My Husband Is My Ex's Older Brother (Women's Kingdom)

After the livestream's awakened consciousness started causing trouble, Xia Sirong inexplicably transmigrated into a matriarchal Mary Sue novel. She was trapped in a mess: framed by a fake heiress, dumped by her fiancé, and kicked out by her parents.

There was no air conditioning, Wi-Fi, or even chilled watermelon in the ancient world. She wanted to go home!

The System threatened her: from the start, she had only half a day to live. If she didn't want to die, she had to start livestreaming and earn flowers to extend her life.

But she found a loophole. If the viewers got so fed up that they threw bricks at her until they hit the limit, she'd be kicked straight back to the modern world.

Xia Sirong grinned. Acting out scenes was her specialty, so just watch her turn things around and earn those bricks.

She yelled at her parents, mercilessly tormented her adopted sister and fiancé, showed no respect for her elders or affection for children, and acted like a terrible wife. Come on, throw those bricks!

Viewers: The streamer nailed it! Biased parents! What a pair of scumbags! They deserve to get face-slapped! Flowers, flowers! Coins, coins!

Maybe the melodrama was just too exciting. So she tried farming, making snacks, and setting up a street stall. Surely this kind of ordinary, boring plot would earn her a ton of bricks.

Viewers: I'm moved! The streamer is amazing. She supports herself and won't accept handouts. She deserves praise for working hard and not being afraid of hardship. Flowers, flowers! Coins, coins!

That still didn't work? Fine, she'd buy a pile of books and bury herself in policy essays. In her free time, she'd even take the imperial examinations. This kind of dull, tedious life was bound to earn her some bricks, right?

Viewers: So inspiring and hardworking! A role model for us all. The streamer has unlocked so many skills. We're honored to be here for it. Keep going! Flowers, flowers! Coins, coins!!

Xia Sirong was baffled. ...Why weren't the viewers getting what she was trying to do?

Later, Xia Sirong's lifespan kept growing. Her livestream had billions of flowers and coins, and viewers from both ancient and modern times watched and interacted through comments. They witnessed Xia Sirong start with nothing and become the richest person in the country, and even casually take an exam and come out at the top.

Xia Sirong remembered Xu Dong, the popular male supporting character in the original novel, and the sickly older brother of her awful fiancé. Xu Dong was clean-cut and aloof, but wouldn't live past twenty. After his death, all his wealth fell into the hands of that despicable couple, and the story launched into a Mary Sue-style pampering spree.

To rile up the viewers, Xia Sirong found the sickly Xu Dong and wrapped one hand around his slender neck, teasing him.

Xu Dong, who had been peeking, jumped in fright and blushed. "W-what are you doing...?"

Xia Sirong felt as if a cat were scratching at her heart. She turned around and brought over some nourishing food, then tried to look calm. "Let's make a deal. I'll nurse you back to health, and you'll marry me."

Xu Dong: "Why do you suddenly want to marry me?"

Xia Sirong: "Maybe I want him to call me big sister-in-law."

Xu Dong: "..."

A heroine who seems goofy and unreliable but is actually level-headed, capable, and tough as nails, versus a sickly hero who's cold to everyone else but sweet and adorable around the heroine.

Cover image from BS. Thanks to Mei Gu for the illustration.

Coming soon: The Bully Gets Scammed by a Poor Little Thing (Matriarchal Society)

Jiang Haoran was unlucky enough to be chosen by a wish-granting System and sent to a matriarchal parallel world to complete a mission.

According to the Wish Bureau's rules, Jiang Haoran had to find her target, care for him and cherish him, and make him feel genuinely happy.

Jiang Haoran searched and searched. A year passed, and she still hadn't even touched the target's sleeve.

Jiang Haoran: ...Hey, look at my short temper. I'm getting more irritable by the day.

Then one day, Jiang Haoran passed a brawl in a dark alley and was innocently knocked to the ground by some unidentified object. When she got up impatiently, she found a pitiful-looking young man sprawled on top of her.

At a glance from her, his little face turned as pale as snow.

Just then, the System, silent for a long time, chimed: Target located.

Jiang Haoran: ...Oh, so it was you, you little brat, making a stupid wish and causing all this trouble!

When Xu Liang was young and didn't know any better, he made a wish to Buddha for a gentle wife to descend from the heavens on a rainbow cloud and cherish and protect him.

He prayed devoutly and happily offered a donation, then promptly forgot all about it. He never expected his wish to come true a year later!

Except this wife wasn't gentle at all. She was also a notorious bully at the academy, and Xu Liang was terrified of her.

Even worse, Xu Liang had broken the bully's inkstone. He secretly took it home, fixed it, and brought it back to school, but got caught!

The bully ruffled his hair and snapped, "Didn't you say you didn't take it?"

Xu Liang curled up and covered his head, whimpering. He only dared peek out with his round eyes and timidly begged, "Jiang Haoran, could you please not hit me?"

The bully: ...

Xu Liang: Her, her, her fingers moved! She's definitely going to hit me. What do I do? Somebody save me!

Theme: Live in the present. Love can change everything.