After the Protagonist Team Heard My Inner Thoughts

[The story is complete. If you see updates, don't worry: I'm just making a pass to fix typos and awkward sentences. XOXO =3=]

After transmigrating into a xianxia novel as the vicious female side character, Jiang Yunmiao was told by the System that if she diligently followed the plot to the end, she could come back to life in her original world, and even get a fifty-billion-yuan bonus!

So, after reading the entire plot outline, Jiang Yunmiao set about following the story with utmost dedication.

What Jiang Yunmiao didn't know was that a System malfunction had made every member of the main cast able to hear her thoughts.

When she was supposed to threaten and bribe the heroine into leaving the hero: [I'm sorry, pretty girl. If I could, I'd love to cuddle up with a sweet, soft girl too, but this damn main plot point has to happen, so I have no choice but to go along with it. Waaah!]

The heroine gazed at Jiang Yunmiao with a sweet smile. "Big sis, you smell so nice~"

Jiang Yunmiao: Why is the heroine acting so strange??

When she was supposed to suck up to the hero: [Who'd put up with that deadpan face if it weren't for the mission? I'm going to find those gorgeous merfolk later and get them to soothe my wounded heart!]

The hero's cold expression darkened. His voice turned ominous. "I've been craving fish head soup lately. I hear merfolk from the South Sea taste pretty good. What do you think?"

Jiang Yunmiao: Is the hero threatening me?!

When she was supposed to provoke the villain: [Whoa, this villain is way hotter than the hero. I want to copy... *slurp*...]

The villain calmly loosened his collar, revealing his beautiful collarbone. "It's a little hot..."

Jiang Yunmiao: Wait... is the villain trying to seduce me?!

Jiang Yunmiao dutifully completed every main plot mission.

Just as she was about to reach the mission where she was supposed to exit the story, the plot went off the rails...

The hero gazed at her reproachfully. "Can't you stay for our sake?"

The heroine transformed into a clingy bad boy. "If I'd known big sis liked wild ones, I wouldn't have pretended to be someone else."

The villain showed off his eight-pack abs. "You really don't want to come over and feel them?~"

Help! What on earth went wrong?!

Two upcoming stories:

Upcoming Story 1: Reborn as a Girl Group Livestreamer

In her previous life, Jiang Linyi was the go-to choreographer for a top-tier star in the entertainment industry, an idol who could both sing and dance. After being reborn, she became a fringe girl-group livestreamer on a small agency's streaming account, and was about to be fired.

The original Jiang Linyi had no money or education. After finally getting signed to her current MCN company thanks to her pretty face, she started performing in group livestreams. But the girl group had five members, and after a whole month of livestreaming, only the center dancer had managed to attract a single generous male fan.

Just as the company was pointing fingers at them and chewing them out, threatening to disband the group and fire Jiang Linyi if they couldn't attract more big spenders, Jiang Linyi transmigrated into her body.

On her first day, the group's livestream account brought in over a hundred thousand in gifts in a single day for the first time.

That night, the team manager who had been yelling in her face that very afternoon came to apologize with a fawning smile.

By Jiang Linyi's first month, she had scored ten million points all by herself at the company's guild competition.

After the competition, the company owner came to discuss a new contract with her, beaming as he presented a much more generous offer.

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As more and more wealthy patrons joined the livestream, the atmosphere in the chat started to change.

Other streamers' chats were full of gift effects while viewers watched the streamers compete against each other. In Jiang Linyi's chat, the leaderboard turned into a battle over who could claim the title of Yimei's strongest number-one fan.

While other streamers were still trying to figure out how to squeeze money out of their wealthy fans every day, Jiang Linyi's livestream was filled with gift effects.

Wealthy male fan: Unlock every exhibit! If other people have it, you need to have it too!

Wealthy female fan: Sis, you haven't seen the new effects yet. Let me show you the world!

Fans: I don't know! Little sis hasn't even said a word, and these wealthy fans have suddenly started spending like crazy all by themselves.

Upcoming Story 2: I'm a Food Livestreamer in Ancient Times

Jiang Yurong transmigrated.

She started with an empty house, a family of five in which three had starved to death, and two little ones barely clinging to life. Jiang Yurong wasn't worried. As a streamer who specialized in suggestive content, she had a livestream System as her golden finger. She could exchange her viewers' gifts for food, so she could turn around even the most hellish start!

But a bug in the System settings turned her channel from a sensual-content channel into a food channel!

As someone who was hopeless in the kitchen, Jiang Yurong's vision went dark. She could do suggestive content, but scrubbing stoves? No way!!

To keep herself and her younger siblings from starving, Jiang Yurong could only scrape by by completing the System's daily tasks.

She followed every step in the cooking videos without missing a single one, but still ended up with a pile of blackened dishes! So Jiang Yurong set her sights on the young scholar next door.

Sure enough, a scholar's brains really were useful!

Jiang Yurong was overjoyed when she saw him perfectly recreate the food from the videos using nothing but the steps she described aloud. Great! As long as she held on to this lifeline, she could complete high-level tasks every day, and her whole family would soon be living comfortably!

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Bai Heyu had been feeling rather bothered lately.

The eldest daughter of the Jiang family next door, Jiang Yurong, seemed to have grown a lot bolder since recovering from her illness.

She used to sneak only one admiring glance at him. Now she came over every day, claiming she needed to borrow their stove to cook.

Did she think he didn't know that her family's stove was bigger and more convenient than his?

And the Jiang family had a precious cookbook passed down from generation to generation, which she knew by heart. Yet she claimed she couldn't cook and begged him to help. What an obvious excuse!

Still, the eldest Jiang girl was truly devoted to him. Bai Heyu thought he would have to study even harder and pass the imperial exams one day, so he wouldn't disappoint her deep affection!

But she was still young, and visiting his home every day would harm her reputation. Perhaps they should get engaged as soon as possible?

Genius Disciple X Good-for-Nothing Master.

Theme: Keep striving even when faced with adversity