Shi Ran wakes up in a situation that would have sounded ridiculous if she had read it in any other novel.
The problem is that she isn’t reading it anymore.
She has somehow become a character from a book she remembers, and not an important one either. According to the original story, Shi Ran exists mostly to make other people look better. Her career is a mess, her public image gets worse every year, and even her own family seems perfectly comfortable treating her as an afterthought.
To make matters worse, she arrives at a point where things are already going wrong.
Rumors are spreading, public opinion is turning against her, and several people appear strangely invested in making sure her situation becomes even worse. Anyone familiar with the novel could probably guess where this is supposed to lead.
Shi Ran has no intention of cooperating.
Unlike the original owner of the body, she is used to dealing with pressure. Growing up in a family where discipline was treated almost like a tradition left her with a very different outlook on problems. Complaining rarely solved anything. Finding a way through usually worked better.
The entertainment industry proves every bit as troublesome as people claim.
A single misunderstanding can become tomorrow’s headline, friendships shift with surprising speed, and plenty of individuals are more interested in personal gain than honesty. Shi Ran quickly discovers that surviving in this environment requires more than acting talent.
It requires patience.
It also requires knowing when someone is setting a trap.
As she gradually becomes familiar with the life she inherited, Shi Ran starts noticing details that never stood out while reading the novel. Certain relationships are not as simple as they appeared on the page, some people behave differently up close, and the story itself seems less reliable than she remembers.
Then there is Chu Jinchen.
Their first meeting is awkward enough to be memorable, and things only become more complicated from there.
For Shi Ran, staying out of trouble was supposed to be the plan.
The problem is that trouble keeps finding her first.
