I'm Just a Background Character in a Romance Novel

Yu Wenxue transmigrated into a minor character in a chase-your-wife novel.

Unconnected to the original plot, she unexpectedly gets bound to a kissing System. Besides bringing the original male and female leads together quickly, she has to sneak a peek at them kissing every so often. If she doesn't, the System will punish her.

Yu Wenxue: (╯‵□′)╯

Is it trying to turn her into a peeping Tom?!

To stay alive, she obediently follows its orders, but nothing goes smoothly:

[Mission 1: Danger! The male lead accidentally accepted another girl's sachet.]

[Mission 2: Danger! The female lead was set up and spent a passionate night with the second male lead.]

[Mission 3: Danger! ...]

Yu Wenxue: I'm tired!

She works hard to complete every mission, but whenever she sneaks a look, she always feels another pair of eyes watching her too.

It isn't just anyone. It's Gu Yunshen, the biggest villain in the whole book.

According to the story, Gu Yunshen is the original male lead's younger brother. With a face like jade and eyes bright as stars, he's the man of countless women's dreams.

This ethereal young man was brutally beaten as a child, leaving him deaf in his left ear. He blames his half-brother for everything, and has repeatedly thrown obstacles in the way of the main couple.

To stop Gu Yunshen from continuing to "help" the main couple's romance along, Yu Wenxue gets another task: keep him from turning evil. She has to show up in front of him regularly and thwart anything that might set him off.

For example, when Gu Yunshen tries to poison the male lead, she grabs his hand.

And when Gu Yunshen tries to draw his sword and kill the male lead, she wraps her arms around his waist...

Finally, when she tries to stop him from killing someone for the third time, Gu Yunshen blocks her way and fixes her with a burning stare. "How will you stop me this time?"

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The original male and female leads have reached their wedding night, and the villain has grown into an upright, kind young man. Yu Wenxue thinks her work is done and prepares to leave.

As she's happily packing her things, the System's icy notification rings in her ear: [Host, please complete the hidden mission: kiss three times. You may choose the target yourself.]

Yu Wenxue: ?

Before she can find someone to kiss, Gu Yunshen corners her and kisses her fiercely again and again, his deep gaze cold. "Weren't you looking for someone to kiss? Why didn't you come to me?"

Yu Wenxue looks down at the delicate chain around her ankle and realizes that his supposedly obedient facade was all an act.

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At first, Gu Yunshen didn't care for the girl who secretly watched his brother.

He played along with her, trying to rip off her fake mask. But she was as timid as a rabbit, and a single scare was enough to make her eyes turn red.

How boring.

Later, when he was cast into the depths of despair, she was still the one who pulled him out of the mire.

He knew his methods were despicable, but if she wanted to leave, how could he let her?

[Reader's Guide]

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are virgins.

2. A lively, radiant sunshine girl and a gloomy, world-weary obsessive.

3. Written to satisfy the author's own cravings.

4. Mutual salvation.

5. The original leads aren't villainized. They're one big happy family.

Theme: Love means choosing each other, wholeheartedly.