There's No Way I'm a Kept Man

During an accident while drawing talismans, Bian Luan blew herself up. But instead of dying, she transmigrated into a novel called Ashes of Gray and Blue, becoming the scummy, freeloader bottom who is cannon fodder in the story and shares her name.

Bian Luan claims to be the young lord of a great territory, deceives the heroine Mu Qingyun into falling for her, and takes advantage of Mu Qingyun's desperate situation to force her into marriage.

But after their wedding, Bian Luan does nothing to solve the territory's crisis. She lazes around all day, flirts with everyone, and takes freeloading to the extreme.

After the heroine sees the scummy top's true colors but chooses to swallow her anger for the sake of stability in the territory, the scummy top doesn't rein herself in. Instead, she gets worse and uses the people of the territory to threaten the heroine.

In the end, the scummy top even lets the enemy in for her own benefit, nearly getting the heroine's territory wiped out.

Later, after recovering and rising to the top, the heroine's first order of business is to find the scummy top and grind her bones to dust.

She transmigrates into the book at the exact moment the territory is in crisis, when the original character is coercing and tempting the heroine into marriage.

Bian Luan: "..."

She doesn't want to take one step into the grave, so she quickly keeps her distance from the heroine and becomes a model resident of the territory, drawing talismans whenever she has nothing else to do.

The people in the territory soon discover that Bian Luan's talismans have special effects and can even enchant weapons.

Those who once scolded her show up with gifts to apologize.

As she coughs up blood, Bian Luan explains, "Actually, you weren't wrong to scold me before."

The people of the territory feel even guiltier, and some even think their treatment of her caused her illness.

Bian Luan: "..."

Later, even the territory's lord, Mu Qingyun, comes to see her every day. "The territory is growing stronger. You don't have to work so hard anymore. I'll take care of you from now on."

Bian Luan: "!"

She really isn't going to be a freeloader top!

Theme: Be self-reliant and make your way toward a better life.