When a Rich Second-Generation Heir Becomes a Live-In Son-in-Law

Yan Yang didn't have the typical rich second-generation heir's spendthrift nature. Instead, he took over the family business early and kept a firm grip on the family fortune. His parents, whose appetites had grown beyond what they could afford, had no choice but to keep asking him for money. Maybe all the "bad things" he did finally caught up with him, and he died young, only to become a scholar in the Great Jin Kingdom who was angered to death after marrying into his wife's family.

For three generations, the Yan family had been made up of peasants. When Yan Yang passed the provincial examinations, it was as if incense smoke had risen from his ancestors' graves. He was an arrogant man who dreamed of rising to success overnight, and even more so of getting away from his peasant family. He agreed to help a classmate harm someone, never expecting to get caught up in it himself. His lofty ambitions took him from a successful candidate in the provincial examinations to a live-in son-in-law in one fell swoop. His body was already frail, and the shock was too much for him to bear.

Rumor had it that on the first day the elegant Commandery Princess Song Shu arrived in the capital, she lusted after his beauty and defiled the handsome young master Qingfeng, "as beautiful as Pan An," in full view of everyone. The emperor "doted" on the Commandery Princess Qingya and immediately annulled her engagement to the Third Prince, then arranged a new marriage, turning the poor scholar Yan Yang into a live-in son-in-law of the Duke of Dingguo's household.

Yet no one envied Yan Yang, because the Commandery Princess Qingya not only loved swinging a sword, she was also hideously ugly and coarse, with all the uncouth manners of someone from a barbarian land. He had been a promising candidate in the provincial examinations, but now he'd lost his freedom and married into her family.

New novel: Selling Pills in the Entertainment Industry

Lu Wushuang was a fourth-grade alchemist from the Nandou Continent. When a damaged teleportation array sent her across worlds, she transmigrated into the body of Lu Wushuang, a minor celebrity in the entertainment industry known as a "crybaby." She was either sobbing or on her way to sobbing.

As a rising star among the new generation, other people's trending topics were

#XXX's new romance revealed#

#XXX's makeup#

#XXX at the airport#

Her trending topics were always #Lu Wushuang eats hotpot alone at midnight#

#Spotted Lu Wushuang at a century-old restaurant#

#Lu Wushuang is eating luosifen again#

Netizens' verdict: Setting yourself up as a foodie in the entertainment industry is bound to backfire sooner or later.

But when she joined a food-themed livestream variety show, she polished off three bowls at every meal. Aside from seeing her meditate, no one ever saw her exercise to lose weight after a feast. Yet her skin remained radiant and dewy, and her figure and looks stayed as stunning as ever.

This sparked a trend of people trying to lose weight by meditating.

Netizen 1: So what? An actor's work is what matters most. Good looks alone make you nothing but a pretty face.

At the end of the year, Lu Wushuang won Best Newcomer.

Hater 2: It's just a newcomer award, and her fans are acting like it's the best thing ever. She hasn't even landed an endorsement. Her commercial value must be terrible.

The following month, she announced two endorsement deals, one for a luxury brand and the other for a mass-market brand.

Is this what they call haters being good-luck charms?

Everyone in the industry knew that Lu Wushuang had an elder from her family who was a famous traditional doctor, skilled at making pills, especially youth-preserving ones. People had always scoffed at the rumors.

That is, until this report: An older actor had burned the left side of her face while filming. After several surgeries, it had only recovered to 70 percent. But at a later event, sharp-eyed netizens suddenly noticed that her face had returned to normal.

A screenwriter who had suffered from insomnia for years happened to be cured of an old ailment.

Whenever Lu Wushuang trended, young entertainers would panic. Had her fans gone to the public discussion boards to curse someone out again?

Would Lu Wushuang hold a grudge and refuse to sell them pills?

Theme: Diligence is the path to achievement. What can you gain without seeking it?