I Hit Rock Bottom, Then Reached the Pinnacle of Life

[My new story, The Cold, Ruthless Factory Director's Favorite, is now underway!] She had barely married into the family when her husband's household became embroiled in a battle for the throne. Her father-in-law was beheaded, and the entire family was exiled. Her newlywed husband died in prison, and in their desolate place of exile, she was forced to marry her younger brother-in-law. At long last, the family clawed its way back to prosperity, only for her to be declared "dead of illness" to cover up a scandal. That was the tragic life of the original owner of her body. Gu Wan has just transmigrated, and finds herself in prison, awaiting exile after being implicated in the family's troubles. Gu Wan: "..." With a future this bleak... can she still try to turn things around? Gu Wan plucks a ruby earring hidden in her disheveled bun and thinks it over. Perhaps she can start by saving the husband who's supposedly the most dashing young gentleman in the capital, but is actually about to kick the bucket. In the end, Gu Wan concludes that the person she saved is probably some kind of walking cheat code. And while the two of them slowly learn to work together, he somehow leads her all the way to the pinnacle of life. Also, without even realizing it, she wins the heart of the original heroine's unattainable, untouchable white moonlight, the very person whose presence brings her pain. ① She was declared "dead of illness" because the new emperor gave the order. The whole family died together; it wasn't the in-laws targeting the original owner. (Xie Ci from her previous life didn't know this.) [My upcoming story, The Cold, Ruthless Factory Director's Favorite, is now underway! ↓] (Visit my author page to check it out.) When Shen Xing first transmigrated, she never dreamed she'd spend half her life entangled with a member of the eunuch faction. That day, with enemy troops at the gates, she asked Pei Xuansu: If you could live your life over, what would you wish for? She said: If I could do it all again, I wouldn't want to be empress dowager. I was just the daughter of the man who castrated eunuchs in the palace, so I would simply be a palace maid and keep my head down until I was twenty-five, then leave the palace. What about you? After a long silence, the man who had spent half his life cold and ruthless let out a bitter laugh. "If there is another life, just ask your dear father, the knife grinder, to go easy on me." Oh, so she was supposed to save him from that, huh? Who could have known that her words would come true? Shen Xing returns to her lively sixteen-year-old self, in that dim, damp little room. Pei Xuansu is tied tightly to a bench, covered in blood and beaten until not a single patch of him is unbruised. Blood runs down his forehead. Outside, she hears her father sharpening his knife. Shen Xing rubs her chin. She's suddenly hit upon a new idea. Perhaps she could try finding herself a powerful backer? ① A knife grinder: someone whose profession is castrating eunuchs. ② The male lead's profession in his previous life is right there in the title: a cold, ruthless factory director. ③ The main plot and romance are also right there in the title! A fun, light read! ④ In his previous life, the male lead was a real eunuch. In this life, he's pretending to be one. Theme: Hope lies in tomorrow.