The Beautiful Side Character Awakens

When Pei Qingyan was eleven, her mother fell gravely ill, and she was fostered into the Ji family. In that vast, unfamiliar household, she hid in fear—until Ji Linchuan, nine years her senior, reached out. At twenty, he treated her like the little sister he never had, doting on her daily. For a year, she believed in his warmth. But when her mother passed away and Ji Linchuan told her it was time to return to her father’s house, the only person she trusted abandoned her too. Their bond shattered, and they never saw each other again.

Years later, in her sophomore year of university, Pei Qingyan awakens to the truth: she is nothing more than a cannon-fodder side character in a romance novel, fated to disappear before the real story even begins. Determined to change her ending, she cuts ties with her family. With no friends, no support, and no one else to rely on, she turns back to the man from her past—Ji Linchuan.

What she doesn’t expect is that he never forgot her. And this time, he isn’t content with being her brother. When another man confesses to her, Ji Linchuan finally breaks—whispering against her skin, “Yan-yan, don’t date him. Date me.”