After the Fake Heiress Was Kicked Out

[I'll add a bonus extra in a few days, mainly covering the romance and the System's origins. If there's anything else you'd like to read, feel free to mention it in the comments. Thanks for your support.]

[Fake heiress who acts normal every day but secretly just wants to go crazy x childhood friend who says one thing but means another and falls head over heels while convincing himself she's in love with him]

At a banquet, Jiang Wanshu is exposed as a fake heiress, and the real heiress does everything she can to drive her away.

Jiang Wanshu says she'll leave, and leaves. Just then, a self-proclaimed fortune-telling System latches onto her. Finding it interesting, she accepts it.

On her first day out on her own, her childhood friend, who has spent years abroad, suddenly finds her.

He struggles to speak, then stops, then starts again, and finally says he can support her.

Jiang Wanshu is stunned, then accepts his kindness without a second thought, dropping by his house now and then to cadge a meal.

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Ever since leaving home, Jiang Wanshu spends her days making money at her fortune-telling stall, and teasing her childhood friend and the real heiress.

Someone asks her, "Don't you hate her?"

Jiang Wanshu thinks about it, then asks in confusion, "Why would I hate her? It wasn't intentional, but I did take her place."

"As long as she doesn't hurt the people I love, she can do whatever she wants."

The real heiress hears Jiang Wanshu's attitude and thinks she's being humiliated. Furious, she keeps finding ways to make trouble for her.

But why is Jiang Wanshu always so nice to her? Even so, she definitely doesn't like her!

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An Fuyu and Jiang Wanshu count as childhood friends, if you don't mention that he was so scared of Jiang Wanshu that he went abroad and didn't dare come back.

After finally convincing himself to return, the moment he sees Jiang Wanshu, his instinct is to run. He's been afraid of her since they were kids.

But little by little, his fear of her changes.

He's afraid she'll feel wronged, afraid she'll get sick, afraid she won't like him...

Jiang Wanshu goes about her daily business as usual, occasionally teasing her childhood friend. Who knew he would confess his love?

Jiang Wanshu falls silent, then lights up and tugs at him. "Bring your ID. We're going to get married."

An Fuyu has been following her since they were children. What other reason do they need to get married?

Upcoming campus novel: Summer Takes No Detours. It will be my next-next book if it gets enough preorders. Otherwise, I'll wait until I've finished writing the whole thing before starting it.

Next novel: The Princess Takes Pity on Me. Blurb:

He Ruojiao is infamous, a well-known smiling tiger whom everyone avoids like the plague. She hears that the top scholar is not only talented but handsome, too. She casually makes a remark about him, and someone with an ulterior motive takes note.

An official tries to curry favor with He Ruojiao by arranging a match between her and the top scholar, but he gets the wrong man.

Somehow, a man in black appears inside the sedan carrying the top scholar. He's covered in wounds, but his eyes shine with a terrifying brightness.

That alone might have been forgivable, but when He Ruojiao approaches, the man in black draws a dagger and tries to take her life.

Unfortunately for him, He Ruojiao escapes without a scratch.

The man in black closes his eyes and awaits death. His veil is pulled away, and he hears the woman before him say with a bright smile, "At least you've got a nice face."

He Ruojiao spares his life and takes him home to nurse him back to health. Others think they can take advantage of the situation and ask him to put in a good word for them with He Ruojiao.

The very next day, anyone he met the day before is reduced to a frail, dying state. He Ruojiao blinks innocently. "If you like meeting people behind my back, perhaps I should break your arms and legs and keep you as a pet."

He Ruojiao gives him everything he wants, except his freedom.

People outside know only how good He Ruojiao is to him. They don't know how cruel she can be to him, too.

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He Ruojiao has always been petty. She can't stand even the tiniest speck of dust in her eye, and she cannot tolerate betrayal from anyone close to her.

Xie Yunjian behaves himself for a long time, and earns one day of freedom. On the very day he leaves, He Ruojiao is attacked.

Wounded, He Ruojiao faces Xie Yunjian after he's captured and brought back. She says pitifully, "A pet that knows how to bite should have its claws pulled out."

Conviction: Our fate is in our own hands.