Xie Congru transmigrates into an old-school 1VN novel as an inconsequential passerby.
Before she can even get her bearings, she meets a gruesome end, without ever figuring out who killed her.
Reborn, she finds that the story has yet to begin.
Disguised as a man, she secretly lays her plans, building up her influence and securing her place while investigating the cause of her death in her previous life.
But after years of scheming, the men who should have been ready to go through fire and water for the original heroine
not only fail to follow the script, but one by one start gravitating toward her.
The rakish young heir keeps dropping by her shop every few days;
the head eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs repeatedly makes exceptions for her;
even the stern, powerful official, who isn't the male lead of the original book, starts pursuing her openly and in secret...
Xie Congru: Thanks for asking, but absolutely not.
