Lin Daiyu, Beloved Across the Stars [Dream of the Red Chamber]

(I'm revising the story very slowly and am responsible only for the official version. If chapters don't quite connect, that's normal while revisions are underway. Just keep reading as usual.)

[Story Blurb]

The year she was at her sickest, even her closest relative, her maternal grandmother, chose to ignore her. Lin Daiyu had given up hope for the rest of her life, but unexpectedly became linked through a "spiritual connection" to someone from the interstellar world.

She met a man named Pei Yan.

She gathered the courage to leave her little corner of the world, reclaimed the family assets that had been taken from her, and returned to Gusu to become the true head of the Lin family.

Interstellar researchers fought tooth and nail for the chance to add her as a friend. While Lin Daiyu livestreamed and filled gaps in the record of Chinese civilization, she hugged a rabbit-shaped pillow and blushed again and again at her viewers' praise. "Thank you all for liking me."

"When will you look at me?" The viewers in the livestream calling her their wife were forcibly muted. Only the man complained in a low voice. "Be good, don't mind them. What gift would you like this time?"

[Extra Scene]

Pei Yan: "Miss Lin, would you like me to come over and deal with those awful people for you?"

Lin Daiyu, coughing softly twice: "I wouldn't want to trouble you. I can reclaim the Lin family property myself."

Pei Yan chuckled. "All right. I'll support you from behind."

This is the story of a delicate, classical beauty being gradually lured into the arms of an interstellar big shot and cherished above all else.

[Reading Guide]

1. Pure fantasy with a freely developed plot and out-of-character portrayals. Please don't nitpick or offer writing advice.

2. Interstellar livestreaming begins in the middle and later parts.

3. Except for Daiyu, the fates of the Twelve Beauties are not changed or saved. The portrayal of Grandmother Jia, Baochai, and Madam Wang is unfavorable.

4. Daiyu will be taken to the interstellar world later on.

5. The story continues from Gao E's version, so everyone in the Rongguo Mansion is a villain. Please don't read if that's not for you.

6. The dynasty is unspecified, and it isn't the Qing dynasty. Please don't fit it into official history.

Coming Soon: The Beauty Daiyu in the Republic of China [Dream of the Red Chamber]

A rakish playboy with a wicked, calculating heart VS a down-on-her-luck, clear-headed young lady from a distinguished family

Everyone in the glittering city knows that before studying abroad, Third Young Master Huo was a notorious playboy. Then he returned home before finishing his studies and was ordered to fetch his rumored fiancée.

Huo Zheng was smitten.

He was full of joy at the thought of marrying the woman he loved, only to be turned away at the door.

The messenger stammered nervously: "Miss Lin says she is grateful for all the help you gave her in the past. Surely you have no shortage of beautiful women around you. She has nothing with which to repay you, so in her next life she will return your kindness."

The letters from all the women who had once adored him were returned to him in a heap. Only then did Huo Zheng realize that he had taken his playboy act too far.

It turned out his darling had never wanted him from the very beginning...

Later, people saw Third Young Master Huo standing guard outside the Jiezi Garden residence day and night, repeatedly turned away, yet still happy to wait.

No one knew that the Lin Daiyu behind the door had transmigrated from a hundred years in the future.

Her father had recently died, and her family had fallen into ruin. Trapped between Lincheng and Pingjing, surrounded by wolves and with no way out, she was rescued by Huo Zheng, who appeared out of nowhere in a suit and tie and frivolously opened his arms to her.

Living under the same roof, he protected her from every storm in Haicheng, yet loved to play the rogue and treated her with the utmost care.

Daiyu clenched her hands in silence. There was no such thing as devotion without reason. How could a man who could turn the tide in such troubled times willingly submit to an arranged marriage by his elders?

She had to find another way out.

A branch cut from its roots had no hope of seeing spring again.

Huo Zheng, who had once been so arrogant, panicked completely. He swallowed his pride and asked everyone he could find: "Does the marriage agreement between the Lin family and the eldest branch still stand?"

Theme: There should be no spring or summer in the rest of my life, but you came bearing the wind, and even dead wood blossomed