A Guide to Raising a Handsome, Powerful, and Unhinged Male Supporting Character

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After transmigrating into a book, Xu Mingchao became a minor cannon-fodder character in a xianxia novel. She could only return to the real world by helping the main villain, Li Muran, complete his descent into darkness. So Xu Mingchao diligently set about doing her tasks.

Scene One:

One day, when Li Muran was being bullied, Xu Mingchao took advantage of the chaos to start a fire. Afterward, she pretended nothing had happened, then gave the ringleader a thorough beating.

"If someone bullies you, hit them back. You can't be so weak and let people walk all over you!"

The blood-spattered boy concealed the murderous intent in his eyes and put on a gentle, mild expression. "The sect leader said we should treat others kindly within the sect."

Xu Mingchao sighed inwardly. He's quite handsome, but a little too stubborn. It seems my work is going to be difficult from now on.

"That depends on who you're dealing with. With Mu Zhuocheng, you should do the opposite." She reached out to pluck a piece of dried grass from Li Muran's hair. Her voice lifted at the end, like a little hook. "But if it's me, that advice is perfectly sound."

Li Muran lowered his eyes. His expression shifted, dark and unreadable.

Scene Two:

Someone stole a magical artifact that should have belonged to Li Muran. Xu Mingchao pulled him along and lay in wait on the road the thief would take back to his room. She whispered, "Go get your sword back."

He tugged at his sleeve to hide the demonic markings on his wrist. "Senior Sister, that would violate proper conduct."

"Forget proper conduct. I only know that if you like something, you should take it, even if you have to use any means necessary."

He saw the moonlight cast a soft, bright halo over her profile. His voice was slow as he repeated, as if bewitched, "If you like something, you should... take it."

Scene Three:

When sect disciples turned eighteen, their masters had to bestow a courtesy name and pin up their hair. At the ceremony, Li Muran's status was awkward, and no one was there to give him a name, so he prepared to leave.

As he rose, he suddenly felt a sky-blue hair ribbon in his empty hand. Looking up, he saw Xu Mingchao standing before him with a bright smile. "Master can't make it back, so he asked me to choose a courtesy name for you. How about Xuechen?"

He clasped the ribbon tightly. The ear hidden in the shadows turned faintly red, and he slowly replied, "All right."

*

The plot was more than halfway over, and Li Muran had fallen to darkness. His descent was even more unhinged than in the book.

With one stroke, he split open the passage to the real world and rested his cold sword against Xu Mingchao's neck. His peach-blossom eyes curved in a pure smile. "Senior Sister, where are you going?"

Xu Mingchao, who had spent most of the book causing trouble, trembled. "Y-you can't do this. I'm your senior sister!"

Li Muran's lips curled slightly, his eyes dark. "That's right, Senior Sister. So, have you forgotten?"

He leaned closer, his breath icy. "...You taught me that if I like something, I should take it by any means necessary, didn't you?"

----Coming Soon----

"After I Was Reborn, My Ex-Husband's Whole Family Was Reborn Too"

As Xu Liuying drew her last breath, her husband was in the palace treating his childhood sweetheart with acupuncture.

"The princess has always suffered from palpitations," the steward relayed as he knelt beside the bed. "The young master asked the madam to hold on a little longer."

Xu Liuying stared at the empty room.

In this life, she had followed every rule, served her mother-in-law, and taught her brother-in-law. Hoping to stand as her husband's equal, she painstakingly studied medical texts and pharmacopoeias. When he was gravely ill, she even tested medicines and poisons on herself for his sake. Yet as she lay dying, no one came to check on her.

Xu Liuying died with her eyes wide open.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the year her marriage was being arranged. She did two things:

First, she burned the marriage contract with the Ji family.

Second, she opened a medical clinic.

Given another chance, she would live for herself.

*

Ji Yun, a senior physician at the Imperial Medical Academy, was born into a family of physicians with a century-long history. He had the aloof, ethereal bearing of a lone crane above the clouds. Since childhood, he had been proper and restrained, never showing his emotions, and he disliked anything beyond his control.

In his previous life, he had married Xu Liuying, a merchant's daughter, because their elders had arranged the match. Xu Liuying was of modest birth and dull in temperament, but she was gentle and obedient, and her eyes were always full of him.

Reborn to the time when their marriage was being arranged, he wanted to go through with it.

But his usually kind and gentle mother furrowed her brows and snapped, "Don't even think of pursuing her!"

His father, who had always been proud of him, said, "Have you gone mad?"

Even his younger brother, who had admired him since childhood, said, "Wake up, Brother. She already burned the marriage contract."

But if they had all been reborn, why had some things changed?

A Little Scene:

Xu Liuying's clinic gradually became famous in the capital. When work kept her busy, she sometimes slept there. One quiet night, an unwelcome visitor broke into the clinic. Before she could move to draw the hairpin from her hair, someone seized her wrist and pinned her to the bed.

The smell of alcohol washed over her. Ji Yun's jade crown sat askew, and dark emotions churned in his usually cool eyes. "Why didn't you choose me this time?"

He bent toward her, his voice slightly hoarse. "Aying, look at me once more, please?"

Xu Liuying froze. Was this really the same aloof paragon who always kept himself in check?

[Reading Guide]

1. Multiple characters are reborn, and there's a wife-chasing crematorium.

2. [Free-spirited, radiant beauty x aloof paragon who always keeps himself in check]

3. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced and faithful.

Theme: Stay positive, be independent and self-reliant.