On the third day after returning to Nancheng, Xun Nanyan's biological relatives came to take her home. It turned out she'd been deliberately switched at birth, and she was the real little princess of the wealthy Shen family.
The fake heiress had enjoyed everything that should have been hers: identity, status, wealth, education, engagement, and the family's love.
On her first day back at the Shen home, her parents, older brother, and younger twin siblings shielded the fake heiress behind them and warned Xun Nanyan not to try to take anything from her. The fake heiress would always be a daughter of the Shen family.
"If it weren't for her, you wouldn't even have had the chance to come back."
Xun Nanyan: ...
Xun Nanyan was left speechless.
The fake heiress gazed at the real heiress with pity. Protected by the Shen family, she would live happily ever after as a princess, while Xun Nanyan would end up in the gutter.
Everyone in their social circle was looking forward to the spectacle. The daughter the Shen family had raised for years wasn't their real child, while the real heiress had been raised outside the family and was completely uncouth. In the end, she would even be driven out of the house.
In the face of more than twenty years of love, blood ties were worth nothing.
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A few months later, a powerful figure from abroad returned to her homeland with a vast fortune, and Nancheng held a grand reception to welcome her.
The Shen family were stunned to discover that the distinguished mogul, surrounded by admirers, was the very real heiress they'd looked down on.
She swept her indifferent gaze over them as if they were stones by the roadside. Then she turned and smiled warmly at a noblewoman and a boy and girl.
Those were the family she acknowledged.
That night, the Shen family became a laughingstock.
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Xun Nanyan had endured a turbulent childhood and suffered every hardship imaginable. She learned early how cruel the world could be, but fortunately, she met the family who became hers.
Her gentle, tender mother stroked her cheek. "You will always be our pride."
Her handsome, rebellious younger brother followed right behind her. "My big sister is the most perfect and powerful person in the world!"
Her lively, sweet younger sister hugged her every day and acted spoiled. "I love you most, Big Sis! I want to be with you forever!"
The Shen family thought Xun Nanyan would be nothing without them. But the crown of glory had always belonged to her. In the end, all the Shen family could do was watch with reddened eyes as she showered the family she had chosen with affection, while they couldn't even see her.
Xun Nanyan was busy bidding on world-famous jewelry for her mother, buying a club for her younger brother, and choosing a riding stable for her younger sister.
She wanted to give them the very best the world had to offer.
Reader's Guide:
1. The female lead is an absolute powerhouse, with lots of people crushing on her one-sidedly.
2. The Shen family arc is pretty frustrating. Once she leaves them behind, it's smooth sailing and pure satisfaction all the way.
3. The writing is at an elementary-school level, with painfully cheesy wish fulfillment.
4. The male lead is basically a prop. How much he appears depends on whether the author remembers him.
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