Socially Anxious, But How Do I Deal with Becoming a Bratty Star in a Book?

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Gu Zhi is socially anxious, but she has transmigrated into the body of a villainess.

The System says it will bring her back to life if she completes her tasks, on one condition: she must stay in character.

The villainess is a notorious, universally hated actress with no memorable roles, famous only for her outrageous behavior.

She has even made an enemy of the youngest and iciest Best Actress in the industry. Gu Zhi is already seeing stars.

Socially anxious Gu Zhi: Help! (๑ १д१), Mom, I want to go home!

But no matter how unwilling she is, she still has to complete the tasks, or she will die.

So when she loses her footing while hiking and someone reaches out to steady her, she takes three deep breaths and digs her nails into her palm to stay in character. Then she says with a look of disdain, "Did I ask you to help me? Mind your own business."

Gu Zhi: (´o̴̶̷̤ㅂo̴̶̷̤`) I want you to help me, please, I need it!

The System chirps happily: First task, ask the Best Actress to help you.

Gu Zhi: Σ(°Д°; I mean, I don't want it that badly.

So the viewers in the livestream see this:

Gu Zhi turns stiffly, her lips trembling and eyes brimming with tears, and orders the germaphobic Best Actress around: "I can't climb anymore. Come help me!"

Meanwhile, Gu Zhi's legs are shaking like a rag in the wind.

The viewers:

[The bloodsucker's at it again! Is she a mosquito in her past life? Does she get an itch all over if she goes a day without sucking blood?]

[With the Best Actress's temper, don't start crying when she shuts you down.]

[I'll bet a million the Best Actress will help her. Whoever loses, pay up.]

Then, to the viewers' utter astonishment, the icy Best Actress, who has a severe germ phobia, wordlessly steadies the limping woman.

[Report: I think something's wrong with my eyes.]

[Same...]

Gu Zhi: (⊙o⊙)

Isn't she supposed to be cold and keep everyone at arm's length? This doesn't match the original story or her current persona.

When the production crew asks her to cook,

she arrogantly refuses help from the crew and the other stars: "It's just a little thing. Do you think I can't handle it myself?"

(இωஇ )

I'm really sorry, everyone. I didn't mean to. Aaaaaah!

The System: Second task, get the Best Actress to help you.

What a lifesaver.

She cautiously sidles up to the Best Actress and tugs on her sleeve, then says with a disdainful expression, "I think you're qualified to be my assistant."

Just as she expects the famously aloof Best Actress to shove her away, the woman wordlessly starts preparing the ingredients for her.

The third task...

Gu Zhi sits on the Best Actress's lap, insisting with utter confidence that she shouldn't read too much into it.

The fourth task...

Who could have guessed that just as she climbed into the Best Actress's bed, the System's voice would suddenly sound in her mind?

Zhizhi is so sweet and cute. I want to kiss her.

Gu Zhi's eyes widen slightly. The next second,

the Best Actress's voice echoes in her mind with a task: Kiss the Best Actress.

Gu Zhi's brain races as she sits there stunned.

Then a flurry of kisses, tender but impossible to refuse, rains down on her.

After all the tasks are done,

the good news is that she completed them and cleared her name.

But why does that expressionless Best Actress keep following her everywhere?

April 14, 2025

Coming next: "Begging the Villainous Cannon Fodder to Keep Her"

After top-tier actress Zhu Xian is knocked unconscious on set and wakes up, she discovers that she's a minor character in a novel.

It's a coming-of-age story about two people secretly in love with each other. The two leads, both initially in subordinate positions, like each other, but the novel's villainess gets in their way. The cannon-fodder character forces the leads into a relationship and uses her power to keep one of them. After the lovers are forced apart, they join forces to ruin the villainess, then end up together.

This should have nothing to do with Zhu Xian. The only problem is that the cannon-fodder character who interferes with their relationship and meets a tragic end

is Zhu Xian's ex-girlfriend and current crush.

She's also Zhu Xian's industry rival: Guan Wen.

They have similar roles and are constantly compared in the industry. Their personalities are completely incompatible, too. Wen Guan is aloof and meticulous, while Zhu Xian is free-spirited and easygoing. Whenever they meet, things are bound to turn unpleasant. Whenever they appear together, their fanbases are sure to tear into each other.

Zhu Xian and Wen Guan broke up because they were incompatible, too.

Wen Guan has to look immaculate down to every strand of hair before she leaves the house, and she can't stand Zhu Xian, who'll head out in her pajamas. Zhu Xian has to fall asleep with music playing and the lights on, while Wen Guan hates all noise. Zhu Xian...

Zhu Xian still likes Wen Guan and can't bear the thought of the person she's loved for years meeting such a tragic end. So when Guan Wen offers the protagonist a deal to keep her,

Zhu Xian kicks open the door and leans against it, grinning as she watches the two of them argue.

When Wen Guan asks her coldly what she wants,

Zhu Xian tips up Wen Guan's chin and leans close to whisper in her ear, her voice gentle. "If she doesn't want to, let me try instead. I'm pretty, good in bed, and obedient. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Looking at Zhu Xian's smiling face, Wen Guan agrees almost without thinking. But when Zhu Xian wants to hold hands, Wen Guan insists on kissing. When Zhu Xian wants a hug, Wen Guan wants to hold hands.

Wen Guan assumes Zhu Xian is just bored and looking for trouble again, but Zhu Xian seems to be serious. They hold hands, hug, and kiss, always kissing while breaking things and hugging while arguing. They call it what a kept lover is supposed to do.

Until one night, after getting drunk, Zhu Xian pins her to the bed with a carefree smile. Her burning gaze fixed on Wen Guan's eyes, she says, "As your kept lover, it's time I fulfilled my duties."

Wen Guan's pupils tremble.

Is this really not revenge?

Just like before?

And yet she still closes her eyes.

Suddenly, a wave of utterly ridiculous rumors sweeps through the entertainment industry.

People keep saying that Zhu Xian has been taken as someone's kept lover, and that someone is her sworn enemy.

The two fanbases are uncharacteristically united against the rumors, tearing into each other online until all hell breaks loose.

[How much have you had to drink to dream this up?! What kind of pathetic troll are you?]

[You mean Wenwen and...? Hahaha, what kind of idiot are you? Get lost.]

[What does that question mark mean? How big a star do you think your fave is, treating a senior like that?]

While both sides are locked in an all-out war, Zhu Xian starts a livestream.

On screen, she cheerfully holds someone's hand and greets her fans. "Hi, everyone. This is my girlfriend."

Check out the upcoming "The Ice-Cold CEO Is My Ex-Wife, What a Mess"

After her family's bankruptcy turns Qu Mingyou from a rich heiress into a debt-ridden heiress,

she sets out to work and pay off the debts.

Then a new ice-cold CEO transfers to her company. She's Qu Mingyou's ex-girlfriend.

The CEO is incredibly aloof and sharp-tongued.

The bad news: Qu Mingyou was the one who dumped her, just because she was rich.

The good news: Her ex-girlfriend looks utterly indifferent, as if she doesn't recognize her.

Qu Mingyou: Well, at least I won't die.

Except...

When the CEO faces a team member who's crying to Qu Mingyou about how hard the proposal is,

her ex-girlfriend says, "Are you stupid? You can't even do this?"

When a male manager helps Qu Mingyou pick up a delivery,

her ex-girlfriend says, "Am I paying you to work, or to scam me?"

Then her ex-girlfriend turns to look at Qu Mingyou, who's eating instant noodles.

And finally walks away, her expression cold.

But things always seem to happen by coincidence.

For example, every time Qu Mingyou casually looks back, she catches her ex-girlfriend's gaze before she can look away.

But the next moment, her ex-girlfriend looks away as if she couldn't care less.

Or when Qu Mingyou accidentally spills her coffee, her ex-girlfriend immediately rushes out of the elevator, looking worried.

When she catches Qu Mingyou looking at her, her ex-girlfriend goes cold-faced. "What are you staring at? Don't you have a proposal to revise?"

Qu Mingyou thinks it must all be her imagination.

But who could have guessed that one day, after her ex-girlfriend gets drunk, she clings to Qu Mingyou, mumbling and whining.

Qu Mingyou steadies her head. "Do you know who I am?"

Her ex-girlfriend tries hard to open her eyes and look at her, then giggles foolishly. Finally, she plants a kiss on Qu Mingyou's face. "You're my wife."

Qu Mingyou freezes just as she's about to push her hand away.

Song Ling's eyes brim with tears. "Why do you always ignore me? Have you forgotten me?"

Qu Mingyou lifts her chin and kisses her as she gazes up with shining eyes.

Until one day, Qu Mingyou finds a diary.

The first page says: I finally saw her. I'm so happy.

The second: Why won't she pay attention to me? Sob.

The third: She looked at me. I want to kiss her.

Only later does Qu Mingyou learn that the client behind the proposal that needed her help had wanted to cut costs from the start.

That manager was always taking pictures of her delivery details.

And her ex-girlfriend was always taking pictures of her.

December 12, 2024, saved for later

Theme: Study hard and don't let anyone fool you