The Real Heiress Makes a Fortune Selling at a Stall in a Period Novel

[New novel preorder: The Drama Queen of the Compound Is Everyone's Favorite]

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After Jiang Sui transmigrated into a book, she always thought she was on a “devoted sister helps her younger brother” comeback-and-face-slapping route. It wasn't until her birth parents came looking for her that she learned she had been cast in a story about the real and fake daughters.

The fake daughter had everything she could want: a mansion, a car, and her very own first mobile phone at just twenty years old.

Meanwhile, Jiang Sui, the real daughter, had grown up in the countryside. She was timid and unsophisticated, unloved by her father and ignored by her mother. Her adoptive parents and younger brother drained her dry, and she worked herself to death.

In her first month after transmigrating into the book, Jiang Sui decided to seize the opportunities of the times and take her first step toward starting her own business by selling snacks from a street stall!

But just as her snack business was getting off the ground, her adoptive parents tried to marry her off to a greasy, bald deputy factory manager, a divorcé with a child, so they could save up a “marriage fund” for their son.

Before Jiang Sui could resolve that problem, her birth parents came looking for her and asked her to take the real daughter's place and fulfill her betrothal, marrying a “lame old man.”

The “old man” was five years older than her. He had just returned from the army, injured his foot, and was using a wheelchair. He also had a younger brother in tow, a difficult, eccentric boy who was said to be hard to get along with.

After weighing her options, Jiang Sui chose the latter.

Her betrothed might be difficult, but at least he was an officer, with strict discipline and good benefits. And with his handsome looks, he was still a far better option than a greasy bald man.

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Word got around that the new bride in the military compound had set up a snack stall nearby, selling all kinds of tasty treats.

Sizzling squid and pan-fried buns; spicy rice cakes and takoyaki;

savory pancakes and mung bean cakes; candied hawthorns and stuffed pancakes;

brown sugar ice jelly and soup dumplings; crispy fried ribs and sweet potato fries...

The delicious food made everyone drool and left them eager for a taste. Long lines formed in front of the stall every day, where the pretty young wife in her apron bustled around with a bright smile.

Word spread, and people came from far and wide, not only to try the authentic delicacies, but also to catch a glimpse of the young wife behind the stall.

When the news reached home, Ji Chao finally couldn't sit still.

The very next day, people spotted Ji Chao, the cold and stern man who terrified new recruits, helping clear tables and chairs at the snack stall. With a grim expression, he sent away yet another customer who had come to flirt with his wife.

He stuck close to her every step of the way, carrying a thermos and fussing over her. “Honey, are you thirsty? Tired? Want to take a break and have some water? Leave the heavy work to me.”

The new recruits happened to be passing by. “!!!” They had to be seeing things!

Ji Chao had never planned to get married, but his family kept nagging him, insisting that he meet the girl he'd been promised to as a child.

Unable to refuse his family, he left the army, injured and in a wheelchair, and went to the restaurant where the blind date was taking place.

He thought his appearance would scare his prospective bride away. But at first sight of the delicate young woman before him, whose smile was like a sunflower, his heart skipped a beat.

She clearly didn't know about his condition. Seeing his wheelchair, she carefully looked after him, taking care not to bring up his painful memories.

Ji Chao tried several times to explain, but when the young woman offered to push his wheelchair, he closed his mouth again.

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Jiang Zhenzhen saw her entire life in a dream. The first thing she did after waking was cry and refuse to go on the blind date, insisting that Jiang Sui should go in her place.

In the dream, she'd looked down on the engineer who pursued her, and Jiang Sui had ended up with an incredible bargain: within a few years, she became the wife of the richest man in the city.

This time, Jiang Zhenzhen wouldn't let Jiang Sui enjoy such a good life, no matter what.

So she agreed to the engineer's advances without hesitation, planning to marry him and live a good life. She also looked forward to seeing Jiang Sui rejected by Ji Chao and then married off to a divorced old man with a child.

But instead of hearing that Jiang Sui had been rejected, she heard that Jiang Sui and Ji Chao had married. Not long afterward, Jiang Sui got into college and opened a chain of restaurants. Her life and business both flourished.

Looking at the mess in her own home, Jiang Zhenzhen nearly blacked out. “What is this supposed to mean?!”

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Note:

1. The leads are five years apart in age.

2. The story is set in an alternate version of a bygone era.

--------------------Preorder Synopsis--------------------

The Drama Queen of the Compound Is Everyone's Favorite

Wen Qiao is a little drama queen.

She's spoiled, willful, and gorgeous, with snow-white skin, long black curls, a small cherry mouth, and a slender waist. Even when she throws a tantrum, she has a charming, unusual grace.

Among all the boys in the compound, Wen Qiao is the undisputed darling and everyone's favorite. People look out for her wherever she goes, and she's been doted on her whole life.

Even when she takes a whim and decides to become an actress, a group of big shots stand behind her to protect her, and no one dares cross her.

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Then one day, Wen Qiao discovers by accident that she's merely a cannon-fodder side character in a comeback story set in a bygone era.

The male lead she loves only sees her as someone to use, taking advantage of her connections to ingratiate himself with people in the compound.

His promise to marry her is just a ploy to make her willingly pave the way for the heroine and serve as her stepping stone.

And Wen Qiao has been blinded by love.

For the male lead, she gives the heroine the scripts and resources custom-made for her, wholeheartedly planning to be the woman behind him. She takes care of everything at home and cooks for him.

For the male lead, she cuts ties with everyone in the compound, gives him all her savings without conditions, supports his career, and smiles her way through business dealings on his behalf.

Later, the heroine uses Wen Qiao's resources and scripts to become a celebrated new actress. The male lead uses Wen Qiao's connections and money to make a comeback, turn the tables, and rise to prominence as a business tycoon.

Their love is praised as a match made in heaven and becomes a celebrated romance.

Meanwhile, after having everything of value squeezed out of her and losing everyone around her, Wen Qiao is cruelly abandoned by the male lead.

In the end, people even call her willful and spoiled, saying she got what she deserved.

Wen Qiao: “???” Is this supposed to be her? This is complete nonsense!

She loves him, and not only is he ungrateful, he actually expects her to swallow her pride for him!

Unacceptable! Absolutely unacceptable!

Being blinded by love is truly no good!

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If Wen Qiao is a little drama queen who makes trouble and fears nothing, then the only person she's ever been afraid of is probably Lu Xiao.

The year she stayed at the Lu home, she was afraid of him from the very first time they met.

The boy already showed a glimpse of the man he'd become: distant eyes, an arrogant air, and deep black eyes that seemed dangerous and impossible to ignore.

At a single glance, Wen Qiao dropped the little piece of cream cake in her hand, then turned and ran without hesitation.

That very night, Lu Xiao bent down and picked up the silver hair clip the girl had dropped while fleeing in a panic.

At first, Lu Xiao paid Wen Qiao a little extra attention only because of what the elders had said. He didn't like spoiled, willful girls like her.

Until the day she was wronged and cried pitifully in front of him. Tears covered her pale jade-like face, but her hands clung tightly to his clothes as she sobbed and begged him to avenge her.

That time, he used nearly all the self-control he had in his life to suppress the urge that rose within him.

Later, he watched her grow up, watched her fall for someone else, and watched her throw herself wholeheartedly into another man's arms.

This time, he decided he wouldn't hold back anymore.

Wen Qiao always thought Lu Xiao was a deeply contradictory person.

He would sternly scold her when she acted out, but patiently comfort her when she cried.

She was afraid of him and relied on him, but she'd never imagined that one day this aloof, self-possessed man, so distant and indifferent in the eyes of others, would fall for her.

- Set in the 1990s. The characters and plot have no connection to real life.

- The heroine is willful and spoiled, a little drama queen. She is not a perfect character.

- The leads are five years apart in age. One-on-one romance.

[Synopsis posted on December 1, 2023]

Theme: Be self-reliant and strive to improve.