Wenxiang is a country famed for making puppets. Its puppets not only look just like people, but can move like them and take on all kinds of jobs. Of course, only the wealthy can afford these puppets. Ordinary people have no chance of owning one.
One day, the orphan Ruan Ping'an finds a damaged puppet by the roadside. She brings it home, cleans it up, names it Taoliang, and spends most of her life savings on a local puppet maker to repair its broken limbs.
From then on, Ruan Ping'an's lonely life has a companion. Taoliang cooks for her, does her laundry, and goes on nighttime walks with her. In return, Ruan Ping'an spends all the money she earns through hard work on maintaining Taoliang's body and buying it pretty clothes.
"You've spent all my wedding savings. Don't you think you ought to marry me?"
One day, Ruan Ping'an jokingly hooks a finger beneath Taoliang's chin. To her surprise, the puppet, who can't even speak, suddenly answers.
"Sure." Taoliang smiles slyly. That vivid face clearly belongs to a living person.
Ruan Ping'an: !!!
Help! The puppet I found has become a spirit!
Pei Xia, former chief puppet maker of the Spiritwork Hall of Wenxiang, vanished overnight. The imperial court's wanted posters spread across the country, but no one knew that she had placed her soul inside a low-grade puppet, only to be found and brought home by an ordinary girl named Ruan Ping'an.
Reader's Guide:
1. The setting is completely made up and doesn't draw on any historical dynasty. Don't ask how puppets like these can be made with the technology in this story. That's just how the setting works _(:з"∠)_
2. A sweet romance! A sweet romance! A sweet romance! Updates usually arrive around six in the evening. I'll give notice in advance if I need a break. If you're interested, please add it to your collection. Thank you, everyone!
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"When a Delicate Omega Gets a Forced-Love Plot," blurb:
Lu Qing transmigrates into an ABO world and is told by the System that she is inside a novel currently being serialized. To survive, she needs to earn enough reader satisfaction.
System: "The current top-voted plot is 'forced love.' Here are the candidates:"
As a delicate Omega, Lu Qing looks at the list of top Alpha candidates and feels that her future is utterly bleak. Then she spots the only Beta, Yu Ling, in the corner. Lu Qing nearly cries with excitement. "That's the one!"
After a series of "chance encounters," Lu Qing builds up Yu Ling's affection for her, then raises Yu Ling's heartbreak score. At last, when Yu Ling loves her but wants to leave, Lu Qing drags her into a little dark room, trembling as she pins her against the wall.
Lu Qing: "A wall pin! If you dare leave me, I'll lock you up and force you to love me!"
Then she watches in horror as Yu Ling peels off the suppressor patch on her gland, and the aura of a top Alpha fills the room.
Yu Ling tugs at her collar and raises a hand to show Lu Qing the key she crushed with her bare fingers.
This time, Lu Qing really does burst into tears. "I'm sorry, I was wrong! I'll get someone to break the door open and let you out, sob sob sob..."
Yu Ling curls her lips into a smile. "But what if I don't want to let you go?"
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Lu Qing posts late at night: I only just realized after tormenting my target that she's been playing weak to catch me off guard. How do I escape her clutches? Waiting for answers! Urgent!!!
Yu Ling replies: You're not getting away. Just lie flat and wait.
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Theme: Kind people will find more happiness.
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Oh, if this medicine is really good, wouldn't it be as easy to deceive as a three-year-old bean sprout?
This plot point is hard to explain in words
There is something I don't understand. Was Lady Longnu's body moved to another place by Pei? Then why did Fu suddenly find it?
My love will never be lost, my eyes will be ruined. I have long been as heartbroken as a tree. She was waiting at the end of the black mist. My queen. My sweetheart. My heart is as broken as scorched earth. If the world ruthlessly deprives me of my beauty, destruction is its natural outcome. Griffin has long since returned to dust. In the midst of those ruins, your and my throne are majestic and immortal. I will take her back from the bloody jaws of death. No one can go against it, not even fate. Black mist rolled out of me like a great tide. Although there have been occasional declines, now we will continue to surge forward. Glena, my love. Her departure also took the commander with her. The King of the Yellow Zone has arrived. My lover is no longer here, leaving me alone. In this darkness, there is no hope and no redemption, because this darkness is myself. Her eyes reflected a whole world that made me peaceful and happy. The so-called ghost is just an afterimage of a fanatical desire.
The heroine doesn't have her own thoughts?
Ah, the lifespan theory is a bit cruel, but I think it's a thought to find reincarnation. I'll end it~
There are so many things to do today that I can't finish writing them all. Don't wait any longer, dears. Let's read them tomorrow.
Ha? Looking at it this way, the human race is really useless. How could they kill so many monsters back then?
The fight looks good, let's fight!
There are actually 86 chapters about the grievances between monsters and monsters. The degree of completion is quite high and it can be regarded as a masterpiece.