Transmigrated Into an Imperial Exam Novel as the Eldest Sister Supporting the Family

Young Lady Luo Yan wakes up one morning and discovers that she has transmigrated into a book.

She has become the eldest daughter of a down-on-his-luck scholar in an imperial-examination novel, the most insignificant cannon fodder of them all.

In the book, she is beautiful, clever, and quick-witted, but because she has to look after her younger brother and serve her father while he studies, she remains unmarried for years.

By the time she is old enough that she has no choice but to marry, her own father sells her for fifty taels of silver to a brutal local gentryman as his second wife.

The original Luo Yan gives in to despair and drowns herself.

But even after death, she cannot rest in peace. For the sake of money, her shameless father slanders her, claiming she was involved with the male lead and died for love of him, then demands compensation from him.

Luo Yan rises from the dead just as the male lead takes pity on the original Luo Yan and plans to give her father money so she can be laid to rest.

Looking at her father and younger brother, who are scared out of their wits, Luo Yan gives them a sinister smile. You scumbags, your comeuppance is here!

Young Lady Luo Yan whips her trash of a father and brother into shape. Seeing that the male lead is truly poor, she casually gives him a few great ideas for making money.

The guy was decent to the original Luo Yan, so it is only right that she repay him a little on her behalf. Who would have thought the male lead would be so greedy? He wants both her money and her.

At first, Chu Ling helps Luo Yan only because he pities her. They live in the same village, and they are both unmarried despite being well past the usual age for marriage. Helping her out is a good deed.

It's just that Chu Ling never expected helping her to become addictive. When one day Luo Yan no longer needs him, he feels so lost.

When Luo Yan has saved enough silver and is about to go their separate ways, Chu Ling works up the courage and, blushing, says to her, "A business needs someone powerful to back it. I'm good at studying, and I'll definitely become a high-ranking official someday. Stay with me, and let me be your backing for the rest of your life, okay?"

"I know you don't like men taking multiple wives and concubines. As it happens, I only want to spend my life with one person, too. What do you say? Could we give it a try?"

Luo Yan is horrified.

This is bad. She was so intent on raising his favorability that she went too far, and now the future regent, who will devote his life to the country and never marry, has fallen for her. What is she supposed to do?

Looking into Chu Ling's sincere eyes and seeing how nervous he is, Luo Yan is so flustered by his confession that she forgets to turn him down.

Theme: Self-respect and self-love