The Lin Family's Daiyu Survival Guide [Dream of the Red Chamber]

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Completed works: After Becoming Lin Daiyu, I Decisively Disguised Myself as a Man; After Transmigrating into a Book, I Became the Second Wife of Lin Ruhai, Who Died Young; The Qing Dynasty's Empress Xiaoyiren Only Wants to Lie Flat; The Princess Consort Really, Really Likes Me; After Becoming the Qing Dynasty's First Empress Dowager; Emperor Kangxi's Childhood Sweetheart

Ongoing: Lin Daiyu Chooses Her Own Husband (Lin Daiyu x Zhang Juzheng)

Coming soon: After Becoming the Crown Prince's Wife, I Lie Flat When He Dies Young; Emperor Qianlong's White Moonlight Has Had Enough! (Qing Dynasty transmigration, Empress Fucha)

Synopsis:

Lin Daiyu has been very unhappy lately, because she's discovered something.

Jia Baoyu likes her best, but he also likes lots of other girls.

And then she discovers that the Rongguo Mansion has been spending the money her father left her.

Lin Daiyu is furious, but for the moment, she doesn't know what to do.

One day, she catches sight of a handsome, elegant poor candidate who has passed the imperial examinations.

Lin Daiyu: "!!!!!!!"

Rather than marry a man like Jia Baoyu, this man seems like someone she can rely on.

After Lin Daiyu marries a poor scholar, everyone mocks her behind her back. Lin Ruhai's daughter must be a fool, they say. Instead of marrying into a marquis's family, she's chosen a household with just two courtyards.

The Jia family watches coldly as she marries, waiting for the day Lin Daiyu comes crying and begging them for help.

But the Jia family never gets to see Lin Daiyu come begging. Instead, they are the ones who bitterly plead with her to ask the head of government to spare their lives.

Much later, Lin Daiyu leans lazily against his chest and talks about what a good eye she had back then.

Grand Tutor Zhang thinks that marrying a wife as heavenly as an immortal, who also has a childhood sweetheart from before him, means he'll have to work tirelessly to protect her.

!!!

Coming soon: The Daughter of a Minor Official Becomes Lin Ruhai's Second Wife After He Is Widowed

Xia Wanqiu is an only child, loved by her parents and carefree.

She's been lively and robust since childhood. One by one, her close friends get married, until she's the only one left.

During her most boring days, she meets a delicate, frail little girl.

The little girl likes her, too, and often plays with her.

One day, the little girl is weeping in her room, and Xia Wanqiu hurries over, worried and distressed.

"Sister Wanwan, my father is never home, and I'm not well. Could you take this nourishing soup to his study for me?"

Xia Wanqiu hesitates. "Shouldn't we ask a servant to take it?"

The little girl dabs her eyes with an embroidered handkerchief. "My father and I depend on each other for everything... Cough, cough... Even if the servants... Cough, cough..."

Xia Wanqiu: "!"

"Yu'er, get some rest. I'll take it."

Lin Ruhai had a child late in life and lost his wife young. Now he's a high-ranking official with a bright future ahead of him, but his heart is entirely occupied by his daughter and his work. He doesn't even take care of himself, let alone have time for anything else.

He knows his daughter is close to the county magistrate's only daughter.

His daughter talks about Sister Wanwan every day, praising how good and kind she is, how noble her character is, and how cultured she seems.

Seeing his daughter becoming livelier, Lin Ruhai even gives the county magistrate a promotion as a way of showing his gratitude.

But after his daughter catches a cold and that young woman brings him a bowl of medicinal soup, everything changes.

Xia Wanqiu gradually realizes that she keeps running into Lin Ruhai more and more often.

Then one day, she accidentally falls down a flight of stairs, and the man catches her around the waist.

She's embarrassed and flustered.

She was going to tell Lin Ruhai that she had no intention of reaching above her station, but the man speaks first and says he'll introduce her to a successful candidate who placed third in the imperial examinations.

Xia Wanqiu is overwhelmed with gratitude and waits for Lin Ruhai to arrange the match.

Later, Lin Ruhai arrives with ten miles of betrothal gifts to ask for her hand.

"Lord Lin! Didn't you say you'd introduce me to a successful candidate who placed third in the exams?!"

Lin Ruhai stands tall and answers calmly, "This unworthy man is that very candidate, from the thirty-first year of the Wentai era."

Theme: Stand on your own feet and live life on your own terms!