I'm the Second Male Lead You Can't Win Over

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Happy ending. Anyone who says it ends sadly is reading a pirated version, and they haven't stolen the whole thing.

Spoiled, willful heroine vs. unruly, volatile hero

Shen Qing only realizes at the moment of her death that she lives in the world of a storybook. She's the villainess in Record of Monster Slaying, a wicked woman who does everything she can to keep the hero and heroine apart.

But Shen Qing doesn't act like other transmigrators, who are upright and kind, bring the protagonists together, and win over the second male lead. Instead, she follows the same path as the villainess in the original story.

Shen Qing is obsessed with the hero, frames the heroine, and drives a wedge between them. But all she does is speed up the development of their relationship. In the end, after committing every kind of wicked deed, Shen Qing dies by the second male lead Li Daoxuan's sword.

When she gets another chance at life, one might think Shen Qing would avoid the protagonist group and live carefree as the young lady of a wealthy family, to escape the tragic death she suffered in her previous life.

But in reality, Shen Qing has gone even crazier.

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When Li Daoxuan goes to exterminate a monster, Shen Qing tears down his protective magic array, and the monster bites him until he's covered in blood.

When Li Daoxuan is badly wounded, Shen Qing switches his medicine for poison.

When Li Daoxuan is afflicted with a love curse, Shen Qing traps him inside a barrier, then loosens her clothes in front of him, making his gaze grow even darker.

In the end, with tears in her eyes, Shen Qing runs Li Daoxuan through with her sword.

Shen Qing wipes the blood from the young man's lips and asks brightly, "Li Daoxuan, do you love me?"

Without hesitation, he replies, "I love you."

She suddenly looks aggrieved. "Then do you blame me?"

Li Daoxuan gently wipes away the tear at the corner of her eye. "No. Be careful not to hurt your hand."

.You can't win over the second male lead, but I can.

The blurb is for reference only.

Reader's guide:

0: The heroine's full name is Shen Qing, and her courtesy name is You'an.

Her father is named Shen Congzhi and her mother is Lin Peiqing. Her father loves her mother, so he gave their daughter the character Qing from her mother's name. The heroine was often sick as a child, and her parents hoped she'd grow up safe and sound, so they gave her the courtesy name You'an.

1. The heroine doesn't love her senior brother, and he doesn't love her either. Their bond is purely that of siblings. The blurb says the heroine loves her senior brother; this will be explained later.

2. The hero is chaste in both body and heart. In his first life, he never loved the second female lead and never did anything that could be mistaken for flirtation. He would rather stay ten feet away from her, so feel free to read.

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