The Professional Foil

Li Wen is the notorious foil in a romance-reality-show novel. Readers all assume she's jealous because her ex-boyfriends like the heroine.

Actually, she's just doing a job for money.

The heroine's family paid her ten million to play a vicious supporting character on the show.

She works diligently, and even after awakening to the plot, she remains professional.

In the original story, the first, second, and third male leads are all her ex-boyfriends.

Only after meeting the heroine do they discover what love is. They have no genuine feelings for Li Wen, and their relationships lasted only because she acted like a lovesick doormat.

Li Wen: ???

Well, actually, she only dated those three rich, privileged guys so she could get access to a tutor for her college entrance exams, a graduate-school advisor, and a chance to study abroad.

On the dating show, the contestants gather and talk about the gifts they remember most from years past.

The first male contestant carefully takes out a heart-shaped piece of folded paper, fondly recalling the precious memories and deep meaning behind it...

The second male contestant takes out a heart-shaped piece of folded paper with a complicated expression.

The third male contestant takes out a heart-shaped piece of folded paper, looking completely confused.

Viewers look it up on the spot: heart-shaped folded paper is a Yiwu trinket, sold wholesale in sets of three for 9.9 yuan.

That night, all the male leads go crazy.

Li Wen's name explodes across the trending searches.

Core message: Beauty is the most unreasonable weapon in the world.