When she opened her eyes, the blind girl could see again, but she couldn't bring herself to feel happy.
"Obviously! Would you be happy if you suddenly became the top courtesan in a brothel?!" Shen Nian huffed and kicked up her little legs, still fuming over her miserable experience. Transmigrating into the body of a famous courtesan was bad enough, but of all people, she had to be the first in history to have her secret exposed within a single day and be mistaken for someone possessed by a demon!
The original owner's childhood friend, Gu Bozhou, watches her like a hawk every day, afraid she'll do something outrageous and cause trouble for the original owner. Then there's the annoying county lieutenant, Song Lin, who's taken an interest in her and keeps pestering her to help solve cases. Shen Nian really wishes the two of them would just have a fight already. Stuck between them, she's become a poor, put-upon little punching bag, unable to tell anyone how she feels!
"We agreed long ago that we'd live quietly and not disrupt A-He's life. You promised, but you've broken your word again and again! What are you really up to?"
"I fought tooth and nail to get you the position of secretary. Why are you so timid now?!"
At last, just as she begins to thrive in this world, she is forced to choose: should she quit while she's ahead and give Li Qinghe her peaceful, quiet life back, or take over her identity and, in a woman's body, make a name for herself and show the world that women can leave their inner quarters and achieve great things too?
Theme: A thoughtful take on transmigration stories, the struggles and transformation of human nature, and the pursuit of equality and freedom
It's so beautifully written (two cents per line)