A hapless but optimistic heroine, full of schemes and always setting traps for people, versus a hero so emotionally steady that even after she's angered him into spitting blood, he keeps smiling.
Office drone Chi Mengling has the "good life" of working nine to nine six days a week, and spends every day plotting how to build a side hustle. One day, a compass falls from the sky. It allows her to transmigrate freely, and Chi Mengling has a bright idea: she'll use time travel to grow her side business.
Chi Mengling wants to open a general store and become a middlewoman trading good things from past and present. She arrives in China's most prosperous golden age with a pile of modern Western medicines, full of ambition, only to make a mere two hundred copper coins on her first sale. She also accidentally gets branded a charlatan by the crown prince.
But sometimes, when your career luck arrives, nothing can stop it!
Chi Mengling presents antibiotics to cure the empress's mysterious illness and earns a reward. She uses makeup remover to rescue a noblewoman from clogged pores and pimples, and makes a fortune. She puts ancient artifacts still under research on the market and wins recognition from experts... In short, powerful nobles come with bags of money, begging Chi Mengling to accept it; royal rewards arrive one after another; the daughter of the richest man makes a promotional video for her; and a celebrated entrepreneur invites her to partner on a new brand.
Chi Mengling fires her "ungrateful" boss, enters the collectibles market, rounds up people to start a company, and even gets caught up in the struggle over the throne in ancient times.
Chi Mengling's side-hustle dream begins and develops like a fantasy, but no one knows where it will end, or what secrets the compass holds...
* The ancient setting is a fictional dynasty.
* Things don't always go smoothly. There are scenes of punishing scumbags and face-slapping, but the heroine is quick to take revenge, so there's almost no angst.
* The love interest is crown prince Fu Shenyu: sharp-tongued, scheming, easygoing, and understanding. He's no mere background decoration. The romance and plot are roughly split 40/60.
* Both leads are each other's first and only.
Theme: Hard work brings rewards
[][] I have finished watching it. The plot is not bad, but the two people fell in love for no reason. The part was a bit uncomfortable and very abrupt. It will be fine later. What I especially want to complain about is that the two of them are too old. This is really only the case in novels. I would like to mind if you change it to a brother-sister relationship. Would that be more appropriate? It's okay to not think too hard
Ah? Didn't the prince check the identity of the traveling doctor? Magic
I love modern times so much, I just like modern chapters, I want to climb into the big manuscript box, [empty bowl]
It's pretty good. I don't see anything bad about the male protagonist so far. Anyway, it's still a bit of a fantasy. In reality, the prince must have a lot of wives and concubines.