[Completed: General Manager Jiang, Please Stop Using Cat Paws to Act Cute and The Stand-In Celebrity Wants to Go Legit. After the Sweet-and-Satisfying Novel's Female Side Character Flips the Table is currently serializing. Coming soon: The Queen of Hong Kong Jewelry [Period]. The blurb is at the very bottom. Follow along if you're interested in reading it when it starts~
Liu Bicai, a corporate drone trapped in the 996 grind, transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the concubine-born daughter of the Left Vice Minister of War. With food and drink taken care of, she immediately decides to lie flat and enjoy life. Who knew that after only a few days of eating well and admiring handsome men, her family would be confiscated over a corruption case, making her the daughter of a convicted official? After her family falls into ruin, her relatives abandon her, and Liu Bicai can only pack up and retreat to the mountains.
Faced with a barren, uninhabited mountain, Liu Bicai fires bricks and cuts down trees, building a sturdy, cozy house.
Faced with a life on a tight budget, Liu Bicai puts waste to use and makes coconut charcoal as good as silver-thread charcoal, earning a tidy profit.
Not to mention, Liu Bicai grows vegetables, raises chickens, and cultivates flowers, making mountain life wonderfully fulfilling.
As a hundred-household commander in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Yao Huan hates corrupt officials more than anything. A corruption case has cost countless soldiers guarding the border their lives, so he despises Liu Bicai, a member of a convicted official's family.
When Liu Bicai decides to live in seclusion in the mountains, he suspects she has ulterior motives and follows her under surveillance, only to see her working hard.
When Liu Bicai sets out to collect discarded materials, he assumes she is struggling to make ends meet and feels sympathy for her, only to see her grow rich.
And what's more, the daughter of a convicted official whom everyone once scorned spends her own money and effort to defend her country. Yao Huan knows his heart is already filled with admiration and affection for her.
A little scene:
Dressed in plain clothes and carrying a pack, Yao Huan stands at a wisteria-draped gate and shouts, “Heroine, please take me in!”
Liu Bicai lounges in a chair, knitting a sweater, and says haughtily, “Split a load of firewood first, then we'll talk.”
Blurb for The Sweet-and-Satisfying Novel's Female Side Character Flips the Table:
The well-behaved Lin Jue has followed the rules her whole life, only to learn that her husband has betrayed her. He expects her to take the fall for his lover, and her cold-hearted boss fires her on the spot.
After leaping from a rooftop and being reborn twice, she discovers that she's actually one of the female side characters in a male-oriented System power fantasy. A few brief lines in the book sketch out her bleak life.
Lin Jue refuses to accept it. She breaks free from her family of origin, puts her two-faced coworker in her place, and takes down the boss who used PUA tactics on her. She will break free of the fate written for her in the book.
After she flips the table, her scumbag ex-husband Xu Mingxuan wants to turn over a new leaf, while her cold-hearted former boss Zhou Yu transforms into a sunny, handsome man and tries to seduce her.
As Xu Mingxuan makes a heartfelt confession in the pouring rain, Lin Jue receives a photo of him with his ex-girlfriend on her phone. Zhou Yu immediately sends her a message: “Sorry, I accidentally sent the wrong thing. Looks like I can't unsend it /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~”
Xu Mingxuan parachutes in as Lin Jue's boss, using his position to spend long hours with her. In less than half a day, Zhou Yu appears with an innocent smile and a huge order, specifically requesting Lin Jue to handle it.
Xu Mingxuan recounts his history with Lin Jue, trying to turn over a new leaf, over and over. Zhou Yu calmly takes out a photo and steps in front of Xu Mingxuan.
Xu Mingxuan roars, “What history do you have with her?”
Zhou Yu lowers his head bashfully. “That night... you have to take responsibility for me.”
Unable to listen any longer, Lin Jue accepts an invitation from industry big shot Wen Jingxing, dresses up, and heads to the banquet.
After she finishes a dance with Wen Jingxing, the lights in the venue suddenly go out. In the darkness, a pair of strong arms pull her into an embrace. Zhou Yu's breath brushes her ear. “Does Big Sis really think she can call me whenever she wants and send me away whenever she wants, like a little dog?”
Blurb for The Queen of Hong Kong Jewelry [Period]:
1979, Hong Kong.
Li Baolin comes from a village in Guangdong Province and lives in the cheapest partitioned room in a tenement building in Sham Shui Po.
She washes dishes at a cha chaan teng and sweeps the street of gold shops. Everyone calls her “Ah Chan.”
No one knows that Zhao Tiemei lives inside this body.
The granddaughter of a mainland silversmith from the 1950s, she grew up immersed in the craft and excels at traditional filigree and engraving.
The first time she makes gold jewelry for a customer, her hands are steadier than her heartbeat.
Uncle Hai says, “This girl's hands are a gift from heaven.”
Only she knows that her grandfather forged them through a lifetime of hammering.
From gold-shop apprentice to the first ordinary woman in Hong Kong to earn a De Beers license as a gem appraiser,
from “Chan Girl” to “Sister Baolin,” a name everyone on Gold Shop Street knows,
Zhao Tiemei fights her way to the top of Hong Kong with sheer grit.
The spoiled young heir of the Rong family, Rong Hanyang, scoffs when he first sees her: “Ah Chan thinks she's fit to handle diamonds?”
Later, he crouches outside the Wing Cheung Gold Shop, clumsily learning to sweep, his ears bright red. Even as all of Hong Kong laughs at him, he says, “Baolin, will you teach me goldsmithing?”
Theme: Lying flat doesn't mean giving up on life. Even little people can make a big difference
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It's very strange. Aren't the daughters of guilty ministers always admitted to the women's branch, the hospital, or exiled to a certain place? How could this woman exile herself into the mountains and forests at will?
I don't think there will be many people watching tonight, so I'll stop for the day and go out to dig through the trash cans to see what good things I can pick up~ I wish you all a happy Valentine's Day again, and even single people can find something~
I'm about to publish a new book, and there won't be a follow-up list, but I will insist on finishing this book without getting into trouble. I hope everyone will continue reading. Updates at 7pm every night, double updates during the seven days of Chinese New Year~
Sorry, I just got a new job and am very busy. Updates may be temporarily suspended for 1-2 days. I will adjust my work and update as soon as possible.
Happy New Year's Eve⊙▽⊙
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Thank you for your support. Today is the last day of 2022, and it is also my first book in Jinjiang. It will be updated twice at 7pm. I hope you all like it. I wish everyone good luck and good health in 2023!