Gan Cheng dreamed she was the heroine of an old-school, angsty romance about a domineering CEO.
In the story, the male lead, Jiang Tianyu, did all sorts of unspeakable things to the heroine. He schemed to make her break up with her first love, deliberately put pressure on her when her family’s finances were collapsing, and forced her to marry him through her father.
Later, the truth came out. The two had a huge fight that ended in divorce.
After the divorce, the heroine discovered she was pregnant. She secretly fled to another city to give birth and raised the child alone. Jiang Tianyu didn’t find them until ten years later, kicking off another round of him chasing her while she ran. In the end, the child fell ill and died while the heroine was on the run, and she threw herself into the sea.
Gan Cheng: ?
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In five years of marriage, Gan Cheng never fell in love with Jiang Tianyu.
That day, Jiang Tianyu found half a pack of birth control pills in her drawer. After smoking his way through a pile of cigarettes, he confronted his wife, who hadn’t come home all night. “Where were you?”
Gan Cheng had been about to give him her usual scornful look and say, “What’s it to you?”
But thinking of the dream’s ending, with her throwing herself into the sea, she fell uncharacteristically silent.
Jiang Tianyu sneered. “I shouldn’t have to remind you that Cheng Fangnan is just a low-level employee at Boyuan. His mother is seriously ill now. I imagine he really needs this job, doesn’t he?”
Gan Cheng couldn’t stand his snide attitude. “Jiang Tianyu, are you sick? All you ever talk about is Cheng Fangnan! Cheng Fangnan! If you like him, go find him!”
Jiang Tianyu gave a cold snort and tossed the box of birth control pills onto the floor. “Then what about this?”
Gan Cheng: “What’s wrong with not wanting to have your child?”
Jiang Tianyu stared at her with a dark expression.
Gan Cheng: “I’ve had enough! Divorce!”
On the day their divorce was finalized, Gan Cheng went to the hospital for a checkup. She stared blankly at the report saying she wasn’t pregnant, and a good boy came to mind: the child tormented by illness, who had held back his tears and said, “Mom, it doesn’t hurt.”
But as soon as she left, a car hit her.
Gan Cheng and Jiang Tianyu switched bodies.
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One time, after getting drunk, Gan Cheng came back to the villa with a flushed face, in Jiang Tianyu’s body.
Jiang Tianyu glowered as he helped her. “Didn’t I tell you that with my current status, I don’t need to attend any more drinking parties?”
Remembering how Jiang Tianyu had bullied her in the past, Gan Cheng gave him a kingly look of contempt. “What do you know?”
That night.
Overwhelmed by the surging love inside Jiang Tianyu’s body, Gan Cheng looked at her own body and couldn’t help herself...
She did all sorts of things to him.
The next morning, she woke to Jiang Tianyu’s scowl. All her awkwardness was gone, and she was so pleased with herself that she teased him, “Well? Was it good?”
He didn’t say a word.
More than a month later, Jiang Tianyu looked in the mirror and gagged. Gan Cheng sensed something was wrong and stared at her own body.
“You’ve gained weight! At least ten pounds. Jiang Tianyu, what have you done to my body?”
He looked at her expressionlessly. “I’m pregnant, Gan Cheng.”
Gan: ???
- Both leads are each other’s only one. The male lead has a secret crush on the female lead. She has kissed her first love, who is a minor character.
- Height difference: she’s 163.1 cm, he’s 193.5 cm.
- The male lead won’t switch back with the female lead until after he gives birth and completes his postpartum recovery.
- Very melodramatic and over the top.
My next novel will be After the Federal Unified Exam Is Abolished, a noble academy story. Please add it to your favorites, everyone!
Blurb:
[A tenacious weed with boundless vitality that refuses to burn out X a noble-born young master who looks down on everyone, with a sharp tongue but a soft heart]
#Younger male lead, two-year age gap
In Year 106 of the Radiant Era, the second year after the statewide unified exam was officially abolished, Chi Xingyue enrolled at the Federal Central Academy in place of her older sister, who had died in childbirth.
While at school, she had to do three things:
1. Hide her true identity as a pauper from District Three.
2. Win the annual S+ scholarship.
3. Find the scumbag who got her sister pregnant.
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Chi Xingyue was an orphan, one of the lowest-ranking people in District Three.
She sold scrap, waited tables, cleaned, and delivered packages... She did every dirty, exhausting job she could find, all to earn enough money to attend university.
The year she came of age, the statewide unified exam was abolished.
Eighteen years of effort went up in smoke. She was destined to spend her life as a lowly nobody.
Her twin sister, meanwhile, had been adopted by a wealthy businessman from District Two when they were children and had even gotten into one of the world’s top universities.
Chi Xingyue envied her sister, and she was jealous of her, too.
One day, after delivering her last package, Chi Xingyue got home at three in the morning.
Her twin sister was waiting outside their low-rent apartment, holding a suitcase, her belly swollen. “Little sister, I’ve lost everything.”
Her sister died that winter, leaving behind a tiny, wrinkled baby.
Chi Xingyue decided to take her sister’s place at the academy.
Less than half a year after enrolling, she became a thorn in the side of the academy’s clique. Because of them, she lost several part-time jobs, got a disciplinary mark on her record, and faced expulsion.
She absolutely couldn’t leave in disgrace like this.
*
The young master of the Jing family was immediately surrounded by admirers upon enrolling, and became the unquestioned leader of the school.
He was the only son of the Federation’s ruler and the carefully groomed heir to the Jing family. The whole school lined up to curry favor with him.
The young master did whatever he pleased, flaunting his arrogance. Every now and then, he’d take it into his head to help with some trivial matter.
Someone like him would make a good backer.
By chance, she overheard her classmates talking about how the young master’s coming-of-age celebration would be held aboard a private luxury cruise ship.
She went to great lengths to get a ticket for the Radiance.
With all eyes on him, Jing Yan appeared in a custom silver suit. Facing a two-meter-tall cake, he closed his eyes and made a wish.
The moment the lights came on, someone shoved Chi Xingyue toward the champagne tower. She fell onto the broken glasses, her white dress stained red with wine. Shards cut into her palm, and a lurid flower of blood bloomed there.
Every eye in the room turned to her.
The young master, surrounded by admirers, turned around and saw her drenched in red wine.
He told the butler to take her to change.
The young master looked down at the person who had ruined his coming-of-age party. “The butler says you have something important to tell me?”
She changed into a maid’s uniform. It fit her surprisingly well, outlining the graceful curves of her body. With a blush on her face and a pleading look in her eyes, she asked if she could speak to him in private.
He told everyone else to leave.
She walked up to him, tearfully describing the clique’s abuse and pleading for his help. Finally, she hugged his leg and hinted with her eyes that she’d do anything for him.
*
A lowlife with nothing but filthy thoughts, a little rat from the gutter.
Jing Yan knew perfectly well that the woman had approached him to protect herself. At first, he’d only wanted to watch her make a fool of herself, keeping her as a little toy to amuse him in his spare time.
But later, he found himself dreaming of her over and over in the dead of night, suffering the agony of wanting what he could never have.
- Modern alternate universe, with lots of original worldbuilding. The technology is slightly more advanced than it is today.
- Six-year noble academy. The Federal Central Academy is the world’s number one school.
- Both leads are each other’s only one. Some melodrama.
Core message: Live well
It was a novel that I enjoyed reading at first, but the more I read, the more uncomfortable I became. The female protagonist and the male protagonist swap bodies, but everything the female protagonist gets is based on the male protagonist's identity and appearance: The right to play at the poker table and the ability to participate in meetings become opportunities for Internet celebrities. Even the highlight of becoming an Internet celebrity is actually a handsome boss with a very feminine style. Maybe the author wants to express that girls will love girls in the end, but what I see is that the same advantages will be magnified in men. Moreover, the career line of the heroine has not been made clear from the beginning to the end. Is the career just as smooth sailing as long as she has female empathy? All the main work is still dominated by men (segments). Although the heroine has her own ingenuity in the middle, I still don't see a clear growth line for the heroine. Maybe I'm sensitive, but I don't think there's anything wrong with being sensitive. I didn't expect to see such an ancient setting in Jinjiang in 2024.
Is there no extra story about Duan Jialing? I want to see his emotional analysis and his thoughts on Gan Cheng??
Hao Bao, it's so pitiful to have memories of my previous life. I suffered a lot.
The ancient text next door is also very well written, but the author has closed the comment area. Is he afraid that we will urge you to update it? I want to remind you to update here, I can't hold back my urge to update 🌈
I stayed up late to finish reading it. Author, are you going to kill me? You messed with me in the second half. Although it didn't affect anything throughout the whole day, it was very uncomfortable. Why is Gan Cheng the daughter of the Liao family, and Liao Zhu is an illegitimate daughter? I am in a fantasy novel where the heroine dreams, the male and female protagonists swap, and the son is reborn, and the buffs are stacked. It is close to real life, and it is very down-to-earth, but in the short sweet article, you give me Spreading a lot of nonsense, and now there is QJ, life experience adjustment, a series of very clichéd story outlines, all of which are very limited. It is obvious that she can conceive a lot of interesting daily life, and she also said that it will not affect Gan Cheng's current life, but this exchange plot still appeared. Liao Zhu's identity has become worse and there are more twists and turns. She has already suffered many difficulties and will continue to have twists and turns. Gan Cheng is also sad and cannot accept it. There is no need to create this plot that can be changed or conceived in another way. When I edited this paragraph, I discovered that the female characters in this novel are still suffering more suffering and setbacks. As men, they enjoy the huge advantages in society. The male and female protagonists themselves are interchanged, and it is unfolded from the perspective of the female protagonist. More attention should be paid to Gan Cheng's growth. The whole story is that Jiang Tianyu enjoys the joy and happiness given by Gan Cheng. Jiang Tianyu is lucky enough, otherwise it will be like the ending of "Dark Snow" as you suggested, the author. Gan Cheng's femininity gives Jiang Tianyu physical (male character) more charm, but Gan Cheng's character itself is very good, and he has become more accommodating to the male protagonist and understands others. Although his abilities have been improved in this relationship, it is not described in detail. Author, your writing style is good, there are hooks, foreshadowing and foreshadowing are okay, and the plot is smooth, but I hope to change the content. Some parts are obviously superfluous and completely unnecessary. I feel that the author is very skilled in writing it before, and the novel is also classic in the past.
The author's portrait is really good, although the back part is very bloody 😂 Another concubine is better: love bound by the times, and a soul that does not belong to this era. No matter what happens, good or bad, I want the heroine to leave. Because we come from the same place 😭, and fortunately this is a novel.
Our hegemonic halo is gone, please make a sequel
It's over so quickly, please give me a sequel.
The current male protagonist is so gentle, I almost forgot what the male protagonist was like at the beginning, hahahaha. Are you considering an if line in the extra story? If there is no exchange, will there be a reunion later?
Will Duan Jialing have a side story? Will you recognize it?