A History of Making a Fortune Through Bartering

Lin Xianyu Refuses to Be a Do-Nothing!

Blurb One:

Though she was born into a humble family with little money, Lin Xianyu used the bartering handbook the System loaned her to trade for supplies. She rose to become a noble family's heiress, no longer a poor farm girl.

Just as her worth climbed and she planned to help her whole family prosper, she was drawn into the secrets of the great houses. Several factions were quietly plotting, while Lin Xianyu found herself caught in the middle and enjoying all the perks.

Blurb Two:

Lin Xianyu was only going to attend a birthday banquet. She never imagined she would be kidnapped and sold to a brothel! And the person who sold her was a prince!

As if that weren't bad enough, the emperor, old enough to be her uncle, took a liking to her. She was beside herself with despair!

But before long, Lin Xianyu found herself admiring the brave soul who dared to compete with the emperor for her!

Blurb Three:

Her father was a herb gatherer who suddenly became an imperial examination official. Her mother had been a village woman, but after some research, she reinvented herself as a jade appraiser.

With parents like these, wasn't she already living the good life? The family fortune and noble title would be hers one day!

The System waited a long time for her to become rich, then showed up again and demanded an outrageous price. Well, it wasn't as if she'd ever used it much!

A new story launches on January 1: After Returning to the Capital with a Yandere. Blurb:

Shen Furu transmigrated one day and found herself as Jiang Chiyan's maid.

As they spent day after day together, she learned that the obedient little boy she served was a yandere. He had done plenty of things like catching snakes to bite people and setting clothes on fire.

She saw him with her own eyes, under the moonlight, toss a venomous snake he'd caught that day beside someone. The victim went to sleep and never woke up.

To survive in Yunling in peace, Shen Furu decided to get along with him.

The two shared a bed through bitter winter cold and bared their bodies together in sweltering summer heat.

After two hard years of caring for Jiang Chiyan, Shen Furu finally got her chance: the emperor, moved by fatherly affection, summoned his son back to Minjing.

Being by Jiang Chiyan's side was too dangerous. At any moment, he might kill her. After careful observation, Shen Furu decided that the third prince of the Min dynasty, Huai Jinwo Yu, was virtuous and noble, making him the perfect next place to land.

Once she was by his side, she thought she could quietly and peacefully slip away for good.

But...

[Little Scene]

"I've put the coral-and-glass cup we bought yesterday in the storeroom."

Jiang Chiyan acted as if he hadn't heard her.

"The kitchen made lotus-blossom dew cakes early this morning."

Jiang Chiyan shot her a sidelong glance with his dark eyes.

That afternoon, Shen Furu left the bedroom carrying the untouched lotus-blossom dew cakes. As she turned the corner, a young servant came through the door, scattering the cakes across the floor and knocking her down.

The servant's expression was scornful, nothing like his usual manner.

From where she lay, Shen Furu saw the person inside curl his lips into a strange smile, seeming almost pleased.

She knew he was deliberately snubbing her because he resented her for thinking she could climb into the third prince's favor and leave him behind.

But Shen Furu wasn't a pushover. Surely she could handle a boy in his teens!

After acting considerate and giving in, she was once again Jiang Chiyan's senior maid.

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