Narcissus: Before Becoming You

【Note: This article has no real-life character prototypes; any resemblance is purely coincidental.】

Actress Qiao Zheng, who gained notoriety in the entertainment industry, has endured countless scandals and criticisms—acting like a diva, relying on sugar daddies, and suppressing newcomers. The blend of truth and falsehood forced Qiao Zheng to become warm on the outside but cold on the inside, leading busybodies to call her "the entertainment industry's most vicious woman."

Qiao Zheng is very rich, and Qiao Zheng doesn't need anyone to love her. But no one knows that when Qiao Zheng was eighteen, and still Qiao Zhizheng, her biggest wish was merely to own a small house with a yard and raise a cat and a dog.

By a strange coincidence, Qiao Zheng travels back ten years and meets the innocent and lively Qiao Zhizheng. Qiao Zhizheng is kind and passionate, a stark contrast to the cold Qiao Zheng. Qiao Zheng hates Qiao Zhizheng—hates her kindness, hates her passion, hates the innocence within her.

Qiao Zheng originally intended to watch her coldly as she walked into a bleak future but pulled her back at the critical moment. Only Qiao Zheng can bully Qiao Zhizheng. When Qiao Zheng was "bullying" Qiao Zhizheng, Qiao Zhizheng sweetly kissed Qiao Zheng, saying, "Qiao Zheng, I love you." Qiao Zheng's "bullying" hand trembled.

—Qiao Zheng doesn't need anyone to love her. —But what if that someone is herself? —It seems... barely acceptable. Qiao Zhizheng: All your hatred is given to me, so all your love can only be given to me.

1v1, double clean. The outwardly warm, inwardly cold Qiao Zheng who "only bullies" Qiao Zhizheng vs. Qiao Zhizheng who thinks, "Why does Qiao Zheng not bully anyone else but me? She must really love me."

Note! The "bullying" isn't real bullying! No physical or emotional abuse! Only healing, redemption, and sweetness! "Don't hate your past self. Those decisions you later look back on as foolish were the best decisions you could make at that time."

Recommended for my upcoming GL novel, opening at the end of September: "The Mary Sue Lover of a Torturous Novel's Female Lead." As a typical female lead in a torturous novel, Ni Su has—a gambling father, a timid mother, a biased grandmother, an idle older brother, and a secret crush who misunderstands her as materialistic.

According to the original story, Ni Su would use her genuine kindness and beauty, with an unyielding and tenacious spirit, to influence those around her. After a series of pursuits, hardships, and physical ailments dragging into severe illnesses across three to four hundred chapters, everyone around her would finally awaken.

In the last two chapters of the story, they would spend one chapter crying profusely, punishing themselves, and begging Ni Su for forgiveness. Ni Su would forgive them, achieving a grand happy ending with her tattered body.

It should have been like this, but one day, just as Ni Su's torturous life was beginning, she met a peculiar person—Hua Mengli Shang Diezhilei Angelina Zimu Lei Weiwei'er Bingxueshang Limengyuan Alice Antalia Hathaway Liuli Bingjing Dieying Feiwu Xue Luoying Qiangwei Meiguilei Shangxue Cai.

She has colorful long hair that changes with her mood, a pair of beautiful eyes like seven-colored glazed glass, her tears turn into diamonds, flower petals fall wherever she goes, she's a versatile learner, earned a doctorate from the world's best university at twelve, fluent in ten languages, an all-around athlete, a true Mary Sue protagonist.

"Hello, Miss Hua Mengli Shang Diezhilei Angelina Zimu Lei Weiwei'er Bingxueshang Limengyuan Alice Antalia Hathaway Liuli Bingjing Dieying Feiwu Xue Luoying Qiangwei Meiguilei Shangxue Cai." The Mary Sue miss spoke, "Very good, you are the first girl to say my full name when meeting me. I declare, you are now my friend, Hua Mengli Shang Diezhilei Angelina Zimu Lei Weiwei'er Bingxueshang Limengyuan Alice Antalia Hathaway Liuli Bingjing Dieying Feiwu Xue Luoying Qiangwei Meiguilei Shangxue Cai."

The Mary Sue miss spoke so fast that Ni Su didn't even have time to refuse before she became her friend. Sick? The Mary Sue miss immediately summoned the world's top medical team. Unhappy? The Mary Sue miss showers you with colorful petal rain.

Her secret crush mocks Ni Su for being materialistic? The Mary Sue miss orders people to surround Ni Su's crush on the spot with gold bricks, building a golden house—"You? You're not worthy of her materialism." As for Ni Su's torturous female lead life, it was long crushed by the Mary Sue miss's halo, leaving not even a speck behind.

The day Ni Su confessed to the Mary Sue miss, the Mary Sue miss was surprised, saying, "Weren't we already together?" Ni Su: ??? When did that happen? Want to know? Come and read this story with me~

Heaven-defyingly changing fate original torturous female lead X What the heck is torture? I'm the strongest Mary Sue female lead in the world.

Recommended my completed Yuri novel, click on the column to collect and read: "The Person I Like Is Your Girlfriend." Ge Mingwei's boyfriend has a group of bros, and in that group, there's a girl—bright and beautiful, cheerful and enthusiastic, good in every way, except she's very manipulative and likes to feign innocence.

She wears the same clothes as Ge Mingwei, making Ge Mingwei look like a green leaf next to her. Ge Mingwei requests a love song, and the manipulative girl sings along, her voice exquisite and ethereal, making Ge Mingwei seem tone-deaf.

The manipulative girl, in front of everyone, pats her chest and says to treat her like a guy. The manipulative girl eats a cream bun, accidentally getting cream on her nose, looking like a pitiful fawn, glancing towards Ge Mingwei. Ge Mingwei's boyfriend is the first to rush over with a tissue to wipe the manipulative girl's nose.

...This greatly annoyed Ge Mingwei. Until they went hiking together, Ge Mingwei twisted her ankle. Her boyfriend kept blaming her for not walking properly, finding her heavy. Instead, it was the manipulative girl who carried Ge Mingwei on her back, step by step, down the mountain.

Her hair was dripping wet, but she didn't put Ge Mingwei down. Ge Mingwei broke up with her boyfriend, and his group of bros called to accuse her. Only the manipulative girl cursed everyone back and went in and out helping Ge Mingwei find an apartment and move her luggage.

Ge Mingwei slowly realized that the manipulative girl wasn't so manipulative after all, and seemed... to like her? —It turns out, the manipulative girl wasn't manipulative; she just liked Ge Mingwei.

When the渣 male broke up with Ge Mingwei, he slowly remembered her good qualities and knocked on her door in the middle of the night begging to reconcile. Just a door away, the once manipulative, feigning girl, now her girlfriend, kissed Ge Mingwei repeatedly, "Baby, look at him, he's so fake." Ge Mingwei gasped, unable to resist, begging for mercy.

The emotional line between the two female leads develops after their breakup with the scumbag. The wife who was misunderstood as a manipulative, feigning girl but was actually trying to impress her (Sister) vs. The manipulative girl who always copied me actually likes me (Sister). 1v1, double virginity.

Regarding Lou Heng's shattered mirror re-round novel—"Pathological Dependence." The first time Lou Heng wanted to be a "bad" child, she met a girl, Xia Cangshu, who only cared about money. So, one offered terms of patronage, and the other chose to be patronized. They agreed to pretend sincerity.

In their gradual interactions, Lou Heng felt that Xia Cangshu seemed to have genuinely fallen for her, specifically shown by: Half of the money Lou Heng gave Xia Cangshu each month, Xia Cangshu would use to buy gifts for Lou Heng; Lou Heng was picky about food, so Xia Cangshu cooked for her personally, accommodating Lou Heng's fussy temper; When Lou Heng encountered an avalanche, it was also Xia Cangshu who braved the severe cold, tirelessly following people to find her.

...Lou Heng thought, since Xia Cangshu loves me so much, I'll reluctantly give her some love in return. As Lou Heng joyfully awaited Xia Cangshu's confession, Xia Cangshu left the country without a word.

When Lou Heng questioned her, she only received a cold reply—"I don't love you, I was only with you for the money." Lou Heng was shocked to realize that in this game, she was the only one who fell in love.

Lou Heng had disdained so-called sincerity but was ultimately deeply hurt by disdained sincerity. Lou Heng henceforth scoffed at emotions, focusing on her career. Only the tear-soaked pillow in her midnight dreams knew how much Lou Heng missed her.

Ten years after their separation, Xia Cangshu returned. Lou Heng glanced at her, her heart involuntarily pounding. But now, Xia Cangshu no longer needed money. Lou Heng uncontrollably loved Xia Cangshu, yet resented why Xia Cangshu didn't love her.

Lou Heng offered her bleeding heart to Xia Cangshu, "Before, I played you. Now, you play me." The eyes that had been kissed thousands of times no longer held their former tenderness, only coldness. Those cold eyes seemed to show a flicker of interest upon hearing Lou Heng's words.

"On the street of our reunion, my heart recognized you before I did." 1v1, double clean, both first lovers, neither sought anyone else after separating, only each other from beginning to end. It's probably a story about two girls who didn't understand love slowly learning to love.

Any "ex" plots that appear in the text are false, misleading, and will be explained later. Content tags: Deep Affection, Perfect Match, Strong Female Lead, Sweet Romance, Healing, Beautiful yet Tragic. Qiao Zheng, Qiao Zhizheng. Other: Narcissus (self-love), Beautiful yet Tragic, Redemption, HE.

One-sentence summary: I walked a long, long way to come to your side. Theme: No matter what difficulties you encounter, never give up on yourself!