[Bad news: You are the vicious female supporting character in a domineering CEO novel.]
[Bad news #2: Your domineering CEO ex-boyfriend and the woman he cheated on you with are the male and female leads of this story.]
[Good news: You have obtained the Supporting Female Character Turnaround System.]
[Good news #2: As long as you travel into various novels to alter the plot and save the female supporting characters, you can exchange for Golden Fingers to bring back to reality and thoroughly thrash the CEO and the female lead.]
“Deal!” Hearing the system’s mechanical voice, the vicious female supporting character Shu Yan cracked her knuckles and agreed without a second thought.
Smack! A slap came flying across her face.
“??? System, come out right now! I swear I won’t beat you to death!” Shu Yan fumed. “Where’s the promised Supporting Female Character Turnaround System? What is this, turning a salted fish over just to deep-fry it until golden brown?!”
[Uh, well…] The system beeped somewhat guiltily: [Your Golden Finger for altering the plot has been equipped!]
[Please note: You have completed Book Transmigration and are currently in the storyline of World 1: The Cold, Ruthless Regent’s Beloved Childhood Sweetheart Consort. The person who just hit you is Nanny Wang. You may deal with her by altering the plot!]
“What?”
Frowning, Shu Yan found herself standing inside a grand, ancient courtyard mansion. In front of her stood a vicious, menacing old crone who was rubbing her hands together, looking as if she wanted to deliver another slap.
A plot interface materialized, displaying a line of instructions: [You may alter the plot three times a day, with a limit of two characters each time. As a novice, you receive two additional free attempts at no cost!]
Below it was the text of the plot: [Nanny Wang raised her hand with a stream of curses and ruthlessly slapped you twice more across the face: “That’ll teach you to offend our Side Consort!”]
“Oh? I can alter the plot?” Shu Yan tried changing “you” to “herself.”
“You little wench!” The opposite Nanny Wang cursed, raised her hand, and ruthlessly slapped herself twice across the face. “That’ll teach you to offend our Side Consort!”
Shu Yan: Whoa. (°°)
Smack, smack. Nanny Wang’s own face swelled up from the blows.
The plot updated again: [Clutching her face, Nanny Wang wailed in disbelief, then charged forward and grabbed you: “You little wench, what kind of sorcery did you use on me? Believe it or not, I’ll have the Side Consort feed you to the dogs!”]
Shu Yan frowned and muttered in her mind, “What Side Consort? System, show me the synopsis of this novel.”
The system hastily brought up a large chunk of the storyline.
To put it in a nutshell, it was the story of a love-struck Princess Consort who, in an attempt to please the Regent, offered up her Heart’s Blood to cure his childhood sweetheart. In the end, she dropped dead, paving the way for the Regent and his childhood sweetheart to enjoy a blissful happily-ever-after.
The Side Consort Nanny Wang spoke of was none other than this childhood sweetheart.
After reading the plot, Shu Yan spat disdainfully. “What kind of brain-dead idiot writes a novel like this?”
The system replied with a weary, world-worn air: [Please do not overestimate the IQ of certain modern web novelists.]
“Alright, fair point.” Shu Yan pressed a hand to her forehead with a sigh. Then, she changed “charged forward and grabbed you” to “charged forward and grabbed the Side Consort.”
Clutching her burning face, Nanny Wang let out a wail, spun around abruptly, and sprinted straight toward the Side Consort’s courtyard.
The Side Consort, Bai Rou’er, was lying in bed when she saw her loyal lackey Nanny Wang barge in like a gust of wind, seize her, and roar, “You little wench, what kind of sorcery did you use on me? Believe it or not, I’ll have the Side Consort feed you to the dogs?!”
Bai Rou’er: “??? …Damn you, have you lost your mind?! How dare you act so insolent before this Side Consort?! Men, drag her out and give her fifty strokes of the cane!”
Watching their plot unfold on her end, Shu Yan chuckled and poked the system. “System, got any tasks for me?”
She felt so refreshed. This Book Transmigration gig didn’t seem bad at all.
Ha! Isn’t this miles better than my wretched, frustrating life back in reality?
[Uh, well, Host, you still have to return to reality, you know. Book Transmigration is merely clearing dungeons.]
The system chattered in a small voice: [However, System-chan will always be by your side!]
[This time, you must secretly grow stronger, and then run everyone over like a runaway truck!]
Shu Yan: Nice. Say what you will, but this system sure knew how to talk.
To tell the truth, Shu Yan had always been rather unlucky.
She was born fatherless. Her mother had raised her with immense hardship until she was ten, only to perish in a car accident, leaving her an orphan.
After finally struggling her way into adulthood, she met the legendary domineering CEO—Zhou Chu, the scion of the Zhou Corporation. He pursued her relentlessly for two years.
Just when she thought her hardships were over and happiness had arrived, they had only been together for two weeks before his white moonlight returned from abroad. Only then did she realize she was merely a stand-in.
Naturally, she was ruthlessly dumped.
If she had been the female lead, she might have waited around for a Wife-Chasing Crematorium arc.
However, according to the system’s professional certification, she was a female supporting character. Thus, she was destined to be nothing more than a stepping stone in the CEO and his white moonlight’s romantic games.
Thinking she had lucked into being a novel’s female lead, only to find out she was a vicious female supporting character—how tragic was that?
[Tragic. Truly tragic,] the system agreed with a nod. [However! Now that Host has System-chan, that domineering CEO has kicked a steel plate!]
[As long as Host completes tasks in the transmigration worlds, you can exchange for Golden Fingers to use back in reality, making the CEO regret his choices and initiating a Wife-Chasing Crematorium!]
[Our goal is: The female supporting character turns around to become the female lead, making the CEO suffer through his wife-chasing!]
“Huh?” Shu Yan gagged. “Hold it. I don’t want Zhou Chu anymore. Change the goal!”
[Our goal is: The female supporting character turns around to become the CEO! Focus only on career, never vie for favor!]
“Now that’s more like it.” Shu Yan nodded in satisfaction.
The domineering CEO betrayed me, so I’m supposed to make him chase after me in a crematorium?
Nah. Why not just obliterate the CEO entirely and become the CEO myself?
[Great!] The system applauded: [The following Golden Fingers for reality have been detected: [Remote Automatic Slap] x1, Price: 10 Merit Points; [Tongue-Tie Jinx] x1, Price: 20 Merit Points.]
Remote Automatic Slap?
Shu Yan’s eyes lit up.
Wouldn’t that be perfect for smacking that scumbag?
“Hurry, hurry!” Shu Yan rubbed her hands. “Give me the tasks.”
The system displayed the tasks: [Task 1: Make the love-struck Princess Consort in the book despise the Regent. Merit Points +10.]
[Task 2: Lock the Regent and his childhood sweetheart Side Consort together for life, making them die in endless regret. Merit Points +10. Upon completing all tasks, an additional 20 Merit Points will be awarded, along with a random precious antique dropped by the Princess Consort.]
An antique? Wouldn’t that make her filthy rich?
[Yes. Now that you have transmigrated into the book, please alter the plot and complete the tasks.]
[P.S.: Your assigned role is the Princess Consort’s maidservant, Lü Yin.]
Shu Yan looked down and realized she was indeed dressed in ancient-style attire. Rushing over to the dressing table in the room, she looked into the mirror—good grief, it was the unfamiliar face of a maidservant.
“System, where the hell is my body? Why did I turn into a maid?”
[Please rest assured. The assigned role is only active during the book’s storyline; you may exit at any time. While the plot is in progress, the system will take over your original body and ensure its safety.]
Alright, that puts my mind at ease.
Just as she was thinking this, a pale, delicate-looking woman resting on the carved canopy bed spoke up: “Cough, cough… Lü Yin, how long has it been… since the Prince last visited?”
A line of golden text floated above her head: [Princess Consort Ning Ruyue].
“Uh, it seems… he hasn’t visited once since Side Consort Bai entered the manor…” Memories flooded in, and Shu Yan immediately stepped into character, taking light, hurried steps toward her. “Your Highness should focus on recuperating. Why trouble yourself thinking about the Prince?”
The Princess Consort shook her head with a sigh, a faint yet resolute smile gracing her lips. “Silly girl, you wouldn’t understand my heart. He… he is a very, very good man. It’s just that I haven’t managed to find a way into his heart yet.”
Ugh…
Shu Yan shook her head internally.
Girl, you love him so much, but do you know he’s going to harvest your Heart’s Blood and leave you to die?
Right at that moment, a flurry of footsteps approached. The Regent swept in from outside like a gale, striking the Princess Consort across the face without warning. “Vicious woman! How dare you poison Rou’er and cause her old ailment to relapse?!”
Immediately after, the relapsed Bai Rou’er shuffled in, putting on a fragile and helpless act, yet her voice rang out with remarkable vigor: “Sister Princess Consort, how could you be so cruel? Sob… What did Rou’er ever do wrong…”
Her ears ringing from the blow, the Princess Consort lifted her head, her eyes brimming with tears. “My Lord Gu, what are you doing? What poison? I don’t understand…”
“Vicious woman!” The Regent, He Gu, roared in fury. “You still dare play dumb! Men, immediately fetch me—”
Shu Yan felt sick to her stomach. She yelled in her mind, “System, bring up the text! I want to alter it!”
The system displayed: [“Vicious woman!” The Regent, He Gu, roared in fury. “You still dare play dumb! Men, immediately fetch the Princess Consort’s blood! Cure Rou’er’s illness!”]
Without hesitation, Shu Yan changed “blood” to “feces.”