The Ancestor and Their Infamous Junior Go Viral on a Variety Show

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Here's the blurb:

Shen Zhizhi, the spoiled, lazy Empress Dowager of Northern Zhou, transmigrates into a book. Since she can't lift a finger or tell grains apart from weeds, Shen Zhizhi decides to find an outstanding younger generation to support her first (proud face).

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#Top-tier star Shen Yan is about to appear on Dear Family with his great-aunt and their relatives#, and the haters are already stirring.

Great-aunt? Who the hell brings an old lady onto a variety show these days? They'll do anything for traffic!

Isn't Shen Yan's bad temper probably because this old lady spoiled him?

Day One of the Show

The original heroine's family makes a simple, elegant, affectionate, low-key entrance, and the audience showers them with praise.

Then Shen Zhizhi and Mother Shen make a stunning entrance in matching Northern Zhou limited-edition phoenix coronets and wedding robes, stealing the show completely.

Behind them, the two Shen men follow along, holding up their skirts, hurrying to offer umbrellas and water. They wait on them hand and foot, as docile as two maids.

Netizens: This is an outrageous level of wealth...

Netizens: What kind of old lady looks like that? Gorgeous lady, look at me!

Day Two of the Show

The original heroine goes all out, deliberately creating the image of a perfect, warm, loving family, and presenting herself as a sweet, flawless girl.

Meanwhile, at the Shen house, Shen Zhizhi and Mother Shen lie on the sofa, snacking on melon seeds and watching TV. The top-tier star, who usually ignores everyone, and his father rush around mopping the floor, washing dishes, and doing the cooking and laundry. They even crouch beside Shen Zhizhi like little dogs, begging for praise.

Shen Zhizhi: Pretty average. Try harder next time.

So the two men get back to work with renewed vigor, earning money to support the household.

Netizens: Is this for real?

Day N of the Show

The original heroine can't keep up the act anymore. Her true nature comes out, her perfect image collapses, and she suffers a backlash, becoming universally hated online.

Meanwhile, Shen Zhizhi's family remains firmly under her thumb. The cool, cocky top-tier star has been tamed into a soft little lamb, and the domineering CEO has become a gentle, lovable househusband.

#Learn about being the queen of the household!#

The Shen family unexpectedly wins everyone over, turning their reputation around and going viral across the internet. But when people see Shen Zhizhi's personal credentials, their jaws drop.

Expert at the Huaguo Cultural Relics Research Center, Huaguo national first-class relic restorer, specially invited guest of the National Museum of Huaguo...

Netizens: I am so ridiculously jealous.

When Shen Zhizhi casually shows off an entire wardrobe full of magnificent phoenix coronets older than their ancestors, the netizens turn into sour lemons.

#Ancestress, do you need another granddaughter?#

#Ancestress, I'm your long-lost biological granddaughter!#

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Everything has gone well for Shen Zhizhi since she transmigrated. The only downside is that she has just two maids to attend to her, and sometimes has to go mooch a meal at the Cultural Relics Bureau compound. But the more she looks at the antique shop owner, the more she thinks he looks like her short-lived dead husband.

Let me recommend my upcoming novel: I Became a National Treasure-Level Actress with the Grindset System

Hardworking employee Xu Jinhuan transmigrates one day and becomes a pitiful nobody in the entertainment industry, someone anyone can bully.

The System tells her that if she doesn't want to die, she has to become a grindset queen: work her way up from a minor cannon-fodder role to become an actress, win the Best Actress award, reach the pinnacle of life, and claim the System's ten-billion-yuan reward!

Grindset queen Xu Jinhuan: Isn't this exactly what I've been waiting for? As long as there's money in it, I'll grind anywhere!

System: If you successfully audition for a minor role in a Hong Kong drama, you'll gain one point in Cantonese.

Xu Jinhuan: Got it! I've already successfully auditioned for minor roles in Hong Kong dramas, Cantonese opera, and co-productions between China and the U.S. and China and Korea. Can I get the points all at once?

System: ...

System: If you memorize all your lines overnight, you'll gain one point of favor with the director.

Xu Jinhuan: I've memorized ten whole scripts. Can I get ten directors to favor me at once?

System: ...

System: If you learn the dance for tomorrow's shoot overnight, you'll gain one point in agility.

Xu Jinhuan: I've learned dancing, sword dancing, fan dancing, boxing, and kung fu! Can you raise my strength, jumping, agility, and stamina stats all at once?

Grindset System: Which one of us is the grindset queen here, you or me?!

With the help of the Grindset System, Xu Jinhuan goes from a pitiful nobody to a nationally celebrated Best Actress, changes the course of her life, claims the ten-billion-yuan reward, and reaches the pinnacle of life.

In the end, she even becomes a national treasure-level actress, sought after by the world's greatest directors.

Grindset System: First of all, I'm very grateful to my Host. I'm also very grateful to my Host. And finally, I'm extremely grateful to my Host! Without her, I wouldn't have a future!

Theme: I will cross a thousand hardships just to reach your side.