Getting Rich as a Dentist in Ancient Times

[Prequel announcement 1: Junior Sister Has the CEO Romance Plot in Hand (a silly comedy coming in May, please add it to your favorites!)]

[Prequel announcement 2: The Demon Lord's White Moonlight Is Too Hard to Play]

I'm writing some Demon Lord fiction. Please add it to your favorites, it really means a lot to me. The blurb is at the very bottom.]

Blurb:

Ye Wenjin, a modern dentist, died suddenly at the operating table and was reborn as the sickly young lady of the Ye family.

Her family was dirt poor, and her elderly grandfather's herbal medicine stall was their only way to make ends meet.

Her vile uncle and aunt not only withheld her allowance, but also promised her in marriage to a local thug.

Ye Wenjin couldn't bear living under someone else's roof any longer. She packed her things at once and fled in the middle of the night with her grandfather and younger cousin.

How could a proper dentist fail to support herself?!

Before long, Ye Wenjin's clinic opened with great fanfare.

Its sign read: Specializing in toothaches, missing teeth, and dislocated jaws!

The Wenjin Clinic was soon thriving, with a steady stream of customers.

A long queue formed outside, and appointments were impossible to get. Everyone cried out, "Doctor Ye, we've suffered from toothaches for far too long!"

Everyone knew there was only one person in the world who dared to operate inside the Empress Dowager's mouth.

Only one person dared to tell the little Crown Prince, "Shut your mouth."

Only one person dared to tell the Emperor, "Bear with it. It'll be over soon."

The martial world called her Cold-Faced Ye the Knife.

She raised and dropped her blade. "Next."

The people of the General's residence said, "General, the Emperor is calling you back."

But the general held his cheek and said, "I'm afraid I can't. I have a toothache that day."

His subordinate said, "Can toothaches be scheduled now?!"

Ye Wenjin's clinic kept growing, but she still lacked a tool she could work with.

Then one day, she spotted the knife of her dreams at the blacksmith's shop next door.

"Grandmaster! Who made this little knife? The quality is excellent. I'll buy it!"

"My godson gave it to me. I don't sell it to just anyone! If you really want it, it'll cost ten taels of silver."

The stingy Doctor Ye asked, "May I ask if your godson... is married?"

The Great General of the West smiled faintly. "Miss, I'm Fu Yi. I'm not married yet."

??? Wasn't this the senior martial uncle she'd casually ordered around back then?!

The people of the General's residence said, "General, the Emperor is calling you back again."

The general said, "No time! I'm forging iron!"

Proud, stingy dentist X retired general who works as a blacksmith

A few things to know before reading:

1. A story about running a business (maybe?), with everyday slice-of-life episodes and a little sweetness.

2. The early part focuses on her career; the male lead appears later.

3. No System, just a diligent tale of hard work.

4. This story has nothing to do with real-life dentistry.

Welcome aboard!

Next novel 1

[Junior Sister Has the CEO Romance Plot in Hand]

Qu Youjing failed her tribulation and entered a storybook, where she became a junior sister in a cultivation sect, secretly hiding her demon nature.

The original character was spoiled and overbearing, but dearly loved by everyone. It wasn't until the heroine, the sect's white moonlight, returned that she realized she'd only ever been a stand-in. She grew to hate the heroine, caused endless trouble, and was eventually killed by the heroine and her male admirers working together.

[System: Your task is to turn this melodramatic story into one about a powerful female lead.]

Qu Youjing: Got it. I'm great at being a powerful female lead. Did you think I read all those CEO romance stories for nothing?

She gave a wicked smile. What a troublesome little System.

System: ? I think there's something wrong with my Host.

Her master was one of the five people in the world who had reached the pinnacle of the Great Ascension stage, and he spent all his time in seclusion.

She showed up in the aloof master's room with a dose of aphrodisiac powder.

"It's me. Not satisfied? Being alone in a room with someone as exceptional as me is your good fortune."

Master: ?

When the senior disciple, a sword cultivator, accepted a bet from his rival, a spell cultivator:

Qu Youjing: A mere five hundred thousand spirit stones? If we're betting, let's bet five million! The weather's getting colder. Time for those spell cultivators to go bankrupt!

Senior Brother: ??

When the promising young junior brother and his rivals gathered at the trial tournament, tensions rising:

Qu Youjing: With me here, everything you hate will disappear!

Junior Brother: ???

After she caused a huge mess and her demon nature was exposed, the sect members who should have turned against her instead protected and loved her.

Master: My beloved disciple may be a little spoiled, but she only wants me to see her efforts and be proud of her.

Senior Brother: It's true that I love my sword more than life itself, but if anyone dares hurt you, I'll smash every sword I own and pay them back tenfold, a hundredfold.

Junior Brother: Senior Sister, if I become the city lord, will you wait for me?

Qu Youjing: How am I supposed to be the powerful female lead when you all act like this?!

Later, when Qu Youjing was gravely wounded, the Demon Lord shielded her, destroying his own demonic core to give her a chance to live.

Someone asked him why he had done it.

His eyes lowered. Because she said, "Give me your life."

Next novel 2

[The Demon Lord's White Moonlight Is Too Hard to Play]

Ye Qingyan transmigrated into a melodramatic cultivation novel called The Ruthless Junior Sister and Her Handsome Senior Brother. She became the cannon-fodder daughter of the Xuanyang Sect.

Her senior brother would belong to the heroine, the Xuanyang Sect would belong to the heroine, and even her own core would belong to the heroine one day.

What a terrible hand. I'm done playing!

So she set her sights on Lu Yixing, the Demon Lord who hadn't yet turned evil.

As long as she could get on the Demon Lord's good side, she should be able to survive to the end.

What was the weakness of the classic powerful-but-tragic Demon Lord?

Family, friendship, and undying love.

Family and love were out of the question, but friendship might work.

She vaguely remembered that Lu Yixing had a childhood sweetheart when he was young.

And, as luck would have it, that girl shared one character in her name.

Got it. Time to put on an act.

Ye Qingyan burst into tears. "A Xing, after all these years, I've finally found you!"

Lu Yixing looked surprised. "Qingqing, so it really was you."

Ye Qingyan: Huh? He's that easy to fool? I haven't even started acting!

But seeing Lu Yixing's narrowed eyes and upturned lips, Ye Qingyan finally remembered the Demon Lord's character settings.

Two-faced, playing the pig to eat the tiger, lurking beside the main characters until the very end before being found out.

This Demon Lord was even better at acting than she was!

Ye Qingyan, who had just stepped into a trap: How do I make a friendship fall apart? Asking for advice.

First, they went traveling down the mountain, and Ye Qingyan grumbled the whole way.

Second, they joined a competition, and Ye Qingyan spent the whole thing lying flat.

Third, she borrowed money from him, eyes closed and hand outstretched.

In the end, their friendship did fall apart, only it had upgraded into a romance.

Everyone in the cultivation world knew that the Demon Lord had appeared out of nowhere. He didn't slaughter the cultivation sects or free the demons, but he did kidnap the daughter of the Xuanyang Sect.

Lu Yixing: Qingqing, we've already played childhood sweethearts. Why not play a couple who reunites after a breakup?

Ye Qingyan: ???

1. The original protagonists aren't bad people.

2. This is a silly comedy. Just have fun.

Theme: Never forget your original aspirations.