Transmigrating as the Supporting Male Lead’s Sweetheart

Hi everyone, here’s chapter 2

I tried cooking bbq lamb skewers the other day and shared my recipe in case anyone is interested in trying it out. 

TL: ClearSprings

Ten o’clock sharp. Exactly as written in the novel. Not a minute more, not a minute less.

Under the disbelieving gazes of the crowd, Tang Tang complacently handed over the suitcase in her hand to the suit-wearing uncle and, in a calm manner, said “Thank you.”

“Miss is being polite.” The suit-wearing uncle accepted the suitcase and opened the trunk.

Everyone was stupefied.

This vehicle… was here to pick up Tang Tang?

Didn’t her company want to terminate her contract? Didn’t her family not value her? Even if they did value her, they still could not afford such an expensive vehicle. How could this be possible?

While they were feeling smug, Tang Tang’s face-slapping came silently and ruthlessly. But even so, some girls did not have time to feel pain as they were feeling a greater degree of panic.  

They originally thought that Tang Tang was entirely without a backer, which is why they dared to bully her like this. But now, no matter who came to pick her up, it was obvious that this person possessed an identity that they absolutely could not afford to provoke. 

Out of everyone, the ones whose faces became the most unsightly were Shen Yulin, who led the jibing, as well as Su Can. Particularly Su Can. Looking at the Maybach before her, she recalled that she called a taxi just a moment ago. How much she wanted to humiliate Tang Tang earlier is how shamed she is now.     

Tang Tang told her everything, such as how her adoptive mother abused her and how her adoptive sister bullied her. Su Can really thought that Tang Tang treated her as a best friend, but Tang Tang never mentioned that she still had another person backing her.

She thought that Tang Tang was really miserable.  Later on, even if she stayed in this industry, she would not have an easy time. That was why she dared to bully Tang Tang like this. But now…

Su Can’s delicate and pretty face became increasingly pale. Flustered, she pondered whether or not her actions earlier were too obvious. Perhaps Tang Tang basically did not hear anything. However, she suddenly also remembered Tang Tang’s words this morning. She suggested that she take up acting.

Su Can’s heart chilled.

Tang Tang did not intend to bully little girls, but she did not have such a good temper that she would allow others to freely bully her. She turned her head to look at the dumfounded girls and patted the lead girl, Shen Yulin, on her shoulder. “Then I will be leaving first. See you again.”

Shen Yulin looked at Tang Tang’s dazzlingly beautiful smiling expression and felt a cold shiver inside. Does that mean they will never meet again or does she really mean they will meet — again?”

Given Tang Tang’s figure and appearance, if she has a backer supporting her, she thinks it is definitely the latter meaning.

She experienced all sorts of emotions. She felt regret. She felt fortunate that she did not say anything. Unfortunately, Tang Tang was not interested in watching.  She gracefully got on the vehicle. The vehicle kicked up dust as it drove away.

It wasn’t until the vehicle drove far away that Shen Yulin, who was finally unable to suppress herself any longer, turned towards Su Can and unleashed her anger. “Didn’t you say that she had no one looking after her?”

Su Can shrank back slightly and said in a small voice, “I did not know either…”

“What do you know?!” Shen Yulin was now feeling extremely regretful. What should she do if Tang Tang retaliates?  When she looked over at the cowering Su Can, she had an even bigger belly full of anger and scolded “Trash.”  Feeling frustrated, she left by herself.  

The rest of the group were good at reading the situation and left shortly in an orderly manner.

Tang Tang did not expect internal strife would arise amongst her enemies the moment she left and nor did she have the time to consider such matters. She was earnestly trying to remember Tang Tang’s past.

Tang Tang was raised by her adoptive parents. Her biological mother and her adoptive father were originally orphans who grew up together in an orphanage. The two were childhood sweethearts. Her adoptive father has always liked her biological mother very much. However, Tang Tang’s biological mother fell for someone else. When she returned to find her foster father once again, she was already pregnant with Tang Tang.

Her biological father never once blamed Tang Tang’s mother for betraying their childhood promise. He kept Tang Tang’s mother by his side, took care of her, and also proposed to her. [Please read this on ClearSpringsTL com]

Tang Tang’s mother never agreed, even up until after she gave birth to Tang Tang. When her adoptive father promised to take care of Tang Tang like his own biological child, Tang Tang’s mother finally smiled in gratification. Then, the next day, she took some sleeping pills to end her own life…

She did not think much of it at first, but thinking about it now, Tang Tang’s eyes twitched. This is really dog blooded. 

Her adoptive father was truly miserably in love with Tang Tang’s mother. After Tang Tang’s mother died, he was inconsolably heartbroken. Nevertheless, he did not blame Tang Tang’s mother in the least for leaving behind such a heavy burden for him and even going so far as to feel extremely fortunate that she left behind her child. He vowed that all the things he was unable to give to Tang Tang’s mother would be given to Tang Tang.

Only, at that time, her adoptive father’s company was flourishing and he was busy all day, from dawn to dusk. As for taking care of Tang Tang, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.1 It was at this time that her adoptive mother appeared.

[1 In other words, he wants to do a good job and take care of her, but he lacks the means because his business was taking up so much of his time.]

Even though her adoptive father was an orphan, he was handsome and had outstanding capabilities. The number of people who liked him were not few. Her adoptive mother was one of them. She was an employee at her adoptive father’s company. After learning about her adoptive father’s situation, she looked for him and explained with complete sincerity that she really liked him and did not want to see him wearing himself out this way. She did not mind that he does not want kids, she just wanted to help raise Tang Tang together with him.

Her adoptive father refused at first. But during the times when her adoptive father brought Tang Tang to the company, she would always look after Tang Tang. Slowly, her adoptive father was moved and ultimately agreed to marry her adoptive mother. 

From then on, her adoptive mother resigned and stayed at home to raise the child at ease. Then later on, her adoptive mother became pregnant and Tang Tang got a younger sister named Tang Xin.

According to the novel, Tang Xin was conceived because her adoptive father was drunk. He had always felt guilty over this matter.

However, Tang Tan was still the most important to her adoptive father. Before age 7, Tang Tang always had it better than Tang Xin at home. But after age 7, her adoptive father unfortunately died from terminal cancer and Tang Tang’s good days ultimately came to an end.

Her adoptive mother revealed her true colors as soon as her adoptive father died. The anger that she has restrained for so many years could finally be vented, especially seeing that Tang Tang looked more and more like her biological mother. When she thought about the picture that her husband kept in his wallet for so many years, she felt an increasing insurmountable hatred towards Tang Tang. As a result, the previously spoiled little girl completely turned into a pitiful little person, living a dismal and miserable life. [Please read this on ClearSpringsTL com]

Later, Tang Tang heard about the talent selection event from Tang Xin. Relying on her outstanding appearance, she was successfully selected to participate and became explosively popular. She was finally able to feel proud, but in the end, she was abandoned by the brokerage company because she offended Bai Chen and Yan Yan. 

Tang Tang felt completely disheartened once she thought about how she would face her adoptive mother’s and sister’s ridicule when she returned.

It was at this moment that her benefactor finally appeared.

Ming Shaoyan, a man who stood at the peak of the entertainment circle, brought her back.

Tang Tang finally found out who her biological father was. Unexpectedly, he was the head Shengyu, the eldest young master of the Ming Family! It’s just that her biological father died young, so Tang Tang was left with only one relative. It was the little uncle, Ming Shaoyan, who brought her back.

From that moment on, the completely disheartened Tang Tang was instantly resurrected with full blood, where she henceforth went on to court disaster, embarking on a road with no return.  

No matter how good her life got, it did not stop Tang Tang’s ambitions. In the beginning, Tang Tang still felt incredulous and uneasy. Afterwards, she started to live it up without qualms. She felt that it was the Ming Family who owed her first, so she became increasingly unscrupulous. Believing the words of some ill-intentioned individuals, she started to fight with Ming Shaoyan over stocks rights. Ming Shaoyan, who originally did not have any good impression of her, became even more disgusted with her. In the end, after he found out he previously identified the wrong person and that Tang Tang was not actually the young miss of the Ming Family, Ming Shaoyan mercilessly drove her out.

Afterwards, Tang Tang completely fell from grace, going so far as to drive drunk and died. to the extent that she died while drunk driving. The novel provided some minor details about Ming Shaoyan after he found out about Tang Tang’s death. Ming Shaoyan’s expression was indifferent. As if the person who died was insignificant. As if he already knew that something would happen.

In the chapter’s comment section, everyone was trying to guess whether Ming Shaoyan had something to do with Tang Tang’s death because it was later discovered that the brakes of Tang Tang’s car were damaged. Additionally, Ming Shaoyan really did not like Tang Tang even a tiny bit.

More precisely speaking, he hated Tang Tang.

After all, Eldest Young Master Ming, who is Ming Shaoyan’s biological older brother, who is also Tang Tang’s nominal father, indirectly killed Madam Ming. She is Young Master Ming, Ming Shaoyan’s mother.

Thus, Ming Shaoyan had every reason to bear grudges against Tang Tang. Behind his back, Tang Tang worked zealously, collaborating with Ming Family’s second branch and third branch deal with Ming Shaoyan. The possibility of Ming Shaoyan killing her was not small.

She thought the novel was cool when she was reading it. Now that she has become Tang Tang, her neck seems to feel a little cold.

She exerted all her strength to recall that Tang Tang was 23 years old when she was kicked out and she was 24 years old when she died, while the current Tang Tang is just 18 years old. She immediately sighed in relief.

For the time being, she is still very safe. 

It can be said that Ming Shaoyan actually detests Tang Tang quite a bit and absolutely did not want to bring Tang Tang back.

However, even if Ming Shaoyan did not have any desire to bring Tang Tang back, he could not cope with Ming Family’s distant relatives. Ming Shaoyan did not want to be bothered by them, so he was forced to bring Tang Tang back home.

How pitiful, Tang Tang said in her heart. She sighed and lamented as she imagined her current situation. 

Fine. She is the more pitiful one.

The novel contained lengthy descriptions about Ming Shaoyan, but that was actually not because of Tang Tang. Rather, it was because Ming Shaoyan was one of the three male leads. It’s just that the ultimate winner who got to hold the beauty was Bai Chen. 

The author created three male leads. There’s Bai Chen, a popular celebrity who is a combination of a young wolf pup and puppy. Later on, Tang Tang’s fiance, Shen Mingyu, the eldest young master from a rich and powerful family, fell for Yan Yan.  And, there’s Ming Shaoyan, the big boss of the entertainment industry. 

According to the novel’s description, the current Ming Shaoyan is only 27 years old and is at the peak of his career. He is confident, handsome, successful, and full of charm. 

Unfortunately, reading about her own fanfic and reading about her own love scenes, no matter who she was paired with, was exceedingly awkward. Therefore, she did not pay as much attention to the scenes with the male leads as she did to the supporting female lead, Tang Tang. 

Now that she recalled Ming Shaoyan, her mind was left with a deep impression — he was formidable. 

He was formidable in two different ways. First, Ming Shaoyan is a very demanding person, every matter must be completed clearly and thoroughly. He had zero tolerance for mistakes. He is not just all talk. While he is harsh on others, he is even harsher on himself. He was like a mechanical watch, always maintaining his situations in a perfect and precise manner.

Just like today, when he had the driver come pick her up at 10 o’clock sharp, not a minute early and not a minute late.

It was also because Ming Shaoyan is excessively clear-headed and overly realistic that no woman has been able to enter his eye. He had never believed in love because, to him, love was a variable and unstable factor. That is, until later, when he fell for Yan Yan and was attracted to Yan Yan’s excellence. He still believed love was an unstable factor, but he was totally willing1. 

[1 甘之若饴 is a Chinese idiom. It could be translated as willingness to bear hardships/make sacrifices without any reluctance.]

Ningmeng’s2 favorite male lead is Ming Shaoyan. She was so stirred up over him that she blew up her WeChat3 with messages expressing how incredibly charming he was. Unfortunately, seeing her namesake in the novel, Tang Tang only felt goosebumps all over and did not see his appeal at all. 

[2 Ningmeng is Yan Yan’s assistant from the real world, before she transmigrated into the book.]

[3 Weixin is the Chinese version of WeChat, so I will just use WeChat.]

The second reason he is formidable is because of Ming Shaoyan’s hostility and hatred towards Tang Tang. At present, she is a little suspicious as to whether Ming Shaoyan was the one who guided Tang Tang on that path of courting disaster.

Tang Tang could not help but shiver. From the front, Uncle Li the chauffeur, glanced at Tang Tang through the rearview mirror. Tang Tang was sitting properly in a calm and collected manner.

Because of the unprecedented speed in which Tang Tang became popular, her current unpopularity can also be considered a form of popularity. Therefore, even Mr. Chauffeur knew Tang Tang’s name and knew that this person [Tang Tang] has done a number of outrageous things. Whether it was Uncle Li or anyone else in the household, they all had an expressed disdain regarding Tang Tang’s arrival.  Ignorant. Vulgar. Vain. These were the impressions everyone had about the on-screen Tang Tang.

Mr. Ming had ordered someone to investigate Tang Tang. He learned that she got expelled in elementary school due to fighting and her education was delayed for one year because of that. Later, because her academic performance was too poor, she could only stay in the Ninth Middle School, with all the other poor performing students. In contrast, her little sister, Tang Xin was outstanding. Nowadays, she is attending the best school in S City.

Uncle Li knows why the people from the second and third branches are urging Ming Shaoyan to bring Tang Tang back. Therefore, he inevitably felt it was a pity and had also entertained thoughts of how great it would have been if the younger sister was the real young lady of the family. At the very least, she seemed like a sensible and modest child. 

She in no way resembled Tang Tang, who had been displeasing since the moment she appeared in public’s eyes. [Please read this on ClearSpringsTL(.)com]

Even if she appeared to be a loveable and virtuous young lady at the moment.  

Tang Tang was unaware of Uncle Li’s thoughts. She was looking at the scenery through the window when her mobile phone suddenly vibrated. She picked it up and saw it was her agent calling.

Tang Tang answered the mobile phone. Although her agent’s tone was not as irritable as it was this morning, it did not contain a hint of patience, “Come to the company in a while.”

Tang Tang glanced at Uncle Li and said, “I still have something to do.”

“Something to do?”

Her agent sneered, unable to conceal his ridicule. What could she possibly have to do? She is a joke in the entertainment circle right now. Who would be so foolish to sign her? It was clear that she was deliberately giving him an attitude.

What ploy was this? Does she think she could climb over her Agent’s head if she has a few fans? It was clear that she should be begging him to not break the contract right now.

“You don’t want to come? If you don’t come today, then don’t ever come again!”

He did not wait for Tang Tang to say anything else and hung up after he was done talking. Having said that much, as long as Tang Tang was not dumb, she would be rushing over to the company immediately. 

Tang Tang has been berated by this person twice.  She looked at the word “agent” displayed on her mobile phone and almost angered into laughing4.

[4 As in she was angry but also found the matter laughable.]

When Tang Tang was hot for a while, he spoke warmly and softly. When Tang Tang was down and out, he immediately became vicious. With this kind of morals and conduct, how was he qualified to be an agent?

Putting aside Ming Shaoyan, how could she possibly allow everyone to bully. She straightforwardly blacklisted her agent. After she was done doing that, a notification appeared on her phone screen. It was Su Can sending her a WeChat message.

[Tangtang, did you get home yet? Remember to tell me after you get home.]

She acted like nothing had happened and pretended to be an attentive and considerate bestie, treating Tang Tang the same as she did during the time when Tang Tang was popular.  [Please read this on ClearSpringsTL(.)com]

Tang Tang did not even have time to reply when Su Can sent another message soon afterwards.

[Tangtang. Tangtang. I posted on Weibo just now. [Cute.jpg]]

There was a screenshot underneath.

[Su Cancan V: Three months passed in the blink of an eye. What made me happiest was not my debut, but meeting so many sisters… I felt very sad sending off Tang Tang today. I also don’t know if we can meet again in the future, but as your bff, I will definitely wait for your return. Come on, Tang Tang!]

Su Tang5 is Su Can and Tang Tang’s CP name. At the time, the two were always sticking together. That’s how the name of the CP came about.

[5 The characters for Su Tang are a phonetic play on Su Can and Tang Tang’s names, but the “Su” in Su Tang can mean soft/silky and “Tang” can mean sweet or candy.]

Tang Tang: “…”

She can really pretend that as if nothing happened. Only 19 years old, but she is quite a character.

But why did she send a screenshot? Wouldn’t it be fine if she just directly went on Weibo to look?

Tang Tang opened Weibo and looked for Su Can, found the post, and clicked on the comments.

[Cancan, were you kidnapped?! If yes, then blink your eyes!]

[Tang Tang causes trouble every day and Su Can has to clean up after her. Su Can, you are too kind.]

[OMG Tang Tang, can you take a long hike?! You are causing Cancan to be scolded. Su Can haven’t you learned your lesson!!!]

[Almighty ACE! From the very beginning, I thought you should have been the one who debuted. What does Tang Tang have to rely on? Just because she is beautiful?

[Hahaha, is she beautiful? I never got Tang Tang’s so-called beauty [Shrug.jpg]]

As expected, Su Can clearly did not dare to let her see the comments, so she purposely sent a screenshot.

These comments were as unpleasant as she imagined. Tang Tang expressionlessly closed Weibo and opened WeChat again to reply to Su Can with a few words. Then she decisively pressed delete on the upper right corner.