***
"Feifei..."
A slender, cold white finger lifts her chin as a man's low, hoarse voice gently intertwines with her name.
A hint of red glows at the corners of his upturned eyes. His hand gradually trails downward, caressing her beautifully curved collarbone. "All of them are dead. Can you now stay with me forever?"
Her eyelashes, thin like the wings of a cicada, trembled slightly. She closed her eyes, savoring his delicately placed kisses. Suddenly, a cold and mechanized voice echoed beside her ear: "The villain of this world has turned dark."
Gu Fei lazily narrowed her eyes, feeling somewhat bored.
Yet another one turned dark.
The mechanical voice continued: "The female supporting character in this world died an abnormal death. The male lead, male supporting lead, and villain have all turned dark. The world's destruction level is at 100%, progress reading…"
A familiar sense of consciousness being pulled away emerged. She opened her eyes and was back in the initial space. Gu Fei yawned, casually asking, "What's the next world like? Can't you arrange some normal characters? They keep turning dark and destroying the world. How is anyone supposed to complete a task like this?"
Instead of a verbal response, a string of block letters emerged on the tall blue electronic screen:
"Task executor Gu Fei:
Hello.
Your beginner's mission reset count has reached its limit. Due to your consecutive failures in ten mission worlds, your identity has been downgraded from [female lead] to [wicked female supporting character]. The system will complete the handover ceremony in ten minutes. We wish you a pleasant journey. Thank you.
Time-Space Management Bureau."
A grin tugged at the corners of Gu Fei's mouth, concealing her utter joy. Could her status even be downgraded? Excellent! She could finally give up the role of the female lead!
She was the only nine-tailed fox in the world who had cultivated into a humanoid form, but unexpectedly got bound to a system of the female protagonist, leading her to embark on missions in different little worlds.
The system instructed her to conquer the male protagonist. However, in a row of ten different worlds, the male characters, whether the protagonist, the supporting role, or the villain, had all crazily fallen for her and plunged into darkness, which led to the collapse of the world and the failure of the mission.
Would it be easy to be a protagonist? Some female protagonists' personalities were full of positive progress, optimism, and vivacity. The system kept reminding her every step of the way to maintain such a persona. Gu Fei was nothing more than a nine-tailed fox bringing disaster upon mankind. How would such a kind and optimistic character be associated with her at all, let alone fulfilling such tasks?
It was better to be a supporting female character. She wanted to spread her wings as a wicked supporting female character without worrying about maintaining any persona anymore.
As she was thinking, a brisk electronic sound suddenly rang by her ear: "Hello, host! I am your new system; call me Eight-Eight!"
Gu Fei raised her eyebrow: "What? Get Rich?"
The little system exploded instantly: "It's Eight-Eight!"
"I see, Fortune." Gu Fei played with her fingers, teaching the system in an offhand manner, "What's the point of being a human if you are not grounded? You should pick a nice-sounding name. Just look at the name I have given you."
The system seemed to freeze for a moment. Its voice tinged with electrical buzz, it asked her, a bit bewildered, "Really?"
It suddenly whimpered, "Is it because my name doesn't sound nice that. . . none of those systems were willing to call my name?"
Uh-oh, a whimpering monster with each punch.
Gu Fei spoke unflinchingly, "It's not that it doesn't sound nice, but it sounds presumptuous. That's why I nicknamed you for your own good. We are partners, and nicknames make our relationship feel closer, right?"
What a nice system to fool around with, unlike that aloof system of the female protagonist who only knew to destroy one's setting all day.
Touched by her words, the system started whimpering again, "You are so kind to me, host. I will definitely help you complete your tasks diligently!"
Gu Fei curved her lips and suddenly regained a bit of interest in the missions.
***
The system opens the file and brings up unfamiliar flashing images as if Gu Fei is watching a movie.
This book is called "The Counterattack of the Real Heiress after Rebirth". As the title suggests, it is a story about a real heiress who returns victorious after being reborn, and ultimately triumphs over the fake heiress to reach the pinnacle of her life.
Gu Fei plays as the counterfeit heiress, the vicious female antagonist of the story.
The Gu family is a prestigious and wealthy household in the city of S. The protagonist is the Gu family's biological daughter who was kidnapped and disappeared without a trace at the age of three.
The Gu Mother was severely injured during childbirth and could no longer conceive. Heartbroken, she adopted a little girl from an orphanage. This girl, born on the same day in the same month as their daughter but a year younger, is Gu Fei.
Neither of them told the original host that she was an adopted child and treated her as their own. Raised with immense warmth and love due to these feelings of guilt, the main character grew up spoiled and cherished. She even had a childhood sweetheart, which later becomes her fiancé, the male lead, Liang Yi.
Fast forward eighteen years; believing that their original daughter had left this world, the Gu parents manage to step out of their grief. Little did they know she was sold to a childless family in a remote and impoverished region. Despite the odds, she managed to get herself admitted to a university in S City.
Her adoptive parents also loved and doted on her. However, three years later, when they had their own biological son, their focus shifted entirely to him.
Under their doting care, her brother grew up spoiled and became unruly, spending his summer vacation in S City and causing trouble while working in a high-end restaurant that happened to be one of the Gu family's properties. When he damaged something in the restaurant, his sister was contacted as a guardian to settle the matter.
At the time, the Gu Mother happened to be in the office and overheard the conversation between her and an employee. Seeing the striking resemblance of this girl to herself, she dispatched someone to investigate her background, only to find out that she did not have a birth certificate. The rural area where she was raised was even included in the jurisdiction of the city where her child had gone missing.
The Gu Mother had a suspicion and anonymously had a paternity test carried out. As expected, the result showed that she was indeed the Gu family's biological daughter.
Initially, the Gu parents decided to raise both their daughters together which should have led to a happy ending. However, they didn't realize that the original daughter was not an innocent angel; she was a reborn, black lotus.
Learning about her true identity only at the point of death in her previous life, the protagonist wasn't willing to settle. Filled with a vengeful determination, she decided to reclaim everything that should have been rightfully hers from the original host.
Upon her rebirth, she seized the first opportunity to recognize the Gu family as her kin, and took the initiative. She even revealed herself to be the biological daughter at the original female lead's engagement banquet with the male lead, Liang Yi, causing the banquet to be canceled.
Under the relentless pressure of the female lead, the original female lead naturally turned into a wicked supporting female role, causing endless trouble for the female lead. However, she was never a match for the female lead, and in the end met her doom, despised by all, and died in melancholy.
[Supporting female lead's wish in this world: Without changing the outcome of the main male and female leads, change the fate of the supporting female lead, and let her live a happy and content life.]
Gu Fei slightly raised her eyebrows – she had encountered many of these types of supporting female roles in her previous ten worlds, all of which required her to confront personally. This time, it seemed simpler; she just needed to ensure that the main leads get married. As for the happiness and contentment of the supporting female role, having a few "puppies" and flirting with a couple more men, wouldn’t that be a happy life?
"System," she called, "I’ve finished, let's go."
System: "......" The host has given it a nickname again!
