A missing mother, a sick sister, and debts piling up.
Because she was poor, Su Wanli chose the most lucrative profession she could find: card-making. She threw herself into selling cards, determined to become a top seller.
After failing for the third time to awaken her birth card, she was about to set up shop under an overpass when she suddenly drew a strange card numbered 199.
199 claimed that the world was a story about a nobody's rise to greatness, where every supporting character existed to make the protagonist shine. It kept repeating in her ear:
We're all people, so why can't you be the protagonist? Do as I say and steal the protagonist's luck. You can become the star of your own power fantasy, too!
The protagonist of a power fantasy? Then they must be rich, right?
Persuaded by the card, the Host was indeed tempted.
199 was feeling pleased with itself when it saw Su Wanli think for three seconds, then head straight for the protagonist. ???
Hey, hey! Isn't it too early to go after the protagonist? We should be plotting something shady behind the scenes first!
Su Wanli cheerfully ignored the strange card's hollering, walked right up to the transfer student without a trace of embarrassment, and enthusiastically pitched her wares:
"Hey, classmate, want to buy some star cards? They're premium, custom-made, and completely handmade!"
Why would the protagonist want your ordinary, low-grade cards!
199 raged helplessly, only to see the protagonist ponder for a moment and then buy every single one?!
Draining the protagonist's wallet by selling them low-grade cards was part of your plan all along, Host??
The protagonist improves their strength while Su Wanli makes cards.
The protagonist wins people's hearts while Su Wanli haggles with card-material suppliers.
The protagonist tackles dungeon runs while Su Wanli pitches cards to dungeon NPCs.
The Host couldn't care less about the novel's plot. She just made cards and sold them as she pleased.
It took 199 only three days to go from full of confidence to utterly disheartened.
But can someone explain why the protagonist came to the Host on their own when she hadn't done anything at all?
The protagonist bought a large stock of useless low-grade cards, draining their funds and even handing over their entire wallet.
They joined the protagonist's team and shared in the protagonist's opportunities, somehow replacing the protagonist as team leader.
And when the protagonist should have had their big moment in the story, Su Wanli stole the spotlight all by herself.
199 belatedly realized that the Host had done nothing, yet the mission to steal the protagonist's luck had completed itself?
But why was the protagonist happier after losing the opportunities from the original story?
Why had the world's will grown stronger after the child of destiny was weakened???
The gifts of fate come at a steep price. After many misfortunes, Li Weiming lost heart and exiled himself from the world.
Then one day, a girl suddenly stood in front of him, trying to sell him something.
Tired of life-changing encounters, Li Weiming was about to turn her down when he hesitated. These cards... really did look like nothing more than basic, mass-produced star cards?
Before learning the world was a novel, Su Wanli made cards, sold cards, and made cards.
After learning the world was a novel, Su Wanli made cards, sold cards... and when she ran out, made more.
Apart from a strange card that was always shrieking, nothing changed in Su Wanli's peaceful card-selling life.
Until one day, Li Weiming suddenly handed her his birth card. She casually stuffed it into her pocket, and the strange card's screams nearly burst her eardrums. Only then did Su Wanli belatedly realize something was wrong
Hadn't a strange voice just claimed to be the world's will and congratulated her for breaking free of her fate, which led to the abyss? Hadn't it said the world had ascended, and she had become the author of the Book of the World?
Never mind... That's not important. Hey, friend, want to buy some cards?
[Reader Advisory]
1. A heroine who will bow to nothing but money x a gloomy, spendthrift rich-kid fanboy hero
2. A heavily reworked card novel. The author's made-up rules are the only rules.
3. A light ensemble cast, told mainly from the heroine's point of view.
4. The theme is inspired by a poem by Mu Xin.
Theme: What is called an abyss without a bottom may also lead to a journey of ten thousand miles.
