The Foil Enjoys the Gossip in the Compound [The 1970S]

The Crown Princess Just Wants to Lie Flat and Eat Gossip is now being serialized. Coming soon: Entertainment Company Simulator [1998], The Empress Consort in a Palace Intrigue Novel Just Wants to Survive Completed works: The Marquis’s Bastard Daughter Just Wants to Eat Gossip, The Salted-Fish Life of the Foil in a Household-Intrigue Novel (Transmigrated into a Book), The Long-Lived Consort Ding Just Wants to Lie Flat. Thanks! Blurb Lin Ying survived for ten years in the apocalypse, but in the end she still starved to death. Unexpectedly, after dying she transmigrated into a period novel. In the book, Lin Ying was the heroine Su Beibei’s neighbor. She married into the same crowded compound as Su Beibei and served as her foil. Su Beibei had a happy marriage, while Lin Ying’s marriage was a complete mess. Su Beibei had three sons, while Lin Ying remained childless for years. When Su Beibei used her knowledge as a transmigrator to open her husband’s eyes, quit her job, start a business, and build a good life, Lin Ying stubbornly insisted on staying at a small factory. In the end, she was laid off when the factory restructured. Lin Ying was jealous of Su Beibei’s life and made such a fuss that her husband, Shao Mingyuan, lost his job at the hospital and was laid off. His attempt to start a business failed, leaving him deeply in debt. But to the Lin Ying of today, this era had plenty to eat and drink and no natural disasters. She was very satisfied. The compound where she lived was crowded and lively, and she was even more satisfied that there was fresh gossip to enjoy every day. What, the laziest young man in the compound has his eye on the prettiest girl there? What, the couple next door are getting divorced because of the mother-in-law? What, the loving couple in the compound can’t have children, and their child was adopted? What, Widow Li got together with Uncle Hu to get a job? It’s just that her new husband is a little hard to deal with. Still, it’s not so bad. He’s busy with work and hardly ever comes home, but he never misses a month of living expenses. He’s handsome and refined, with every hair in place, gold-rimmed glasses, and a job as a doctor. He’s the very picture of a gentlemanly cad, exactly Lin Ying’s type. She suddenly feels that having a husband might not be so bad after all. As for his work, she supports him, absolutely! But why is he coming home more and more often? While Su Beibei manages the day-to-day lives of her whole family, Lin Ying eats gossip and watches the show. While Su Beibei deals with a bunch of awful relatives, Lin Ying snacks on the gossip and gathers material, turning it into a novel. While Su Beibei takes care of three sons and runs herself ragged, Lin Ying’s novel becomes famous, and she gets into university! While Su Beibei is busy advising her husband as he starts a business after being laid off, Lin Ying uses her royalties to buy a pile of houses and waits for their value to rise. With Lin Ying’s support, Shao Mingyuan also completes the country’s first heart transplant operation, and people can’t get an appointment with him even if they have money. Notes: 1. One-on-one romance, happy ending. 2. A slow-paced story about everyday family life. 3. The characters’ views are not the author’s. Everything is shaped by the plot and circumstances. 4. There are lots of other great stories here. If this one isn’t for you, find something you like instead. Don’t force yourself to read it. Let’s all enjoy our stories in peace. Thank you. 5. Includes fake marriage, marrying first and falling in love later, and marriage by agreement. Coming soon: Shi Huaizhi transmigrated. The first time, the System told her she only needed to complete the main storyline of a life-simulation game to return to the modern world and enjoy an easy, happy life. After working herself to the bone to clear the game, the System malfunctioned, and she didn’t make it back. The second time, the System told her that if she completed the main storyline of another stage of the game, becoming empress and then empress dowager, she could go home. Shi Huaizhi had no choice. To get back, she agreed. She planned to find out whether this “unknown dynasty” in the game had a selection of palace consorts, and see if she could get into the palace. But when that stupid System lifted the restriction on the setting, she discovered that her surname was actually Gūwalgiya, and this was the Qing dynasty! Well, that was convenient. She didn’t have to go through the selection after all. An imperial decree bestowed the title of Crown Princess on her and married her to Yinreng. Everyone knew that being a crown prince was one of the most dangerous jobs in ancient times. Half of all crown princes met tragic ends, and Yinreng’s fate was even worse: he was deposed twice, reinstated twice, and ultimately died under house arrest. If a crown prince couldn’t survive, how could his crown princess fare any better? From the thirty-fourth year of the Kangxi reign to the fifty-first, she was Crown Princess for only sixteen years. After being placed under house arrest, she died five or six years later, not even forty years old. The System had set her up! But Shi Huaizhi suddenly discovered that after her marriage, the mission had been completed automatically! So being Crown Princess counted as an achievement too, and she could go home! She didn’t have to die, so why wait? Lie flat and eat gossip! Enjoy these extra sixteen years of leisure! This is the Qing dynasty. There’s gossip everywhere. What, Consort De and Consort Yi are arguing again? What, the Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince are leaving the Fourth Prince out of their games? What, Kangxi wants the Crown Prince’s undergarments? What, Consort Hui and Kangxi had a fight? What, Kangxi and Ma Qi got into a fight at court? Yinreng didn’t have many expectations for his Crown Princess. The woman his father chose would surely be virtuous and talented, fit to become empress one day. And she certainly seemed to be. When he met her, the young woman was smiling brightly, poised and graceful, without a trace of shyness or nervousness on her wedding night. That was fine by him. He could trust her with the Yungcheng Palace. But he hadn’t expected this Crown Princess to be so different from what he’d imagined. When the Side Consort brought people to pay their respects, the Crown Princess really did nothing but serve them tea before immediately showing them out. The Side Consort was so unsettled that she hurried to him to apologize. When the First Prince held a first-birthday celebration for his daughter, the Crown Princess really did nothing but play with the child. The people who had wanted to sow discord between the First Prince and the Crown Prince didn’t know what to do. Consort De and the Fourth Prince had fallen out, so he asked the Crown Princess to comfort her. Just as everyone was saying that Consort De didn’t dislike the Fourth Prince, the Crown Princess said that her own father had died when she was very young, so her situation was worse. The Fourth Prince really was comforted by that. How did that make any sense? When he argued with the Emperor, she said nothing to his face, but behind his back she remarked, “A widower raising a kid, hoping the child will be a daddy’s boy, and the kid won’t cooperate.” He began to worry a little. Could she really be a good Crown Princess? As it turned out, she not only became a good Crown Princess, but also a good empress and empress dowager. Entertainment Company Simulator Starlight is a business and life-simulation game. Players can freely choose their background, looks, and talents. Whether they want to be an idol, singer, actor, director, or something else, they can ultimately reach the top of the entertainment world and become a shining star. Shang Qingwu, an office worker, often played this game during breaks. One night, after working overtime until late, she suddenly saw a menu appear before her, her eyes bleary and her head spinning. “Choose one of the following careers: actor, singer, idol, screenwriter, director, model, or talent agent. Countdown: 5, 4, 3...” Shang Qingwu blinked, unable to believe it was real. She assumed she was hallucinating from working overtime, but after staying at the office until the early hours, she didn’t care anymore. With a tap, she chose the last option: talent agent. The reason was simple. In this game, only a talent agent could become a boss and open a company. Shang Qingwu had only been working for two years, but she’d already gained thirty pounds. She constantly used eye drops and had pain patches on her neck, wrists, and waist. She could hear her own heartbeat while working overtime in the early morning, and her watch often warned her that her stress levels were too high. Shang Qingwu didn’t want to be an employee for the rest of her life, so of course she chose to become a boss! Then she was sent to 1998. Hong Kong entertainment was at the end of its golden age, but still boasted a galaxy of stars and tremendous influence. Meanwhile, Taiwan’s entertainment industry was constantly releasing albums and filming idol dramas, soon to shape a generation’s memories of their youth. Compared with those industries, mainland China’s entertainment scene was still in its infancy, with a wide-open market waiting to be tapped. Looking at her drastically changed surroundings, Shang Qingwu realized this was real. She composed herself and set out to complete her first mission. “Current mission: Sign an artist. Reward: 100,000 yuan.” She couldn’t just pick anyone for her first artist. Shang Qingwu quickly thought of someone: an NPC from the original game, Starlight’s antagonist, whom players were bound to encounter whether they chose to become an actor, singer, model, or director: Ye Chen. He started as a model, then became a triple threat in film, television, and music, before eventually transitioning to directing. No matter which path the protagonists took, they were bound to run into Ye Chen as an obstacle. They had to surpass him to earn the title of superstar. If it really was 1998, then according to the game’s timeline he hadn’t entered the entertainment industry yet. Shang Qingwu was determined to get him. But when Shang Qingwu set off full of confidence, she barely got out, “Hello, I’m a talent agent, and I...” before she was turned away. Why had nobody told her Ye Chen was so difficult to deal with? Every time she saw his character profile, it said he was easygoing and approachable! When Shang Qingwu finally managed to sign Ye Chen and saw the 100,000-yuan reward sitting in her bank account, she became instantly determined to sign artists, start a company, and make a fortune! After Shang Qingwu opened her first talent agency, the System told her she had unlocked the entertainment company storyline. Within a few years, Shang Qingwu’s agency had become a top company in the country, with stars everywhere. It had almost monopolized the idol market and even owned its own film and television app and music app. The production company’s television dramas became hit after hit, and its films topped the box office every year, grossing over ten billion worldwide and sweeping the world’s top awards. Later, when people dug into Shang Qingwu’s entertainment empire, they realized that everything they watched, listened to, and idolized came from the same person. 2025.9.13 Theme: Care about the world, and do your best to live each day well.