Transmigrated into a Fake Heiress Novel [The 1990s]

Yan Ling transmigrates into the adopted daughter in a period-drama novel about a real and fake heiress.

Just like every story about a real and fake heiress, there is always one real heiress, one fake heiress, a pair of parents who are bound to play favorites, and an outstanding, arrogant, cold older brother.

Fake heiress: The heroine of the book. Raised with great care from childhood, she excels at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She is noble and kindhearted, and graciously forgives the real heiress time and again for framing her.

Real heiress: The book's female antagonist. Her childhood circumstances left her sharp-tongued and withdrawn. After returning to her birth family, she grows jealous of the heroine and constantly schemes against her, exhausting her parents' guilt and earning everyone's dislike.

As for the original Yan Ling, she is a wicked turncoat who both envies the fake heiress for being showered with affection and resents the real heiress for sharing blood ties with the Gu family. She desperately stirs up trouble between them, but once exposed, she is kicked out of the Gu household and ends up destitute on the streets.

With every possible disadvantage stacked against her, Yan Ling is at a loss for words.

To hell with real and fake heiresses. In the 1990s, when opportunities are everywhere and she has such a supportive family behind her, she would be wasting her transmigration if she didn't get into a top university and build a thriving business!

Facing the gloomy real heiress, she holds up a workbook and asks, "How about explaining this problem to me?"

Turning to the elegant fake heiress, she holds out a contract. "Would you be interested in making a tiny little investment?"

Then she looks at her eldest brother, an entitled beneficiary who doesn't have to lift a finger yet will inherit the company and a fortune worth hundreds of billions, and rolls her eyes.

Big brother: ?

*

Yan Ling takes her savings to scout out the wholesale market, but gets cornered as soon as she enters the alley.

The real heiress clutches a canvas bag and awkwardly shoves it at her. "This is the money I've saved. Do you need any for your investment?"

The fake heiress hands her a slip of paper. "I asked around. These stalls offer the best value, and you can haggle, too."

With the note and canvas bag in hand, Yan Ling buys her first batch of bestselling goods and makes her first huge profit, doubling her money!

*

The eldest brother watches his two sisters, who have never gotten along, now circling Yan Ling in perfect harmony. For the first time, his usually aloof face shows unmistakable confusion. He can't help asking Yan Ling, "What kind of love potion did you give them?"

Yan Ling is calculating the latest business accounts. She looks up, her tone teasing. "Maybe... the way I throw myself into my career is just too captivating?"

She expects him to argue, but instead he thoughtfully nods in agreement.

Yan Ling: ?

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