The Background Character in a Period Novel Wins by Doing Nothing

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Sang Ning was employee No. 001 at the Book Transmigration Bureau. After completing a series of high-difficulty missions, she was given leave to recuperate.

Her request was simple: to be a well-off layabout.

So she was dropped into a 1990s novel about a live-in son-in-law, where she became an insignificant passerby. Everyone else in her family was a big shot.

Her father was among the first entrepreneurs to dive into business, making a fortune with his sharp mind and perfect timing. Her mother was a famous actress, renowned at home and abroad. And, best of all, to make sure his daughter would live comfortably for the rest of her life, her father had found her a husband: a poor but brilliant student whose education he had sponsored.

As a passerby, after the heroine appeared, she was supposed to amicably break up with the hero, Duan Zhiyu, then live out her days in lonely comfort with the vast fortune he left her.

Sang Ning was very pleased. She liked a peaceful life where money was the only thing she had.

But she never expected the plot to go off the rails as soon as she showed up.

The moment she arrived, she saw someone urging her father to raise money from the villagers for a highly risky venture.

She was furious. [Do you know that’s illegal fundraising? Is the food at home not good enough? Do you want to try prison food instead? Is the person who came up with this idea evil, or just really evil?!]

The crowded living room fell silent. Her father looked at the draft plan, already drawn up, his hands trembling slightly.

Everyone knew the Sang family’s daughter was a lazy good-for-nothing. Nobody expected anything from her.

Everything changed once they could hear her thoughts.

Sang Ning’s mother received a script from a famous director.

Sang Ning glanced at it and sneered inwardly. [This director is going to be ruined any day now. He goes after actresses who keep themselves respectable, and he has three illegitimate children who aren’t even registered. His wife is probably gathering evidence right now! Getting involved with him is the worst luck imaginable. Even if you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ll still be dragged through the mud... You’d be better off taking that historical romance from the unknown director. It’ll be a massive hit in five months.]

Sang Ning’s mother decided to take her daughter’s advice. She called to turn down the script, then accepted the historical drama instead.

Five months later, "Princess Weiyang" became a smash hit. Sang Ning’s mother became the only actress in the country to win every major television award, and promptly handed over all the gold she’d collected to Sang Ning.

After returning home from his studies, Duan Zhiyu was supposed to become one of the first people to cash in on the internet boom.

But as he looked at that shabby plot of land, he couldn’t make up his mind.

Sang Ning was beside herself. [What is there to hesitate about? This place is going to be China’s Silicon Valley! Buy it, buy it, buy it! Put my name on it and let me make money every day!]

In less than half a year, the internet boom swept across that barren land, transforming it into some of the most valuable real estate around. Every bit of it was registered in Sang Ning’s name alone.

As a passerby who only appeared in a few lines of the story, Sang Ning had little presence. All she wanted was to lounge around and enjoy the fruits of her family’s labor.

She never expected them all to say in unison, “We’ll do what you say.”

Later, the heroine and the supporting actress competed to be her friend. Even more absurdly, when the plot reached the point where she was supposed to break up with Duan Zhiyu, he clung to her and begged her to have his babies.

She thought, exasperated: [Your first love is here! Aren’t you supposed to hurry up and get your happy ending with her, then leave all the money to me?]

But Duan Zhiyu’s eyes were bloodshot, his gaze resolute. “The money is all yours. I can only be yours!”

[Blurb written on 2023.10.29, screenshot saved]

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Su Linjin had spent years working 996. After another late night at the office, she was pulled into a novel set in a bygone era and became a supporting female character doomed to marry the wrong man.

In the original story, her grandfather entrusted her to his comrade-in-arms on his deathbed, so she married the man’s much-praised eldest grandson.

Who could have known that her seemingly handsome and accomplished husband was actually a violent scumbag? She was beaten to death while pregnant.

Su Linjin: “...”

When she transmigrated into the story, the two families were discussing the marriage.

The other family had two grandsons. One was gentle, refined, and steady, while the other had a rebellious look and an air of wild arrogance. He seemed like trouble.

The other grandfather pointed to the steady one and introduced him with a smile. “My eldest grandson. He’s deputy director at an electronics factory!” When introducing the troublemaker, he looked thoroughly displeased. “My younger grandson. He’s in the army.”

The original owner hadn’t had a choice. Now Su Linjin did. Did she really need to think it over?

Without hesitation, Su Linjin chose the younger grandson, Jiang Wang.

According to the plot, Jiang Wang should have had a brilliant future, but his cold, sharp-edged temperament and ruthless nature left him alone and miserable in old age.

Everyone said, “Jiang Wang’s a wolf cub you can’t warm up! His older brother is so much better. How could such a lovely girl have such poor taste?”

Su Linjin: First, keep the scumbag away from me. Second, we’re just joining forces to get through life, so who’s supposed to warm whom?

She knew this was an era on the brink of a boom. You didn’t need to work 996 to live well.

So she took her time, doing things by the book, petting cats and dogs, and indulging her appetite and her love of handsome men, while everything went her way and good luck followed her everywhere.

The one thing she hadn’t expected was that whenever she wanted to read or relax for a while at night, a certain someone would interrupt her plans for a little spiritual enrichment.

What happened to being sharp-tongued and cold?

And what was that about “just once tonight”? You can’t go back on your word! Liars are little puppies!

Woof, woof, woof!

#In his previous life, Jiang Wang had only one wish as he lay dying: for Su Linjin to return to this book.

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