Arc 1The Heiress and the Hidden Emblem

Jiang Jinran settled into the Jiang family and Imperial Star Academy while trying to avoid the doomed plot she remembered, but mysterious Divine Sound messages pulled her toward the Hope Cup finals. She rose as the Legend player Sha Yu, challenged her brother Jiang Qiche, and reached the televised competition as her second brother Jiang Chuji noticed her.

  • Jiang Jinran realized she had transmigrated into a doomed fake heiress, resolved not to antagonize Sang Ning, and discovered that Jiang Yuehan could hear her thoughts.
  • Jiang Jinran found a Divine Sound badge, then faced a paint prank at Imperial Star Academy and exposed Huang Junran after Jiang Qiche intervened on her behalf.
  • Jiang Yuehan protected Jiang Jinran from Huang Junran’s mother and tried to reconnect with Jiang Qiche, who rejected his efforts and told him to stay away.
  • Shi Hui rigged the Hope Cup casting so Jiang Jinran had to play a tree, while a hidden iron message ordered Jiang Jinran to compete in the finals.
  • Jiang Jinran promised to bring Jiang Qiche home for five million yuan, but he blocked her calls, so she entered Legend and quickly became the celebrated player Sha Yu.
  • Lu Tingshen transferred into Jiang Jinran’s class, and Jiang Jinran joined the Hope Cup rehearsal, where she sang better than Shi Hui and uncovered another Divine Sound emblem.
  • Jiang Jinran climbed to Diamond in Legend and lost her first ranked match to Jiang Qiche, then made a wager with him that the loser would grant the winner one condition.
  • At the televised Hope Cup finals, Jiang Jinran wore her own forest-green outfit, spotted judge Jiang Chuji among the judges, and wondered whether to follow a new iron message ordering her to cut the stage lights.
Chapters 1–25 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 1After Transmigrating into a Novel, My Thoughts Leaked Out

After transmigrating into the thirteen-year-old fake heiress Jiang Jinran, a wealthy woman decided to avoid competing with the reborn Sang Ning and enjoy her allowance instead. When Jiang Yuehan came to summon her to dinner, he discovered he could hear her thoughts, leaving him to respond to comments she had never spoken aloud.

  • Jiang Jinran realized she had transmigrated into the doomed fake heiress from Rebirth: The Real Heiress Awakens and resolved to avoid antagonizing Sang Ning.
  • Jiang Jinran received a 500,000 allowance transfer and decided to take the money and live comfortably rather than fight the future female lead.
  • Jiang Yuehan entered Jiang Jinran's room to call her downstairs for dinner, and she sized up her distant eldest brother while hugging a rabbit plush.
  • Jiang Yuehan heard Jiang Jinran's unspoken thought criticizing his formal suit and explained that he had just returned from the office.
  • Jiang Yuehan heard Jiang Jinran privately marvel that he had spoken so much and realized he could hear her thoughts.

Ch. 2Big Brother's End

Jiang Jinran had dinner with her distant older brother, Jiang Yuehan, whose ability to hear her thoughts revealed a disastrous future involving Lu Wanning and Lu Yunxiao. After hearing her warnings, Jiang Yuehan declined a meeting with Lu Wanning and learned that Lu Yunxiao would betray him as well.

  • Jiang Yuehan turned back and invited Jiang Jinran to dinner after hearing her think that he had left without saying more.
  • Jiang Jinran privately complained about the dinner and Jiang Yuehan’s stern tone, while he tried to reassure her that she did not have to eat what she disliked.
  • Cui Yan told Jiang Yuehan that Lu Yunxiao wanted to introduce his sister, Lu Wanning, to him the next afternoon.
  • Jiang Jinran thought that Lu Wanning would manipulate Jiang Yuehan into becoming a doomed villain, so Jiang Yuehan immediately told Cui Yan he was unavailable.
  • Jiang Jinran thought that Lu Yunxiao was scheming and would betray Jiang Yuehan, then met Jiang Yuehan’s sharp gaze.

Ch. 3Eating Anything and Everything Will Only Hurt You

Jiang Jinran received 100,000 from Jiang Yuehan, then discovered a badge bearing the emblem of Divine Sound and worried about the original owner's connection to the organization. After a quiet end to summer, she started school and confronted the driver who seemed reluctant to take her.

  • Jiang Yuehan transferred 100,000 to Jiang Jinran and told her to ask for more if she needed it.
  • Jiang Yuehan ordered Cui Yan to investigate who had recently been close to Lu Yunxiao at the company.
  • Jiang Jinran found a six-pointed-star badge with an iris under her pillow and recognized it as the emblem of Divine Sound.
  • Jiang Jinran spent the remaining summer vacation without further trouble, then began school after her family returned to their busy routines.
  • Jiang Jinran challenged the indifferent driver and threatened to have Jiang Yuehan assign him to kill fish at RT-Mart.

Ch. 4No more mental self-torment-time to go crazy

Jiang Jinran arrived at Imperial Star Academy and was met with the class’s hostility. After students pranked her by placing a paint-filled ball on her chair, she confronted them and demanded that the culprit come forward.

  • Jiang Jinran playfully asked the driver to call her a princess on the way to school, then ended the role-play at the gates.
  • Jiang Jinran entered Imperial Star Academy and sensed that her classmates disliked her, while realizing she lacked many details about the original owner’s school life.
  • Jiang Jinran sat on a paint-filled ball hidden on her chair, bursting it and staining her trousers as the class laughed.
  • Jiang Jinran hurled the broken ball onto the floor, splattering red paint and silencing the classroom.
  • Jiang Jinran demanded to know who had set up the prank and challenged the students to admit it.

Ch. 5Who Wouldn't Go Crazy over Being Wrongly Accused?

Jiang Jinran challenged her classmates and homeroom teacher Xu Yuan after they accused her of insulting them, then was punished by being sent to collect trash on the sports field. As she left, Ji Qingying lent her clean pants, while Jiang Jinran reflected on how her low profile had made her an easy target at the academy.

  • Jiang Jinran mocked her classmates after they accused her, and Shi Hui told Xu Yuan that Jiang Jinran had been insulting people.
  • Jiang Jinran showed Xu Yuan the paint on her pants and smeared some onto Xu Yuan's arm to prove she had been targeted.
  • Xu Yuan scolded Jiang Jinran and punished her by ordering her to collect trash on the sports field.
  • Ji Qingying gave Jiang Jinran a pair of black sweatpants to change into.
  • Jiang Jinran went to the sports field and considered how her hidden identity and modest lifestyle had made her an easy target.

Ch. 6Claiming Her Brother in Public

Jiang Jinran ran into her youngest older brother Jiang Qiche while he was playing basketball, but he initially failed to recognize her and dismissed her claim that he was her brother. After remembering her, Jiang Qiche let her take his hand as she asked him to help because someone had bullied her, while the watching girls reacted furiously.

  • A basketball flew over the fence and hit Jiang Jinran, and she recognized the white-haired player Jiang Qiche as her older brother.
  • Jiang Jinran called out to Jiang Qiche and blocked his path, but he rejected her claim that he was her brother as the girls watching mocked her.
  • Jiang Jinran inwardly complained that Jiang Qiche had forgotten his little sister, prompting him to stop and recall that she was Jiang Jinran.
  • Jiang Qiche recognized Jiang Jinran, and she took his hand and asked him to help because someone had bullied her.
  • The players and onlooking girls were astonished and outraged when Jiang Jinran touched Jiang Qiche's hand.

Ch. 7Her brother helped her get justice

Jiang Jinran asked Jiang Qiche to help her get justice after Ms. Xu punished her, and he confronted the teacher with the principal. Ms. Xu was told she would be reassigned, while Jiang Jinran returned to class amid her classmates’ whispers.

  • Jiang Qiche took Jiang Jinran aside and learned that Ms. Xu had punished her by making her pick up litter on the sports field.
  • Jiang Qiche told Jiang Jinran to return to class and said he would handle the rest.
  • Jiang Qiche confronted Ms. Xu in her office and asked what Jiang Jinran had done wrong.
  • The principal arrived, scolded Ms. Xu, and told her to prepare to be reassigned.
  • Jiang Jinran returned to class, where her classmates whispered that she had abandoned her punishment.

Ch. 8She needed an apology

Jiang Jinran made Xu Yuan apologize for wrongly accusing and punishing her, then demanded that the prankster be identified through classroom surveillance. After Huang Junran admitted to the prank and refused to apologize, Jiang Jinran exposed his family history, and he fled the classroom; Ji Qingying then warned her to be careful because the academy had been unsettled.

  • Xu Yuan apologized to Jiang Jinran for falsely accusing and punishing her, but Jiang Jinran insisted that the prankster be found.
  • Jiang Jinran demanded that Xu Yuan check the classroom surveillance footage, and it revealed that Huang Junran had put a paint-filled prank toy on her chair.
  • Huang Junran admitted to the prank, called it harmless, refused to apologize, and insulted Jiang Jinran as an illegitimate daughter.
  • Jiang Jinran countered by exposing the story of Huang Junran's parents, and he angrily fled the classroom.
  • Ji Qingying checked whether Jiang Jinran was okay and warned her to be careful because things at the academy had not been peaceful lately.

Ch. 9Her Brother Prepared Hot Pot for Her

Jiang Jinran learned that Shi Hui and Huang Junran had encountered an undisclosed danger in the arts building, then went home to share hot pot with Jiang Yuehan and felt their relationship grow warmer. The chapter ended with Jiang Jinran remembering Jiang Qiche during the meal.

  • Ji Qingying warned Jiang Jinran that Shi Hui and Huang Junran had run into danger in the arts building, an incident she had heard about from her uncle, a security guard.
  • Jiang Jinran wondered whether Imperial Star Academy and the Divine Sound Organization concealed eerie secrets, then decided not to worry about them.
  • Jiang Yuehan told Jiang Jinran that the principal had called him and led her to a hot pot dinner he had prepared.
  • Jiang Jinran accidentally splashed broth onto Jiang Yuehan, who playfully dabbed red oil onto her nose to make them even.
  • Jiang Jinran and Jiang Yuehan relaxed and smiled together as they ate, and Jiang Jinran remembered Jiang Qiche halfway through the meal.

Ch. 10It Was Time for the Huang Family to Go Bankrupt

Jiang Yuehan learned that Jiang Qiche might become a criminal and resolved not to let his youngest brother ruin his life. After Huang Junran's mother confronted Jiang Jinran at school, Jiang Yuehan intervened and threatened to bankrupt the Huang Family.

  • Jiang Yuehan heard Jiang Jinran think that Jiang Qiche would be convicted of dozens of crimes and imprisoned, and worried about his estranged youngest brother.
  • Jiang Jinran learned that Xu Yuan had been transferred from her class after Jiang Qiche intervened.
  • Huang Junran's mother demanded that Jiang Jinran apologize, but Jiang Jinran mocked her and ran down the corridor.
  • Jiang Yuehan's people blocked Huang Junran's mother from pursuing Jiang Jinran, and he declared that the Huang Family would go bankrupt.

Ch. 11Don't Have Any Expectations of Me

Jiang Jinran learned that Jiang Yuehan had frightened Huang Junran and her mother by threatening the Huang Family, while Jiang Yuehan also sought out Jiang Qiche at the academy. Jiang Qiche rejected his older brother’s attempt to reconnect and told him to keep both himself and Jiang Jinran away.

  • Jiang Jinran returned to class and learned from Ji Qingying that Jiang Yuehan had visited and threatened to bankrupt the Huang Family.
  • At the basketball court, Jiang Qiche confirmed to Zhao Yunye that Jiang Jinran was his younger sister, then noticed Jiang Yuehan watching him.
  • Jiang Yuehan followed Jiang Qiche into a grove and said he had come because Jiang Qiche never called home and could not be reached.
  • Jiang Yuehan pointed out that Jiang Qiche had helped Jiang Jinran, but Jiang Qiche dismissed it as something he had done for fun.
  • Jiang Qiche told Jiang Yuehan not to expect anything from him and ordered him and Jiang Jinran to stay away.

Ch. 12The Unlucky One Turned Out to Be Me

Shi Hui announced that the Hope Cup stage play needed someone to play a tree, and Jiang Jinran was selected by a supposedly random draw. The chapter revealed that Shi Hui had rigged the draw to embarrass Jiang Jinran and ordered her to attend rehearsals.

  • Shi Hui told the class that the Hope Cup finals performance needed one more actor to play a tree.
  • The students objected to playing a tree, so Shi Hui announced that she would draw lots and warned that refusing could cost them end-of-term honors.
  • Shi Hui drew a slip bearing Jiang Jinran’s name, and the class mocked Jiang Jinran while celebrating that someone else had been chosen.
  • Shi Hui secretly revealed that she had planted Jiang Jinran’s name in her palm because she hated her and wanted to humiliate her.
  • Shi Hui told Jiang Jinran that she had to attend rehearsals.

Ch. 13I won't take part in activities like this again

Jiang Jinran refused Shi Hui’s demand that she play a tree in the Hope Cup finals, even after Shi Hui threatened to punish her and give Ji Qingying a failing mark. She later found a newly planted message urging her to compete, deepening the mystery surrounding the original owner’s secrets.

  • Jiang Jinran rejected Shi Hui’s activity and warned that her mother would call the police if she were wronged.
  • Shi Hui threatened Jiang Jinran with lost awards and disciplinary action, then tried to pressure her by threatening Ji Qingying’s grades.
  • Jiang Jinran returned to class and found a thin piece of iron hidden in her textbook, engraved with an order to compete in the Hope Cup finals and that day’s date.
  • Jiang Jinran suspected the message was linked to the Divine Sound Badge and hid the iron in her schoolbag.
  • Jiang Jinran asked Ji Qingying whether anyone had approached her desk during the break, and Ji Qingying said she did not think so.

Ch. 14What if I Can Do It?

Jiang Jinran agreed to enter the Hope Cup because of the mysterious iron message, while keeping her reasons and the original owner’s secrets from the Jiang family. At home, she heard Jiang Yuehan offer five million yuan to anyone who could bring Jiang Qiche back for the weekend and confidently claimed she could do it.

  • Jiang Jinran told Shi Hui she would compete in the Hope Cup but refused to attend rehearsals until the finals were near.
  • Jiang Yuehan questioned Jiang Jinran about bullying at school, but she said there was nothing major and went back to her room.
  • Jiang Yuehan lamented that Jiang Qiche would not answer his calls and said he would pay five million yuan to anyone who could bring him home.
  • Jiang Jinran heard the offer and told Jiang Yuehan she could get Jiang Qiche to return.

Ch. 15I'll carry in a minute

Jiang Jinran tried to contact Jiang Qiche to earn the five million Jiang Yuehan promised, but after he rejected her, she joined his favorite game, Legend, hoping to meet him there. She entered Server 1 as a Bronze player and told her skeptical teammates she would carry them.

  • Jiang Jinran asked Jiang Yuehan for five million if she brought Jiang Qiche home, and he agreed while assuming she was joking.
  • Jiang Jinran repeatedly called Jiang Qiche, then used a new number after he blocked her; when he called back, he warned her they were not close and hung up to play Legend.
  • Jiang Jinran recognized Legend as a game from her old world and suspected that the top-ranked player Fatal was Jiang Qiche.
  • Jiang Jinran entered Server 1 as a zero-point Bronze player to rank up quickly and hopefully get matched with Fatal.
  • Her teammates complained about being paired with a beginner, and Jiang Jinran calmly promised, "I'll carry in a minute."

Ch. 16Super Rookie

Jiang Jinran entered ranked as a zero-point Bronze and ignored her teammates’ doubts to play a mid-lane mage. She carried the match to victory, leaving her teammates wondering if she was a high-ranked player on an alternate account.

  • Jiang Jinran’s teammates mocked her claim that she would carry, and one posted about the match on a forum, drawing spectators.
  • Jiang Jinran locked in a mid-lane mage despite her teammates’ protests and headed to mid when the game began.
  • Jiang Jinran used precise mechanics to bait and kill her opponent, surprising her teammates and the spectators.
  • Jiang Jinran predicted the enemy’s moves, called her teammates into a team fight, and led them to wipe out the opposing team.
  • Jiang Jinran led her team to destroy the enemy base, earned MVP, and was asked by a teammate if she was a big shot’s alternate account.

Ch. 17Fame in One Battle

After Jiang Jinran’s match as Sha Yu made her a sensation on the Legend Forum, she logged off and headed to the academy, still aiming to challenge Jiang Qiche and bring him home. Jiang Qiche watched clips of her gameplay with interest, and Jiang Jinran’s class welcomed a handsome new transfer student.

  • Jiang Jinran’s teammates and spectators praised Sha Yu, while forum posts about her match dominated the Legend Forum.
  • Jiang Jinran discovered that spectator donations had raised her rank from Bronze to Gold, then logged off to focus on academy life and her goal of challenging Jiang Qiche.
  • Jiang Qiche and Zhao Yunye watched GIFs of Sha Yu’s plays, and Jiang Qiche found the gameplay interesting.
  • Ji Qingying told Jiang Jinran that a transfer student was arriving, and the homeroom teacher introduced the new classmate to Class Three.
  • A tall, handsome boy with icy eyes and a tear mole entered the classroom.

Ch. 18Her new deskmate

Jiang Jinran realized the new transfer student, Lu Tingshen, was the novel’s male lead and her former fiancé, but he was assigned to sit beside her anyway. After school, she overheard Shi Hui panic at the suggestion of rehearsing in the arts building and grew curious about what had happened there.

  • Lu Tingshen introduced himself as a transfer student, and Jiang Jinran recognized him as the novel’s male lead and her former fiancé.
  • The homeroom teacher assigned Lu Tingshen to sit beside Jiang Jinran, and he began studying without speaking to her.
  • Jiang Jinran recalled that Sang Ning would eventually take her engagement to Lu Tingshen and that the Jiang family was destined to fall.
  • After school, Jiang Jinran overheard Shi Hui refuse to rehearse in the arts building because she and Huang Junran had encountered a strange danger there.
  • Shi Hui’s fellow Hope Cup participants rejected her suggestion to rehearse at her house, leaving Jiang Jinran wondering what was inside the arts building.

Ch. 19The mysterious arts building

Jiang Jinran joined Shi Hui’s Hope Cup rehearsal in the arts building, partly hoping to investigate its possible connection to the mysterious piece of iron. After Shi Hui struggled to sing her role, Jiang Jinran burst out laughing and drew the group’s angry attention.

  • Jiang Jinran insisted on joining Shi Hui’s rehearsal in the arts building, and Shi Hui reluctantly agreed.
  • Jiang Jinran suspected the arts building might be connected to the mysterious piece of iron she had received, despite worrying that it could be dangerous.
  • The teacher explained that the play was about environmental protection and that Jiang Jinran would play a tree that died and came back to life.
  • Jiang Jinran refused to try on the tree costume and lounged on a sofa while Shi Hui and the others rehearsed.
  • Shi Hui struggled to sing the play’s original song, and Jiang Jinran laughed loudly, prompting the others to angrily question her.

Ch. 20Her voice was stolen

Jiang Jinran impressed the class by singing the difficult song flawlessly after Shi Hui challenged her. While Jiang Jinran left the classroom, Shi Hui planned to use the recording of her voice for a lip-synced performance in the finals without her permission.

  • Jiang Jinran challenged Shi Hui and the others to apologize if she sang the song perfectly.
  • Jiang Jinran sang the song with ease, leaving the classroom stunned.
  • Jiang Jinran asked for the promised apologies, but Shi Hui and the others stayed silent.
  • After Jiang Jinran left, Shi Hui found that the recording equipment had captured her singing clearly.
  • Shi Hui proposed lip-syncing in the finals to a recording of Jiang Jinran's voice and keeping the plan secret from her.

Ch. 21Riches are won amid danger

Jiang Jinran found the Divine Sound Organization’s emblem in the arts building, then left after clashing with Shi Hui and her classmates. At home, she logged into Legend to level up, and her teammates recognized her as Sha Yu and eagerly looked to her to carry the match.

  • Jiang Jinran spotted a hidden figure by the stairwell, waited for them to leave, and found the Divine Sound emblem on the wall.
  • Jiang Jinran returned to rehearsal, gathered the remaining snacks, and traded insults with Shi Hui and the other girls before leaving.
  • Shi Hui privately thought that Jiang Jinran’s singing voice would soon be hers.
  • Jiang Jinran returned home, ate dinner, and logged into Legend to focus on leveling up.
  • Jiang Jinran’s teammates recognized her as Sha Yu and reacted excitedly, expecting her to lead them to victory.

Ch. 22What Kind of Man Are You?

Jiang Jinran climbed to Diamond with an unbroken winning streak and was matched against Jiang Qiche, the top player Fatal. Their highly anticipated mid-lane showdown turned into Jiang Qiche repeatedly ganging up on her, leaving Jiang Jinran 0-5 ten minutes into the match.

  • Jiang Jinran carried another match, climbed from Gold to Emerald, and declined a tryout offer from KG Club because she had school.
  • Jiang Jinran won several more matches, reached Diamond, and became the focus of the Legend forum.
  • Jiang Jinran accidentally queued again and discovered that Fatal, Jiang Qiche, was on the opposing team.
  • Jiang Qiche recognized Sha Yu and entered the match intending to test her skill.
  • Jiang Qiche repeatedly brought his four teammates to gank Jiang Jinran, who died five times in ten minutes.

Ch. 23The Poor Male Lead

After losing to Jiang Qiche in a ranked game, Jiang Jinran challenged him to a rematch bet and publicized it on the Legend Forum. The next morning, she noticed her deskmate Lu Tingshen was about to eat expired bread and offered him her cake.

  • Jiang Jinran lost her first ranked match in two days to Jiang Qiche, then privately challenged him to a bet on their next encounter.
  • Jiang Qiche accepted Jiang Jinran's wager that the loser would unconditionally grant the winner one condition.
  • Jiang Jinran posted the bet and screenshots on the Legend Forum, drawing reactions from players who doubted she could beat Fatal.
  • After the system logged her out for playing too long, Jiang Jinran went to class the next day and saw Lu Tingshen eating packaged bread.
  • Jiang Jinran warned Lu Tingshen that the bread had expired and offered him the cake she had brought.

Ch. 24New Instructions

Jiang Jinran prepared for the Hope Cup finals, where she learned her silent role would make her ineligible for an award and discovered a new mysterious instruction hidden in her schoolbag. The message ordered her to switch off the master lighting onstage after the competition, leaving her unsure whether to obey.

  • Jiang Jinran offered Lu Tingshen cake, and he accepted it while quietly watching her.
  • Jiang Jinran went to the Central Theater with her classmates for the Hope Cup finals, and Shi Hui stopped the makeup artist from putting makeup on her.
  • The backstage crowd rushed to see celebrity judge Jiang Chuji, whom Jiang Jinran recognized as her second brother, but he did not appear.
  • Jiang Jinran read the rules and realized that, because her character had no lines, she could not receive an award.
  • Jiang Jinran found a newly planted iron plate in her schoolbag instructing her to turn off the stage's master lighting after the competition, and she questioned whether to follow it.

Ch. 25He's looking at me

Jiang Jinran refused to wear the costume Shi Hui had chosen and went onstage in a forest-themed robe she had made herself. As the Hope Cup finals began, she recognized her second brother, Jiang Chuji, among the judges and realized he was waving at her.

  • Shi Hui ordered Jiang Jinran to wear the assigned costume, but Jiang Jinran took out her own performance outfit and insisted it suited the theme better.
  • Shi Hui reluctantly allowed Jiang Jinran to wear her forest-green robe, and the other girls were surprised when she emerged dressed as a forest elf.
  • Jiang Jinran and the others went onstage for the televised Hope Cup finals, with Jiang Jinran entering last.
  • Jiang Jinran spotted Jiang Chuji seated among the judges, and he noticed her, smiled faintly, and waved.
  • The girls around Jiang Jinran excitedly argued over whom Jiang Chuji had waved at as the play was about to begin.
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