Late at night, the grand Xie mansion was silent.

Xie Ningjun carefully opened the door to Xie Ran's room, peeking in discreetly.

The room was empty, with light glowing from the bathroom. It seemed that Xie Ran had gone to take a bath.

Xie Ningjun tiptoed in, approaching the desk, she picked up Xie Ran's phone and entered the password.

As it unlocked, the screen displayed the homepage of a chat app.

At the top, the pinned conversation belonged to a girl nicknamed "YaYa."

Xie Ran, soon turning eighteen, was a high school senior and a rebelliously dominant figure at school.

He had been harboring feelings for a girl he'd liked for years, this YaYa, the top beauty of his school, with whom he was now chatting.

He had gotten into fights at school and received warnings because he always stood up for this school beauty.

Suddenly, a message from YaYa flashed on the screen: "Ran, do you guys all like girls who seem fragile like your sister?"

"Your sister" referred to Xie Ningjun.

Xie Ningjun slightly curled her lips, she replied, "Yes, wouldn't that be the case?"

On the other end, whoever was expecting dutiful Xie Ran to go along with their sentiment fell into silence.

Refusing to give up, another message arrived, "Hmm, I'm the kind of girl who loves playing basketball with boys. Do guys not like girls like me?"

Xie Ningjun cut in, "Exactly, can't stand such masculine girls, blocked."

After sending the message, Xie Ningjun really unfriended the school beauty's best friend.

Then she calmly sat down on the chair, waiting for Xie Ran to come out and beat her.

It wasn't that she was masochistic, it was just that... she didn't belong to this world, and she had to die in order to return!

...

Xie Ningjun had transmigrated into a novel.

Before transmigration, she was just an ordinary person.

In this life, her biggest dream was to own a house, have a good job, and live peacefully for a lifetime.

When she just entered university, she strove towards her goal, studying hard and making emoticons to earn a living.

Being hardworking and lucky, the character she created caught the attention of an IP incubation company. They bought her copyright for two million, and with this money, she bought a house.

The year she graduated from college, she also passed the examination for a very well-treated position in a public institution.

Although she was adopted by her parents, they cherished her as their only daughter.

She was simply the happiest ordinary person in the world.

However, on the day she was formally hired, while she was riding her bike to turn onto the bridge, a big black G came head-on. She had clearly applied the brakes, but for some reason they didn't work, and she had an accident...

When she woke up, she found herself transmigrated into a novel as the fake rich daughter.

The Xie family was a wealthy household, originally having a pampered little daughter.

The real heiress of the Xie family was kidnapped at the age of six. Despite their desperate search, Mr. and Mrs. Xie never found her and reluctantly gave up.

Mr. Xie, a businessman, who was a firm believer in geomancy, was told by a master that he could continue his wealth only if all seven of his children's palaces were fully occupied.

Thus, he adopted Xie Ningjun from an orphanage.

However, her six older brothers never gave up on finding their real sister. They felt that the 'fake' sister had taken the real sister's place and were always hostile towards her.

With their parents around, they never directly harmed 'fake' sister, but no matter how she tried to please them, they ignored her. They held contempt for her meek attempts to placate them, persistently thinking that the 'fake' heiress could never comparison to their real sister, her false flattery disgusts them.

Until the 'fake' heiress turned 23 and was engaged to a tycoon from a long-time friendly family, the real heiress returned.

The real heiress claimed that the tycoon was initially betrothed to her, thus he should be hers. Her six brothers immediately sided with her.

What followed was a drama where the real and 'fake' heiresses competed for the tycoon's affection.

However, as the true heiress was actually a high-ranking tycoon, and the 'fake' heiress was the first to be eliminated, the situation was extremely unfavorable for her. In addition, her six brothers also sided with their real sister against the 'fake' heiress, causing her to owe a large debt and shaming her reputation, all in defense for their real sister.

In the end, having lost everything, the 'fake' heiress committed suicide out of resentment.

The moment Xie Ningjun arrived, was on the 'fake' heiress’ 17th birthday.

Mr. Xie had a fruit cake made for her; she choked on a cherry pit from the cake and died, and then she transformed into the current Xie Ningjun.

...

Apart from this, Xie Ningjun also received a simple and brutal rule in her mind:

"Dying of unnatural death can return you to your original world, but you can't commit suicide, because if you do commit suicide, then you really die. You also can't die as a consequence of being convicted for illegal activities."

Xie Ningjun could only feign attempts to die in order to return home sooner.

Lucky for her, the characters of her brothers at the Xie family were all rather extreme.

Savage, sullen, crazy... none of them were normal, and they all loathed the imposter daughter.

Provoking them to a point where she could die would likely be easy.

At present, the other brothers were all busy outside with their own business, Xie family's parents were travelling for medical treatments, and the only one present was her youngest and most impulsive brother, Xie Ran.

Naturally, she decided to start with Xie Ran.

When she first thought of this plan, she hesitated over whether she should let Xie Ran bear the guilt of murdering someone.

But after some thought, when the real daughter returns five years later, the brothers would still drive the fake daughter to a dead end in order to protect their own sibling.

So, all she was doing was moving the timeframe for the 'imposter daughter's death' forward, changing 'driving to death' to 'killing'.

...

The sound of running water in the bathroom stopped.

Xie Ningjun turned her face and saw Xie Ran walking out of the bathroom.

The young man revealed a half-naked robust upper body, with drops of water clinging to his neatly cropped hair, and his handsome face carried a trace of juvenile immaturity.

As he lifted his gaze, seeing Xie Ningjun sitting there, his face darkened immediately: "Why are you in my room?"

Xie Ningjun said nothing, only casually glancing at the mobile phone in her hand.

Xie Ran realized something, and immediately rushed over, snatching the phone from her hands, "Who allowed you to touch my phone?"

He unlocked it and looked. The pinned contact was gone. He searched anxiously for a long while, but to no avail.

Xie Ran glared fiercely at Xie Ningjun, interrogating her in a harsh tone, "Xie Ningjun, did you delete Yaya?"

Xie Ningjun's cold face showed no extra expression; she raised her eyelids and nodded silently, "Yes, I did it."

Murderous intent suddenly flashed through Xie Ran's eyes, and his tightly clenched fists twitched with throbbing veins.

He had secretly loved Ye Mingya for three years, and after adding her as a friend, every day for the following three years, he had woken up at a set time to send her a "good morning" message, without a single day missed!

Now, the chat records and the memories of these three years were all deleted by Xie Ningjun!

He was so angry and frustrated that he picked up the sharp steel ruler on the table as if he wanted to chop her up right then and there!

Xie Ningjun's eyes brightened; she knew this trick would work!

After all, Xie Ran used to be someone who could send ten people to the hospital over the school beauty!

She pointed to her neck, deliberately provoking him, "Come on, here's the carotid artery. If you dare, stab here!"