How to Tame the Arrogant Second Male Lead

After accidentally transmigrating into a book, Xue Yuanqiu was promptly killed by fox demons three times in a row.

The System said, "You're a cannon-fodder character. If you want to survive, you have to raise the protagonist group's trust in you. Otherwise, you'll suffer a side effect."

The side effect is commonly known as the Tang Monk constitution.

In other words, out of a thousand different flavors of human blood, demons and monsters favor hers above all others. To put it plainly...

She became a walking target.

Xue Yuanqiu: ...

She didn't want that kind of special treatment, thanks.

The System reassured her. "It's fine, Host. The second male lead is a member of the imperial clan, and possesses the most exalted auspicious purple aura. Earning his trust can spare you from the side effect for one hour."

The second male lead in the book is the most arrogant and untamable of them all, someone even demons and monsters kneel to and call the Great Demon King. If she could cling to his coattails, she could live safely.

But on the very first day after transmigrating into the book, she forcefully kissed him, then stabbed him.

Xue Yuanqiu, with an earnest expression: Do I still have a chance, Your Highness?

The second male lead smiled menacingly. "You don't. Go die."

**

After her plans were thwarted one after another, Xue Yuanqiu decided to try and improve her image in Young Master Xie's eyes.

But Young Master Xie was unmoved by both force and persuasion.

She offered him a writing brush. He treated it like trash and even ordered someone to cut out her heart.

She fought him and insisted on staying with the Demon Suppression Bureau, so he deliberately let a monster loose to make her reconsider.

Xue Yuanqiu decided to throw in the towel!

She drew a clear line between them. "Your Highness, from now on, you take your sunny road and I'll take my single-plank bridge. Let's stay out of each other's way!"

Young Master Xie gave her a cold look and agreed.

She thought her mission would go much more smoothly this way, but because of the side effect, she kept finding herself targeted by monsters.

Then, in a life-or-death crisis, Xue Yuanqiu decided that saving face was nothing compared to saving her life.

She tried to walk back her words. "Your Highness, sometimes the sunny road and the single-plank bridge lead to the same place."

Young Master Xie fell silent for a moment, then asked, "What place?"

Xue Yuanqiu smiled. "A paradise where there's no suspicion or distrust, only harmony, kindness, and mutual support."

Young Master Xie: "..."

If he still didn't believe her, Xue Yuanqiu had one less-than-ethical way to handle it. A dream demon under a temporary contract could weaken memories by means of nightmares.

After thinking it over, Xue Yuanqiu decided to do something unethical for once.

She had the dream demon cover Young Master Xie's memories with other dreams.

But who would have thought that after waking, the dream demon, usually shrouded in white mist, would turn into a cloud of pink fog, swaying as if it had drunk a whole jug of fine, aged liquor?

Xue Yuanqiu asked how it went.

"The Great Demon King hardly ever seems to dream. Getting him into one was extremely difficult." The dream demon burped and recalled, "But this time the dream was so very long. There were flowers, trees, and you."

**

Xie Zheng is arrogant and cold, and hates demons and other evil creatures more than anything. Once, he stormed a demon's lair alone, wielding two blades and single-handedly taking down the monsters' entire nest.

The young lord prides himself on having no interest in romance, and looks down on worldly women who scheme and dream of marrying into power.

But he never imagined that one day, for the sake of a girl, he would personally shatter the barrier and become the very kind of monster he despised most.

And he would do so willingly.

He brushed away the tears at the corner of the girl's eye and sighed, asking only, "Please don't hate me, okay?"

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His newly grown tail wouldn't behave. It kept wagging at her uncontrollably.

Young Master Xie found this very troubling.

Theme: Rebirth in adversity