A Fisherwoman's Everyday Face-Slapping

Yun Liu, a ruthless, smiling fox, transmigrates into the body of a girl from a poor fishing village. But compared with the other fisher girls, her situation is truly miserable.

Her father and brothers are frail and sickly, her family is destitute, and her relatives are as greedy as wolves and tigers.

She has no desire to return to the cutthroat world of business in this life, but seeing the state of things, she decides to start a small business, just enough to make a living.

Bound to a diving System, she makes the most of the shade beneath a big tree. Her seafood buffet recipes take the world by storm.

But some people just won't let her live out her dream of a peaceful retirement.

Relatives who pick fights at every turn, partners who betray their agreements, wealthy gentry jealous of her business...

Yun Liu is fed up. In a fit of rage, she sees red and shows them exactly how red the flowers can be.

~

Just as Yun Liu never expected to become the richest person in the land again, she never imagined that she, who had once moved through a crowd of admirers without ever letting a single one touch her heart, would end up building a marriage with that cold-faced demon she couldn't stand.

She had noticed his gaze change from open disdain to burning intensity. She just had no interest in this young, innocent, awkward general.

Until one day, she watched the man who was usually as free as a fish in the sea swim frantically toward her, despite being a poor swimmer. His eyes were bloodshot, brimming with deep affection.

Yun Liu thought, as expected, sincerity really is the ultimate weapon.

~

Ren Ji had known from their very first meeting that Yun Liu was a handful. The usually composed young general didn't take her seriously. If he hadn't found her useful, why would he have put up with that infatuated look of hers?

Even so, when Yun Liu refused to be swayed, he resorted to threats and persuasion. It became one of the biggest regrets of his life. Even after years of marriage, he still doesn't dare say a word when his wife brings it up.

One-on-one, both leads have had no previous partners.

Many liberties taken with the setting.

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Qin Yiyi, frail and sickly, transmigrates into an old-school novel as the villainous princess.

Born with every advantage, she becomes obsessed with the male lead, turns her love into hatred, and constantly opposes the leads. After he ascends the throne, she gives her life for her country, dying a miserable death.

At ten, Qin Yiyi regains her memories and realizes that the royal family isn't as incompetent and tyrannical as the book claimed. She also discovers that the female lead is a hopeless romantic.

~

At a palace banquet, Qin Yiyi watches the male and female leads exchange flirtatious glances and realizes something is wrong.

Having died young in her previous life, she only wants to live freely and happily this time. She doesn't want her country destroyed and her family killed. Before the female lead turns evil, she has to act first.

And so, everyone in the palace notices that the spoiled Sixth Princess and the gloomy Fifth Princess have somehow grown closer and closer.

Qin Yiyi looks at her father and brothers, who have no interest in the throne, then at her eldest sister, who has all the makings of a crown princess, and nods in satisfaction.

At the lantern festival, the rebel male lead fawns over her eldest sister.

Qin Yiyi thinks to herself, "What a fraud, and not a shred of sincerity. Even the ugly lantern Lu Ji'an stayed up all night making shows more sincerity."

Qin Yizhen, who had been about to feel touched, hears this and says, "No need. I bought one."

The rebel male lead: "???"

"Rather than give the throne to someone else, why not let Eldest Sister become emperor herself?"

Qin Yizhen: "???"

Ever since she started hearing her Sixth Sister's thoughts, Qin Yizhen has found that although they are often strange, they make a lot of sense when she thinks them over.

~

Though Lu Ji'an is the second son of the Marquis, few know that he isn't truly a member of the Lu family. No one knows that he is a sharp sword in the Marquis's hand, leaving no survivors wherever its edge strikes.

He thought he would spend his life repaying a debt of gratitude amid bloodshed and slaughter. Then his nominal princess cousin barged into his life.

The first time he saw her, she was acting obsequious toward her legitimate elder sister, all haughty airs. He sneered. It was nothing but a superior person's charity toward someone beneath her.

The next time he saw her, she was ingratiating herself with her parents and brothers, smiling brightly. Her radiance made his hollow, shadowy heart feel unbearably wretched. He wanted to drag her down into the abyss.

But because of that debt of gratitude, he couldn't.

Who could have guessed that this reckless, naive princess would need his help? She had barged into his world of her own accord, so surely she couldn't blame him for being cruel, could she?

[Bonus Scene 1]

"Your Highness, I bought you this lantern," the rebel male lead says ingratiatingly.

Qin Yiyi thinks, "What is this? There's no sincerity in it at all. Even that ugly lantern Lu Ji'an stayed up all night making shows more effort."

Qin Yizhen, who had been about to feel touched, hears her thoughts and says, "No need. I bought one."

The rebel male lead: "???"

[Bonus Scene 2]

Qin Yiyi sees a mother and daughter suffer abuse from their in-laws until death parts them. Deeply moved, she fights back tears.

Lu Ji'an keeps his expression steady, but his eyes grow flustered. In a panic, he wipes the princess's tears, gathers all the evidence he can find, and has that gold-digging man dragged straight to the authorities. Qin Yizhen is also affected by the case and in a foul mood.

The rebel male lead says, "Your Highness, don't cry. Things like this are all too common."

Qin Yiyi thinks, "What a stupid jerk, with no emotional intelligence at all. Even that brute Lu Ji'an is better."

Qin Yizhen says, "Get out!"

The rebel male lead: "???"

One-on-one, both leads have had no previous partners. Many liberties taken with the setting. The male lead is a little unhinged at first, but he'll settle down later.

Theme: Independence and self-reliance.