Yu Qianfei knew nothing.
All she remembered was that after school yesterday, she'd linked arms with some guy and gone to see a newly released romance movie.
But when she woke up, not only was she bound to a System, she'd also become a fickle female supporting character in a male-oriented novel, the kind who dated the male lead and then dumped him!
The author of this male-oriented novel was a sanctimonious mama's boy who gave every male supporting character a family background, looks, or intelligence that rivaled the male lead's.
But because he had selected the Jinjiang option to keep character endings secret until the story was complete,
all Yu Qianfei could see, as displayed by the System, was the bottom of the cover page:
Male lead: ??
Supporting characters: h.@7&6?hs Yu Qianfei y~..#
Who even are all these people?!
Having lost several years of her memories, Yu Qianfei's vision went black.
Besides that, according to the System she'd bound herself to, the last sentence the author wrote before derailing the story was probably: After arguing with her new boyfriend, Yu Qianfei angrily ran a red light, was hit by a car, and lost her memory. Then Meng Songyi found her...
And then? Then there was nothing more.
Yu Qianfei only knew that she had lost her memory after being hit by a car, and that the smiling man beside her hospital bed, who claimed to be her current boyfriend, was called Meng Songyi.
The System then spoke earnestly: [You're currently the female supporting character with the most screen time in the book, and you've had the most contact with the male lead. You can definitely tell the male lead apart from the other male characters. We're giving you this chance: find the male lead! Win him over! Make him yours! Then you can take the female lead's place.]
Yu Qianfei: "Me? Haha, you mean me? I think I'm doing..." perfectly fine.
[If you can't find the male lead, then judging by the usual tropes in the author's completed male-oriented novels, if he ever starts writing again, you and all the other female supporting characters will end up in the male lead's harem.]
Yu Qianfei: "...I'm more motivated than ever."
The first time Meng Songyi saw Yu Qianfei at the hospital, he recognized her as his nemesis's ex-girlfriend.
Pretty. Her nemesis's only comment about his ex-girlfriend was that she was nothing but pretty.
Stupid. His nemesis often complained that his ex-girlfriend wasn't smart enough to understand the subtext when he said he hated how clingy she was.
Difficult. His nemesis claimed his next girlfriend would be gentle and sensible, and often used those two labels to put his ex-girlfriend down.
He had to admit, after spending time with Yu Qianfei, Meng Songyi agreed with his nemesis for the first time in his life.
But to get under his nemesis's skin, Meng Songyi gritted his teeth and put up with her, giving Yu Qianfei whatever she asked for. He made sure that in everyone's eyes, including Yu Qianfei's, they were perfectly in sync, deeply in love, and blissfully happy...
But later, as Yu Qianfei's memories slowly returned, she stopped pestering him to make up stories about their past romance.
Meng Songyi began making arrangements for their engagement.
Who could have guessed that, that evening, a glance at her phone screen would reveal messages from so many familiar faces?
[This time last year, we became a couple.]
[Two months ago, you confessed to me.]
[Of course we have a keepsake. It's your hair tie from college.]
[I'm your first love.]
Meng Songyi: "..."
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They've crowded him right out of the picture.
#OverTheTopDrama, #MarySue
#LoveTriangleMayBeDecidedAsTheStoryUnfolds
[Please note:]
1. This boyfriend is not the nemesis. This is not a golden finger power fantasy or a strong female lead story. No extreme gender politics, please.
2. Everyone has one-sided feelings, and none of them has a particularly strong moral compass. The characters are all flawed.
3. The main story weaves in flashbacks. The writing style is undecided. This is a self-indulgent story, and the setting is very bare-bones.
Theme: "The night may be dark and cold, but there will be light ahead."
