Being the Cannon Fodder Second Male Lead in a Dog-Blood Novel Is No Easy Job [Book Transmigration]

Wen Sisi transmigrates into the world of a melodramatic novel.

But transmigrating into a book isn't scary. What's scary is transmigrating into a book she abandoned mid-serial, and becoming the male lead's rival: the disposable second male lead in charge of forcing his love on the heroine.

Wen Sisi thought this was the ultimate nightmare for anyone who transmigrated into a book, until a cold System voice rang in her head:

[Beep! Host detected attempting to slack off. Please randomly trigger one of the following lines to ensure the plot progresses smoothly.]

[Line 1: "Woman, don't think you can escape me!"]

[Line 2: "Even if I can't have your heart, I'll have your body!"]

[Line 3: "Go ahead and scream! You could scream your lungs out and nobody would come to save you!"]

Wen Sisi: ...

Why did I write such mortifying lines back then?!

To avoid being erased by the Character-Breakdown System, every day she stands before the male and female leads like a human placard, delivering classic quotes. She charges full speed down the rivalry-for-the-heroine track, and occasionally even forces her love on the heroine.

She can safely say she's done everything a disposable character is supposed to do, and then some.

She was practically the model of dedication. If I personally push this couple together, she thought, surely they'll get together, right?

But things start getting strange...

She follows the script and corners the heroine against a wall to deliver her line. The heroine doesn't cry. Instead, she blushes and asks, "When are you coming back next time?"

She follows the script and competes with the male lead for the heroine. He doesn't hit her. Instead, he stares at her with a complicated look. "You want my attention that badly?"

Then one day, the System suddenly flashes a warning: [Warning! Neither lead's affection level has met the requirements. Plot deviation: 99%... Unknown variable detected... Static...]

Wen Sisi's vision goes black.

From then on, whenever she's around, the heroine abandons the male lead and rushes toward her, while the male lead's gaze stays locked firmly on her. His eyes clearly say:

"The guys aren't doing it for you?"

[On the surface, a proper, robotic person, but actually a slacker, carefree, hilarious heroine x On the surface, an expressionless show-off, but actually a sarcastic male lead]

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Reader's guide:

1. The heroine is a woman disguised as a man, a woman disguised as a man, a woman disguised as a man! Repeating it three times because it's important!

2. Before the heroine's identity is exposed, she's just a funny girl. Her snark is never malicious.

3. The male lead has a supporting-character presence.

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"Winning in a Period Novel with a Food Spirit Root" blurb:

Yao Jinyin choked to death on a plain steamed bun.

In her previous life, she was a little beggar in the cultivation world, never knowing if she'd have anything to eat from one meal to the next. After fighting tooth and nail to join an immortal sect, her very first meal became her last.

When she opened her eyes again, the bun she'd bitten into was hovering in front of her, scolding her:

"I just awakened, and you took a bite out of me?!"

Yao Jinyin stared blankly at it, then at her family's bare-walled earthen house and the padded jacket she wore, patched over and over.

What a disastrous start.

Worse still, she'd awakened a Food Spirit Root, which was completely useless in this era of food and clothing shortages.

After three seconds of silence, she got up, found a rope, and went to hang herself from a crooked tree.

"I'm starting over."

"Wait!!" The bun hurled itself at her and clung to her sleeve. "I'm a System! I'm your golden finger! I can help you get rich!"

Yao Jinyin stopped and looked down at the plump, white bun.

She licked her lips, her eyes turning red. "But... I'm hungry right now."

Bai Xi: ...

Didn't you just take a bite out of me before you died?

In this era of food and clothing shortages, everyone laughed at Yao Jinyin for wasting money, buying only sugar and oil that couldn't fill her stomach. They said she'd starve to death sooner or later.

But as time passed, people realized something was off.

That skinny little girl, thin as a stalk, was slowly filling out. Her complexion was better than anyone else's.

Later, she opened a little pastry shop on the busiest street corner in the county.

No one had faith in this orphan who never knew where her next meal was coming from.

Until one day, everyone passing by was stopped in their tracks by an irresistibly rich, sweet aroma.

Pork floss cakes today, snowflake crisps tomorrow.

All kinds of new treats no one had ever heard of.

But once people entered the shop, no one left empty-handed.

Business boomed, but the staff noticed that the proprietress kept going into the kitchen, staying there for half a day at a time.

Whenever she came out, her face was glowing.

Someone with sharp eyes got a good look at the "helper" in the kitchen...

Delicate skin, handsome features, so beautiful he hardly looked real.

Later, everyone knew that the proprietress of the pastry shop spent every day gnawing on a man.

From his neck all the way up to his face.

They say that before she starts gnawing on him, the man always closes his eyes in despair:

"Have you decided what pastry to make today? If you're going to use me as an experiment again, I'll... I'll run away from home!"

Theme: Every trade has its champions.