The Villainess Shines in Chinese Entertainment

A bubbly, witty girl x a gentle, scheming older-brother type. 60% of the text is protected by a 24-hour anti-piracy delay. The full text is entirely human-written, with no AI. A legitimate subscription to the full text costs less than four yuan. Please support the official version~ Here's the blurb: The second season of a dating reality show famous for its melodrama is about to start filming. Qiao Zhi, a beautiful but poor fan of drama, boldly commented: Send me 500,000 and I'll play the villainess! Amused viewers all liked her post, sending it to the top of the trending comments. The show's director clicked on Qiao Zhi's profile through gritted teeth and was surprised to discover that she was a beautiful, broke bubble-tea shop girl. He immediately decided to hire this enthusiastic viewer to play the fourth female lead, the villainess, and add fuel to the show's popularity. ★ Meng Zhan was young and naive when a shady company swindled him. After eight years in the industry, he had become a top-tier star, but a contract still kept him from making his own choices. His company bundled him off to the melodramatic dating show he despised most, to serve as an observer. He had expected to spend two months as a numb office drone. Instead, his attention was caught by the universally reviled, troublemaking fourth female lead. When others served themselves food, she spun the lazy Susan. When others spoke, she coughed. When others sang karaoke, she changed the song. When others got emotional, she made snide remarks. Thanks to her relentless troublemaking, the dating show's popularity soared, and Qiao Zhi's catchphrases went viral. The first male lead was well-read. Viewers swooned: The ultimate sapiosexual! Qiao Zhi gave a cold laugh. "Just another try-hard." The second male lead was gentle. Viewers clutched their hearts: An older, fatherly boyfriend! Qiao Zhi pursed her lips. "Just a guy with a dad complex." The third male lead was sunny. Viewers cheered: Who doesn't love a sunshine puppy! Qiao Zhi sighed and shook her head. "A mad dog with no manners." The observers shook their heads and sighed, while netizens angrily cursed her. Qiao Zhi became infamous all over the internet. Meng Zhan, however, thought she was his daily source of happiness. Every day, he used an alt account to stand up for her against the tide: he never forgot to send her comforting DMs, and he kept her in mind whenever he fought back against her haters. Qiao Zhi received comforting messages like clockwork every day. Deeply moved, she accepted a red envelope the director had sent her privately, then used her alt account to message Meng Zhan: "You like Qiao Zhi too? I'm her die-hard fan! Let's be friends!" Meng Zhan recognized the owner of the alt account at a glance and couldn't help smiling. Sis, are you sure anyone besides you and me genuinely likes "Qiao Zhi"? And looking at that string of exclamation marks, there's no doubt it's my goddess. He thought it was funny, but as long as his goddess was happy, that was all that mattered. Smiling, he replied: "Sure, let's be friends." ★ People never tire of talking about the romance between the villainous fourth female lead of a melodramatic dating show and the top-tier star in the observation room. One day, the two appeared as a real couple on a celebrity ship-pairing show run by the same director. Director: "The final event is a couples' name-tag ripping game. Get ready, everyone~" At once, countless eyes turned to Qiao Zhi. "Sis, if I rip yours off, will you yell at me?" Qiao Zhi, who had taken the money and obediently "gone straight": ??? Meng Zhan, who knew his girlfriend's personality and was desperately trying not to laugh: ... Bonus scene: Qiao Zhi, scrolling through Weibo: "Bro, I heard you paid a hundred million in breach-of-contract fees?" Meng Zhan, reading a script: "Not quite. Just eighty million." Qiao Zhi, shocked: "Couldn't you have waited another two years? What did you do that for?" Meng Zhan smiled. "For you. The company wouldn't let me go public with our relationship." Inspiration: While showering, five words suddenly flashed through my mind: "Send me 500,000." Coming soon: An Ordinary-Looking Beta, but Her Beautiful Mom Is Everyone's Dream Girl A clear-headed, sensible, honest Beta x arrogant, nasty rich Alphas Tames dogs without realizing it | Mary Sue harem drama | The chase after the breakup | The rich bend for love | Parents' romance woven in (a third-wall-paper-mother version) | The heroine trains dogs -1- Yu Wanqiao had always lived a peaceful, happy life, until her father died when she was sixteen. In the cold, desolate funeral hall, her gentle, timid Omega mother was nearly driven into heat by the pheromones of a group of strange Alphas. A man she had often seen on the Empire's political channel stepped into reality and, right before her eyes, stroked her mother's beautiful face, still streaked with tears. His gaze swept over the room, taking in its simple, cozy furnishings. The curve of his lips was full of scorn. "Xiao He, did you leave me back then just to live like this?" Her mother struggled to breathe, but he still wasn't satisfied. His icy gaze turned toward Yu Wanqiao, utterly merciless. "And you even had a low-grade Beta with that good-for-nothing." For some reason, Yu Wanqiao had a vague premonition that life from here on would be very, very bad. -2- When her mother was forced to remarry, Yu Wanqiao moved with her into a luxurious mansion she'd never even seen before. Her school records were transferred to the Empire's finest noble academy, too. The powerful and privileged, people most could never meet in a lifetime, became familiar faces all around her. But she didn't like it here at all. She disliked both her stepfather, in name only, and her equally arrogant, showy Alpha classmates. The Alphas were together all day long, forming the most loathsome little clique. In front of a crowd, the son of the court president sneered at her. "So this is the Zhou family's new daughter? She's painfully ordinary." The Meng family's chosen heir wore a gentle smile, but whispered to her in a secluded corner: "A Beta is still a Beta. Miss Yu, you'd better remember your place." Even the brother she had only in name was cold and distant. "I have never had a sister named Yu," he said, pushing her into the spotlight. Their beautiful faces, noble birth, and outstanding abilities did nothing to redeem their rotten natures. After enduring their malice and harassment for a long while, Yu Wanqiao finally replied under their expectant gazes: "Oh." She was going to leave with her mother someday anyway. Why bother with these irrelevant people? -3- In her first year at military academy, Yu Wanqiao suddenly realized how ridiculous her past assumptions had been. During a field exercise, she and an Alpha partner who unexpectedly went into heat ended up in the same cave for half a month. Everything spiraled completely out of control. Yu Wanqiao would never forget those fifteen days. But after those fifteen days, it wasn't just that one person's attitude that changed. The other Alphas seemed like different people too. The arrogant one bowed his head to her. "Qiaoqiao, will you marry me? You can treat me like a dog, just don't leave me." The haughty one bent for her. "Xiao Wan, if you want, I'll spend my whole life studying mecha with you. I don't care about the family business, political connections... I want none of it." Even the brother who was always so cold took her hand and pressed it against his chest, speaking each word distinctly. "It's beating for you." The disdain and mockery of the past had all turned into pleading and entreaties to stay. The Alphas' old alliance collapsed in an instant, and they became enemies. But Yu Wanqiao didn't understand. Faced with all their heartfelt confessions, she had only one mild response: "So what?" Tips before reading: 1. An unconventional ABO interstellar mecha setting, with pheromone suppression (for the rivalry drama). 2. There is one "locked-in male lead," whose identity is being kept secret for now. 3. Noble academy in the early part, military academy in the middle, and politics later on. The main storyline is about the heroine being adored by everyone, with her mother also adored by everyone on the side. The heroine's romance: from "hated by everyone" to adored by everyone. Her mother's romance: always adored by everyone in a story of coercive love. 4. The heroine is clear-headed, indifferent, secretly a mama's girl, wry and sharp-tongued, and mildly cutting. Sometimes she says absurd things. Her physical abilities are average, but her intelligence is off the charts. She is always a Beta, can never smell pheromones, and is never affected by them. 5. A melodramatic Mary Sue love story with a rivalry, a breakup chase, and coercive romance. The tension gets almost unbearable along the way, but it ends with one-on-one pairing. (Covering all our bases in case any dear readers are shocked when they jump in.) Theme: Judge people by their hearts, not their appearance