Just want to be a supporting role

The third step

‌The media, with their keen eyes, noticed that Mr. Hall and Mr. Brown were approaching Tina, their expressions darkening ominously.‌

A nimble-footed reporter quickly pushed through the crowd, eager to capture the most exciting follow-up. He was incredibly lucky to overhear Tina apologetically addressing the two middle-aged men in suits: "Dad, Uncle Brown, please don't be angry with William. I'm really happy that William went to find my sister."

Upon hearing this, the reporter couldn't help but shake his head internally. At William's engagement ceremony, she had abandoned Tina to go look for Verna. Instead of feeling angry or upset, Tina was thinking of William everywhere. How much did she like William? It was too pathetic!

"If possible, could you ask William to bring my sister back? The engagement ceremony prepared here can just be given to them, so they won't have to prepare another one later," Tina said, her eyes reddening. Under the gaze of her father, she shrunk her neck and added, "But they might mind... Never mind."

The reporter captured Tina's reaction and quickly turned the camera towards Mr. Hall. The expression on the latter's face startled even the seasoned reporter.

Was this really a father?

Mr. Brown glanced in their direction, and the experienced reporter immediately understood that someone would soon come to stop him. He seized the moment to continue shooting.

Mr. Brown gave Mr. Hall a signal, and the latter suppressed his anger, saying, "Go upstairs now!" They would deal with her later.

Seeing that the reporter had been stopped by security personnel in black, Tina didn't dawdle and went upstairs smoothly. Originally, she wanted to pretend to faint, but the floor was too hard, and there were no palace maids or eunuchs to cushion her fall. Forget it, it wasn't worth getting hurt. Anyway, she had achieved the desired effect. Even if the media on site would be warned by the Hall and Brown families not to release any news arbitrarily, there were still plenty of gossipy guests.

From the moment Tina stood on the podium and announced the cancellation of the engagement, it was only the first step.

According to the plot described in the book, in order to get engaged to William and to avoid angering Mr. and Mrs. Hall, plus her personality, even after suffering such humiliation, Tina still chose to keep silent and endure.

William didn't come back at all that day, and shortly afterwards, Tina and Verna were kidnapped... That is to say, the female supporting character Tina in the book was just a tragic cannon fodder who added ups and downs to the relationship between the male and female leads and made it warmer.

The death ending stated in the book was not far away from now. Realizing this, Tina felt the urgency of time.

She had to quickly accumulate scream points.

Loudspeaker: [Congratulations on receiving 1 scream point from William's mother.]

Tina was not in a good mood. Just 1 point for a scream?

Wait... She suddenly thought of a question: [Since I didn't follow the plot in the book, doesn't the ending change naturally?]

Loudspeaker cautiously: [Deviating from the plot will not affect the predetermined ending for Your Majesty.]

What this meant was—no matter how she deviated from the plot, she would eventually die. To avoid death, she had to earn merit points by using the "Draw a Circle and Curse You."

Alright.

But—

According to the loudspeaker, changing the inevitable death ending required a significant number of merit points, and 100 scream points could only be used to draw a circle and curse someone, earning 10 merit points... Before she died, could she accumulate enough merit points?

The loudspeaker mustered up courage and flattered: [Your Majesty, the Empress of the Old East Kingdom, who is almost as wise as a demon, how could she not accumulate enough merit points? Come on, come on!]

Tina: "..."

Forget it, she would first deal with the messy business between the male and female leads and then think about how to accumulate merit points.

The engagement ceremony was held at a private estate of the Brown family. There was a room for Tina on the second floor. Upon returning to her room, Tina picked up her phone, opened MSN, and found her agent, Jack.

Tina entered the entertainment circle purely for William. The Hall family casually placed her in an unknown talent agency, and her agent, Jack, was responsible for several people, including her.

One of the actresses under his management had recently obtained a role as the second female lead. Jack was thrilled and accompanied her into the film set, so he didn't have time to attend the engagement ceremony.

In the past, Tina was unwilling to share her unspeakable grievances with others or bother them, keeping everything bottled up inside. This included pandering to the Hall family, hoping to become one of them—she believed that if she was obedient, the Hall family would accept her, and William would like her.

Such thoughts were naive enough to make Tina shake her head.

Familiar yet strange, Tina tapped out the pinyin keyboard and typed slowly: "I think I forgot to tell you that Verna is my sister... William went to look for Verna, so our engagement is canceled."

Regarding matters in the entertainment circle, it would be more effective for her agent to handle them.

Upon receiving this MSN message, Jack was shocked by the amount of information revealed and immediately called to inquire about the details. Tina briefly explained in a sad tone. After listening, Jack was angry, but as her agent, he keenly sensed a hot topic in this matter.

This was an opportunity!

Both William and Verna were popular celebrities. In essence, Tina hadn't gained any benefits from her engagement to William.

There were still many people who criticized her.

After all, Tina was unknown, while the on-screen couple of William and Verna was very popular. However, if Tina's image was transformed into a victim betrayed by both her fiancé and sister...

Verna has always clarified to the public that she and William are only business partners and are not familiar with each other privately. Tina has never mentioned that Verna is her sister in public, and Verna has never mentioned Tina as her younger sister either.

Previously, when Tina was cyberbullied for saying in an interview that William was her fiancé, Verna didn't say a word in Tina's defense, and it took William several days to clarify and confirm that Tina hadn't spoken nonsense.

When these events are connected, it's terrifying to think about the details. Jack, feeling short of breath, realized that he must seize this opportunity to do something useful; after all, Tina was one of his artists!

Thinking about this, an idea struck him. Although Jack wasn't a big-name agent, he had been in the industry for a long time and had some connections—he knew many reporters, including one named Abel, who was famous for loving to explode celebrity private scandals. This person had always firmly believed that there was something between William and Verna.

Abel had been keeping an eye on Verna for some time, especially today. His years of professional experience told him that something would happen today, so he specially lurked in the hotel where Verna was staying.