The Supporting Actress Hears Animals' Thoughts and Gets a Marquisate

[Updating periodically, aiming to finish by the end of the year... maybe?]

Before transmigrating into a book, Zhen Qingluan was a veterinarian renowned throughout the country.

Pet lovers followed her animal-care public account every day, liking, commenting, and sharing, and fighting to get appointments.

They practically worshipped her with three sticks of incense.

But once she transmigrated into a book, everyone hated her, even the dogs.

Even the birds cursed her out: "Wicked woman, wicked woman!"

Oh, so transmigrating into a book came with the ability to read animals' minds, too?

Well, that's fine, then.

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After transmigrating into a book, Zhen Qingluan became the vicious supporting female character who "poisoned her half-sister, the heroine."

The supporting character accidentally suffered the consequences of her own actions and died. Her half-sister then successfully took her place, marrying into the General's household as a stand-in bride and achieving the heroine's perfect comeback.

Zhen Qingluan's part as a supporting character was already over.

So, relying on her ability to read animals' minds and her medical skills, she set up shop as a country doctor, fussing over cats and dogs and listening to gossip.

A wealthy young lady who adored cats held her beloved pet, looking worried: "Is there any hope for my Wuyun Tuan?"

Zhen Qingluan said, "Your cat can be saved, but you nearly couldn't. Someone tried to harm you by mixing fine arsenic into the medicine you take to build up your health. Your cat snatched some of your medicine and tested it with its own life. It was so weak it could barely move, but it risked its life to tell you the medicine was poisonous and you shouldn't take it."

The young lady: "???"

A young lord who doted on dogs couldn't eat or sleep after his beloved dog went missing. He offered a huge reward for its return.

The runaway dog thought, "Sigh, it's not that I wanted to run away. I probably won't live much longer. I can barely breathe in, and the air just keeps going out. I might as well leave and let us keep our happy memories, so my owner can think I went off to live a good life and won't grieve when I'm gone."

Zhen Qingluan said, "...Save the melodrama. You just swallowed a bone too quickly, and it's stuck in your throat, so you can't breathe. Pull it out, and you'll live another five hundred years."

"Oh, and I happen to be short on money. Let's count that huge reward for finding you as your medical bill."

The dog: "???"

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After her half-sister married into the General's household as a stand-in bride, she became the General's wife, envied by everyone.

She stayed secluded in the inner quarters, waiting for her husband to be ennobled and dreaming of becoming a magnificent Marchioness. But then someone even more distinguished appeared in the capital:

That person saved the Empress Dowager's beloved bird, Consort Cui, and brought the Emperor's imperial cat, Ninth Thousand Years, back to life.

She also drove a horse plague out of the military camp, saving ten thousand warhorses, then sent thousands of birds to attack the enemy ranks.

A woman who defended her homeland and protected her country, and was made Marquis Mingluan...

Zhen Qingluan?!

1. Early on, she works as a veterinarian, tending a farm, raising cats, and enjoying gossip.

2. Later, it's an alternate history setting, and a woman is made a marquis.

3. The original title was "Fussing Over Cats and Dogs, Yet Somehow Becoming a Marquis." I actually quite like the name, but it wasn't direct or eye-catching enough. Now I've finally gotten my wish: I'm an attention-seeker who can understand animals' thoughts.

Theme: A supporting female character transmigrates into a book and makes something of herself; women stand shoulder to shoulder with men.