Clouds Return at Dusk

Blurb 1:

Liu Qingyun is the eldest legitimate daughter of her family, and she's in charge of their whole mess.

Her father, an official who spends money like water for the sake of his career, has no idea what things cost.

Her incompetent mother can't even balance a tiny household account and moans every day about how hard it is to manage the home.

Her young siblings are clueless and a complete handful.

At first, Liu Qingyun took on the burden of running the household just so she could live more comfortably.

But when she realized that her wholehearted efforts were seen by her family as cruel and heartless, she finally came to her senses.

Whoever wants to manage this wreck of a household can do it.

Her home is in the System world, where countless abandoned, wandering souls like her are bound to Systems and travel between worlds.

But the System world has completely collapsed, and she is about to disappear.

In that case, Liu Qingyun decides to find a man she likes and enjoy the little life she has left.

After looking around, she sets her sights on the young marquis who is her younger brother's classmate.

Blurb 2:

Xie Zhuo first saw the Liu family's legitimate daughter outside the school.

That day, he and his classmates had just finished lessons and were discussing sneaking out of the city on horseback the next day without their teacher knowing.

Then a sharp voice rang out behind them: “Kneel!”

He stopped in his tracks, and everyone around him dropped to their knees.

Xie Zhuo turned around and saw a woman in plain clothes, holding a ruler and standing expressionless behind the group. Her solemn gaze was fixed on one of his classmates.

The classmate weakly called out, “Sister.”

The woman hefted the ruler, walked over, and struck him three times without saying a word. Then she turned and left.

From that day on, Xie Zhuo knew of the Liu family's legitimate daughter.

He heard she was a real nag, rigid and dull in everything she did.

The next time he met her properly, she came to see him of her own accord and said she wanted to marry him.

Xie Zhuo thought that since the young lady had confessed first, rejecting her would hurt her pride.

So he agreed at once. After all, he had no objection to marrying her.

But with the wedding date drawing near, the Liu family's young lady came to him to call off the engagement.

Xie Zhuo thought, “It's over. I've been dumped.”

Theme: Of all the living things I see, you alone are the mountain that stands tall