The Supporting Actress Has Quite a Few Relatives

Bai Kunyao is a stone. Not an ordinary stone, but a beautiful piece of top-grade white nephrite jade. The moment she took human form, the Bureau of Nonhuman Affairs recruited her and sent her on a mission.

She transmigrates into a male-oriented novel as the eldest daughter of a real estate tycoon.

She is a bit-part nobody, barely in the story. Her younger sister, Bai Jing, fares slightly better: she is a named supporting female character, written as one of the male lead's many harem members.

Bai Jing was betrothed to the male lead as a child. Unfortunately, his family fell on hard times, and the Bai family looked down on him and called off the engagement.

As everyone knows, in male-oriented novels, the family of the woman who breaks off an engagement at the beginning never gets a happy ending.

They say the east bank of the river will rise again in thirty years... But it won't take thirty years. The Bai family goes bankrupt in just three months. Meanwhile, the male lead meets a benefactor who launches his career, and he becomes an overnight sensation, a new top-tier star in the entertainment industry. Female celebrities hoping to pair up with him for publicity could line up all the way from Hengdian to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In the book, the Bai family's eldest daughter uses underhanded tactics to latch onto a young heir from a wealthy family, hoping to keep living in luxury after the bankruptcy.

She does enjoy a pretty good life for a while. Unfortunately, the heir has no sense and manages to offend the male lead. Before long, his family goes bankrupt too.

From then on, the Bai family is seen as a family of walking bad luck. No one dares go near them, and no company will hire them. They can only sweep the streets for a living.

Even so, the eldest daughter remains spoiled and insists on eating delicacies. If she can't have them, she refuses to eat at all, and eventually starves to death.

Bai Kunyao has no words for such a rushed ending.

Her mission is to lead the Bai family to survival.

The first thing she does after transmigrating: get divorced! Shed that walking-bad-luck reputation!

On the day they sign the divorce papers, Huo Sui is in a good mood and chats with her a little longer than usual.

Huo Sui: "What made you come around all of a sudden?"

Bai Kunyao: "I read the stars last night. Your family is going bankrupt. Since we were once married, here's a bit of advice: Leave people some room to maneuver, so you can meet again someday."

Huo Sui: Is she crazy?

Not long after, the Huo family goes bankrupt, and Huo Sui comes to Bai Kunyao in tears.

Bai Kunyao: "Hello there. If you have a question, come to my livestream and request to join me on mic."

That's right, Bai Kunyao has become a livestreamer.

It's her job. She has to work and earn money to support her family.

Bai Kunyao's popularity skyrockets in the livestreaming world because she can identify genuine jade at a glance, with a perfect success rate.

Since she's taking business away from her competitors, someone in the industry threatens to take her down.

Bai Kunyao: "We'll see who takes down whom."

Her opponent is shocked. "Oh, look at that! Someone who isn't afraid to die."

Later, the opponent's account is banned by the platform. A police announcement reports that they were arrested for faking jade. At the same time, the platform publicly verifies Bai Kunyao's credentials: she's a public servant, and she joined the social media platform to educate people about jade.

Fans: Huh? Did we really become fans of a big shot?!

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Wei Yan's jewelry company needs a supply of precious Hetian jade seed material. He gets an inside tip that a mysterious geologist has discovered a new Hetian jade deposit, and he wants to inspect it. If the deposit meets the requirements, he plans to have the company prepare its mining application right away.

The jade deposit lies in the Kunlun Mountains, at an altitude of five thousand meters, where the terrain is treacherous and the climate bitterly cold.

A blizzard seals off the mountain that day, and he gets separated from the main group. Just as he despairs, someone emerges through the endless snow and mist and calls his name as if she knows exactly where he is.

Later, Wei Yan asks her how she found him.

Bai Kunyao says, "I asked for directions."

Wei Yan: "You asked... who?"

Bai Kunyao points to the ground.

Everyone here is her relative.

(The setting is fictional, and the entire story is made up. Please don't compare it to real life!)

Here's a preview of my upcoming novel, Mom Is a Monster

Xiaofu is a eucalyptus tree, a narrow-leaved peppermint gum growing in the forest.

People call eucalyptus trees rotten trees because they can start forest fires by spontaneously combusting, burning away other species, then use the heat to burst their seed capsules and be reborn in the flames.

Xiaofu grows honestly and diligently for a thousand years, until at last she meets a kindhearted god: the System.

The System grants her the power to take human form, but only for three years.

The System also brings her a little tiger who is in the same "trainee period" of taking human form, and tells her that if she can help the cub collect a hundred points of affection in the human world, she will be able to take human form permanently.

Xiaofu looks at the tiny tiger cub. This will be easy!

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The first thing Xiaofu does after arriving in the human world is drop the cub off at an orphanage.

A month later, the police show up at her door with the orphanage director.

The director points at her and curses her for being a heartless mother who would just abandon a perfectly good child. Then she promptly hands the cub back to Xiaofu.

Xiaofu sees that the affection score above the cub's head has turned negative, and asks what she did at the orphanage.

The cub: "Those kids were too noisy, so I beat them all up."

The cub is born with superhuman strength. Whoever comes along is getting walloped twice.

Xiaofu: ...What a disaster.

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Xiaofu doesn't give up. She thinks: If children won't do, then she'll try adults. The cub is so cute, surely she'll win some affection from grown-ups.

She creates a profile on a dating site. Thanks to her stunning looks, plenty of men agree to go out with her.

The men's first thought when they see her: She's gorgeous. Their second thought: Why did she bring a little burden along?

The little burden is baring her teeth and glaring at them from the side.

Xiaofu goes on one date after another, and the cub scares every man away.

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Xiaofu: If people, young or old, won't work, how about animals?

Xiaofu finds a job at a zoo. She doesn't know if the cub is happy, but she certainly is. Every day, the koalas climb onto her, sniff her hair, and lick her fingers.

Koalas: Wow! She smells like eucalyptus!

The cub: You brats! Don't you have a mom? That's my mom!

After Xiaofu has worked at the zoo for three months, the affection score above the cub's head keeps dropping. Animals big and small all tremble in fear when they see her.

Animals: Who'd dare love her? We need to run for our lives!

Xiaofu cries late into the night: If I keep doing this, the mission will deduct a hundred points of affection...

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By the time Luoluo is five, she understands that she's different from other kids: she has no dad, and her mom is a monster!

A big patch of Mom's hair is green. In summer, tiny white flowers bloom on her head. She gets angry easily and flares up. Literally: her hair catches fire!

But she sings to Luoluo, holds her in her arms and strokes her fur, sews her clothes, and cooks delicious meat!

Luoluo has a secret: she can see the number above her own head.

She knows that when the number turns into a piece of pork belly and two hand-rolled beef balls, Mom will leave her.

She loves her mom so much. She doesn't want to be left behind.

Theme: Embrace love and freedom