[Apologies for locking this story. TUT, written without an outline.]
[My other novel, The Villain in the Restricted Novel Refuses to Follow the Script, is currently serializing.]
Chronological order | Slow-burn romance during the early variety-show arc | Bittersweet male love rival in the later arc
Rational, aloof android & persistent, puppy-like younger man
After an accidental explosion, Ling Yi transmigrated into Jiang Fengling, a rich man's discarded wife who was hated by the entire internet.
At the time, the original owner was saddled with fifty million in debt left by her ex-husband. On a wilderness survival show, she was making a scene and insisting on bringing skincare products to the island, nearly getting kicked off.
As an android implanted with a brain chip, calculating the optimal survival strategy was pure instinct.
So the fussy crybaby who had been sobbing one second earlier was drilling wood to make fire, putting up a tent in seconds, and dissecting prey with her bare hands the next, leaving the entire internet stunned!
Haters: ??? Is this really that useless beauty?!
Just as her reputation turned around and she gained a huge following,
her ex-husband, who had been clamoring for a divorce, suddenly posted on his company's official account, flaunting their marriage certificate and tagging Jiang Fengling with a "heartfelt" message:
"Happy second wedding anniversary."
And now he wanted to withdraw the divorce petition???
Jiang Fengling immediately started a livestream to divorce him in front of the whole internet, plastering the screen with evidence of his affair, tax evasion, and executives taking bribes.
Let your company go down with you!
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Xia Runze was born into the founding family of an international luxury brand. A pampered prodigy since childhood, he was arrogant and rebellious.
To escape his family's control, he joined a wilderness survival show cut off from the rest of the world.
But even far from his family, people still tried to boss him around.
To get back at them for interfering, he decided to fake a couple pairing with Jiang Fengling, who had made a scene and cried at the start of the show.
As far as he knew, Jiang Fengling was mired in scandals and was still married.
She was the perfect decoy to drive people mad, without any risk of getting entangled in feelings.
But later, what he thought was just playacting became a personal whirlwind of chaos.
He told himself, so what if he fell for a married woman? So what if he became the other man?
He refused to believe he was no match for her ex-husband!
Xia Runze began acting like a real "other man," longing every day for that divorce certificate.
The proof that would let him openly turn his desire into possession.
[Bonus Scene]
The backstage was dim, the air heavy and close.
He pinned her against the wall, on the verge of losing control. "The divorce... is it done?"
Jiang Fengling was forced to tilt her head back. Her voice came in broken fragments, too faint to make out.
The next second, he lowered his head.
The rest of her words were swallowed whole.
[Reader's Guide]
1. The original owner was legally married to her ex-husband. The heroine is not a virgin, the hero is. They have a three-year age gap, with the woman older.
2. Like the original owner, the heroine thinks signing the papers means the divorce is final.
Theme: Make your own way forward
