A Villainess's Life in Quick Transmigration: I Won't Be the Protagonist's Stepping Stone

After retiring, Jiang Li, known as the world’s greatest magician, frequently found herself inside books where the protagonists were adored by everyone.

In a romance set between Beijing and Hong Kong, a delicate, adored young woman from the mainland is protected by a powerful tycoon and goes abroad to study.

Unfortunately, Jiang Li is merely a second-best substitute for a Hong Kong tycoon who has settled for less.

People in the industry mocked her.

“She’s nothing but an actress on the big screen!”

The tycoon warned her.

“I can turn you into a glamorous movie star, but you’d better remember what you were before.”

Her childhood friend despised her.

“Don’t you dare covet anything that belongs to Niannian!”

Jiang Li: “What? What’s wrong with you?”

One night, the entertainment industry’s fashion show glittered with dazzling stars.

Jiang Li appeared in a black velvet gown and set the headlines ablaze.

Smiling during an interview, she said she was single.

I don’t need anyone’s connections. I am the sky itself.

Behind the big screen, the Hong Kong tycoon silently crushed a ring in his hand.

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In The Return to the Capital from Luoyang, the new top scholar and universally adored male lead is condemned along with his family. He is exiled on a three-thousand-mile journey, then eventually leads a rebellion.

Along the way, a mute, miraculous healer tends to him, wins the people’s support, and becomes his companion.

Unfortunately, Jiang Li is a love-struck princess who dotes on the protagonist.

She follows him into exile without hesitation.

But with the protagonist’s tacit approval, the rebels kill her in the depths of winter, offering the blood of a princess to Heaven as they overthrow the imperial family.

After both are reborn, Jiang Li says: “Exile? Why not wipe out the whole clan instead?”

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In her previous life, the protagonist rose to success while the supporting characters sank into the mire.

In this life, the winner is

me.

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Only that villain never changes his devotion, no matter how many times they are reborn. Through wind, snow, and drifting dust, he lifts up a single pearl.