White Lotus Substitute: The Rich Are Toast

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Li Jing’s last transmigration mission was to be a substitute female lead and to endure the physical and emotional ab*se from three male leads. She had to complete a miserable and impoverished storyline before retiring to enjoy her old age.

Fortunately, this time she had a special reward from the system:

“All monetary transactions made in your name, all payments made for you in this world, will be deposited into your real-world account in full! You can take this money with you to your retirement world after the mission is completed~ ”

Li Jing: Oh, got it. ^_^

So, when the cold and ruthless CEO threw money at her, insulting her as a fake—

Li Jing, with tears in her eyes: “Who wants your filthy money? If you have the guts, donate it in my name.”

“…” The CEO donated 10 million yuan in Li Jing’s name.

When the rich and handsome School Hunk made a malicious bet that he could win her over in three days—

Li Jing, with a choked voice: “You only bet a single Hermes bag on me? Is your family going bankrupt?”

“…” The School Hunk added ten exotic leather Hermes bags to Li Jing’s name.

When the most popular Acting Emperor forced her to expose herself online—

Li Jing, holding back her pride: “Alright, if you have the guts, make sure my name stays on the #1 trending search for three days.”

“…” The Acting Emperor spent millions on traffic for the #LiJing hashtag.

After completing the storyline, the three male leads were deeply entangled.

Male leads: We’ve never seen such a strong/brave/special woman…

Li Jing: Thanks. I’m making a fortune. ^_^

The Transmigration Bureau knew that a certain big boss was inspecting the performance of their top no. 1 performer. Those top-notch and excellent men were indeed kneeling at Li Jing’s feet, heartbroken and begging her to come back.

Then he stepped out of the crowd with an elegant stride.

“I’m richer than them,” the handsome god smiled, lowering his gaze. “Can I retire with you?”

-The male lead is the one mentioned in the synopsis. The original three male leads are the ones who get hurt.

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白莲替身,赚爆豪门
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07/25/24 carpreads extra 2
07/24/24 carpreads extra 1
07/23/24 carpreads c36
07/22/24 carpreads c35 part2
07/22/24 carpreads c35 part1
07/21/24 carpreads c34 part2
07/21/24 carpreads c34 part1
07/20/24 carpreads c33 part2
07/20/24 carpreads c33 part1
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07/19/24 carpreads c32 part1
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daoistretardist
daoistretardist rated it
November 15, 2024
Status: c22
I can't read this anymore, the MC is just a plain hypocrite. She hates the ML's from the last world but not the real ML. Why? He's just as bad as they are! s*aver vs. Big Bad Evil Capitalists.

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63 times a chapter (exaggerated) you will see the MC call Old Fu and Young Feng dirty capitalist, evil capitalist etc. While she works like a s*ave for the ML. It's just unbelievable! She's worked at the Transmigration Bureau for years and is their top worker and gets paid exactly...0 dollars. What gives her the right to call these s*um dirty capitalists when she's literally an indentured servant to the ML? She's in her last world before retirement and her total count could be 10 worlds, 30 worlds, 700000 worlds and she hasn't been paid a single cent. Can't forget how she will never get over the ML's beauty, blah blah veins on his arms blah blah he's so handsome. The ML and MC meet once and he's already possessive of her and loves to stop her from working.

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Did I mention leeks? Can't forget about those! Leeks leeks leeks leeks leeks leeks. Everyone except the ML is a leek, the ML is special of course because the MC is the leek for him. Imagine not paying your best employee a single cent for 3 trillion years and she voluntarily raises you in her hard-fought villa for free.

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crispychicken
crispychicken rated it
June 30, 2024
Status: Completed
I love it! The book cover literally captures the whole plot of the story lol.

Honestly, though, this one is a light read, and I finished it in one sitting. I really loved the fact that the main character only has her own goal in mind. Her attitude towards money is something I can relate to. Plus, the three "male protagonists" are literally irrelevant except when it comes to money, so I love her for that.

Although I don't have any complaints about the male lead –

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I think it would be better to see more interactions between them when the main character was transmigrating through different worlds before her last world because I feel like it would create more chemistry between them. I'm not saying that they're not compatible, but I hope they interacted more before the last world so their romance could make more sense. Although it was mentioned that the male lead knew and was watching her, the main character didn't, so the last world was their first-ever interaction.

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For the ending, the ending was okay. The three "male protagonists"–

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got what they deserved, and then it was left at that. No more story after the event that the main character "died." So I didn't get to know the aftermath or the effect of the main character's death on the three male protagonists. I think it would be interesting to see what happened; however, like I've said, they're literally irrelevant (when I say this, it doesn't pertain plot-wise since they're MC mission's targets. I just meant that they literally feels like an insect that brings money in mc's mind), and the author focused more on ending the story. The main character and the male lead's story abruptly ended, leaving me wondering if they got married or had kids—no such thing was shown. The ending was a bit abrupt.

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But I think it's good the way it was ended. <<less
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bekimchi
bekimchi rated it
September 3, 2024
Status: c38
I didn't regret reading this story, but neither would I have regretted not reading this. There were some enjoyable points, and the writing was pretty decent (the translation was quite good), but I feel that there is no way I would have finished this novel if it wasn't so short. Even as it is, I became bored halfway through extra 2 and stopped reading (almost at the finish line! I told myself, but still couldn't keep going).

I really liked the humourous internal monologue and the occasionally nifty/genre-saavy methods that jingjing... more>> used to further the favorability. The s*um abusing was ok satisfying.

Unfortunately, none of the romance was convincing -- I seriously couldn't tell why any of the MLs would fall in love with the protag, and I was unconvinced by the main pairing. The only reason the main pairing could possibly work is because the ML
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already knew and liked the MC due to watching her journey before this particular world

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and because the ML was hot enough that his face basically seduced the MC. Literally none of their limited interactions in the scope of this story convinced me to ship them. Or anyone else, for that matter. Basically, I couldn't feel emotionally connected to any of the characters, least of all the MC and ML, even though my reading empathy is usually pretty high. Thinking retrospectively, perhaps this was a side effect of too much snarky internal dialogue (even though I liked the sass and humour. Go get that bag, queen!).

Finally, narratively speaking, there seemed to be no real reason why the MC had to come into this world in the first place, since she was basically following the original book's plot with a few changes to make the FL look good. It felt kind of similar in concept to reading a OC-insert fanfiction where there is pretty much no change in plot, and is basically canon with an OC in it. Maybe that's the job? But what's the ultimate goal here? Still unsure. Maybe it's mentioned in the extra that I didn't finish. But probably not. <<less
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NovaAtlas
NovaAtlas rated it
September 27, 2024
Status: c28
I'll give a mid rating. At first, it was pretty entertaining, and I liked the premise. However, the ML started to become very annoying, and I ended up skipping a lot of scenes with him. He's not well-written and doesn't really add anything to the plot. The FL herself is quite interesting.

Why?

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The ML is not well developed. His character is flat and one-dimensional, and the ML keeps interrupting intense and important scenes because he doesn't want the FL to prick her finger or something asinine.

More spoilers, but he straight up stops time to interrupt important moments, and the book goes from an intense and interesting scene to just two characters flirting. It completely breaks the flow of the story and quickly becomes annoying. With over halfway through the book, I'm not convinced by the romance.

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Overall, the face-slapping is satisfying; the plots are interesting and move fast. There is a lot of variety to her plans, but I feel like the whole book can be improved if they just removed the ML altogether. <<less
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fallinlight
fallinlight rated it
September 26, 2024
Status: Completed
I liked the first few chapters, but then the story just goes downhill for me.

I wanted to see her perfectly played the substitute's role and make the tr*sh og leads regret their actions, but then her monologue with the system about how she's earning money from them just irritates me.

I know it's the premise but it's hard to get invested in the story with the MC and the system chatting overlaps her conversations with the tr*shy leads. Like, I can't even cry even though I wanted to because of them.

Also,... more>> I'm not really a fan of the romance between the MC and the ML. I just think it looks forced. <<less
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AkaMitsuki
AkaMitsuki rated it
August 3, 2024
Status: Completed
HAHAHA IT'S SO SATISFYING. Those old fashioned ML should know when they are trying to harm someone, they should be ready to be harm back. Karma is a bi*tch lol.

And damn I RLLY LOVE THIS NOVEL. Another hidden gem and refreshing read even though it is quite short. The FL top priority is money money and money. The ML top priority is how to drag Sea King slash FL to come ashore and stop flirting with other people 🤣🤣

100000/10

Thank you for the amazing translation!! It is beautiful.
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Tastastix
Tastastix rated it
July 27, 2024
Status: Completed
If you like the manhua "Cheating Men Must Die, " you'll like this (vice versa, if you liked this, I highly recommend the manhua "Cheating Men Must Die"). This is obviously a pro-transmigrator's final mission, but FL surprisingly has/uses minimal cheats.

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FL basically only uses the system's tracking feature, but ML provides her with extra cheats. FL seems pretty tough on herself, so while ML's aid isn't necessary, it does form a nice contrast as to how much he wants to care for her instead of letting her get hurt for the sake of the mission (no OSHA violations here).

She basically just gaslights, gatekeeps, girlbosses her way through this mission with her expertise in shoddy scripts and psychological manipulation alone, and we love that for her.

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It's along the same vein of slapping scummy men and women in braindead plotlines, providing commentary and criticism about the cheap and twisted characterizations and tropes common in those types of works.

It's short, but satisfying, and since the FL lacks a smartphone, we're subject to very little WeChat/Weibo filler chat rooms/commentary

The romance is apparent, but not nearly as well-developed as the slapping, but I still had a great time

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ha_ningg
ha_ningg rated it
January 6, 2025
Status: Completed
As a reader of chasing crematorium kind of novels, THIS IS A CHEF'S KISS! I love the MC and how she 'harvest' the 3 OG MLs and benefit their money for her retirement. And I really like the ML because I don't think there's anyone more fit for the MC other than the ML.

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ML is a god who has been with her early transmigration days. He'd seen her embarrassing moments of practicing piano until her playing won't scare the birds anymore which is cute. It's revealed in the extra chap.

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THIS HURT AS HELL but SATISFIES ME. Didn't shed any tear for the early and the middle of the novel, but the build-up of angst was so good I cried at the few chapters before the ending. I can feel the pain through my heart and my bone marrow.

And the crematorium of 3 OG MLs, LOVED THE CHASING, LOVE SEEING THEM IN PAIN, GROVEL, BEG and KNEEL in front of FL.

But the FL doesn't care and I like that she's very clear headed of her goals but she's really so pitiful in her role that even ML feels sorry for her every time she acts hurt, injured and etc.

Would reread this anytime I'm bored I also love the unexpected turns of events that the MC did to gain her retirement money, it's COMEDY at first but ANGST at the end. <<less
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riajhart
riajhart rated it
August 27, 2024
Status: Completed
A bit underwhelming.

I loved the concept but not so much the execution.

Did the scums suffer? Yeah, they did, MC is always looking down on them and manipulating them, but the overall execution wasn't as satisfying as I wanted it to be.

So it all fell quite flat, sadly.
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chande
chande rated it
August 9, 2024
Status: Completed
The scum's regret and the white lotus's downfall were always satisfying things to read and this novel had it all. Not to mention that MC's strategies to capture the male targets were also very entertaining. I don't feel an ounce of sympathy towards those male targets though since they're equally scummy and didn't deserve MC or the orgFL.
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chocookie
chocookie rated it
August 4, 2024
Status: Completed
5 stars!!

Completely satisfying, fun, and exciting to read! The story is short but ends all good! The perfect amounts of chapters! If you want the male targets to really regret and beg, this is it for you! Those capture targets are not the MLs! The ML is only one which is very kind and nice.

This novel kinda reminds me with another novel "Seeking Good Temptation" which has a bit similar plot that the FL had to capture all the love targets to achieve the main objective but a lot darker... more>> and no MLs.

This is the story where the FL had to capture all love target to 100% favoribility for her to retire the transmigration bureau. She got money from all transactions made in her name. So, the FL wanted to gain as much money as she can to have a big villa on the seaside. The FL is so smart to gain more money than the original plot but also progressively increasing their interests for the plot.

The author describes all the capture targets with their own personality and cliche of old melodrama novel so freaking good! I love how the FL knew their personalities like the back of her hand and played them good! I really enjoyed reading it!

Just one thing, personally I felt that nearing the end of the story, it became a bit more paced, many scenes which were described on the original novel didnt happen. When their favorability is around 70-80% didnt go as what the FL has been describing the whole time at early part. I was waiting for those scenes to happen so I was just a tiny bit disappointed.

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There's also the thing with how the FL and the white moonlight's face are very similar. They did point that they may be sisters but nothing more is being dug. I would love to hear more backstory of how one became influental actress and one is an orphan. Also how the love targets just quickly abandoned the white moonlight wasn't as how I expected it. A bit lukewarm around that part. But, regardless I still love the story.

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Overall, 5/5!! I totally love it, specially FL's smarty brain and obsessions toward money lol. <<less
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shinichilove
shinichilove rated it
August 4, 2024
Status: Completed
This was a cathartic read, honestly the romance between the true FL and ML felt a little inexplicable but I don't care too much about it. I'm mainly reading to see how FL will torture those scummy dog men hahaha! The FL is an entrepreneur! She never let go of any opportunity to make money for her retirement lmao. 👏👏👏
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Suzuranao
Suzuranao rated it
July 29, 2024
Status: Completed
Hilarious but also heartfelt at times, FL really manages to sell you the pitifulness of the female protag she's playing at times and then you cackle about something she says later.

Short, sweet, tasty and to the point, definitely a good read
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B0hna
B0hna rated it
July 27, 2024
Status: Completed
Really funny and cute. Quite short, but thanks to that it's not boring. The FL is the best part of the novel.
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