Xu Qing is a Beta. She doesn't have an Alpha's strength or an Omega's appeal.
She's like one of the countless ordinary worker bees in a hive.
While others in AA, OO, or AO pairings were passionately in love, she was at school.
While others were locked away, enduring tragic romances full of life-and-death drama and unable to bear being apart, she was at work.
That's right, she's the doctor who gets woken up at one in the morning to treat an Omega with a sprain.
After all, she's a Beta who can't sense pheromones.
Then one day, Xu Qing was hit by an advertising sign that fell from the sky, and began her career in quick transmigration.
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System: Your mission is to play the heroine in every world...
Xu Qing, overworked office drone on a 996 schedule: Me?
System: ...and her best friend, protecting the bystanders who die because of the romance between the male and female leads.
Xu Qing: Does it pay?
System: ...Yes.
Xu Qing: Fine.
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After accepting the mission, Xu Qing discovered things weren't as simple as she'd thought.
Whenever the heroine of a tragic romance was locked away again and again, gazing up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle after a miscarriage and weeping helplessly,
Xu Qing would get furious. “He found a lover, got you fired, and keeps restricting your freedom...”
The tragic-romance heroine: “But he loves me.”
Xu Qing: “If he loved you, he wouldn't lock you up. He's worth hundreds of billions, yet he makes you live in a rental!”
The tragic-romance heroine: “No, you don't understand him.”
Xu Qing: ...Now I don't just want to punch him. I want to punch you, too.
After finally completing the mission, Xu Qing thought her suffering was over. Instead, she discovered with dismay that her torment had only just begun.
Under the pressure of everyday life, Xu Qing rolled up her sleeves. “The world needs emotionally stable Betas!”
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Ji Shuheng is an Alpha, born into an illustrious family and blessed with extraordinary talent. His life goes smoothly until he falls for a Beta.
In the bathroom, Xu Qing looks at the man in the mirror, who's acting like a mad dog, and coolly asks, “Have you bitten enough?”
Ji Shuheng pauses, his voice hoarse. “Not enough.”
He's never hated the fact that his lover is a Beta so much: a Beta who can never sense pheromones and will always remain calm and self-possessed.
Reader notes:
1. Female Beta, male Alpha. Includes female-top/male-bottom or male-top/female-bottom scenes (emphasis added).
2. The male lead is a fragment of the same person.
3. The author has no idea what else to add, but wants to make a list of three.
Theme: Even ordinary people can have their moment in the spotlight
