I wasn’t particularly fond of hidden powerhouses. I’d read stories with them, but I didn’t actively seek them out. So, to me, it was just another comment… or so I thought.
“Hidden powerhouse? Oh, Inso was the best at that.”
Yes, the first hidden powerhouse I ever encountered was ‘Inso.’
‘She, ranked 1st in the world, and the school’s outcast are the same person.’
‘The strongest and the most beautiful rank 1 in the world.’
‘The double life of the legendary beauty.’
As you can tell from those intuitive titles, all these ‘Inso’ stories were based on the concept of hidden powerhouses.
The plot usually went like this:
Once upon a time, there was a pretty, well-off, and strong female protagonist.
For some reason, she disguised herself as an outcast and attended school.
But even while hiding her identity, the female lead captured the attention of the school’s top delinquent male lead, and eventually, they fell in love.
Happy ending, or maybe a sad ending. The end.
“You’re ranked 1st in the world but disguised as an outcast? What a pointless thing to do.”
…You might think that.
However, there were somewhat serious reasons for doing such things.
“First of all, the most common case is that parents told them to do it.”
They were told to act as an outcast as a form of self-reflection after causing an accident.
You might think, ‘What kind of crazy parents would do that?’ but surprisingly, it happened quite frequently in the world of ‘Inso.’
“Next, it’s often for the sake of family or friends’ revenge.”
In this case, there was a lot of guilt involved.
They would go through the same pain themselves to atone for it or something like that.
And finally…
“Just because they were bored.”
…Yeah.
They couldn’t be anything but crazy.
There were other reasons, but none of them really made sense.
But that’s how ‘Inso’ stories worked.
“Oh, I used to enjoy these kinds of things.”
I immersed myself in memories and searched for ‘Inso.’
The keywords were #rank1intheworldinso, #outcastinso.
And it seemed like ‘Inso’ was still quite popular because I found a lot of ‘Inso’ stories in the search results.
Among them, I chose this one.
‘World’s Rank 1 Seol Yuhwa, Disguising as an Outcast Instead of Her Twin Brother?!’
Right from the title, I could sense that there was something unusual about this one.
“Wow, this is a mess.”
The plot was exactly as the title suggested.
Seol Yuhwa, ranked 1st in the world, had a twin brother named Seol Yubin.
Unlike her successful sister, Yubin was an outcast at school.
One day, unable to bear the torment any longer, Yubin committed suicide.
Only then did Yuhwa discover that her brother had been an outcast at school.
This revelation shocked Yuhwa, and she shed tears of regret, making a promise.
“Yubin, I’ll avenge you.”
And so, the world’s rank 1, Seol Yuhwa, pretended to be her brother and started attending school.
That’s how the original story began.
Aside from the somewhat intense female lead setting, the novel wasn’t particularly special.
“No, even that setting isn’t that unique.”
In fact, it wasn’t.
In this era of ‘Inso,’ when they got bored, blood would splash, and people could die. It was fortunate that both the female lead and male lead survived until the end.
Their audacity… was of a kind that could never be matched in the 2020s.
Even right up until the end, they could be laughing and joking, and then suddenly in the last episode, the male lead could get hit by a car and die, leaving the female lead alone.
It was truly the age of madness…
Anyway, I had a reason for choosing this ‘Inso.’
It was because there was a character with the same name as me in this ‘Inso.’
‘Lee Joo Eun.’
This character ‘Lee Joo Eun,’ who shared my name, was a friend of the villain Yoo Heena in this novel.
No, to be precise, she was more like a lackey.
Why, you ask? Because there are characters like that. Those who, when the villain torments the female lead, stand by and cheer, saying, “That’s right, that’s right!”
The ‘Lee Joo Eun’ in the novel played exactly that role.
“To be honest, it’s not like she has much of a presence.”
Still, the reason I watched this ‘Inso’ to the end was that I wanted to see the ending of ‘Lee Joo Eun,’ who shared my name.
Extras usually disappear without a word at some point. Would she show up again later?
My worries were laughable because this novel clearly showed ‘Lee Joo Eun’s’ ending.
Very clearly.
“How dare you accuse me of being a thief?”
Who could this sentence be directed to?
The answer is ‘Seol Yuhwa,’ the female protagonist, saying it to ‘Lee Joo Eun.’
That’s right. This minor extra even attempted to frame the female lead as a thief but got caught in the act!
“Are you insane?”
Normally, even if Seol Yuhwa endured harassment, she never revealed her true identity.
However, this ‘thief accusation’ incident must have crossed the line, and she couldn’t bear it any longer, eventually exposing her true self.
It was what they called the ‘soda’ part.
“Today, remember that I’ll make you suffer.”
That’s how ‘Lee Joo Eun’ met her end, beaten to death by the world’s rank 1, Seol Yuhwa.
The result was a transfer for 8 weeks, and she was expelled. In the novel, she was permanently removed.
It was a very clean ending.
I burst out laughing with glee at the ending of my namesake.
“No, what made her do such a thing?”
I really couldn’t understand it.
It’s unfortunate that ‘Lee Joo Eun’ got transferred for 8 weeks, but she should have just lived a good life from the beginning.
Who would want to torment someone else?
“Ugh, it’s karma.”
I clicked my tongue and put down my phone.
When I checked the time, it was already 2 in the morning. I had become so engrossed that I hadn’t noticed the time passing.
I had finished reading the novel, confirmed ‘Lee Joo Eun’s’ ending, and there was no more lingering attachment. I decided to go to bed.
“It was really a crazy story…”
As I reminisced about the story one last time, I slowly closed my eyes.
And when I opened them again.
“…?”
I had become ‘Lee Joo Eun.’
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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