For twenty years, Jian Bai had grown used to living in her older sister's shadow. Her sister was beautiful, intelligent, gentle, and generous, and everyone loved her. Jian Bai, on the other hand, was a withdrawn and sensitive loner who never got any attention.
As adults, her sister became the internet's beloved actress, while Jian Bai became a notorious gaming streamer, reviled in every comment section. With her sister as a point of comparison, netizens were even harsher in their mockery.
Jian Bai didn't care: as long as she got paid.
She set up a livestream where, for every deep-sea torpedo a hater tipped, she'd insult herself once. While doing it, she'd change her ID to match theirs.
Haters: ... So I'm the sucker here!
An esports heartthrob who was a fan of her sister kept making snide remarks about how Jian Bai embarrassed her sister, and his fans swarmed her with online abuse.
Jian Bai: As long as I get paid.
She gathered evidence of the cyberbullying and sued, winning hundreds of thousands in damages. The bloggers wailed and begged for forgiveness, and overnight, the internet was flooded with posts praising her beauty and sweet voice.
The company president treated her as a stand-in for her sister, while a genius movie star often looked at her and saw her sister...
Jian Bai: As long as I get paid.
She charged a hundred thousand an hour for a date, making money hand over fist.
The heartthrobs who wanted to use her as a stand-in: Why do I feel like I'm the one being used?
When she became notorious and gained over ten million followers, a variety show approached her.
"Would you be willing to appear on a dating show with your sister's ex-boyfriend?"
Jian Bai: As long as I get paid.
Someone: Slander is illegal. When did I ever have an ex-girlfriend?
After becoming famous across the internet, Jian Bai visited their CP supertopic and stared in silence at the flood of posts shipping [ex-brother-in-law x sister-in-law].
Is this something I'm allowed to see without paying?!
Later, she discovered that every day with a certain someone was for adults only _(:з"∠)_
Her experiences growing up had taught Jian Bai that she would never find warmth or good fortune in this lifetime.
So she decided to stop trying.
If she couldn't have love, then at least she'd have lots of money.
Who knew that while she was busy making money, she'd accidentally become the richest person in the area? The esports heartthrob who'd once insulted her regretted it bitterly. The men who'd treated her as a stand-in got the full "chasing-your-wife-to-the-crematorium" treatment, and even her usually haughty sister had to lower her head and ask her to invest in a movie.
Jian Bai: ... Why does something feel a little off?
The strangest part was that she married the very man her sister had loved but could never have.
[Side Story]
When news broke online that Jian Bai and Chu Yunián were taking wedding photos in Paris, Weibo crashed that night.
Netizens screamed: The 18+ CP I shipped actually became real!! Please, Mr. Nian, write a book about your beautiful love story!!
Netizen A: Maybe the publisher won't approve a story about immoral relationships [doge]
A minute later, Chu Yunián, a globally bestselling author, posted for the first time in ages: It's not an immoral relationship. She's my first love.
The revised blurb was posted on August 8.
Theme: Love and redemption.