"Jiang Siheng was destined to be the vicious cannon fodder of this world—a wealthy heiress whose arrogance and cruelty existed solely to prop up the male lead’s growth. But when she awakens to the truth—that her role is to die miserably for the sake of the protagonists’ happy ending—she vows to defy her scripted fate. Her first act of rebellion? Using her infatuated bodyguard, Xie Yanxing, to break off her engagement to the tyrannical heir Duan Yichen. She plots to seduce Xie Yanxing, hoping the scandal will force Duan to cancel the wedding. But the plot’s control is absolute: she collapses unconscious before anything happens, and the engagement proceeds. On the day of the ceremony, Jiang Siheng refuses to attend—until she learns Duan is publicly humiliating her while Xie Yanxing defends her honor. Rushing to the scene, she arrives just as Xie, beaten bloody by Duan, still refuses to yield. Enraged, Jiang Siheng storms in, thrashes Duan herself, and with her grandfather’s backing