
Theme: Keep striving, even when your grades aren't good
Forced into a Marriage After Disguising Herself as a Man
The Supporting Character Is Determined to Pass the Civil Service Exam
The Background Character Has Ninety-Nine Character Cards
The Softhearted Villainess of the Seventies Loves Stirring Up Trouble
A Master Chef Transmigrates to the Nineties
The Tough Life of a Stepmother [The Sixties]
I'm the Only One in My Family Without a Special Identity 2
Ruan Jiangnian
I’m a Quick Transmigration Ghost, and a Variety Show Livestream Stole My Home
I’m the Only One in My Family Without a Special Identity
A Lie-Flat Life in the 1960s