[Main story complete. Bonus chapters are being updated in accordance with the rankings…]
Tong Bi’s parents are dead, and with no one to arrange her marriage, she spends her money investing in handsome men here and there. Just as her family fortune is about to run dry
She’s finally, finally, finally getting married!
The good news: Her future husband is handsome, talented, and rich.
The bad news: She’s taking someone else’s place at the wedding, so she feels a little guilty.
Whatever. She’ll get married first and deal with the rest later. If he objects, she’ll let her fists do the talking! Having made up her mind, she grins beneath her veil.
But when the veil is lifted, she can’t smile anymore. The jade-faced man before her has robbed her, cheated her, and swindled her out of thirty taels of silver.
She leaps up and slaps him twice, once with each hand.
“Thieving dog! Give me my money back!”
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Yan Ke is a fake groom, and now the bride is an impostor too. The two frauds have to survive and get ahead in the Su family manor, so they live in constant fear of being found out.
Especially his fake Third Madam. She’s brash and fierce, shameless, and has not a shred of professionalism!
He works diligently to play the part of the gentle and refined Third Master, while what does she do? She goes and flirts with men!
That night, Yan Ke tosses and turns in bed. He waits until the middle of the night, when she finally sneaks back in.
Unable to take it anymore, he gets up, face livid and eyes bloodshot. “You sneaked out in the middle of the night to meet a man. What about my dignity?”
Tong Bi studies his face closely. “Mm… you do have a bit of a husband’s jealous fury and domineering possessiveness about you.”
He isn’t her real husband, and she’s only his fake wife.
But as they navigate these days on thin ice, he steadily climbs the ranks, little by little abandoning virtue for wickedness. If he can change, why can’t their relationship turn from an act into the real thing?
He suddenly grabs Tong Bi by the wrist and pins her to the pillow. Sniffing at her neck, he smiles, cold yet tender. “We shared the wedding cup. Even if we end up in the underworld, you’re coming with me.”
Tong Bi’s eyes fly wide open. At last she tears her hand free and smacks him across the face.
“You’re taking this role a little too far!”
Note:
The female lead is blunt, reckless, and strong.
The male lead is sinister and malicious, with a sharp tongue.
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My next novel: The Marquisate’s Worker. Synopsis below
Before her family went bankrupt, Liu Qianqiu: “There’s no way I’m going to work. Not in this lifetime!”
After her family goes bankrupt, Liu Qianqiu: “Cousin, can a maid at the Ji’an Marquisate really earn one and a half taels a month?”
Not only that. It’s only after entering the marquisate that Qianqiu learns even the lowest-ranking maids earn one and a half taels, while first- and second-class maids make at least two taels a month. They can also pick up occasional side jobs, and the masters give them extra rewards.
From then on, Qianqiu is either keeping watch for the young master who’s always chasing women, helping a married lady cover up an affair, or running around delivering letters for a young miss. She manages to save quite a bit each month.
She’s done the math. After two or three hard years, she’ll still have enough saved for a dowry and a good marriage, if only that damned bookkeeper, Zeng Luwei, would stop picking on her!
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Plans never survive a change in circumstances. One day, the marquisate’s old friend, the Yuan family, comes to inquire about her. It seems they mean to ask for her hand. She’s about to make it big!
She races into Zeng Luwei’s room and shakes him awake. Catching him off guard, she slaps him twice. “You, Zeng! I’ve put up with you for long enough! Why do you charge me for every chipped bowl and plate? You heartless little bastard! A slave for life, a slave for all your generations!”
But on the day of the engagement negotiations, her cousin returns with news. “It seems this good match won’t work out. Zeng Luwei won’t agree.”
“Him? Who does he think he is? What right does he have to refuse?!”
“He’s the master’s illegitimate son. He’s the Second Young Master.”
Zeng Luwei resumes his rightful position and becomes the second son of the Ming’an Marquisate. Qianqiu becomes a first-class maid in his household.
That night, Luwei glances at the maid beside him, glaring at him resentfully, and tosses aside the account book. “Your monthly pay went up, but you’re still unhappy? Why?”
Qianqiu grits her teeth and makes a choking gesture behind her back. “I can’t stand that you went from being one of the working stiffs with me yesterday to a master today!”
“You can become a master too. It just depends on whether I’m in the mood…”
He turns around with a sinister smile. “I heard you cried in front of the young master of the Yuan family yesterday. What did you say? Tell me.”
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Liu Qianqiu’s Work Diary: I hate Zeng Luwei. Why? Because my own failure is bad enough, but a coworker’s success is even harder to stomach. I’m jealous!
Zeng Luwei’s Work Reflections: I love Liu Qianqiu. No reason. She likes slacking off and cutting corners, and I like sneaking a look at her smiling face.
Theme: Benevolence and righteousness are worth a thousand gold pieces.
Jun Ping is so kind to Aunt Cui. I didn't expect to let him go so easily. I feel quite lonely. After singing, I came on stage. Dian Hui asked Aunt Cui to escort him. It was a stroke of genius. I was really curious about their expressions after they met [dog heads]. They wanted to say nothing but stopped abruptly. There was a shock in my mind, but I didn't. Let's listen to the next chapter and break it down [laughing and crying]
The best thing about this book is Aunt Cui's line
Aunt Cui, Prince Wang, and Boss Zhou are all very annoying, but if they are really trusted, they will be fatally injured for life, so it is good that she is beautiful alone. Maybe it was because the comments were too loud, but I feel like the author was still merciful. Dian Hui couldn't break the line, and it ended when he died in the fight that night.
This is the first time that I have read from the beginning to the end. I usually finish a book in two or three days. But this book, I read slowly for more than half a year, as if Tong Er and Yan Ke had really been together for a long time, as if I had watched them go through every adventure together.
Absolutely, how could anyone think this book is not good-looking? The plot is mediocre... There are still more ups and downs... Speaking of which, are there any discerning people? This book doesn't have so many taboos, so it can be turned into a film and TV show! !
Hello author, when will the article be updated? Do you know how much I knock on doors? I am willing to pursue you. Do you know how persistent I am? I'll check to see if you have any updates every now and then.
Ah, I still haven't finished it! Dian Hui is here
A powerful person who relies on his power to dominate and kill his subordinates at the slightest suggestion captures his first love and forces him to cosplay with him as a "lover who looks straight at him" to reminisce about the past. How can he not be frightening? Power cuts off the ambiguous relationship, and everyone should think about how to escape (but don't shed a layer of skin)
Liuying wants to be the boss [Goutou]. It depends on the prince's face. Then he is definitely not willing. There are too many rules and he is bound and restricted. How comfortable is he to be the king of the mountain? [Goutou] If Liuying is a common A smart woman might choose King Zhou Jing, but unfortunately Liu Ying is also an old man who "doesn't get rid of anything". He knows men too well, but it's hard for King Zhou Jing to let him go. Dian Hui has nothing to compare with King Zhou Jing except being younger. And when Yan Er really talks to Dian Hui, he will call her aunt Dian Hui's uncle? Why do I feel like they are so annoying together? I obviously have a good sense of camaraderie with both of them.
Auntie doesn't need to be with anyone, she is beautiful alone! Raise a doll for Yan Er and Tong Er!
Jun Ping is so kind to Aunt Cui. I didn't expect to let him go so easily. I feel quite lonely. After singing, I came on stage. Dian Hui asked Aunt Cui to escort him. It was a stroke of genius. I was really curious about their expressions after they met [dog heads]. They wanted to say nothing but stopped abruptly. There was a shock in my mind, but I didn't. Let's listen to the next chapter and break it down [laughing and crying]
The best thing about this book is Aunt Cui's line
Aunt Cui, Prince Wang, and Boss Zhou are all very annoying, but if they are really trusted, they will be fatally injured for life, so it is good that she is beautiful alone. Maybe it was because the comments were too loud, but I feel like the author was still merciful. Dian Hui couldn't break the line, and it ended when he died in the fight that night.
This is the first time that I have read from the beginning to the end. I usually finish a book in two or three days. But this book, I read slowly for more than half a year, as if Tong Er and Yan Ke had really been together for a long time, as if I had watched them go through every adventure together.
Absolutely, how could anyone think this book is not good-looking? The plot is mediocre... There are still more ups and downs... Speaking of which, are there any discerning people? This book doesn't have so many taboos, so it can be turned into a film and TV show! !
Hello author, when will the article be updated? Do you know how much I knock on doors? I am willing to pursue you. Do you know how persistent I am? I'll check to see if you have any updates every now and then.
Ah, I still haven't finished it! Dian Hui is here
A powerful person who relies on his power to dominate and kill his subordinates at the slightest suggestion captures his first love and forces him to cosplay with him as a "lover who looks straight at him" to reminisce about the past. How can he not be frightening? Power cuts off the ambiguous relationship, and everyone should think about how to escape (but don't shed a layer of skin)
Liuying wants to be the boss [Goutou]. It depends on the prince's face. Then he is definitely not willing. There are too many rules and he is bound and restricted. How comfortable is he to be the king of the mountain? [Goutou] If Liuying is a common A smart woman might choose King Zhou Jing, but unfortunately Liu Ying is also an old man who "doesn't get rid of anything". He knows men too well, but it's hard for King Zhou Jing to let him go. Dian Hui has nothing to compare with King Zhou Jing except being younger. And when Yan Er really talks to Dian Hui, he will call her aunt Dian Hui's uncle? Why do I feel like they are so annoying together? I obviously have a good sense of camaraderie with both of them.
Auntie doesn't need to be with anyone, she is beautiful alone! Raise a doll for Yan Er and Tong Er!