From the Day the Engagement Was Broken

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Amidst the clamor of the crowd, which sounded like a pot boiling over, various familiar voices gave Gou An a splitting headache. She lifted her hands, intending to cover her ears.

However, at the forefront of the crowd, there was always someone who remained silent.

The tall, immaculately dressed man looked down on everyone like a god, with icy eyes that could freeze one to the bone.

He didn’t seem to notice Gou An’s wrists that were red and raw from being handcuffed but instead raised his chin in her direction and spoke calmly and indifferently to the police behind him: “What are you waiting for? Take her away.”

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One night, after a week of sleepless nights following the loss of her beloved cat, Gou An suddenly realized that she might be the supporting character in an old-school domineering CEO romance novel.

As the darling daughter of Gou Yu, the wealthy hotel industry magnate in Jiangcheng, and with a marriage alliance with the He family, Miss Gou was the most dazzling figure in Jiangcheng’s high society.

However, instead of simply enjoying her privileged life, she bullied and oppressed the female lead, Lu Wan, who lived in the lower city.

– She impersonated the female lead and became the fake White Moonlight who had saved the second male lead.

– She bullied the female lead who was working part-time at a banquet and poured red wine over her head.

– She stole the female lead’s position as the top scorer in the exam and the opportunity to give the freshman welcome speech, just for fun.

– She made the female lead wear a swim ring and stay in the pool for half an hour during winter.

– She snatched the female lead’s internship job.

– She coveted the female lead’s ambiguous relationship with a potential young male love interest.

– She threw tantrums.

– She treated people like dirt.

… …

Gou An had done or was planning to do everything on the list.

The powerful young uncle; her cold and distant fiancé; her brother who treated her like an enemy; her loyal bodyguard who pretended to be faithful—they would all become the foundation for the female lead’s success.

… …

Gou An looked up at the clock. It was now 8:30 in the evening.

In fifteen minutes, her fiancé He Ran, who had just found out that she was the fake White Moonlight and hadn’t actually saved his life back then, would knock on her door and hand her a freshly written and still-warm-off-the-printer agreement to break off their engagement.

At that point, the most powerful support behind her other than her parents would collapse.

Gou An: “…”

Oh my god, somebody save me.

… …

Vicious Female Supporting Character in a Vintage Domineering CEO Romance Novel Awakens + After Awakening, Female Supporting Character is Still Vicious + Everyone Ends up in the Crematorium

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Since the Day They Broke off Their Engagement
从被解除婚约那天开始
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Babablacksheep9
New Babablacksheep9 rated it
July 14, 2025
Status: Completed
It's been so long since I read a novel this satisfying, didn't skip any chapters and I was actually curious what would happen next. Absolutely loved it.

My favourite things about this novel are-

  • ML is not your typical cold-faced emotionless domineering CEO, or the fiery one who misunderstands everything, or the gentle scholarly one who hides his true personality all the time. People have already mentioned this but the characters are really well-written. No human can be typecast as a singular personality and we see this with the ML. He maintains a gentle smile but we can see his playful side. When he did fencing and billiards, it really talked about his style, instead of just 'he is so ruthless'. I loved the little detail when
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    he didn't perform the etiquette correctly before fencing with Ye Lang

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    . Also the way he doesn't like to always dress impeccably and the tie around his wrist AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH MY HEART. So. He doesn't fit in any one cliche and I absolutely love that.
  • FL is an actual vicious character and I love that the author didn't make her an innocent and gullible person who accidentally ends up doing evil things. She is short-tempered and make things difficult for people around her because SHE WANTS TO. It's not a system task or something she is forced to do. I love that in her second life they don't make her personality go do a complete 180 but instead she just becomes more careful.
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    OG FL (Li Wan) is again very well-written. She is just an average person who was selfish. In the ABO plotline we see that with no-one telling her to get what 'belongs' to her, she would have been pretty chill. Of course the reason why Gou An is 'better' than her is because of the sincerity and innocence with which she treats people. Whether she likes or hates someone, she treats them that way. OG FL didn't grow up in an environment where she could stay sincere and gullible, so she does seem a little white-lotus when she acts all cute and polite, but then again that could be because he tears worked? So she continues using that method

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    ZHOU YUTONG ENDS UP WITH LI DOU HER CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART!!! Honestly ZY and Chen Jingli didn't seem very compatible and I hated it when he kissed his first live and in the same night kissed ZY, but I thought since he is ML's bestie he will get ZY and when they broke up I felt sooo good. Like ML and FL actually have an equal relationship despite the age gap but ZY and CJ did not so. Win for the childhood sweetheart<3

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    THE ABO PLOTLINE? HELLO? I was not expecting it and it was gooood.

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    The fire extinguisher scene lamao

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And since I have written all this lemme just say that the
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s*x scenes were not coercive. In the first intimate scene (no sex), FL was a virg*n so she was inexperienced and nervous at first but in my impression 'her heart was racing' and she felt excited too. Especially in the extra they mention that FL is just as active in bed (if not more) than ML, and we can see her initiating things more than once.

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SaddestLines
SaddestLines rated it
May 19, 2024
Status: Completed
I really wish that those who woke up on the wrong side of the bed won't leave bad reviews—they're just venting and it's unfair to the novel, the author, the translator, and the future readers. This is NOT a s*upid novel and Gou An is NOT s*upid. It's a wonderfully written, extremely funny novel. It's a refreshing take on the awakened villainess genre, and the romance is chef's kiss.

That scene that person was griping about—Gou An in a nightdress? It was to highlight her fiance He Ran's hypocrisy. He says... more>> he doesn't like/want her, but he gets super antsy at the possibility that some other man would see her (god forbid!) shoulder. She was wearing a jacket! So that person is identifying with He Ran, the only character in this story whose brains I question. Everyone else is a fully fleshed-out character (I did say the writing is good, right?).

Anyway, the romance is excellent. I think He Jinxing is one of my favorite MLs. The others all get their comeuppance—some deserved, like He Ran, some heart-aching.

And oh, the extra stories are one of the most satisfying I've ever read. They really tied up loose ends and made me sit back and sigh happily. <<less
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czeihne
czeihne rated it
July 7, 2023
Status: c113
I have mixed emotions on this one.

Don't get me wrong. This is a good story. It was implied as transmigration but it was more of a rebirth since she seems like the actual person, with the love and hatred as if it was really her. She just doesn't know the whole plot of the novel but she'll get to learn as she progressed the friendship level of Main characters.

I can't help but to switch from one bias to another.

... more>> The power of the plot was tiring at the latter part.

I also felt He Yuan was weird, like he was someone the author was using inside the novel.

Guo An and Ye Lang are like lovers who were not meant to be together. YL always had to choose Lu Wan, they were like, they both love each other but was just destined to fall apart.

While Guo An and He Jinxing, another type of love story

Let me give you a back story

It wasnt the cancellation of her engagement with HR than really damaged her it was the unknowing betrayal by the person she regard as the only light.

I also love ZY and Li Du's love affair than ZY and CJ

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Original Story

Gu An wasnt in love with He Ran nor he is with her. They were just childhood sweethearts with arranged marriage.

HR fell in love with Lu Wan who is a child hood friend/ neighbor of Ye Lang, the bodyguard of GA.

GA actually fell for YL, YL does not know his own feelings, a little bit slow in recognizing it. Probably due to the plot.


HJ, the uncle was actually in love with GA, which he himself wasnt aware at the start.

GA asked the bodyguard to help with revenge, just a simple one to scare LW. Somehow it went wrong, GA was accused of importing illegal meds which she used to drug LW without knowing what type of drug it was, accused of attempted mu*der which was for 10 yrs. LW and HJ got married but not out of love. HJ visits GA in prison and asked her to marry him after his divorce so that she can go out of the prison.

Each one. With their own reason and motives.

2nd Life

A transmigrated girl into a novel awakens when LW somehow killed her cat which turned into a system then turned her as a vicious supporting character.

She decided to break up with HeRan. Hide from HJ, since he was the one who sent her to prison. Avoid the bodyguard who betrayed her in the past by choosing LW over her.

In this story line, she broke up but He Ran fell in love with GA.

It was revealed that since the previous life HJ likes her and body guard also likes her

But her path was to become the fiance of HJ.

Later YL the bodyguard, awakens with memory of the past and wants to fight for her and take her from HJ.

In the previous life, LW was pregnant with HR while married with HJ. She needs someone to father the child, and HJ condition as part of the deal would be for YL to surrender the cctv that shows GA did not really ask someone to kill LW. But LW had to get it from YL with her blackmailing pity me sh*t drama.

I was just thinking, HJ is so powerful, he can downplay the sentence from 10 yrs to 1 to 2 or have someone take the blame.

YL had the video, but he did not surrender it to lighten her crime.

Now, when GA and HJ were together, I was thinking of YL, he would be a great partner.

But now when he was fighting for GA, I pity HJ since he was really doing everything for GA since the original story.

All in all, a good read. It was just difficult as Ive read this using chrome's translate page aahhaua

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Sirena82
Sirena82 rated it
April 17, 2024
Status: --
i can't believe this is rated high! Its so s*upid really. Especially the female MC. I wonder if she has any brain cells! Who actually leave a house wearing their night dress and a fluffy slippers! She already know the guy hates her and she has horrible future because of being involved with him, yet under the nagging of her friend she goes to give him water bottle after a game. He rejects her and makes her the school laughing stuck, seriously, my 10 years old daughter writer better chrecters!
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Anastrisha
Anastrisha rated it
April 6, 2024
Status: Completed
I was at first surprised how fast pace the story is. Every chapter, something is happening. Still I love it.

... more>>
Spoiler

The world is an otome game that gone rogue.

MC's first life seems to be the core premise IF player chose core ML route. By the time beta version was released, a bug (the cat resurrecting) became a glitch. The ML also seemed to have become self aware and always choose the evil supporting character, MC.

In the end, they decided to release it as it is.

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Of all the male leads, I was honestly rooting for ZY. Quite the best man, willing to stand up for MC and his sister. Sadly, wasn't given any opportunities.

The bodyguard YL is pitiful but he deserves it. He literally watched as his most love rival marry someone else and show no interest on MC, while MC flirts with him; YL literally just had to kneel on the ground and proposed but bro was too dumb and constantly giving up his own love. Proving that a slow poke and a dummy is impossible.

AND HE DIDN'T JUST c*ck BLOCK HIMSELF ONCE, HAD HE BEEN MAD AT MC AND REDUCE POINT TO LESS THAN 10 HE COULD HAVE FIX HIS MISTAKES WAY BEFORE- HAHAHAHA.

I initially didn't like ML, for me they were all just trouble but kudos to him for always wiping MC's ass. He deserve the HE.

As for the OG heroine. I honestly don't know how to feel for her. She doesn't look like an evil person, at most just a hidden vain one. It sincerely look like kids hating each other for valid reasons gone wrong.

Like geez, what's up with her bad affinity with animals. Heroine could literally awaken two characters with how she killed two animals. Lol.

Which speaking of, I honestly wouldn't mind reading MC's best friend story. Especially since it's very vogue who she would end up with. The uncle or her childhood sweetheart. <<less
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Nelle
Nelle rated it
September 7, 2023
Status: Completed
There's no good translation work yet and mtl isn't easy to comprehend at the beginning, but if you get past that, you'll know that this is a well-written novel. It's a breath of fresh air in the world of CEO romance novels. The plot twists and the characters are both interesting. Chapter 124 has a title of "Ending" so I assume this has already been completed.

My favorite characters are the MC and the ML. The MC is really a villainous supporting character. Despite gaining awareness of the plot, she's still... more>> true to herself. She's like a firecracker ready to explode when mad. Her character feels real and her rich lady personality who can't take any suffering adds on to her charm. On the other hand, ML reminds me of the lyrics "His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold. No need to ask, he's a smooth operator." Their romance isn't fast-developing but it isn't slow-paced either. Their romantic development feels just right and I just love how straightforward they are in dealing with emotions. There are a lot of supporting characters introduced and they also bring their own contributions to the story. <<less
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Erumwhat
Erumwhat rated it
June 15, 2024
Status: c100
It's a well written story with believable characters. The MC is a crazy rich b*tch, with good reason to be crazy. The further I read the story, the more everyone around her seems like crap. Everyone was just pulling strings from the background to decide her life. She may have been spoiled, but never really evil. Yet her life turned total sh*t while everyone else mostly watched in the background.

The one who seems like the ML seems initially less bad, but still comes across as creepy and manipulative.
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Like the scene with the ML and MC having s*x was way too coercive. ML knew he was taking the drug, but did so anyways. He told the MC she had a way out and could call for help, but could she really? The social repercussions would have been a total mess for the two families. It was kind of a hot scene, but after thinking it over made me go wtf.

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Like I said, it's a well written, but the people around her fail her.
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Rira
Rira rated it
August 8, 2024
Status: Completed
This was good. The translation is decent and I MTL-ed the rest, it was also acceptable. As people already mentioned, the author makes fun of the common Chinese clichés, at first you don't recognize it because thanks to this, the story became something normal. But the fun is there, especially if it's about the common cleanliness/v*rginity obsession most of the C-novels have. In this novel, there are conversations like:

How far did you go with He Ran? Throughout these years, only holding hands a couple of times? Really?... Oh. (followed by... more>> a lot of s*x later)

And later to He Ran: You had so many partners but nothing happened. Even with Gou An, I heard you only held hands. Be honest, is something wrong with you at that department?

The best was when HJX used LW as a fire extinguisher 😂

The pace is good, with normal amount of twists and turns. It is also good that not all the characters get a happy ending, although I sympathized with all of them and I'm a bit melancholic because of this. They are so pitiful. <<less
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milkteamyluv
milkteamyluv rated it
September 20, 2024
Status: Completed
unlike the usual transmigration novels, this one only gave us the original plot through the FL pov. That’s why, I think, there are lots of misunderstandings againts the ML.

As for Gou An and Ye Lang story, I really like it because it gives the story some angst which doesn’t really cover up the original CP. It’s also sad bcs FL thought the problems in original plot occurred bcs of ML, while it turned out it’s someone she really trust that actually betrayed her.

But this story didn’t really gave us a... more>> perfect ML, bcs I think he kinda gives a creepy possessive vibes towards FL especially in their original plot. Fortunately it’s getting better in the 2nd timeline bcs they’re actually trying to figure out their feeling towards each other in a right way🥲 <<less
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vra_9096
vra_9096 rated it
August 2, 2024
Status: Completed
Good read, could have been better with more specifics.

MC in second life was too confused with regards to her feelings towards her previous and current life bodyguard.

Chapter 150 - gives overview of their first life.

Male lead is too pe*verted (in first life his obsession towards MC is too complicated to understand, he thinks of her as an object that he needs to obtain to satisfy himself (god knows what is he thinking🙄🙄 few times he tries to force himself on her) MC is an equal match for him in their... more>> first life 😂😂😂)

bodyguard never had a chance with her due to his actions in first life.

Spoiler

Lu Wan is pregnant with whose child in first life? As per MTL (very hard to read) I understand it's because of one nightstand with He Ran.

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