Whispers of Passion

After transmigrating to the early Republic of China, Shen Sui Sui has money, looks, and a father who is a division commander to rely on. She thinks she's landed in a feel-good wish-fulfillment story. Instead, she is dumped by her fiancé while studying abroad, then thrown into the military government's prison as soon as she returns home. Her father and brother have neither troops nor weapons, and are sent to suppress bandits in a lawless border region, a mission they are almost certain not to survive. A wealthy young woman fresh from overseas, she has no choice but to shoot an assassin to save the young marshal, then use every trick she knows to seduce him. She even has to pass herself off as a man, become the young marshal's adjutant, and serve him hand and foot. She wipes out bandits, solves bizarre cases, slaps highborn ladies, puts her stepmother in her place, and, along the way, makes a name for herself as the Republic of China's leading property developer. Once her father and brother finally make it home safely, she tells the young marshal, “Don't come near me! I'm going to monopolize Western medicine, become a black-market kingpin, and maybe keep a few male lovers on the side.” Oh, it's the Republic of China now, so they're not called male lovers anymore. She can date men openly, and take the Green Gang boss and her senior schoolmate both for herself.