The Ill-Fated Zhaodi Transmigrates Into a Period Novel

[Female lead won't throw herself at men] [Won't support a deadbeat] [Won't be a stepmother] [Won't overthink] [High self-worth] [Food] [Self-interest]

Every period novel has a character named Zhaodi.

She has a miserable background: a dutiful, honest father whom her grandparents don't like, and a weak, meek mother everyone can bully. The two lowest-ranking workhorses in the family then create little Zhaodi, another workhorse. The whole family works themselves to the bone, slaving away like oxen.

When Zhong Qing woke up, her world had collapsed. She'd become Zhaodi, the most unfortunate character in the entire period novel.

The good news: Zhaodi was only six, and her future was full of possibilities.

The bad news: Zhaodi was only six, and couldn't escape the miserable situation on her own.

To avoid spending the next decade or more as a mistreated workhorse, Zhong Qing started urging her meek mother to get a divorce every day.

One day, her vicious grandmother berated her mother, while her dutiful father stood nearby, cowering and too scared to say a word. Zhong Qing eagerly rubbed salt in the wound.

"Good grief. A man who can't even protect his wife and daughter is too pathetic to deserve a wife. Mom, divorce him."

Another day, her mother went out to earn work points despite being sick and collapsed on the spot. Zhong Qing made a pointed remark.

"Even the family ox gets a few days off when it's sick, but you work all year without a break. That's so sad. What's the point of living like this? You'd be better off splitting up with them. You might live a few years longer."

After being brainwashed by her daughter into divorcing every day, her meek mother: "..."

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Only after helping her mother escape her awful family did Zhong Qing discover that the world outside was a huge Green River novel universe.

Stories about fake and real heiresses, stepmothers raising children, and sisters swapping husbands played out in front of her one after another.

But none of that had anything to do with Zhong Qing. She was no longer Zhaodi, a background character in the plot. She was Zhong Qing, an observer.

Warnings:

1. The female lead has low moral standards and is self-interested. She loves herself most; everyone else comes second.

2. Being six is only a temporary part of the story. She'll grow up later.

3. A slice-of-life family story. Exclusive couples.

4. Some of the settings are the author's own inventions, so please don't scrutinize them.

Theme: Love yourself before loving others