After Transmigrating Into a Novel, I Turned the Villainous Second Male Lead Into my Supporter

Tong Huanyou, a modern web novel enthusiast, falls asleep while studying and transmigrates into the unfinished supernatural romance novel "Records Within the Floating World." Upon arrival, she finds herself in the body of the original cannon-fodder character who shares her name. The plot has already begun with Tong Huanyou having drugged the villainous second male lead, Yu Qingci, with an aphrodisiac in a misguided attempt to seduce the male lead, Xie Zhili. Instead, Yu Qingci accidentally ingests the drug. When he regains his senses and realizes what happened, he pursues Tong Huanyou into the forest. Cornered by a python demon and then by Yu Qingci himself, she is killed by his sword. However, Tong Huanyou discovers she possesses a death-rollback function, allowing her to restart from the moment of her transmigration every time she dies.

A system informs her of her dual mission: help the protagonists Xie Zhili and Song Yingyue achieve a happy ending, and raise the favorability of the dark, obsessive villain Yu Qingci to one hundred percent to prevent his descent into madness. Initially terrified, Tong Huanyou realizes that since she can respawn after death, she can experiment without permanent consequences. On her third attempt, she confronts Yu Qingci not with fear, but by revealing she knows a secret about his adopted sister, Song Yingyue, who suffers from a chronic cold illness. She claims to have a method to suppress the illness for ten days, buying herself time and sparing her life. Yu Qingci, suspicious but intrigued by her knowledge, agrees to let her live under the condition that she delivers on her promise.

To survive and advance the plot, Tong Huanyou is forced to navigate a series of mandatory story beats, including a scene where she must fall into Xie Zhili’s arms. She also receives a system inventory containing items like immobilization talismans and pain-transfer hairpins. Seeking to improve her standing with Yu Qingci and gather information, she drags him on a shopping trip through the local market. Despite his cold demeanor, small gestures, such as sharing roasted chestnuts and buying her a sugar painting, cause his favorability to rise slightly from negative numbers. During this outing, Tong Huanyou learns about a mysterious "Wish-Granting Immortal" associated with a broken Buddha statue on a cliff, a detail that diverges from the original novel’s plot due to her interference.

The story shifts back to the demon-hunting arc when Tong Huanyou visits the home of a hunter named Zhang, who is being targeted by the willow-leaf demon. There, she experiences a vision of the wish-granting Buddha and feels a strange connection to the entity. Back at the Tong residence, the protagonists prepare to enter a shared dream to confront the demon haunting Tong Huanyou. Inside the dream, the golden Buddha reveals itself as a malevolent spirit that offers to grant any wish in exchange for the dreamer’s soul. Tong Huanyou refuses to be tricked, insulting the entity and causing it to attack her with thorny vines. Yu Qingci enters the dream to save her, but their rescue is chaotic, ending with Tong Huanyou grabbing his pants in her panic and both of them falling to the ground. The chapter concludes with Yu Qingci furious at the humiliation, while Tong Huanyou scrambles to appease him as the dream world begins to collapse around them.