I Inherited a Trillion and a Young General from Ancient Times

A short story

After completing her mission in ancient times, Ye Fei chose to return to the modern world and enjoy air conditioning, cola, and Wi-Fi.

But on her first day home, a butler came to find her and said that he could finally hand over the family fortune that had been amassed over a thousand years.

As soon as Ye Fei went online, she found out.

Official histories and unofficial tales alike said that Zhou Wei, the aloof general she'd known in ancient times, had cherished her as the one he could never forget.

He had never married, had guarded her tomb for the rest of his life, and had ordered his descendants to grow the family fortune so she could use it in the future.

Ye Fei inherited a fortune worth hundreds of billions, along with the young Zhou Wei, who had come from ancient times to the modern world.

Zhou Wei had no idea how modern life worked. Every time he saw Ye Fei interact with another man, he had all sorts of thoughts that violated modern laws.

He couldn't use modern appliances or speak any language besides the ancient tongue. Every day, he stubbornly followed Ye Fei around as her bodyguard, eyes red.

Ye Fei could only comfort him. He was her subordinate, after all. What else could she do?

Then, by chance, Ye Fei discovered that Zhou Wei had arrived in the modern world long ago. He spoke perfect Mandarin and knew four other languages.

Zhou Wei: Feeling guilty, but still holding on tight to his wife.

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After Qiao Yu got a System that let her see the itemized details of other people's bills, she unexpectedly discovered that she was a cannon-fodder character in a feel-good entertainment-industry novel.

She decisively left show business and inherited the family business: a senior college on the verge of bankruptcy.

To keep the school's only teacher from leaving, Qiao Yu livestreamed herself helping the handicrafts teacher demand unpaid wages.

The whole internet jeered: "Just declare bankruptcy already, Qiao Yu. Give us a laugh while you still can."

Qiao Yu went straight into a livestream call with an award-winning actor who had donated five million yuan to cultivate a charitable image. "You have money to buy online trolls, but why did you round down the price of those heirloom matching lockets you bought wholesale from our teacher, Auntie Zhang, yesterday?"

That day, twenty women showed off their "award-winning actor brand matching lockets," exposing his cheating.

Livestream viewers: "!!!"

Qiao Yu kept a low profile and continued searching for students at produce markets and in cultural corridors at parks.

She realized that there were too many scammers targeting the wallets of the elderly.

So Qiao Yu exposed them all, and before long, a retired Gaokao math exam writer, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, and an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage all volunteered to teach. There were so many students that the classrooms couldn't hold them all.

The senior college became a model school, and Qiao Yu was invited to share her experience with internet-plus education.

But the livestreams had taken on a whole new feel:

An old man who was hopeless at chess suddenly became much better after putting on his hearing aids, sparking talk of a medical miracle. The truth was that he had a Bluetooth earpiece in his ear, connected to an AI that helped him cheat.

An old couple became expert dog finders, making three hundred thousand yuan in reward money by finding lost dogs. Was the truth behind it that their daughter, missing for ten years, had been sending them the money?

A food thief appeared in the house, making food disappear in seconds. It turned out a paralyzed old man had been sneaking snacks. He hadn't done it before because his wife hadn't yet learned how to order takeout, and her cooking was so bad that he had no appetite.

Viewers: "Give us more gossip. We love this!"

Teachers and students: "We're the Chaoyang District residents who dug up all this gossip. If you have a problem, come after us. Principal Qiao has nothing to do with it!"

Qiao Yu: ...She'd only wanted elderly fans, but somehow ended up as a paparazzo followed by the whole country.

Bonus scene:

A top-tier star was exposed by Qiao Yu in a livestream for failing to pay taxes, his public image collapsed, and he left the industry.

An aggressive fan yelled that they were going to kill Qiao Yu, only to be held back by their grandparents. "What are you doing to my idol?"

Other fans were also terrified. "Don't do it! If you mess with Qiao Yu, what if the exam writers make the Gaokao harder?"

Qiao Yu: "...Could it be that the exam writer retired? He's retired!"

1. The livestreams and senior college are the focus. Entertainment-industry gossip makes up only a small part. Most of the story centers on the everyday gossip mentioned in the latter half of the blurb.

2. A silly, funny story to make you happy.

Theme: Sincere love can overcome all kinds of differences and help both people become better