[Dream of the Red Chamber] Li Chang'an

[Looking for favorites for my current story, [System] Infinite Entertainment]

After burning her drafts and cutting all ties to her old life, Lin Daiyu thought she could go back to being a little fairy.

Lin Daiyu woke up full of joy, and then...

She became a celebrity so far down the ranks she barely registered, with 38,000 Weibo followers and only a few dozen reposts and comments.

Lin Daiyu: [Could someone explain why I'm not a little fairy?]

System: [Dear, you need 1,000 more Immortal Aura points to ascend. Keep it up!]

Lin Daiyu: [...]

A month later, her latest show aired. As the third-billed villainess, Lin Daiyu was viciously attacked.

Tens of thousands of insults sprang up out of nowhere, and comment threads stacked up by the thousands.

She was criticized from head to toe, with people wondering if her sugar daddy had terrible taste.

In two words: bad reviews.

Holding the script offer she'd just interviewed for, Lin Daiyu smiled as she opened Weibo.

@Lin Daiyu: Three rounds of interviews. Grateful.

Image: [Script for a new movie by an Oscar-winning director]

Everyone laughed at her for being delusional, having terrible acting skills, and playing the victim for sympathy. With the System's help, Lin Daiyu took on the marketing accounts, kicked her rival agency to the curb, and insisted on forging an acting career no one else could replicate.

[Story Blurb]

Daiyu was reborn.

But why was she still in the Jia household?

Daiyu was careful in every way and cautious in all things. She avoided Jia Baoyu and kept her distance from Xue Baochai.

She spent three years as the model granddaughter, yet still couldn't secure a peaceful life in the Xiaoxiang Garden.

In the third year of Yong'an, Lady Jia arranged for Daiyu to marry Yangzhou's most troublesome young man.

Daiyu thought she might as well return to Yangzhou. At least she still had family property to keep her fed and clothed.

"Your family's belongings were sold off long ago. The Jia family is all you have now, except for me." Li Chang'an looked at Daiyu. "Want them back? I'll help you."

Daiyu sat at the Fengling Ferry wharf and looked up at Li Chang'an. "Really? You'll give me anything I want?"

"I will. Anything you want."

"Then let me think about it. I'll tell you in a little while."

Later, Li Chang'an rose to the highest rank in the court, becoming a powerful minister and a glorious general whom everyone in the capital tried to curry favor with.

The Jia household was confiscated, and Li Chang'an personally led the men who did it.

Li Chang'an asked Daiyu, "See? I did what I promised."

Later still, Li Chang'an offended the imperial family, was imprisoned and exiled to the frontier, and tried to divorce Daiyu.

Daiyu changed out of her finery, took her bundle, and followed him all the way. "I tore up the divorce papers. I only want you."

※Reader's guide: Any out-of-character behavior is the author's fault. The plot and setting exist entirely to serve the characters' relationship. If you want to criticize the author, don't criticize Lin Mei or Li Chang'an (this story uses an alternate interpretation). Updated daily. If you're easily upset by creative liberties, please don't nitpick. Thank you =w=

[Looking for early interest for my modern romance, Wild Love]

Qiao Yue has a childhood friend who has always been her ideal type.

Handsome, a top student, charming, good at sports, and yet somehow incapable of liking her.

The last page of Qiao Yue's diary: I want to date you, but you turned me into one of your bros?!

The first page of Si Yanzhou's diary: I think I might like my bro???

The year they started their final year of high school, the two of them slipped out of a movie theater and bumped into a childhood friend. They were both mortified.

They'd barely begun to explain when their friend stared in astonishment, popcorn spilling all over the floor. "You two just got together? I thought you'd been sneaking around for years!"

The night before their final year began, Qiao Yue stood at the observatory and swore to the stars and Si Yanzhou, "I love you like a wildfire sweeping across the plains."

Si Yanzhou took her hands and placed a light kiss on her cheek.

In the second semester of their final year, her seat was empty. Si Yanzhou's Qiao Yue was gone.

There was no longer any Qiao Yue in his world.

Later, Si Yanzhou inherited the family business and took over the company.

"Mr. General Manager, here are the new hires."

His ocean-like eyes fell on the headshot on the resume. Her face had barely changed, and her eyes were still clear.

I finally found you.

Theme: Growth