After being reborn, Nan Rong only wanted to stay far away from the scumbag she'd loved in her previous life and live an ordinary life, neither exciting nor dull, with everything going smoothly. She wasn't beautiful, and she didn't believe a prince could ever fall in love with Cinderella.
Who could have guessed that on the very first day after her rebirth, the prince would act completely out of character and come looking for her? "What's your name?"
Nan Rong began to stray from the life she was meant to live. She wasn't supposed to be beautiful, but she grew more and more beautiful. She wasn't supposed to stand out, but she grew more and more remarkable.
Song Wei, the dazzling, arrogant campus heartthrob, told her, "You're not the Nan Rong you used to be."
Nan Rong was confused. But if I'm not Nan Rong, then who could I be? The answer came in the form of strange dreams that appeared out of nowhere. In one, she was in the Republic of China era, her figure graceful in a qipao. In another, she was in ancient times, surrounded by a crowd of admirers, her skirts fluttering as she danced.
But through all the changes in her dreams, Song Wei's handsome face remained the same, as did that mysterious Rebirth Workshop.
This story has a happy ending.
The setting is entirely fictional, with plenty of original worldbuilding.
Please add my new story, "The Little White Flower Reborn as a Movie Queen", to your reading list!
Blurb:
Shu Zhiqiao was once the entertainment industry's hottest grand-slam movie queen. Pure and fragile, with a captivating beauty, she seemed to have it all: everyone knew she came from a perfect family, with parents and siblings who adored her. Yet at the height of her career, she chose to marry into a wealthy family, becoming the wife of Gu Shengyi, heir to a financial dynasty. She lived the life of a pampered rich man's wife, with food and clothing brought to her on demand. Her fans abandoned her in droves, and the entire internet tore into her until she could barely recover.
Then a headline came out of nowhere: Superstar Shu Zhiqiao was suing her own parents and siblings, claiming that she'd been abused since childhood and vowing to cut ties with them! At the same time, she was taking on the young master of a wealthy family, suing the Gu family for divorce!
The gossip-hungry public was stunned and watched for the truth. But on the day the entire internet was livestreaming the Shu family's drama, a black car came out of nowhere and dragged Shu Zhiqiao under its wheels!
Shu Zhiqiao opened her eyes to find herself back in the body of a tiny little girl. Holding a small bowl, she stood at the table, eating rice, while her mother served the last two pieces of braised pork to her older and younger brothers. Shu Zhiqiao blinked, stretched out her chopsticks, and snatched the meat. Her younger brother's face turned green, and he charged over to bite her. Shu Zhiqiao shoved him with one hand, and he fell off his chair. The whole family stared in disbelief! Shu Zhiqiao said nothing. She calmly sat down in the newly vacated chair and ate!
I've already died once. I'm done pretending! A little white flower on the outside, a thorny rose within!
As the sun set, young Ruiyuan hurried down the road with his head lowered and his schoolbag on his back. His shadow stretched far behind him, and no one walked beside him.
"Hey, Ruiyuan!"
Someone called him. Ruiyuan looked up and saw a little girl walking toward him with a workbook in her hand. Her smile sent chills down little Ruiyuan's spine.
"Ruiyuan, let me tell you a secret. I can tell fortunes, and you're going to be a superstar!" She held up the workbook. Ruiyuan saw that it was covered in crooked handwriting. "Here, this is a contract. Since we're classmates, I'll show you the ropes. What do you say?"
Little Ruiyuan looked her up and down, then walked around her... and kept going.
Shu Zhiqiao clicked her tongue. "Hmph! What terrible manners!"
The young master of the Gu family, Gu Shengyi, quickly accepted the fact that he had been reborn as soon as he regained consciousness.
He didn't care about much else. He was especially thrilled that he finally had a chance to save the woman he'd loved all his life! He didn't want to spend every day facing Shu Zhiqiao, the stand-in, as he had in his previous life.
But when his true love appeared before him, he found himself puzzled. Why didn't his heart race as much as he'd imagined?
Theme: Treasure life.