“Chengcheng, why are you still sleeping? My brother brought me a lot of food. Get up and eat something.”
Gu Cheng was woken by a sweet voice. She slowly opened her eyes in a daze. Why was she in a dormitory?
Seeing the unfamiliar dorm room and the cute girl who kept talking nonstop made her even more confused.
The cute girl had already laid out breakfast on the table. She turned back and saw Gu Cheng sitting on the bed with a blank expression.
“Did you sleep yourself silly? Hurry up and get up for breakfast.”
Gu Cheng looked at the overly familiar, enthusiastic girl in front of her. “Who are you? Why am I sleeping here?”
Gu Cheng clearly remembered that the day before, her family had celebrated her 20th birthday. After dinner, she opened gifts at home, read a novel her best friend had given her, and then went to sleep.
The enthusiastic girl was clearly startled by Gu Cheng’s reaction.
“Chengcheng, what’s wrong? You don’t look well. Are you feeling sick?”
While asking, she walked over, touched Gu Cheng’s forehead, then touched her own.
“You don’t have a fever.”
Gu Cheng’s heartbeat sped up slightly. A bad premonition rose in her mind, but afraid of scaring the other person, she steadied herself and forced a smile.
“I’m fine. I just didn’t react properly because you woke me up.”
Seeing she was fine, the girl smiled, revealing two dimples.
“That’s good. You scared me. Hurry and wash up for breakfast, or it’ll get cold and won’t taste good. I specially packed it back for you.”
Gu Cheng went to the bathroom to wash up. Looking at her reflection in the mirror—her face hadn’t changed—was she being pranked?
After washing up, she walked to the table. The girl was nowhere to be seen. A student ID card had been casually left on the table: Hai City XX University Student ID, with a girl’s ID photo.
Name: Wang Xin
Gender: Female
Student ID: ********
Faculty: Journalism and Communication
Gu Cheng’s heart nearly stopped.
Damn it—she had really transmigrated into a book.
Wang Xin, Journalism and Communication… wasn’t this from that Apocalypse novel she had been reading these past few days? The Supporting Female Character?
And right now, this body—shared her exact name—was another Supporting Female Character.
Even worse than Wang Xin’s role: she had a grudge against the Female Lead, constantly opposed her, and died not long after appearing.
Wang Xin came upstairs carrying more snacks her Older Brother had brought her. As soon as she entered, she saw Gu Cheng sitting at the table with a lifeless expression.
She walked over and placed the things down, carefully observing her.
Had sleeping messed up her brain?
Gu Cheng sighed.
Since she was already here, what else could she do? Surviving was the most important thing.
Step one of survival: eat breakfast.
She picked up her chopsticks and began eating with resignation. Then she suddenly remembered her phone. She pulled it out from under her pillow.
The date showed May 17.
In two weeks, the apocalypse would begin.
While eating, Gu Cheng thought about the plot.
The original owner’s parents had died in a car accident two years ago, leaving behind insurance money and a house.
Since she was already over 18 at the time, relatives who had designs on the property couldn’t take it. The original owner was also not easy to bully, so both the money and house were in her hands.
Hai City’s housing prices were high. Together with compensation, it totaled around 14 million yuan.
But she had no cheat ability. How was she supposed to quietly stockpile supplies?
She didn’t even have a place to store them. Even if she rented somewhere, she wouldn’t be able to defend it.
She couldn’t escape for a moment, let alone for life. And she couldn’t carry supplies away during evacuation either.
It was truly troubling.
In the novel, the Female Lead seemed to have accidentally obtained a Storage Space, which allowed her to join the Male Lead’s team and live prosperously, admired by everyone.
The Female Lead was her cousin, Jiang Li. Before the original owner was born, Jiang Li had been the darling of the family.
But after the original owner was born—youngest in the family, beautiful and well-behaved—she became even more favored by parents and grandparents.
Jiang Li felt neglected. Her own parents divorced and ignored her, leaving her to be raised by grandparents, so she became unbalanced.
She was constantly at odds with the original owner.
When they were young, she often schemed to make the original owner take the blame and get scolded. When she grew up and became more mature, she realized Jiang Li was manipulative and distanced herself.
Since there was already enmity, then let that hatred intensify.
That Storage Space—Jiang Li obtained it in the apocalypse after being trapped at home, accidentally discovering it among her grandmother’s belongings.
Since Gu Cheng had come, she would take it first.
The persona of the vicious Supporting Female Character was now set in stone.
Gu Cheng decided: since she was already here and couldn’t resist, she might as well settle old scores immediately.
Anyway, in the apocalypse, this cousin not only failed to help the original owner but also used her and abandoned her. Even her death was partly related to Jiang Li.
At first, the original owner had been staying with Wang Xin, but Jiang Li came looking for her with people, saying they should escape the school together and that, as cousins, she would protect her.
In reality, she was after the original owner’s food.
The naive original owner believed her. And because she was slightly afraid of Wang Xin’s Older Brother—even though Wang Xin told her to stay with her and her brother—she still followed Jiang Li, thinking hiding at home would be safer.
Before leaving, Wang Xin even gave all the remaining dorm food to Gu Cheng, and her Older Brother provided a car full of supplies.
Gu Cheng followed Jiang Li and her friends, bringing supplies to her grandmother’s house first since it was close to the school.
Later, as food ran low, they forced Gu Cheng to go find supplies. When she resisted, she was starved.
They even considered using her to exchange for food.
In the end, during a conflict, she was driven out.
Extreme weather, ugly human nature—during an attempted resistance against violation, she was beaten to death.
She didn’t even live to see the zombies appear. It was unclear whether that was luck or misfortune.
Meanwhile, Wang Xin’s Older Brother and his friends protected Wang Xin very well.
Later, at a base, they encountered Jiang Li, who was thriving. They learned Gu Cheng had already died and were extremely heartbroken. Wang Xin wanted revenge.
Her Older Brother, who doted on her deeply, always protected her.
But both the Male and Female Leads had protagonist luck, and with Jiang Li’s Storage Space and the Male Lead’s abilities, in the end, Wang Xin’s Older Brother had to face a high-level mutated zombie to protect his sister.
At the critical moment, the Male Lead dodged and chose self-preservation, surviving.
Wang Xin looked at Gu Cheng, who was silently eating breakfast with a heavy expression.
“Are you really okay? My brother specially brought this breakfast back for you when we went for morning tea. If you don’t like it, I’ll bring you something else next time.”
Hearing this, Gu Cheng thought of her real-life best friend as well—someone who treated her wholeheartedly.
Although she wasn’t very enthusiastic herself and rarely took initiative, her friend had always been thoughtful and meticulous.
Then she thought of the novel.
Wang Xin and her Older Brother could have lived well, but they got involved in conflicts with the Male and Female Leads because of her, and in the end, when they learned her Older Brother had died…
Although Wang Xin’s brother’s best friend protected her for a while, he was slowly eliminated by the Male and Female Leads.
Wang Xin eventually couldn’t bear it anymore. Overwhelmed by guilt, she tried to take Jiang Li down with her and stabbed her—but was killed by the Male Lead.
She became nothing more than a stepping stone in the Male-Female Lead’s relationship.
Gu Cheng smiled at Wang Xin and hugged her.
“Xinxin, thank you. You’re really good to me. I’ll definitely take you to eat well and live well from now on.”