Cold-blooded, heartless capitalist x modern engineering girl
Bai Ruila finds herself in the body of a little girl during the Industrial Revolution, after escaping from the human traffickers who kidnapped her.
To avoid being tracked down by them, she hides in the slums for two days, hungry and freezing. Desperate to survive, she finally gathers the courage to grab the trouser leg of a "gentleman."
As a typical capitalist, every day Sheston stands on the balcony of his luxurious mansion with a glass of red wine, looking down at the workers and machines in his factory that earn him a fortune. It's his greatest pleasure.
He's cold-blooded, fastidious, and arrogant, and has never cared about anyone.
Until one day, a dirty hand grabs his trouser leg.
"Sir, could you give me something to eat?"
Looking at his soiled trouser leg, he gives a mocking smile. "Lick the dirt off my shoes with those dry, cracked lips of yours, and I might consider giving you a shilling."
Later...
"Want the blueprints for this improved machine?" The girl's dark eyes gleam with sharpness, cunning, and faint disdain. "Then, Mr. Sheston, please use your noble lips to lick the soles of my shoes clean."
The sky over Aodeng is like tattered cotton, shrouded in smoke and gloom all year round.
Hunger, death, and cold.
Only she is like a thorny rose, piercing the darkness and blooming in vivid color.
Theme: Effort and reward
