Lu Qingyan was once the perfect daughter—an obedient, soft-spoken high school girl known for her academic excellence and fragile health. But the one person she loved the most was her older brother—hentle, dazzling, and far too burdened for his age, he was her everything.. No one noticed his silent suffering… until it was too late. The day he took his own life, she shattered.

Months later, while saving a child from an oncoming car, Lu Qingyan dies and awakens inside a familiar story: the school novel "A Thorn in the Crown", one she read during her lowest days.

But she’s no longer just a reader.
She’s now Lu Qingyan, the infamous younger sister of Lu Mingxuan—the novel’s violent and cold-hearted villain feared across campus. A notorious delinquent, and ironically, the sworn enemy of her favorite character: Wang Jingyuan, the story’s tragic antagonist turned misunderstood villain.

In the novel, Lu Qingyan is little more than cannon fodder—a delusional girl who idolizes her brother, gets caught in the crossfire between Lu Mingxuan and Wang Jingyuan, and ends up being dead.

Determined to change the plot, she initially plans to curry favor with Wang Jingyuan—to save him from his doomed fate.

But everything shifts the moment she lays eyes on Lu Mingxuan.

He has her brother’s face.
The same weary eyes.
The same lonely back.
The same silent cry for help no one else hears.

And in that moment, Lu Qingyan’s plan shatters.

This isn’t just a story anymore.

So Lu Qingyan vowed to protect him this time, even if it means dragging her brother out of gang fights, squaring off against entitled rich kids, or defying the other villain himself—Wang Jingyuan, the school’s cold and brilliant golden boy... and Lu Mingxuan's sworn rival.

In the original novel, Wang Jingyuan was one of the big villains—the cunning and miserable friend of the male lead. Now, he’s front and center... and watching her a little too closely.

...

Lu Mingxuan always disliked his bootlicking sister, but one day he discovered that she had stopped following him around.

Later, he unexpectedly found his sworn enemy, Wang Jingyuan, trapping his sister against the wall and between his arms. With an ambiguous and languid expression, he coaxed in a soft tone, "Just give up on that useless brother of yours. What Lu Mingxuan can give you, I can too."

Lu Qingyan: ???

Wang Jingyuan, you dog!!

That’s my sister!! Stop daydreaming!!

During this period of time, she snuck several glances at her seatmate and discovered that he was working on the homework the teacher assigned for the weekend. Her originally unyielding and calm expression finally revealed a crack.


While others were still worrying about the homework that's due tomorrow, he's already bored enough to start doing the homework that's meant to be done over the weekend!


Maybe it was because Lu Qingyan's gaze was too resentful, but Wang Jingyuan noticed and set down his pen.


When he saw the notebook on her desk, he casually asked, "Is there anything you don't understand?"


She waved her hand, pretending to be unconcerned "No."


Wang Jingyuan calmy exposed her disguise, "You've already held and read the notebook for an entire day."


Then he leaned back in his chair, and said with a meaningful expression, "Even if you needed to copy it once, you should be done by now."


Chapter 51 - How is this a romantic scene?