Jiang Chan was a wisteria vine that had gained human form.
After dying one day, her last wisp of soul was seized by a System, which sent her into a period novel as a widow.
The original character had two children, one biological and one adopted. Both were cannon fodder in two different period novels. One was the legitimate eldest son, brought back from the mainland by his scumbag father to Hong Kong, where the story followed the ups and downs of the business world. The other was the real heiress abandoned in the bitter cold in a switched-at-birth story.
Raising the two children exhausted the original character. She died when they were both still under ten, and her children went on to meet the endings fate had already arranged for them.
After the Reform and Opening-Up, the son was taken in by his scumbag father. He died at sea while fighting the male lead for the family fortune. The daughter was found by her biological parents, but could never rival the fake heiress for their affection. In the end, she was abandoned by everyone...
The original character awakened when the male supporting character was born. Unable to accept her eventual fate, she ran away. That's why the cannon-fodder System grabbed a wisteria spirit to fill the role in the original story.
But the System had used up all its energy leaving a wisp of the wisteria spirit's soul behind in a lightning strike. It only had time to send the plot to the vine spirit before falling dormant.
It meant for the wisteria spirit to take the original character's place and live out the next few years, keeping the plot on course. But it didn't know that wisteria may look delicate, yet it can enchant people without even realizing it. One backward glance, half a whisper, a few teardrops, and others would be captivated, longing for her and rushing after her...
When the System finally replenished its energy and came back, it found two upright, wholesome cannon-fodder children who had clearly grown up surrounded by love, along with a crowd of powerful, influential bigwigs surrounding them, all hoping the children would call them Dad.
System: “...”
Where are my two profoundly unloved cannon-fodder children?
[Reading Guide]
1. The heroine is mildly universally adored, and genuinely gentle by nature.
2. Soap opera drama + male rivalry + multiple love interests + mild coercion + love triangle chaos!
3. The male leads have varied personalities. Some may be real jerks, and some may have coercive romance plots. Readers who dislike outlaws beyond the law should stay away.
4. There is rivalry between women as well as rivalry between men.
Theme: With effort, anything is possible.
