I Transmigrated as a Maid and Got Rich by Opening a Shop with the Villain

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[Dark Antagonist Male Lead vs. Sunny Girl Who Transmigrated Into a Book]

One moment, Yu Jiao transmigrated into a book; the next, she had become a maid whose family had been destroyed. She could barely keep herself afloat, yet the transmigration System threatened and tempted her into taking in a stranger.

This System was ridiculously irresponsible. It gave her the mission, then immediately ran off.

Well, wasn't this Li Xianzhi, the dark antagonist from the original story whom everyone despised?

After several days of barely having enough to eat, Yu Jiao couldn't take it anymore. She kicked the jinx Li Xianzhi out of the way, pushed her little cart along, and set up a street food stall.

Who could turn down a bowl of cold noodles and a fragrant grilled sausage after school? If anyone could, they must not have brought enough money! One sausage at a time and one bowl of cold noodles at a time, Yu Jiao earned enough to open a shop. From then on, she was tossing pots and pans around like a whirlwind.

Sichuan food? Recreated!

Desserts? Recreated!

Blind boxes? Recreated!

Yu Jiao's food business was thriving. Along the way, she put the amnesiac antagonist Li Xianzhi to work, tricking him into thinking they were running a husband-and-wife business and saving herself a wage. Together, they built up their wealth from a little restaurant and opened a chain of stores.

Wait, why were all the people coming to her shops looking for work women? Did her few little shops really need that many employees? No one's going home empty-handed, no one's going home empty-handed!

This one's outgoing, so she can be a server. This one's reserved and strong, so she'd make a great cook. This one's restless, so she can deliver food!

Hey, you antagonist over there, stop sneaking bites!

Yu Jiao glared at Li Xianzhi's innocent face, only to see him slowly draw a long knife and hold it to his own neck. At some point, the man had recovered his memories.

Given his vindictive nature, Yu Jiao thought she was sure to die. She peered at him nervously and saw him smiling innocently. "Wife, you should put your memories to good use and help me bring down the new emperor."

She broke out in a cold sweat. Only then did she realize that her identity as someone who had transmigrated into a book had long since been exposed.

After Li Xianzhi failed in his bid for power, he fell seriously ill. On the brink of death, he learned that he was nothing but an ugly foil in a storybook.

No matter how hard he tried, he could never defeat his protagonist elder brother, the emperor.

Coughing up blood, he refused to believe in fate.

So he endured hardship and lay low in secret, waiting for the day he could fight his way back into the palace... Never mind. He'd better wash the bowls first, or Yu Jiao would scold him again.

But Li Xianzhi didn't go looking for the new emperor. The new emperor came straight to him instead.

The new emperor: "Ever since you came back, Father has been praising you every day. What makes you so special?!"

He turned his head.

The new emperor flew into a rage and threw him in prison.

But within days, Li Xianzhi and Yu Jiao joined forces from inside and out, and killed the new emperor atop the high platform.

Looking at the throne before him, Li Xianzhi turned and rested his head on Yu Jiao's knees, murmuring, "I believe in fate now."

He believed in fate. He was born to love Yu Jiao.

Theme: Love can overcome distance.