After Transmigrating As The Female Lead’s Black-Hearted Supporting Character - Chapter 1

【Let me show you something good.】

Several notification sounds rang out. Ruan Xin opened the message and saw that it was from her older sister, Ruan Meng.

Still half asleep, she tapped on the link—

Reborn: The Spirit-Eyed Underworld Heiress

Synopsis: Before her rebirth, she had been the treasured jewel of her family, only to be replaced by her white-lotus best friend. Her boyfriend cheated on her, and her vicious younger sister framed her. After her reputation was utterly destroyed, the three of them gave her one final, ruthless push from behind.

After being reborn, she returns in overwhelming fashion with supernatural powers and a personal dimension, vowing to reclaim everything that belongs to her. She tears away her best friend’s false mask, kicks her scumbag boyfriend to the curb, and dominates both the underworld and the business world…

Ruan Xin could not help laughing.

As a devoted reader of this type of rebirth Mary Sue novel, she was all too familiar with the formula.

Of course, she no longer enjoyed reading them.

It was not that there was anything wrong with the genre itself. Rather, certain plot points made her deeply uncomfortable—for example, plagiarism and stealing other people’s work.

These heroines were often reborn while portraying themselves as victims, but they were completely useless at heart. They relied entirely on plagiarized creations to achieve meteoric success.

They condemned everyone else’s methods as vicious all day long, yet never seemed to realize how disgusting their own actions were.

Ruan Xin had not noticed it at first, but the more she read, the worse it felt. It was like yawning only for a fly to suddenly land in her mouth.

Eventually, that one issue made her hate these stories altogether. Whenever she encountered one, she would not be satisfied unless she thoroughly tore it apart.

She rubbed her hands together, preparing to unleash a barrage of criticism.

Expressionless, Ruan Xin opened the book.

The first chapter followed the standard formula and introduced the background.

The heroine of The Spirit-Eyed Underworld Heiress was named Ye Muyan—a perfectly conventional Mary Sue name, though it possessed a slight trace of freshness amid all the cliché.

The heroine came from a wealthy family, but she had severed ties with them many years earlier. As a popular celebrity, she naturally made a living by cultivating the image of an ethereal fairy and relying on her beauty.

But how could Ye Muyan possibly be a fairy?

In private, she raced cars and drank alcohol. Her personality could be described as spoiled to the point of arrogance. In truth, however, she was not malicious and treated the people around her exceptionally well. She was the type who spoke harshly but had a soft heart.

Someone like that was practically destined to be tricked.

Sure enough, trouble arose before even half the chapter had passed.

Ye Muyan was first falsely accused, after which several scandals erupted. Her dirty secrets were dug up one basket after another, including various stains from her school days.

In an instant, bitter netizens across the entire internet began furiously attacking the heroine.

To escape the controversy, Ye Muyan planned to hide at her rich best friend’s home for a while. Unexpectedly, the driver took her to the outskirts of the city and came up with an excuse to make her get out of the car.

Naturally, Ye Muyan believed him.

While she stood outside calling her best friend, the driver suddenly stepped on the accelerator and drove straight over her body.

“Is she dead?”

As soon as those words fell, the villainous trio made their appearance.

They were the fake best friend, the scumbag boyfriend, and the vicious younger sister.

Upon reaching this part, Ruan Xin nearly cursed aloud, because the heroine’s younger sister was also named Ruan Xin!

Ruan Xin had already guessed what would happen next, but because of this character, she continued reading.

The best friend stopped and raised her head, looking down condescendingly at Ye Muyan, who lay in a pool of blood.

Perhaps she found it disgusting, or perhaps she could not bear to look. She glanced at the blood staining the car, where the black paint and crimson liquid seemed about to merge together.

While the two of them fought back their nausea, a trace of satisfaction flashed through the younger sister Ruan Xin’s eyes.

She then linked arms with the boyfriend and smiled weakly.

“Sister, you’ll give us your blessing, won’t you?”

“Bless you, my ass!”

Ruan Xin said the words on the heroine’s behalf.

Ye Muyan, however, felt as though venomous snakes and scorpions were biting into her heart.

She did not understand. She had clearly doted on this stepsister so much, so why…

“Sister, you’re about to die, aren’t you?”

The younger sister continued, “All these years… I’ve been so tired. I don’t understand why a useless person like you was able to live better than me. I was better than you at everything from childhood onward, but I never showed off. Yet you—”

Her tone suddenly changed.

“Why did you always have to flaunt everything in front of me? It must have felt terrible when the entire school treated you like a thief back then, right? Do you know why he chose my side? Because your temper is awful, just like your mother’s! Did you really think anyone genuinely wanted to associate with you? Your assistant and your friends all hate you to death!”

The supporting character Ruan Xin’s eyes were filled with malice as she stared directly at Ye Muyan.

“So you deserve it! Do you understand? You deserve it!”

“…”

Ruan Xin, who was reading the book, choked with anger. She had finally experienced her ridiculous older sister’s malicious intentions…

Although the supporting character shared her name, she only wanted to kick such a pathetic weakling aside.

In any case, the second chapter merely explained to the heroine and the readers that the trio had been responsible for every bad thing that had happened over the years.

For example, the best friend had taken the heroine’s bracelet and replaced her, living a pampered life and happily enjoying the treatment of a wealthy young lady.

The scumbag boyfriend had acted perfectly devoted on the surface, but he had actually gotten together with the heroine’s younger sister long ago.

Ruan Xin could more or less guess everything that happened afterward.

Following her rebirth, the heroine turned completely ruthless.

She dealt mercilessly with anyone who provoked her. The further the story progressed, the less compassion and warmth she possessed. It seemed that no one except money and the male lead could enter her eyes.

As a result, the comments section split into two factions.

One side argued that the heroine was too heartless and vicious and could afford to be a little kinder. The other praised her for handling matters decisively instead of dragging things out.

Ruan Xin had no particular fondness for Ye Muyan. She skimmed through most of the plot and only paid attention to the vicious younger sister’s scenes.

Still, she had to admit that this vicious Ruan Xin was incredibly tenacious.

By the time she reached the end, Ruan Xin had already grown somewhat numb. She even began to find the character pitiful.

The heroine’s daily life consisted of three things:

Building her career, falling in love, and beating up her younger sister.

Not only did she beat her, but she did so in all kinds of creative ways.

The supporting character Ruan Xin was also remarkably dedicated to her role. Each time the heroine abused her, she would crawl back up and become stronger. After leveling up, she would seek out the heroine again, only to get beaten once more.

The cycle repeated endlessly.

In truth, with Ye Muyan’s personality and power, killing her younger sister would have been incredibly easy. However, she remained attached to the past and still retained the slightest trace of mercy.

But it truly was only the slightest trace.

Finally, six chapters before the end of The Spirit-Eyed Underworld Heiress, the vicious stepsister could no longer endure the humiliation and chose death.

Ruan Xin put down her phone and rubbed her eyes.

She felt somewhat exhausted. When she looked up, the entire room was pitch-black.

Had night already fallen?

She yawned and suddenly felt rather sleepy.

“Boohoo, I’m so miserable.”

In the darkness, a weak voice came close to her ear and whimpered.

“Who is it?”

Ruan Xin was so frightened that she sprang upright. When she opened her eyes, she saw a woman.

She could not make out the woman’s face, but blood was spraying from her neck.

It appeared she was dreaming about a ghost.

She calmed herself and asked, “Who are you? I have no grievance or grudge against you, so why have you come to me?”

The woman replied, “I’m Ruan Xin—Ye Muyan’s younger sister.”

“You really were pretty miserable.”

The words slipped instinctively from Ruan Xin’s mouth.

After speaking, she rubbed her face and thought, Did I become too absorbed in the book?

“This isn’t a dream.”

The supporting character Ruan Xin seemed to see through her thoughts before asking, “You hate Ye Muyan too, don’t you?”

Maintaining an impartial attitude, Ruan Xin replied, “Not exactly. Had you treated Ye Muyan a little better, you wouldn’t have ended up like that.”

“Shut up!”

The supporting character Ruan Xin flew into a rage and began speaking incoherently.

“Why should I have to curry favor with her? Was I supposed to spend my entire life barely surviving beneath her shadow? I didn’t want to be like those lapdogs who could only pick up her leftovers! I don’t care. You’re the person I finally managed to find, so you have to help me!”

Ruan Xin mocked her. “Why are you acting so fierce? What good will it do? You’re already dead, yet you still have so much to say.”

The supporting character Ruan Xin became almost hysterical.

“I couldn’t defeat her, so you do it! Go and turn her life into a complete mess! Replace her! Steal her men! Make her remain alone for the rest of her life! I hate it! Why do so many people love her? Why?!”

Ruan Xin cursed inwardly and attempted to escape the dream.

“Heh. You can’t leave anymore.”

Before she could retreat, the supporting character’s sinister laughter came from behind her.

Immediately afterward, Ruan Xin felt herself being kicked.

The ghost behind her burst into loud laughter.

“Off you go!”

…

“No, I—”

Ruan Xin struggled. The instant she opened her eyes, she found herself staring at an enormous face.

“Ruan Xin! Class Monitor Ruan!”

It belonged to a skinny, dark-skinned girl with protruding teeth. She was wearing a gray-and-white school uniform.

Ruan Xin looked dazed.

“Are you calling me?”

As she spoke, she looked around. No matter how she examined it, this place resembled a school infirmary.

“This is bad! This is really bad! Someone looks like they’re about to beat up your sister! There are so many of them!”

In her anxiety, the girl pulled Ruan Xin upright. However, the moment she touched her, she withdrew her hand again, as though afraid she would dirty the other girl.

“What?! Who dares touch her? I’ll kill them!”

Ruan Xin flew into a rage. She stood, put on her shoes, and stormed toward the door.

The girl was badly frightened by her behavior and squeaked softly like a mouse.

“Maybe… we should tell a teacher first?”

Tell a teacher?

Those words caused Ruan Xin to come to her senses.

Something was wrong. She and Ruan Meng had already graduated.

A few days earlier, Ruan Meng had gone traveling with her partner, while Ruan Xin had remained at home reading. And then there had been that voice…

Ruan Xin lowered her gaze toward her hands.

They were fair and tender, but extremely thin and fragile, as though they could be snapped with the slightest pressure. Her slender fingers were faintly pink. A piece of medical tape was stuck to the back of her hand, with a layer of cotton underneath it.

“This…”

She opened her mouth, but her throat felt slightly hoarse.

Ruan Xin looked at the girl again and asked, “Who are you?”

The girl’s mouth dropped open in fright. She hurriedly tried to reassure her.

“Class Monitor, did your fever scramble your brain? You’re in poor health, so you shouldn’t get too worked up. I’m the mathematics class representative, Li Zishu. Li—Zi—shu.”

“Pear tree…”

Ruan Xin raised her head in thought and nearly blurted out a curse.

Wasn’t this the heroine’s younger sister’s lackey?!

According to the original novel, Ruan Xin naturally looked down on someone so ugly and humble and would never have considered her a genuine companion.

However, she needed to make use of Li Zishu.

Ruan Xin was the center around whom the entire class revolved. By befriending the isolated Li Zishu, she could first make herself appear kind and magnanimous. Second, she could use Li Zishu as a foil to make herself look better.

Most importantly—

This person was useful.

“Li Zishu. I understand.”

After returning to her senses, Ruan Xin nodded stiffly. Inwardly, she had already cursed the original character countless times.

As someone who had read novels for many years, she immediately understood what kind of plot this was.

Reading about someone transmigrating into a book was nothing unusual.

Actually transmigrating herself, however, was another matter entirely.

Instead of immediately leaving to find Ye Muyan, she first examined the small identification badge pinned to Li Zishu’s chest.

First-Year Class A: Li Zishu.

When Ruan Xin was in her first year of middle school, Ye Muyan was in her third year.

Third year…

Combining that with the current point in the plot, Ruan Xin concluded that the heroine had already been reborn for nearly two months.

Buzz.

Along with a muffled vibration, Ruan Xin suddenly felt a slight stinging pain around her neck.

She reached up and touched it. It felt as though something was continuously tightening around her throat, and each contraction was accompanied by the sensation of an electric current.

Immediately afterward, a cheerful notification sounded beside her ear:

“As an intruder, please fulfill the original host’s wish:

【Erase all current romantic feelings that members of the opposite sex possess for Ye Muyan.】”