Synopsis
Li Tangli has always been the background character — the cannon fodder in every story, past life and present. Ordinary, unremarkable, grinding through life like everyone else. She was never meant to be loved by the story’s golden hero, let alone deserve a romance as dazzling as the male and female leads’.
…Or was she?
When they first meet, Gu Zhi looks at her with open contempt — just another woman tangled up with his troublesome nephew, all gaudy makeup and bad acting. But one rainy night, he finds her again: soaked, shivering, abandoned on the roadside by his fickle nephew for the second time.
He pulls up, headlights cutting through the rain. Her thin shoulders tremble. Her eyes — red-rimmed, helpless — meet his. Again. Every time.
He tells himself this pull toward her is wrong, unthinkable. And yet he can’t stop thinking: if Li Tangli is only after someone richer, someone better — why can’t that someone be him?
Content warnings (for reader trust / reduces bounce rate, good for SEO dwell time too):
Female lead is not the male lead’s original love interest (no cheating on-page — leads get together after her breakup with the nephew)
Ordinary, plain female lead — no special powers
Male lead has possessive/toxic tendencies developing mid-story — proceed with caution if that’s not your thing.