A Daily Livestream of Gossip in the 1960S

I've revised the opening of this book so many times that writing it became incredibly difficult. When I reached the third story-within-a-story, I just couldn't bring myself to write another word. Sometimes I'd sit in front of my computer all day and still couldn't get it right. I'm going to reorganize the outline and revise the story first. Thank you all for supporting me up to this point. Ye Qingshuang's father died when she was five. After that, her mother remarried into the family of a paternal cousin, and she was left to suffer through a miserable life of beatings and never knowing where her next meal would come from. Then, that year, her own mother accepted a hefty bride price and married her off to an old widower who had beaten his previous wife to death. Ye Qingshuang ran away. As she lay at death's door, she became bound to a Gossip Livestream System. The Gossip Livestream System told her that if she started a livestream every day and went around gathering gossip, she would earn supplies. To make sure she had enough to eat and wear, Ye Qingshuang diligently went out gossip-hunting every day. [First livestream: received one beginner's gift pack.] Ye Qingshuang opened it, and rice, flour, cooking oil, salt, and sugar popped out one after another. An exchange shop appeared right after. [Her sister-in-law is the heroine of a reborn-and-repentance story.] After watching her sister-in-law's infamous encounter with her lover, she received ten roses from the viewer "Lingxiu." [The eldest son in the house across the yard transmigrated here and is a Dragon King.] After watching the Dragon King act like a badass, flirt with girls, and get hit with some face-slapping, she received one grenade from the viewer "Dragon King Is an Idiot." [The village party secretary's youngest daughter once found a ring that houses several ghosts from ancient times!] After applauding the village party secretary's youngest daughter as she danced in the classical style, she received one grenade from the viewer "Dancing Everywhere." With the gossip system along for the ride, Ye Qingshuang felt like she was seeing the world with a knife to her backside, day after day! She followed the gossip from the village to the city, then from the city to the capital. Then, one day, she stumbled across gossip about herself: she wasn't her mother's biological daughter! Ye Qingshuang: Her smile slowly vanished... * Coming soon, added August 20, 2022. Please add my next book to your reading list: "I Have Special Investigation Techniques" Lin Shuyue, the heir to a small martial arts school, died while trying to help someone in danger. But she didn't quite die. She transmigrated to a parallel timeline in the year 2000. Lin Shuyue came back to life, but not quite. Seeing that her life countdown had only thirty minutes left, she fell into deep thought. She became bound to a Good and Evil Detection System. All she had to do was catch criminals to extend her life! [Congratulations, Host, for capturing an A-grade wanted criminal. Reward: 168 hours of survival time.] [Congratulations, Host, for uncovering crucial evidence in a top-priority case. Reward: 100,000 yuan.] [Congratulations, Host, for catching an A-grade human trafficker. Reward: ...] A captured human trafficker: "I was running along just fine, then she came up and smacked me twice..." An S-grade wanted criminal: "She said she'd found a nice place for me, then took me to the police station..." A bureau chief: "Ahem, Detective Lin, when are you coming by for a visit?" A special task force leader: "Detective Lin, I heard you take on criminal investigation cases? We've got one here... The price is no problem!" Lin Shuyue: "Honestly, I just wanted to stay alive..." "Transmigrating to the 1970s: The System Wants Me to Be a Backup Girlfriend" When other people transmigrate, they become princes and nobles or young ladies from wealthy families. When Zuo You transmigrated, she became a young educated youth who'd fainted from hunger, without enough to eat or warm clothes. Before she had even caught her breath, she became bound to some contraption called the Backup Girlfriend System. Then she discovered that this little mountain village was full of hidden talents. The brigade leader's son is the male lead of a military-marriage story. The landlord's good-for-nothing son is the male lead of a sweet romance about a delicate beauty. The first male educated youth next door is the male lead of a reborn struggle-to-success story. The second male educated youth next door is the male lead of a romance about someone who transmigrates into a book. And there are plenty of male and female leads in the commune, too. The character Zuo You transmigrated into is meant to be the backup girlfriend for all these male leads. [Beep! Male Lead Number One detected. Host, prepare yourself, walk up to him, fall into his arms, and gaze into his eyes!] Zuo You: Hah. [Beep! Male Lead Number Two detected. Host, call out to him and give him all your food.] Zuo You: Heh. [Beep! Male Lead Number Three detected. Host, snatch the clothes from his hands and wash them for him.] Zuo You: Hehehe. [Beep! Male Lead Number Four detected. Host, help him finish the farmwork assigned to him.] Zuo You: Hehehehe. Backup Girlfriend System: Complete missions for generous rewards! If I can't do it, then let's just destroy everything. Even if the Jade Emperor himself showed up, I wouldn't become somebody's backup girlfriend. Go ahead and kill me if you dare. Theme: Stay positive and keep striving to grow, even in adversity.