The Top-Tier Star Sister-in-Law Can Read Minds, but She’s the King of Gossip

Nian Mo transmigrates into an entertainment-industry novel as a cannon-fodder sister-in-law who won't survive past the halfway point. Her husband is a business-marriage match, and they have no feelings for each other. Her three top-tier star brothers-in-law never even look her in the eye.

But there's still hope. The moment Nian Mo arrives, she's bound to a System. She lets out a sigh of relief. The System can surely save her life, right?

System: As if. I'm no god. You're doomed to die.

Nian Mo: ????

System: But before you die, I can help you catch up on all the gossip in the entertainment industry. For example, your three brothers-in-law are the leads of three different books: The Movie Emperor's Cherished Darling, The King of Songs' Wife Runs Away While Pregnant, and Falling for My Top-Tier Star Boyfriend's Big Brother-

Nian Mo: ? Wait, forget the first two. Who's the big brother of the top-tier star in the last one?

System: That's right, it's your husband.

Nian Mo: ...

What does it mean when you're gossiping and find out you're the one being cheated on?

*

Everyone in the entertainment industry knows that, except for the eldest son, who works in business, the entire Xiao family is made up of top-tier stars. Each one has a worse temper than the last, and more haters than the last.

Xiao Er is the youngest movie emperor, immensely talented but haughty and stubborn.

Xiao San is a legend in the music world. Every song he releases tops the charts, but he's quick-tempered and volatile.

Xiao Si rose to fame as the center of a talent show group. He's a perfect idol, but such an over-the-top big-brother fan that he thinks his eldest brother is a flower stuck in a pile of manure.

They have different flaws, but there's one person they all hate: Nian Mo, who loves to act like their sister-in-law and is vain and fake. They've never considered her family.

Then one day, all three of them suddenly hear their sister-in-law's thoughts.

[Xiao Er really is a good actor, but hasn't he noticed Director Chen, who works with him all the time, is into him? I heard the director is going to make a move today.]

At the first part, Xiao Er smiles confidently. At the second, he is left completely baffled.

Damn, so that's what Director Chen meant when he gave him roses today?!

[Xiao San acts like he's not interested in women, but he's no saint either. That young woman will run off with his baby soon. Tsk, he'll have his hands full then.]

Xiao San: ! What?!

How dare someone steal his ball? Is it a basketball, soccer ball, or rugby ball? They're all signed by star players! He's going to take that person down with him!!

[If you ask me, Xiao Si is the most incredible of them all. He's so devoted to his big brother that even both of his future girlfriends will fall for him. His girlfriends turn into his sister-in-laws. He's the ultimate big-brother fan.]

Xiao Si: ... Suddenly, I'm not quite such a big-brother fan anymore. So I'm just a sister-in-law delivery service, huh?

Not long afterward, the three top-tier star brothers from the Xiao family took their sister-in-law on a smash-hit variety show. The whole internet expected the three hotheads to cause a scene, but instead they just obediently circled around their sister-in-law.

The haughty one stopped being haughty, the volatile one stopped being volatile, and the big-brother fan became a sister-in-law fan.

Xiao Er, Xiao San, and Xiao Si: Don't ask. We're just here for the gossip!

*

One day, after his clueless younger brothers had gone too long without getting into trouble, the ever-busy eldest son of the Xiao family finally showed up.

Before him were his three younger brothers, waiting on Nian Mo like she was royalty. In his ears was Nian Mo's gossipy inner monologue.

[Huh, why can't I see the script Xiao Da got? And when does he steal his younger brother's wife? I need to be ready to put on a whole scene: crying, making a fuss, and threatening to hang myself.]

Xiao Da: ...

Later, Nian Mo clutched her aching waist and cursed furiously. Damn, turns out this scumbag's script is an adults-only, glow-in-the-dark one!

[Synopsis written on 2023.10.15 and screenshotted]

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