The Fake Heiress Just Wants to Stay Alive

Zhu Wan transmigrates into a novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the villainous fake heiress. That would be bad enough, but even worse, before transmigrating into the book, she'd only read the blurb and not the story itself. She has no idea what the main plot is, only that the fake heiress dies horribly. Just as she's agonizing over how to stay alive, she's bound to a System. Before she can celebrate, the aloof and arrogant System informs her that it's a Villainess System. If she wants to unlock the later plot in advance, she has to follow its instructions, complete tasks, and follow the original character's storyline. Zhu Wan: "?" She just wants to stay alive, but this trash System wants to ruin her and get her killed! Pah! ** Knowing the System can't be trusted, Zhu Wan immediately moves out of the Tang residence despite its frantic warnings, and settles into an estate the Tang family owns outside the city. She plans to make a living on her own with the skill she inherited from the original character: embroidery. That way, she can stay away from the male and female leads and the main plot, and keep herself alive in peace. After repeated failures, the System finally drops its haughty attitude and begs pitifully: [Dear Host, there's a task tomorrow to splash water on the female lead in public. Interested? There's a reward!] Hearing the trash System change its tune, Zhu Wan lazily asks as she embroiders, "What's the reward?" The System perks right up: [One tael of silver!] Zhu Wan: "Hmph." One tael? Do I look like a beggar to you? She can earn five taels in three days of embroidery. She'd have to be crazy to risk dying horribly for one tael of silver. System: [Ten taels!] System: [Twenty!] System: [Fifty?] System: [What about three hundred taels? This task isn't very difficult, so three hundred is the most I can offer. Three hundred, really...] Zhu Wan rubs her aching neck. "Deal." The next day, just as incense sets the female lead's clothes on fire, Zhu Wan drenches her from head to toe with a bucket of water. The reward arrives at once. Amid the chaos, Zhu Wan slips away with the silver in her pocket. It couldn't be simpler, and Zhu Wan still can't be bothered to do tasks. Doing tasks is bad for staying alive. The System is furious but doesn't dare say so, and can only coax, flatter, and beg her. One day, hoping to get the System's temporary mind-reading skill and truth-telling buff, Zhu Wan accepts a task to confess her feelings to the male lead. "Brother Shi'an, I really like you..." Ding! The reward arrives. Zhu Wan changes course mid-sentence: "But that was in the past. The person I admire now is the famous Shen family's eldest son, Shen Yanqing. Don't worry, I absolutely won't pester you anymore." Shen Yanqing is the foremost gentleman in high society, nobly distinguished beyond compare, and every young woman's dream. Compared to him, the male lead is dirt on the ground, so saying she admires him isn't out of place. After speaking, she doesn't even glance at the male lead's livid face. With her newly acquired mind-reading skill and truth-telling buff in hand, she turns and leaves. Zhu Wan is so pleased with how easily she obtained two skills that she doesn't notice the handsome young man, resting behind the rockery, has heard every word. A miracle worker at staying alive vs. an untouchable beauty Next up: The Little Farmer Girl's Daily Life of Finding Lost Cubs (Food). Please add it to your favorites! Blurb: The little farmer girl He Tian has a special constitution that makes all kinds of baby animals adore her. Every time she goes into the mountains, she finds plenty of little ones to bring home and raise. She enjoys it immensely, and life at home grows better and better. Until one day, she finds a human child in the mountains, so adorable he looks like a little doll. He says his name is Qiqi. He's nothing like a little animal, but the little boy says his parents are both gone and tugs on He Tian's trouser leg, pitifully begging her to take him home. After several twists and turns, He Tian finally brings him home. From that day on, He Tian finds that the little ones she brings back from the mountains have changed from chicks, ducklings, and bunnies into fierce beasts like tiger cubs, leopard cubs, and lion cubs. He Tian is shocked. He Tian wants to run. But Qiqi naturally scoops up a tiger cub and puts it in her arms, telling her that Dahuang is a good child who will grow up to be mighty and protect her. While He Tian is still hesitating, the tiger cub suddenly rubs its fluffy head against her hand and mews at her. He Tian: "!!!" From then on, the He family becomes famous far and wide for raising all kinds of fierce beasts. Just when He Tian thinks she'll get rich by raising animals, Qiqi suddenly tells her to buy a wilted potted plant that's about to die from a passing merchant. He even tells her mysteriously that the plant's fruit can be used in cooking and tastes delicious. As it turns out, Qiqi is right. The thing Qiqi calls a chili pepper isn't just edible, it also makes her a lot of money. From then on, He Tian grants every request Qiqi makes, and life grows more and more prosperous. Until one day, Qiqi drags home a handsome young man with a broken leg and insists she take him in, saying that raising him will make her even more money. He Tian really doesn't want to agree. Just as she's about to refuse, the unconscious young man opens his eyes and gazes straight at her with clear, bright eyes. He says nothing, and only his long eyelashes flutter in the chilly early-spring wind... He Tian's heart suddenly softens. Looking again at Qiqi's eager little face, He Tian sighs to herself. Fine. If I'm going to take in one, I may as well take in two. But she never imagined that one moment of softness would make the young man cling to her, impossible to drive away! ** Qiqi is the last qilin between heaven and earth. With his spiritual intelligence damaged, he has no choice but to go to the human realm to recover. He was originally meant to be born as a young master in a wealthy family, but through a twist of fate, he transmigrates into a farming novel and becomes a three-year-old beggar with no father or mother. Fortunately, he has good luck and is taken home by the kind and sweet He Tian. She gives him food and clothes, bathes him, and plays with him. Freshly scrubbed clean, Qiqi clenches his little fists and secretly vows to repay Big Sister Tiantian properly. So he toddles around on his short little legs, doing his best to help Big Sister Tiantian with her work. He also uses what little knowledge remains in his memories to help her grow rich. ** The Second Prince Rong Yan, eldest son of the Empress, was born beneath a heaven-opening vision of golden qilin light and bestowed the title Qilin Child. He was the most popular candidate for Crown Prince, but just before the heir was to be named, he was plotted against and died pierced by countless arrows. Reborn, all he wants is to conquer this land and bathe the capital in blood. Until he's taken home by a girl who keeps tigers as pets... Theme: Work hard at life and take control of your own destiny