I'm a Terrible Person, Yet Everyone Loves Me

[Read after it's complete. Updates during serialization are extremely unreliable, basically whenever inspiration strikes. It barely makes any money and is written purely for love.] [Read the content warnings first. If you come looking for a fight later about something already warned about, I'll assume you know what you are. Also, this story is packed with a ton of dark, twisted angst.] She went bankrupt from the start, falling overnight from a phoenix to a chicken. Before Qu Zhen even had time to feel sad, her fiancé's family broke off the engagement on the spot. She sneered. Did they think she was about to star in an upgrade-and-face-slapping revenge story, swearing that in thirty years the river would run east and in another thirty it would run west, and that no one should look down on a poor young woman? She was only a tiny bit off. Her longtime nemesis, the one she'd never gotten along with, showed up at her door that very day. Qu Zhen assumed he'd come to trample all over her dignity. Instead, the blond, blue-eyed omega heir to an ultra-wealthy family timidly said, "Qu Zhen, my family has money anyway, and you happen to want to be a freeloader." Blushing, he went on, "Why don't you marry me?" "I'll support you from now on." Well, this time, a golden pie really had fallen from the sky. How long does it take to hit rock bottom, then climb back to a position you never imagined you could reach? Qu Zhen proved that with the right time, place, and people, three years was enough. In those three years, she poured her heart and soul into just two things: Manipulating the feelings of all kinds of arrogant elites, and... climbing the ladder by any means necessary, without the slightest shame. Plot introduction: The interstellar chaos is about to begin. Manners, morality, and shame can all get out of the way. Fight, plunder, and prove your worth. Who rises and who falls is up to you. (Blurb screenshotted on January 19, 2024.) [Reader's Guide: The content warnings are too long, so I've put them in the author's note for Chapter 1. Must read.] Theme: Study hard, work hard every day, and stay away from romance.