After months of working nonstop on a 996 schedule, Xiang Tang died of overwork and transmigrated to ancient times.
Unlike the novels she'd read before, she didn't transmigrate into the role of a wicked concubine-born daughter or a genius legitimate daughter. She became a...
Country girl.
A young country girl, only sixteen, whose parents had both died.
Her parents left her a little savings and a sweet soup shop.
Xiang Tang thought... this was absolutely wonderful!
As the only sweet soup shop in the village, business was naturally quite brisk. A few workers kept the shop running, and all she had to do each day was feed the chickens, play with the dogs, lie flat, do the bookkeeping, and bask in the sun.
But after just a few peaceful days, a man covered in blood suddenly collapsed outside her home.
He was quite handsome, and his figure... ahem, was quite something too.
Xiang Tang took him in and looked after him carefully until he woke up.
After Sheng Yan woke, he stared at her for a long time and said coldly, "Why did you save me?"
Xiang Tang: ?
Wait, man, what?
She replied sincerely, "Buddy, if you want to die, don't do it on someone else's doorstep. I'll be held responsible, okay?"
Sheng Yan's expression changed.
After a long silence, he suddenly asked, "Palace wine, one hundred and eighty a cup?"
Xiang Tang answered reflexively, "One hundred and eighty a cup."
Sheng Yan: "..."
Xiang Tang: "..."
Once his wounds had healed, Sheng Yan left.
Xiang Tang thought that was the end of her connection with him, but several days later, he showed up outside her shop in a vermilion official robe, openly leading a squad of guards.
Xiang Tang watched him walk toward her, his expression gentle as he said:
"Come with me. I'll take you to the capital, where you can have a better life."
"Huh? But what about my shop..."
"We'll open one in the capital. I'll set up a chain across all fourteen streets. If you find it tiring, I'll hire people to do the work for you. All you'll have to do is count the money."
"..."
After all sorts of unexpected twists, Xiang Tang eventually went to the capital with Sheng Yan.
She discovered that people's fates could be worlds apart.
She fed chickens, played with dogs, and sold sweet soup in the countryside, while Sheng Yan rose through the ranks, made a fortune, and handled major affairs in the city. It did cost him a bit of his life, though, since people were always trying to assassinate him.
One day, Xiang Tang said with concern, "Sheng Yan, why don't you come back to the countryside with me and sell sweet soup? I'll support you."
Sheng Yan smiled. "No. Life is actually pretty good now, and before long, we won't have to live on tenterhooks anymore."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm going to rebel."
"...?"
"Then you'll be my empress, the most honored woman under heaven."
"...?!"
She didn't have such lofty ambitions!
Note:
A laid-back, sweet girl x a calculating workaholic. Both are each other's first love.
Theme: Treating one another with sincerity
