Season 1 • Episode 89
LatestWang Cuihua, an ordinary office worker, is thrust into a novel as a doomed villainess. To change her fate, she teams up with a tyrant, who is also a fellow transmigrator. Together, they fight to survive against the story’s original heroine and scheming male lead.
Writing
Meta-commentary that roasts both office culture AND romance novel tropes
Acting
Liu Nian's 'I cannot BELIEVE this is my life now' face, every episode
Costume
Villainess looks that scream 'I had 5 minutes to dress for my execution'
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'transmigration into a novel' trope (穿书) exploded in Chinese web fiction as readers grew self-aware about genre conventions—this series makes that meta-text literal.
Director Min Xiangsheng reportedly pitched this as 'The Office meets Scarlet Heart'—the 89-episode count lets them slow-burn every bureaucratic absurdity.
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