Zhizhi transmigrated, becoming the second daughter of the wealthy Song family in the capital.
Her eldest sister was the heroine of a reborn novel, with a script about a scumbag chasing his ex after losing her and the second male lead taking the lead.
Her little sister was the heroine of a novel she had transmigrated into, with a script about dumping the original male lead and getting a happy ending with the villain.
Everyone knew the Song family had two daughters, both breathtaking beauties, but no one knew about the unremarkable Zhizhi.
Her father favored the eldest daughter, and her mother favored the youngest. Caught between them, Zhizhi was practically invisible.
So when a fire broke out in the house, her father worried about his sickly eldest daughter and her mother about their young daughter. Only after the fire was put out did they remember to ask where Zhizhi had gone.
At dawn, they found her in the back courtyard, covered in soot.
Her father breathed a sigh of relief and laughed. "You're the child we worry about least."
...It seemed she couldn't stay in this family much longer.
To get away from home, Zhizhi picked out a sweet, innocent young man for herself.
He was a young scholar with a respectable family, handsome, long-legged, and blessed with a lovely voice. He was just terribly shy, blushing whenever she teased him.
Zhizhi happily thought, "He's the one."
*
Qin Mo, heir to the Marquis of Jingchuan, was a man with nothing in his heart but ambition.
One night, he dreamed that he had a deep connection with the wealthy Song family.
The eldest Song daughter was madly in love with him, but he naturally had no interest in her. Yet when she turned to another man's arms, he became so lovesick he was ready to die.
The third Song daughter was in love with him too. He still had no interest in her, of course. She eventually married his sworn enemy, and the two of them conspired to kill him.
...Outrageous.
After waking, Qin Mo paid a visit to the Song residence.
There he met a little girl in green, quiet, sensible, and well-behaved. She always took good care of herself, because no one else would.
And then he really did fall hopelessly in love.
The little girl liked scholars, so he temporarily gave up the martial arts to study literature. He dressed like a scholar and practiced calligraphy and memorized books in the middle of the night, frightening his parents into hiring a Taoist priest to drive away evil spirits.
Qin Mo didn't care.
He waited and waited, until one day the girl called Zhizhi finally said, "If you're willing, go ask my father for my hand in marriage, all right?"
His heart surged. He was so excited that he couldn't speak for a moment.
But Zhizhi thought he was hesitating, and said earnestly, "I know you're short of money, and your writing is terrible. You'll probably end up sleeping on the street and drinking the northwest wind. Don't worry, I've saved up a lot of money. If you listen to me, I'll support you."
[Reading Guide]
- The male lead has no romantic entanglements with the heroine's sisters.
[Blurb written on 2022.09.16]
Theme: There will always be someone who treasures you above all else.