After Becoming a Wealthy Concubine in Republican-Era China

[Complete! New story, The Sweetest Couple in the Millionaire's World, is now underway~] When the mistress of a powerful man in Republican-era China gets rich... Of course she dumps him! Gu Zhi has always been the prospective concubine by Huo Tingchen's side. With her beautiful face, sweet voice, and soft figure, she's been called by everyone in Shanghai the number one obstacle that the daughters of prominent families must overcome if they want to marry into the Huo family. But only Gu Zhi knows that Huo Tingchen has been treating her more and more coldly lately. The Huo family has already found him a fiancée educated overseas, who champions Western marriage and monogamy. After all these years of hard work, she might not even end up with the position of a concubine. Tossing and turning sleeplessly one night, Gu Zhi sneaks out in the middle of the night to buy a lottery ticket. She wins the biggest jackpot in Shanghai since the founding of the nation. That night, Huo Tingchen looks down at her, elegantly undoing his shirt buttons with an ambiguous smile. "Want to?" "I..." Gu Zhi bites her lip. Seeing him draw near in the shadowy light, and thinking of how her hopes of becoming his concubine have gone up in smoke, she suddenly grips the massive lottery ticket in her hand. At last, she lets out all the pent-up anger of these past years and kicks him in an unspeakable place. "I'm done!" Huo Tingchen: !!! After Gu Zhi leaves, news about her spreads like a telegram. "Miss Gu bought a jewelry store." "Miss Gu bought that mansion with the astronomical price tag." "Miss Gu..." Huo Tingchen always assumes Gu Zhi is just spending his money on little whims, until Miss Gu announces that she's going to buy the entire Huo Trading Company, along with all its employees, but not him, the young master of the Huo family :) Content warning: An alternate Republican-era setting. The female lead isn't exactly virtuous. New story: The Sweetest Couple in the Millionaire's World~ Synopsis: The wealthy heir Chi Chenyuan and heiress Lu Li have been married for three years. Whether at public events or in their private lives, the couple are ice-cold toward each other and can't stand the sight of one another. By an overwhelming margin, they've been voted the most fake couple among the wealthy. At the three-year itch, Chi Chenyuan decides their marriage has become unbearably dull and starts drafting divorce papers. Then Lu Li is in a car accident and hits her head. She has no major injuries, but after the accident, the way Lu Li looks at him seems to have changed... At the hospital, Chi Chenyuan faces Lu Li, whose head is wrapped in bandages, and is about to offer a few polite words of comfort. Suddenly her eyes turn red. Like a pitiful little rabbit, she reaches out to him, looking utterly wronged. In a tearful voice, she says, "Honey, it hurts. Hug me~" Chi Chenyuan: "…" ** After the accident, Lu Li develops confusion about reality. In her mind, she and Chi Chenyuan are deeply in love, their marriage as strong as can be, and he always goes along with her. All that talk about them being a fake wealthy couple is obviously nonsense. So the wife in this famously fake wealthy couple has been acting strangely lately. Chi Chenyuan attends a business forum. Lu Li posts an enthusiastic cheer on Weibo: My husband works hard to support the family, he's the best! Chi Chenyuan's company holds a product launch. Lu Li gazes at the man onstage with stars in her eyes: Honey, come home tonight and let's make a chubby baby! Everyone: ? Just as everyone is wondering whether the Lu company is about to go bankrupt, and whether the Lu heiress has to act this way to keep their wealthy-family marriage alive, a reporter photographs Chi Chenyuan at a nightclub, coldly hauling Lu Li, who's passed out in a hunk's arms, into his car. Then he kisses her and says something about going home to make a chubby baby. Synopsis of The Fake Heiress Makes Her Debut: Xi Shi spent twenty years as a wealthy heiress. She spoke four languages, played Grade Eight piano, and wore her long, straight black hair with fairy dresses. Her life was destined to be blessed: once she was old enough, she'd be married off to another prominent family, then spend the rest of her life drinking afternoon tea and shopping for luxury goods. Unfortunately, life is unpredictable. First, her prospective husband coldly breaks off their engagement, turning the famous heiress into a laughingstock among the rich. Then she's told that she was switched at birth and isn't actually a wealthy heiress. To show their sympathy, they'll give her a monthly allowance of two thousand from now on. Everyone waits to see how the once-wealthy heiress will get by on just two thousand a month. Instead, they see her appear on a variety show in teased-out hair and smoky makeup, with a pair of jeans full of holes, making every viewer throw their hands in the air along with her. "Yo, yo, yo, let's get this party started! To hell with piano and prim manners! I hate long, straight black hair! Life among the wealthy is nothing but tears, so wipe them away and let's party all night!" Everyone: "…" The goofy female reader makes her debut and becomes famous all over the country. The real heiress is finally found. People say there's a chance the marriage alliance with the Shen family might still happen after all. The Shen family's young master has a good eye, so that's why he didn't love the fake heiress. Then, at an event, someone spots the young master Shen sitting in the audience, wearing his usual poker face but holding up a light-up sign that says "I LOVE XI SHI." Onstage, the fake heiress is just as cool and expressionless, and no one knows who stitched up all the holes in her rock-and-roll jeans. Theme: Study hard and strive to improve every day