When I Became the Proud Protagonist's Target

Lin Tingwei transmigrated into a power-fantasy novel as a cannon-fodder villainess who was about to break off her engagement to the male lead and later get humiliated by him. Lin Tingwei didn’t care about being humiliated. She wanted to witness the iconic scene where the male lead is dumped and declares, “Never look down on a poor young man!” Lin Tingwei decided to follow the script. But when the male lead, Xiao Mingyu, appeared, she heard him talking to his System. System: [Lin Tingwei’s affection for the Host is 0. Raise it to 5 points to receive three top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.] Lin Tingwei thought for a moment, then said, “Give me half the reward.” Xiao Mingyu: “???” Lin Tingwei: “For the reward, I’ll give you some affection points. Otherwise…” System notification: [Lin Tingwei’s affection drops by 10. Current affection: -10 points.] Xiao Mingyu: “…” Looking at the negative affection score on his System panel, Xiao Mingyu agreed. [Lin Tingwei’s affection increases by 15. Current affection: 5 points.] After Xiao Mingyu reluctantly handed over one and a half top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills… System notification: [Lin Tingwei’s affection drops by 5. Current affection: 0 points.] Xiao Mingyu: “…” System: [Save the beauty once to raise her affection to 20 points. Reward: one Heaven-Rank cultivation technique.] Lin Tingwei and Xiao Mingyu used a sect mission to stage a rescue. [Lin Tingwei’s affection increases by 20. Current affection: 20 points.] After Xiao Mingyu shared the cultivation technique… System notification: [Lin Tingwei’s affection drops by 20. Current affection: 0 points.] Xiao Mingyu: “…” Later, through secret-realm trials and the Immortal Alliance tournament, Xiao Mingyu continued to level up and gradually made a name for himself in the cultivation world. As Lin Tingwei milked the System for rewards, she and Xiao Mingyu were inseparable, and people started calling them a perfect couple. But only Xiao Mingyu knew that Lin Tingwei gave him affection points solely for the rewards. As soon as she got each reward, Lin Tingwei’s affection score immediately dropped back to zero… During a crisis, Xiao Mingyu was gravely wounded and coughing up blood. He asked Lin Tingwei, “After working together for so long, do you really not feel anything for me?” Looking at Xiao Mingyu, who was barely clinging to life, Lin Tingwei suddenly realized that if the male lead died, she’d lose her rewards too. Her heart ached for him. System notification: [Lin Tingwei’s affection increases by 1.] Xiao Mingyu: “…” * The System discovered that the male lead of a small world would turn evil and become a villain intent on destroying the world. To maintain the stability of that world, the System decided to bind itself to a heroine and have her win over and redeem the male lead before he turned evil. But an unexpected mishap caused the System, which was supposed to bind itself to the heroine, to bind itself to the male lead on the verge of turning evil instead. After analyzing the situation, the System decided that what mattered wasn’t who pursued whom, but that the male lead found redemption through love. So it decided to make the best of the mistake and have the male lead pursue the heroine instead… Reader’s guide: - There may be a bit of an ensemble cast? - There’s more to the protagonist’s transmigration than meets the eye. It wasn’t caused by the System. - 2024.6.17 Upcoming novel from my profile: Survival for All: Bound to a Plane Trading System from the Start Ji Ningyun was pulled into a survival game for everyone. Before the game had even begun, a plane-trading System bound itself to her. Survival Game: [Raise your survival score to 10 and make it through the first night.] Trading System: [Travel to the target plane and complete one transaction within 12 hours. Coordinates confirmed. Teleport now?] Ji Ningyun chose to teleport. Twelve hours later, she returned with the supplies she’d traded for. Survival Game: [Congratulations, player! You survived the first night. Current survival score: 1,080, ranked first in Zone A. Rewards: one survival backpack, one purple supply chest, one purple tool chest, and one achievement badge.] Trading System: [Transaction completed successfully. You received 10 trade coins. The Myriad Worlds Trading Mall is now open.] Ever since she got the trading System, Ji Ningyun has achieved everything there is to achieve in the survival game and settled into a leisurely life of relaxation. Theme: Cooperation benefits everyone.