[Gender Roles Reversed | Alternate World | Feel-Good Period Story | Literary Plagiarism | Building Wealth | No Fixed Couple | Multiple POVs | Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within]
Ao Jinmei: Jin as in a splendid future, Mei as in bringing glory to the family.
On the day she was born, the endless rain over the mountain village stopped, the clouds parted, and the sky cleared.
Ao Jinmei is exceptionally gifted from a young age, with a kind and upright heart, always full of compassion and a sense of justice.
People often sigh, "If you're going to have a daughter, let her be like Ao Jinmei!"
While others toil away with their backs to the sun and their faces to the earth, literary masterpieces destined to be passed down for generations keep appearing in her dreams.
She quietly copies them down and polishes the manuscripts, sending them out one by one.
From city publications, she makes her way to provincial journals and top literary magazines, eventually appearing in People's Literature. Step by step, she reaches the summit of the literary world.
She excels in her studies and her career soars. Starting from nothing, she builds her wealth.
She has a loving family and close friends by her side. Her life is smooth and worry-free.
But when it comes to romance, she can only laugh and cry.
She stays true to herself and believes men and women are equal.
She doesn't treat boys as burdens, doesn't thoughtlessly disparage her suitors, and steps in when she sees a man being abused.
To her, these beliefs are simply the bare minimum for being a decent person.
But to the men of this world, they are a rare ray of light.
One handsome man after another falls for her, each following in the last one's footsteps.
She is upright, kind, rational, intelligent, gentle, responsible, and compassionate.
She is willing to care for those unfortunate young men.
Her career is at its peak, she has wealth in hand, and all her family and friends are by her side.
But as Ao Jinmei looks at the endless stream of suitors around her, she sighs:
There seems to be a little too much love.
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If the world does not hold you back, then embrace the applause, the flowers, and the cheers to your heart's content.
