Reborn into a Rich Family, but the Bankruptcy Countdown Has Begun

My new novel, A Manual for a Mad Demon Lord's Forced Renewal of Fate, is currently being serialized. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites. Its blurb follows this one. Thank you.

[The universally disliked heroine who rises to power so she can lie flat X the villainous hero driven mad by a time loop]

[Sunny heroine X gloomy, brooding hero]

Overworked office drone Ling Yi transmigrates into a universally disliked supporting character in a novel that was abandoned before its ending.

The supporting character was born with every advantage, but she's a walking jinx with a superpower: "Whoever she touches becomes useless; whoever she bumps into is doomed"...

Her parents are powerful military leaders, deeply in love.

Her eldest brother is a tech tycoon, a domineering CEO with stomach problems.

Her second brother has tens of millions of fans and is a top-tier star in the traditional-chic scene.

Her twin sister is the novel's heroine, a metaphysical master destined to ascend.

And Ling Yi? Despite having the same face as the heroine, she's utterly ordinary and has achieved nothing. She's also the villain's perfect accomplice, and manages to drag her entire family down through her own efforts alone.

In the plot before the novel's abrupt ending, her parents face life imprisonment because of her, her eldest brother's company suffers one crisis after another and teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, her second brother keeps starring in flops and is disgraced, and her heroine sister is ultimately struck by her backlash and fails to ascend.

Once this useless supporting character loses her family's protection, she ends up alone and miserable.

Ling Yi could have cried. In her previous life, she died poor. This time, she was born into a wealthy family, yet it seemed she was still doomed to a tragic end...

Wait, the story is only halfway through. What if, instead of dragging her family down, she helps them become rich and successful? Then maybe she can... lie flat and enjoy herself?

A little scene:

Yan Che, head of the Yan family in Beicheng, publicly confesses his love on a certain social media platform.

The person he's confessing to isn't the eldest Ling daughter he's been persistently courting, but her useless little sister.

Netizen A: Huh? Did this sharp-minded boss finally make a typo?

Netizen B: You saw it right. It's that second young lady, the most useless person on the entire internet, who can do nothing but be born into a good family.

Netizen C: The Ling family must be thrilled to get rid of that jinx. It's just a shame that Mr. Yan is so young and already has terrible eyesight.

Netizen D: I was ready to change my name right away, but then I got left on read...

The Ling family's response left a crowd of onlookers speechless.

Xingyao Technology released an epic skin called "Ling Yi Stands Alone" in its wildly popular flagship game that very day.

The nation's most famous actor, youngest triple-crown Best Actor, and stunningly handsome Ling Yichen, swiftly posted a photo with his little sister on Weibo, captioned: "I turned her down on my sister's behalf."

The Astronomical Observation Bureau posted that it had detected an unusual celestial phenomenon: several stars had formed a character that seemed to read: "Get lost!"

At that moment, Ling Yi turned over on a bed five hundred square meters in size and murmured in her sleep: "Lying flat is so nice. Who gets it?"

Reader's guide: 1. Both leads have had no other partners. One-on-one romance.

2. Many details are author inventions. The original novel is full of melodrama. If there are any problems with the world's logic, blame the original novel. (doge)

3. The hero sees the world differently from everyone else.

Blurb for A Manual for a Mad Demon Lord's Forced Renewal of Fate:

"A thousand years ago, the demon and human clans still had dealings with each other. All kinds of demons often wandered into human territory, and among the countless demons, the nine-tailed fox was by far the most powerful and beautiful...

Until one day, chaos engulfed the demon clan. The Nine-Tailed Demon Lord lost his beloved, and in his grief slaughtered his entire clan. To find his human wife's reincarnation, he defied the punishment of Heaven and killed countless mortals, leaving the people in misery. At last, the human ruler appealed to Heaven..."

In a teahouse, Su Nian, the daughter of the Prefect, was engrossed in the story when she suddenly sensed a burning gaze. She looked down and saw a man in white standing below, staring fixedly at her with deep sadness in his eyes.

As soon as he noticed her looking, the man composed himself and bowed. "You reminded me of an old friend, young lady, so I looked at you a little longer. I hope you'll forgive my rudeness."

Su Nian frowned and did not respond.

She had never been short of admirers, but none had ever made her feel so endangered. She disliked men like him.

After that day, Su Nian's peaceful life took a strange turn.

Sometimes a thief who broke into the residence would be found dead in a gruesome state, terrifying the servants. Sometimes a persistent admirer would mysteriously disappear, only for his corpse to be found days later. Even a chancellor's son, who came to court her right under her nose, nearly lost his life when the pleasure boat he was riding in inexplicably capsized in the lake.

Su Nian suspected that everything was connected to the man in white from the teahouse. She could no longer recall his face, but she remembered the cinnabar mole at the corner of his eye, as if someone had painted it there by hand.

Not long afterward, a sudden crisis struck her family. Su Nian went to stay with her maternal relatives for safety, but was captured by bandits on the way.

At the height of her despair, she heard the sounds of weapons clashing and anguished cries outside the door. They continued for the length of a tea ceremony. All Su Nian could see was a blurry red haze. The bridal chamber door swung open, and a figure in the flickering candlelight surged toward her with the cold night wind, carrying the sharp, metallic stench of blood...

*

A bloodstained hand lifted her veil.

Su Nian finally saw his face. His silver hair was stained with blood, and though his eyes and brows were cold, they softened as soon as he looked at her. His voice grew gentle. "I've come to save you, Su Su. Don't be afraid."

The man in white bent his head, his silver hair flowing over her cheek like water, but he only kissed the corner of her eye.

In an instant, countless jumbled scenes flashed through her mind, finally settling on a face twisted with madness and despair. His voice was hoarse, every word dripping with anguish: "Su Su, either love me, or remain trapped in this cage for all eternity."

Su Nian's eyes suddenly widened as her gaze fell on the sachet at his waist.

It was made of coarse cloth, and whoever had sewn it had done a clumsy job. The whole sachet was crooked.

But Su Nian had sharp eyes, and could still make out the nearly worn-away character stitched onto it: Nian.

[Rebellious Noblewoman X Truly Mad Demon Lord] | Nine Reincarnations | Fated, Anguished Love | The Nine-Tailed Demon Lord Forces Their Fate to Continue |

Theme: Everyone has the right to find happiness