Little Inkstone Spring

Who says being a legitimate daughter is easy? Ming Xingkui is the first to disagree!

She'd just finished feeling sorry for the heroine in a book, who seemed utterly pitiful, when she ended up inside the book herself.

As the fourth daughter of the Ming family, born to her father's second wife, Ming Xingkui has little going for her besides the beauty she inherited from her mother and her legitimate-daughter status, which is neither the best nor the worst.

The Ming family's eldest branch is full of charming, socially adept women, apart from her obnoxious father.

Ming Xingkui decides to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. If she can get by doing as little as possible, even better!

Her eldest brother is clever, studious, and hardworking. He'll surely become a pillar of society someday.

Her eldest sister is elegant and graceful, a true prodigy who's been cherished since childhood. The only thing is... she doesn't seem to like Ming Xingkui or her airheaded beauty of a mother.

Her second sister is aloof, like a flower on a high mountain, but... a bit too strange.

And the third sister... well, as long as she doesn't cause trouble, that's good enough! (Ming Xingkui wipes her brow.)

She didn't mean to end up in a book, but the fourth daughter of the Ming family has to do her best.

Make the best of things and keep your head down. Strive to be a happy little couch potato! (Fist pump.)

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Sui Chi: (After reading her doggerel for ages) What about me?

Ming Xingkui: (Blushing, she picks up her pen hesitantly.)

Fate has written our love in the stars,

Childhood sweethearts from when we were young.

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Theme: A harmonious family makes everything prosper.