Steel-Spined Girl x Scheming Tea Boy
Tang Liyue suspects that the heavens are out to get her, and she has proof.
Ever since she was little, she has been a hard-luck magnet, bringing misfortune wherever she goes. There's also a black hole in her mind, like a ticking time bomb.
Other people transmigrate and become noble young ladies from powerful families or beloved lucky charms, with golden fingers galore.
When it was her turn, she got the identity of a fake daughter of the Minister's household, then was packed off to live with her birth parents in a remote village.
The journey was long and arduous. First, she was captured and made into a "bride" to be sacrificed to the River God.
Just as she was about to be drowned, bandits showed up. Because her face was far too eye-catching, they dragged her off to their lair.
Tang Liyue: 6
On her first night in the bandit stronghold, an extraordinary sight appeared in the sky. Countless meteors rained down, breaking apart into burning chunks of rock.
The roof caved in, the walls cracked, and sparks flew everywhere.
Tang Liyue watched helplessly as a falling beam struck the bandit chief, a burly man with a face full of jowls. He died before he could even cry out.
The meteorite that hit the building shattered, revealing an utterly ordinary-looking stone inside.
The moment she picked it up, it ignored the laws of physics and shot straight into the black hole in her mind.
And just like that, her portable space unlocked.
Tang Liyue: Freaking awesome
She thought her luck was finally turning, but just after climbing out of the stronghold, she ran straight into a disheveled young man and knocked him over.
Tang Liyue didn't think she'd hit him that hard, but the young man had already tumbled down the slope, clutching his arm and howling.
One of his arms was broken.
Tang Liyue: So my bad luck didn't disappear. It just transfers to other people?
The young man stuck to her, and together they set off in search of meteorites.
But how could a hard-luck magnet's journey ever be peaceful?
Earthquakes, floods, epidemics, droughts, insect plagues, sandstorms, famine, blizzards, polar nights. One natural disaster after another came their way.
Tang Liyue: I... ×&%￥#@
Ning Yunzhi lost his parents when he was young and was adopted by his foster father. With his quick mind, he became the strategist of Muyun Stronghold.
After his foster father's death, he vied with the second-in-command for the position of chief. But since he had been frail from childhood, the physically powerful second-in-command kept him under house arrest.
His foster father was kindhearted and had turned Muyun Stronghold into a band of righteous outlaws. But the second-in-command was cruel and violent, committing every crime from murder and arson to looting and pillaging. Muyun Stronghold's reputation plummeted.
On the night a wildfire broke out, a boulder fell from the sky and smashed through the prison. He took advantage of the chaos to escape the stronghold. Unfortunately, just after he ran out the gate, a tremendous force knocked him down. The world spun, and he found himself rolling down the hillside.
As he lay there, dizzy, he heard the person who had hit him mutter under their breath, "Can I still make a run for it?"
[Reading Guide]
1. A slow-paced, everyday farming story.
2. Surviving natural disasters, with a portable space but no special abilities.
[Reading Guide]
1. Escape and survival in the early chapters, development and construction later on. A slow-paced, everyday farming story.
2. Surviving natural disasters, with a portable space but no special abilities.
Theme: Never give up hope
