[Inspirational Growth] [Strong Female Lead] [Independent] [Period Fiction]
The night I was sent to a wealthy family, I knew I was nothing more than his pet canary, a whim of his.
He taught me the art of capital warfare and gave me a Montblanc fountain pen, but once I had learned everything, he discarded me like trash to protect his family.
After an accident at the port, he forced me to take the blame and took everything back. Everyone laughed at me, saying I wouldn't survive three days without the Gu family.
I smiled, wiped away my tears, and walked into the dirtiest factory warehouse.
Using the rules he had taught me, I gathered the workers he had cast aside and formed the "Firefly" team.
With no funding and no licenses, we started with our own hands, repairing a single electronic scale.
When public opinion sent the Gu Group tottering, he came to find me again and held out the cracked fountain pen.
"Lin Wan, come back. The Gu Group needs you."
I looked at him, snapped the pen in half, and said coldly:
"Mr. Gu, please call me President Lin now."
Later, my "Firefly Light" spread across the city, making me the rival he feared most.
And at a press conference watched by everyone, I held up the evidence he never wanted made public and pointed it toward the microphone...
