Zhu Kui is the quintessential fragile college student. She looks perfectly normal, but the slightest bump or scrape makes her bleed profusely and collapse on the spot. She has a remarkable talent for getting hurt.
On an utterly ordinary day, after passing out from period cramps, she transmigrated into a novel.
She became a supporting female character in a melodramatic novel she'd casually opened to distract herself from the pain, a top-tier plot device whose purpose was to take bullets and get hurt for the male lead, keeping him safe and ensuring the plot proceeded smoothly.
Zhu Kui: ...
With her fragile constitution, even a minor bump or scrape knocks her out for half a day, and now she's supposed to take bullets and get hurt for the male lead over and over???
Good heavens, why not just kill her outright?
System: That's not allowed, Host. I carefully selected you for this mission. Your exceptionally fragile constitution makes you the ideal person to act weak after getting hurt, the perfect green-tea supporting female character to advance the relationship between the male and female leads.
This is your advantage!
Zhu Kui: ...
So she had no choice but to grit her teeth and carry out the mission.
After taking a hit for the male lead, she lay in his arms, barely breathing, her face pale as she said, "I only want you to be safe."
After a conflict with the female lead, she simply fell flat on the ground, scraped her arm, and looked up with tears in her eyes, pitifully asking, "Why did you push me, sister?"
When she was misunderstood and framed, accused of being a spy, she shut her eyes and fainted on the spot. "I'm innocent!"
With the System pushing her along, Zhu Kui painstakingly and with immense difficulty kept one foot in the grave as she completed every task assigned to a green-tea supporting female character.
All so she could leave this world and go home again.
But on the day she was about to complete her final task, the male lead's younger brother pinned her wrist and cornered her against the wall. "We have the exact same face. What do you like about my older brother, anyway?"
Zhu Kui drew in a sharp breath. "!!!"
Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, my wrist hurts so much!
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Li Guiqing had lived in his older brother's shadow ever since he was a child.
They had exactly the same face, but his brother was better than him in every way. Even when walking down the street, he would catch the admiring glances of young women. There was always a crowd of admirers around him, while nobody ever paid Li Guiqing any attention.
But he didn't care. There was only one person he liked, anyway.
But the girl he liked suddenly fell hopelessly in love with his older brother. She took hits for him, got jealous over him and all sorts of women, and was constantly getting hurt because of it.
He couldn't bear to watch, so he would secretly dress up as his brother to care for her and look after her.
Then one day, he happened to overhear her whispering with someone, planning to die in his brother's place before his brother could.
He could take no more. He knocked her unconscious and took her away.
After all, he looked exactly like his brother. What was so bad about pretending for the rest of his life?
Theme: Never give in to adversity
