"Mu Qian, I'm warning you, stop pestering me. And don't pull any more of those suicidal stunts trying to win me back. I'm never turning back," the man's voice was cold and resolute.

Mu Qian felt a splitting headache. When she opened her eyes, she saw a man standing before her. He was undeniably handsome, but his words were utterly baffling.

Her mind was a whirlwind of confusion. After all, she was a top-tier celebrity who had dominated the entertainment industry for decades. She never lacked suitors. How could she possibly be chasing after some man out of the blue?

Slowly, Mu Qian got up from the ground. The man was eyeing her warily, his entire demeanor radiating impatience.

Then it hit her—she remembered how she had ended up on the ground in the first place. It was this man who had pushed her!

What a scumbag, daring to lay hands on a woman? Disgusting!

"Do you know how many years you can get for assault? If you dare lay a finger on me again without reason, I'll see you in court!" Mu Qian fumed.

The man looked at her as if she was being unreasonable and warned coldly, "Mu Qian, stop playing dumb. I'm telling you for the last time, we're over. Whether I pursue Zhiwei on the dating show or not has nothing to do with you."

"If you keep targeting Zhiwei, don't even think about staying in the entertainment industry!"

Not many people would dare to make such a bold threat.

Mu Qian stared intently at the man's face, then glanced around, finally realizing something was off.

There were no cameras, no directors around. Plus, the keywords he mentioned—dating show, Zhiwei—sounded eerily similar to the popular entertainment novel she had just finished reading, where the protagonist was adored by everyone.

The realization dawned on her—this wasn't her reality. She had somehow stepped into the world of that novel.

She tentatively asked, "You wouldn't happen to be Xiang Jingyu, would you?"

That was the domineering CEO male lead from the book!

Xiang Jingyu looked at her with a strange expression, as if he had thought of something, and sneered, "That's a good idea. From now on, you and I are strangers."

Seeing his expression, Mu Qian knew she had guessed correctly.

So, she had transmigrated into a book... and had become the villainess who shared her name!

In the book *Summer Heartbeat*, the female lead, Shu Zhiwei, was a universally adored enchantress. She had skyrocketed to fame online with a set of graduation photos, catching the eye of Xiang Jingyu, the entertainment company CEO, who immediately signed her to his company.

The mighty CEO, in pursuit of his white moonlight, even deigned to participate in a reality dating show funded by his company, hoping to win the beauty's heart in the end.

Shu Zhiwei, with her gentle and considerate nature, along with her natural allure to men, garnered countless fans and the admiration of male contestants on the show. Later, she even conquered numerous big shots in the entertainment industry.

Under the protection of these big shots, Shu Zhiwei smoothly ascended to the throne of the film industry.

In the end, Shu Zhiwei was moved by the domineering and devoted Xiang Jingyu and married him, though she maintained private connections with the other big shots.

As for Mu Qian's character, she was merely the first stepping stone on the female lead's path to fame, a tool for the protagonist to slap in the face.

However, Mu Qian, Shu Zhiwei, and Shu Zhiwei's men did have some history.

They had attended the same high school, and Mu Qian's beauty was the envy of all.

But any man who had contact with both her and Shu Zhiwei, even if initially attracted to Mu Qian, would inevitably fall for the pure-hearted Shu Zhiwei.

After this happened multiple times, Mu Qian naturally sensed something was off and began to distance herself from the female lead. Later, she entered the entertainment industry on the strength of her beauty and started a secret affair with her boss, Xiang Jingyu.

Especially when Xiang Jingyu and Mu Qian were still together, he had already started pursuing Shu Zhiwei.

Isn’t this behavior the textbook definition of cheating and seamlessly moving on to the next person?

Mu Qian, deeply hurt, combined her fresh anger with old grievances and began targeting Shu Zhiwei. She had hoped to make Shu Zhiwei back off, but instead, she was repeatedly humiliated and ultimately broke up with Xiang Jingyu.

So, Mu Qian joined the dating show with the sole purpose of winning Xiang Jingyu back and salvaging her reputation.

By now, she was already the internet’s favorite punching bag. After the show aired, Shu Zhiwei’s admirers, heartbroken over their goddess being "bullied," pulled a few strings and drove Mu Qian to bankruptcy. She was left drowning in debt, nearly beaten to death by loan sharks.

Her exit was so abrupt that, later on, even her name was forgotten.

Foreseeing her tragic end, Mu Qian felt a pang of bitterness. In her previous life, she had been a model citizen—kind, charitable, and a hardworking role model in her industry. She had never even had a proper relationship...

So how did she suddenly end up transmigrating into this novel?

Bottling up her frustration and anger, Mu Qian had no one to vent to.

Meanwhile, the scumbag Xiang Jingyu, with his inflated ego, had the audacity to say, “You’d better stop clinging to me. Zhiwei is my true love. I can’t let her misunderstand.”

Oh, how touching. The "true love" who’s been happily cuckolding you with a whole forest of green hats.

Mu Qian rolled her eyes internally. “Don’t worry about that. You’re already dead and buried in my heart. From now on, I’m Mu Qian, the unshakable.”

Just looking at him made her feel dirty. Why couldn’t these cheating scumbags just disappear from the face of the earth?

She wasn’t some love-struck fool, nor did she harbor any feelings for Xiang Jingyu. Naturally, she wouldn’t lose her mind and target the female lead like the original character had.

So, maybe there was still a chance to rewrite her tragic storyline?

Xiang Jingyu didn't bother to waste any more words on her. He shot her a warning glance and then placed something in front of Mu Qian.

"This is the apartment key you gave me. Since we've broken up, it's only right to return it to its owner," he said, his expression a complex mix of emotions. After all, she was someone he had once cared for deeply. Although his heart now belonged solely to his true love, Zhiwei, ending this previous relationship so abruptly left him with a lingering sense of loss.

But in the next moment, the image of Zhiwei's innocent and harmless face flashed through his mind, and any lingering feelings of regret for Mu Qian instantly vanished.

As Mu Qian watched him leave, she suddenly remembered that the dating show she was on was only supposed to have ten episodes. Once the show ended, she would be bankrupt, drowning in debt, and hounded by loan sharks until she was driven to despair...

Panicking, she quickly pulled out her phone to check the progress of the show.

But her phone froze, and after what felt like an eternity, it finally came back to life. When she looked at the comments section of the show, she was bombarded with a flood of hateful messages.

"Wow, I'm really the internet's punching bag," she muttered to herself. Out of over 200,000 comments, at least 170,000 were vicious attacks directed at her.

Strangely, Mu Qian felt a sense of relief. After all, being hated was still a form of fame. She had single-handedly boosted the show's ratings—who else in the entertainment industry could pull that off?

But her brief moment of satisfaction was short-lived. Among the male participants on the show, aside from Xiang Jingyu, the scumbag, there was also her crazy ex who had once deceived her, and a two-faced idol who spent every day trying to seduce her.

With such a high concentration of jerks, she was afraid she might lose her temper on camera and end up smashing all three of their heads!