My Ex Told Me to Drink Hot Water

1.

Jin Lusheng knew from a very young age that she was a supporting female character in a novel. Her main purpose was to help her biological older brother tear apart the scumbag who cheated on him. The rest of the time, she only needed to be a sickly rich second-generation heir.

But one day, her brother suddenly came to her, his face deathly pale as he clutched his lower abdomen. "I need brown sugar water, painkillers, a hot-water bottle..."

Jin Lusheng: Period cramps?

Her brother: "You won't believe this, but Ji Manqing and I have become physically linked."

2.

Ji Manqing is Jin Lusheng's former fiancee, and another supporting female character in the original novel. She's gorgeous, alluring, and graceful.

Jin Lusheng broke off their engagement unilaterally purely to follow the plot, but she still managed to offend Ji Manqing badly.

At the same time, a "Win Your Wife Back Through a Fiery Ordeal System" appeared.

System: "A heartless person has been found. Sending the first quest: Buy ninety-nine red roses for your ex, then shout 'I will love you for ten thousand years' three times in public."

Jin Lusheng: "???"

3.

Under pressure and temptation from her brother and that damn System, Jin Lusheng swallowed her pride and showed up in front of Ji Manqing every day.

When Ji Manqing got caught in the rain, she brought her an umbrella. When Ji Manqing caught a cold, she brought her medicine.

She showed kindness by day and offered warmth by night.

Mistaking her for a prodigal who had come to her senses and wanted to get back together, Ji Manqing only wanted to vent her anger, so she posted on her social media:

I'm doing fine. You're not good enough.

Drink more hot water and go to bed early.

4.

Three months later, Jin Lusheng went above and beyond and completed the System's quest ahead of schedule. Their physical link was severed, and she immediately added Ji Manqing to her contact blacklist.

That very night, Ji Manqing, drunk and finally brave enough to call and confess her feelings: "???"

Are you kidding me!

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Sickly fake playboy vs. qipao beauty

Reader's guide:

a. One-on-one romance, both are virgins, happy ending

b. Same-sex marriage is legal

c. A touch of silliness

d. It looks like a fake playboy's win-your-wife-back-through-a-fiery-ordeal story, but it's actually the qipao beauty's win-your-wife-back-through-a-fiery-ordeal story

(Blurb written April 3, 2023, revised April 25)

Theme: Know the light, keep to the dark, and blend in with the world