The Book of Holding an Inkstone

After an exhausting emergency resuscitation, Lin Nian, an emergency physician, unexpectedly falls into another world and becomes Shen Qingyan, the illegitimate daughter of the Shen family.

The moment she opens her eyes, she is caught in the turbulent undercurrents of the inner household. She witnesses firsthand the hardships women face in ancient times: their birth determines their fate, marriage decides their honor or disgrace, and even staying alive requires cautious maneuvering. She had hoped to leave the scheming behind, keep to her own little corner, and live a quiet life.

But her status as an illegitimate daughter has already put her in the eye of the storm. Her legitimate elder sister's contempt, the principal wife's oppression, and the servants' schemes leave her nowhere to hide. She watches the women trapped in the deep compound struggle to survive, drift with the current, or scheme at every turn, only to be swept along by fate and meet very different ends.

As a player caught in the game, she is forced into the conflict, using wisdom as a shield and strategy as a spear to strike back at every open and hidden attack. As an observer, she witnesses these women's joys and sorrows and sees their helplessness and struggle. When the seeds of hatred take root, she no longer retreats. She swears to fight her way to survival in this man-eating household and win justice for herself and for the women whom fate has betrayed.