The Supporting Female Lead Chooses to Mark the Villain [Reborn]

Coming soon: Lie Flat and Discover You're the Powerful One's Secret Crush. Please add it to your reading list~ Shen Nian spent twenty years following Xi You around. Only at the moment of her death did she awaken and realize she was the devoted supporting female character in a romance novel. In the endless darkness, she finished reading the entire book. When the final villain revealed her true identity, Shen Nian traced the two characters "Shen Zui" and could not recover for a long time. Her little aunt, whom she had feared all her life, had nearly torn the male and female leads to pieces after Shen Nian died. After the leads faked their deaths and escaped, Shen Zui, believing she had fulfilled her long-held wish, drank poison at Shen Nian's grave. The leads finally got their lucky happy ending. When light returned, Shen Nian was back on the day of her eighteenth birthday. Xi You was the eldest daughter of a fallen family, but Shen Nian's favor gave her a lofty standing in their social circle. She was so used to Shen Nian fawning over her that she beckoned and ordered her without a second thought: "A Nian, I want to go out to sea on a cruise ship and feel the breeze." At the same time, an old servant from Shen Nian's home came to deliver a message: "Miss Nian, Miss is ill and wants to see you. The Old Madam asks you to return at once." In the Shen family, the only person called "Miss" was the precious jewel everyone doted on: Shen Zui. Shen Nian remembered that in her previous life, she had sent the old servant away and taken Xi You and her friends out to sea for a week. But later, while saving the reckless Xi You, she risked her life by jumping into the water. She nearly drowned and was left with lasting health problems. She believed Heaven had given her the chance to start over, and this time the ending had to change. Everyone agreed that Shen Zui was exceptional. At a young age, she had earned numerous degrees and led the Shen family through countless powerful rivals to carve out a path to success. But Heaven was fair. It had given her a brilliant mind, so it took away her health. Since birth, Shen Zui had suffered from a severe pheromone allergy. Without suppressants, she would have to spend her entire life in a sterile hospital room. Later, the Shen family adopted an orphan. Shen Nian was twelve years younger than Shen Zui. Her purpose was to use the Alpha pheromones in her body to provide a steady supply of raw materials for Shen Zui's medication. There were two ways to provide the medication: First, extract it from her blood. Second, have her mark Shen Zui permanently. When Shen Nian was six, she learned that the blood drawn from her every month was meant to keep the pale woman in the attic alive. From then on, her fear of Shen Zui only grew. Forget marking her, she could barely bring herself to look Shen Zui in the eye. That day, she entered Shen Zui's room of her own accord for the first time. The plain, almost monotonous decor was uninspiring. The only beautiful sight in the room was the ravishing woman leaning against the bed. Shen Nian suddenly understood why she liked Xi You so much. How lucky she was that Xi You's features resembled Shen Zui's in some small way. [PS: The female Alpha has no male appendages. None of my ABO novels featuring female Alphas have them. Feel free to check out my completed stories in my profile~] Coming soon: Lie Flat and Discover You're the Powerful One's Secret Crush After going through a disastrous relationship in high school, Li Yan was sent abroad by her family against her will. By the time she graduated and returned, her uncle's family had seized almost all of her family's assets. She had no great ambitions, so she took an easy job at the company and thought she would spend the rest of her life drifting along. But even though she had chosen to lie flat, she found her life inexplicably getting easier and easier. Her younger cousin couldn't get into a banquet, but Li Yan received an invitation well in advance. The bank president her older cousin had long hoped to meet proactively handed Li Yan a business card. Even the Lu family, whose influence was overwhelming, insisted that she lead the collaboration project her company had fought hard to secure. A friend joked, "Could that mysterious head of the Lu family have a crush on you?" Li Yan rolled her eyes. Not long afterward, Li Yan was lucky enough to run into Lu Manqing at a banquet. Lu Manqing was a Beta. Her arrival stirred up everyone's emotions, sending the pheromone concentration in the entire banquet hall soaring. But Lu Manqing couldn't smell a thing and carried on socializing with the people around her, completely unaware. At her friend's urging, Li Yan went over to greet her. Lu Manqing remained composed and made an excuse to leave after only a few words, acting as though she didn't know Li Yan at all. Her friend accepted her loss in their bet and began pretending to date Li Yan to avoid an arranged marriage. At first, the news only circulated between their two families. But for some reason, as the company project moved forward, it also reached the Lu family's ears. When Li Yan took her team to give a progress report, she got lost and wandered into an office. In the darkness, a warm, soft body pinned her against the wall. Lu Manqing asked, "A Beta works too?" Before Li Yan could react, she heard Lu Manqing murmur softly, "Then why can't it be me?" Theme: Be confident, strong, independent, and self-reliant.