The True Heiress with Eight Tentacles

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Gu Xiaoman, an octopus spirit, had an extremely bizarre dream.

In the dream, she was the real daughter of a wealthy family, but was presented to the outside world as an adopted daughter. Her parents and siblings treated her with cold mockery, and after her scumbag boyfriend emotionally abused her, broke up with her, and cut off contact, she was left with enormous debts. In despair, she took her own life.

Meanwhile, the fake heiress who had been switched at birth was a rising star in show business, backed by the wealthy Gu family. She had two older brothers who doted on her and parents who gave her everything she wanted. She lived in a mansion, drove luxury cars, and was pursued every day by countless outstanding men.

When she woke, Gu Xiaoman curled her lip in disdain. She was a popular talent agent in the industry, representing a double-award-winning actress, an international superstar, and a top-tier celebrity... A rising starlet was nowhere near the top of her roster.

Suddenly, her phone chimed with a text message.

[AAA Loan Company: You must repay 30,000 yuan by the end of this month, or you'll face the consequences!!!]

Gu Xiaoman froze on the spot and transformed back into her octopus form. Her eight tentacles tied themselves into a knot as she reluctantly accepted the truth.

She had transmigrated into a story about a real and fake heiress, as the tragic real daughter.

*

After pulling herself together, Gu Xiaoman decided to return to her old job as a talent agent.

But when she looked at the artists she'd recruited, she felt utterly desolate. There was a fragile white lotus villain who could cry on cue, a scheming green-tea villain, and a sharp-tongued villain who picked fights with the whole world...

Had she somehow ended up in a villains' den?

Thinking of her enormous debt, Gu Xiaoman went all out against the lazy, lackadaisical bunch.

“By the time you make it big, sharks will be eating vegetables.”

The fiercely self-respecting white lotus dabbed at her tears while taking notes on film analysis, then shone in I Am an Actor.

“Heh. Even an octopus would applaud you for a scheme this simple.”

The green tea's face, usually as calm and clever as a young Zhuge Liang, turned frighteningly dark. She frantically studied strategies from ancient and modern times, then repeatedly took first place in The Scriptwriting Competition.

“You make money slower than a tortoise.”

The sharp-tongued man, always proud and perpetually short on cash, took that right to heart. He devoted himself to studying classic quotes and became a sensation on Sharp Tongue.

With her one-hundred-million-yuan goal within reach, Gu Xiaoman smiled until her eyes narrowed. Her artists were working hard, but publicity had to keep up, too.

All eight tentacles got to work at once. She became their biggest fan and fan-site photographer, producing fanfiction, fan art, promotional images, video edits... She had it all. The artists under her management became overnight sensations, and endorsement deals and advertisements came one after another. Countless fans begged Gu Xiaoman to sign their favorite stars.

Meanwhile, the corner of a certain overbearing CEO's mouth curled upward. Watching the progress on the mission to save the villains steadily increase, he thought that saving them one by one was too slow. Why not start a joint company?

Upcoming novel: The (Debt-Ridden) Richest Tycoon Wants to Make Money

Having spent her previous life as a worker on a 007 schedule, He Yue was lucky enough to transmigrate into a book with the System, as the youngest daughter of a wealthy family, and their biological daughter at that.

With a workaholic older brother and a sister devoted to her career, she naturally decided to lie flat.

Every day, she drank tea and got her nails done with her friends. Her parents were loving, her family was harmonious, and life was blissfully easy.

Then one day, the System gave her some bad news: she was about to go from the richest person to the most indebted!

Because of the plot, her family would be tricked into signing a betting agreement, and someone would eventually take over their company. As the legal heir, she would inherit tens of millions in debt.

He Yue was struck by a bolt from the blue and cried a flood of tears. Everyone else inherited wealth, while she had to inherit debt.

To build the fortune she'd need to go from the most indebted person to the richest, He Yue flipped open the original book and started investing.

An unknown young actor with obvious breakout potential. Invest 3 million.

An overlooked director with talent. Add another 5 million.

Stocks on the rise. Buy, buy, buy.

Three months later.

Assets: -100,000,000

He Yue: I'm completely numb.

The System kindly revealed the truth: Your luck is too poor, and it's affecting the outcome.

Too unlucky? He Yue raised an eyebrow and immediately found the original novel's popular, sharp-tongued, arrogant male supporting character to borrow his luck.

The traditional pastries are delicious? Buy the shop outright.

That white horse looks handsome? Place a bet.

This area is well located? Develop it into housing.

Just like that, He Yue's assets kept growing.

But the male supporting character was starting to feel uncomfortable.

Why doesn't He Yue keep pursuing me for long?

[The female lead is focused on her career; the male lead falls for her on his own.]

Upcoming novel: The Good-for-Nothing Alchemist's Run-Down Clinic

[Modern cultivation setting]

Wen Jiangyue was the least talented good-for-nothing alchemist in the Yaomen Sect.

Every one of her senior brothers and sisters was a genius alchemist. They could cultivate qi in three days, kindle their heartfire in five, and quickly master the art of making top-grade Mystic-grade beauty pills in seven.

It took her two whole months just to sense spiritual energy, five months to kindle her heartfire, and after eight months she was still blowing up her furnace every day. In the end, she managed to make only the lowest-grade medicinal pill.

And yet she was the hardest-working disciple of them all. She had memorized countless medical texts, but was still called a bookish fool.

Her master sighed day after day. Because of her, she had become a laughingstock of the Yaomen Sect and the entire cultivation world.

*

While gathering herbs in a secret realm, Wen Jiangyue accidentally transmigrated to the modern world and unexpectedly inherited a run-down clinic.

To earn enough money (spirit stones) to get home, Wen Jiangyue had no choice but to bring out her shabby alchemy skills and boldly “swindle people out of their money.”

Beauty pills that preserve one's looks, alertness pills that improve memory, complexion pills that eliminate acne and scars...

Her customers came in droves, including top-tier stars, politicians, celebrities, and business tycoons.

Her competitors across the street could only stare in disbelief as one limited-edition luxury car after another lined up outside the run-down clinic.

*

In the postmodern world, spiritual energy was scarce, and cultivators were held in high esteem. Xu Zixu, who had suddenly become a master alchemist, discovered that several of his disciples had secretly gone to study at a run-down clinic.

Furious, Xu Zixu brought a crowd of fellow cultivators along to “expose the fraud.”

“What? You could cultivate qi in two months, kindle your heartfire in five, and make pills in eight?”

Wen Jiangyue lowered her head and looked down shamefacedly. “I know. I've always been the least talented.”

Hearing this, Xu Zixu wanted to bash his head against a pillar.

Then what did that make him?

A clown who took a year to cultivate qi?

(P.S. The main storyline is about growth. The female lead goes from insecurity to confidence.)

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