I Have to Climb This Social Ladder

Li Junhua has known since childhood just how great the difference is between a legitimate daughter and a concubine-born daughter.

But then the man she had set her heart on, with whom she was mutually in love, abandoned her for her legitimate younger sister.

Then her legitimate elder sister whispered in her ear, "Your maternal grandmother was a concubine, your mother was a concubine, and you'll be one too."

And when the things she said mattered less than the look her elder sister gave her hands,

Li Junhua suddenly understood: their status really did make them worlds apart.

A lofty branch is beyond her reach, but she'll still take a chance, hoping to trade her ox cart for a horse-drawn carriage.

Who would have guessed that the "lofty branch" she wanted to climb had been right beside her all along...

A little scene:

Her legitimate mother and elder sister sat on chairs nearby, their faces betraying their unease. They perched on the very edges of their seats, afraid to settle in. The legitimate mother asked cautiously, "What do you think of this matter?"

Li Junhua silently looked at her own hands, occasionally holding them out and turning them this way and that. "Well, I don't think much of your matter. Are my hands pretty?"

Her legitimate mother and elder sister gritted their teeth, yet could only smile and flatter her. "They're lovely."

Li Junhua chuckled softly. Back then, my matters were less important than your hands. Now, your matters are less important than mine.

P.S. The heroine may turn dark partway through the story, but the hero will stay by her side, helping her become a lovely girl who is both kindhearted and full of love for others, without losing her knack for getting things done~

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Coming soon: My Father Is a Eunuch, So I'm Forced to Build Infrastructure

Completed works: A Tempting Vixen (Quick Transmigration), My Grandson Is Going Dark, Spoiled and Cherished, The Farm Life of a Sweet Young Bride

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