I Sell Cheongsam in Ancient Times

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Su Yun is an inheritor of traditional Chinese qipao craftsmanship. She never expected that after working through the night and dying suddenly, she would transmigrate into the body of an ancient woman with the same name. Even more unexpectedly, the woman was an orphan with no father or mother, driven from her home by her relatives.

To give herself a better life, Su Yun decides to put her skills to use and open a traditional-style qipao shop in ancient times.

When people don't understand traditional qipaos at first, she talks them into it with her silver tongue, going all out to make her case.

Later, she uses a modern points-based system to get everyone signing up for memberships like crazy, earning a fortune in silver.

She thinks she's on her way to the high life, but then her competitors disparage her behind her back, calling qipaos revealing and vulgar. She spends the night coming up with new designs, combining classical elegance with nature and taking a refined, high-end approach to attract noble young ladies. In less than three days, they are flocking to her shop, and her competitors get a taste of face-slapping.

When enemies invade from beyond the border, the national treasury is empty and there is no money for war. She stages a qipao fashion show to raise a fortune and donates every last coin to the country. Before long, Su Yun becomes an imperial merchant and makes a name for herself throughout the land.

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One night, the emperor's most favored second prince, Ning Jing, climbs through Su Yun's window. "Young Master Ning, entering a lady's room through the window instead of the front door is a most dishonorable thing to do!" Ning Jing looks down at the woman in his arms. "I love being dishonorable."

Su Yun smiles. "If you get caught, you'll be in trouble."

"What do I have to fear here?" Ning Jing tightens his embrace and rests his head on her shoulder.

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(1) When it comes to Shanghe University, everyone knows Luo Yi, the music department's beautiful drummer.

She is strikingly beautiful, bold, and straightforward, and she laughs off whatever comes her way.

But one afternoon, this very woman turns into a fragile little white flower, swaying as if she might fall.

People on campus say she's just trying to please her rich and powerful boyfriend from outside the university.

Everyone rushes to get the latest gossip, but the little white flower dusts herself off, dumps her boyfriend, and leaves the country with her childhood friend, the boy who had existed only in stories.

(2) Nan Zhijun is the heir of a Hong Kong business dynasty, a favorite of heaven in everyone else's eyes, and the childhood friend Luo Yi is always talking about.

They grew up together and were deeply attached. Even with the Atlantic between them, their feelings never grew distant.

To make it home for Luo Yi's birthday, Nan Zhijun spends more than ten hours in transit, only to learn that she's in a relationship.

He is frustrated and hurt. He laughs bitterly, then says nothing, leaves her a present, and walks away.

They don't see each other again after that day.

Until one rainy night.

Her pure white dress is stained, and the torrential rain brings a gust of cold wind that lifts her hem, revealing her thin ankles.

She crouches at a bus stop with her arms wrapped around her knees, a few tears clinging to her long lashes as they tremble softly.

So pitiful.

That is a side of her he has never seen before.

That night, the rain blurs his vision. She crouches on the ground, disheveled and miserable, while the man in front of her wears a black trench coat. Raindrops cling to his tousled fringe and run down his hair into his collar. One hand in his pocket, he gazes at her with deep eyes, a look of bewilderment rising in them, as if he is trying to say something to her.

That is an expression she has never seen before.

(3) After going abroad for an exchange program, Luo Yi is short on money and keeps staying in Nan Zhijun's apartment, refusing to leave.

At first, he's a little reluctant. Later, he clings to her every day, even following her into bed.

Afterward, Luo Yi looks at the man beside her, frowning slightly. "Don't you think the way we are is very... very inappropriate?"

"I always thought of you as my... older brother when we were growing up. And now..."

Nan Zhijun wraps an arm around her waist and gently bites her earlobe. "We're not related, not by a single drop of blood. What kind of older brother would I be...?"

"If you insist on calling me something, I can only be your lover-brother."

"But..."

Nan Zhijun picks up a green plum and slips it into her mouth. "Green plums are sour, and I love them!"

Everyone thinks green plums are sour and hard to swallow. But I think they are sour, addictive from the first taste, and impossible to put down.

[Cool drummer girl fires the first shot at her ex-boyfriend X tattooed, swaggering baddie]

A sweet childhood-friends romance, both leads devoted only to each other.

Note: While the heroine was dating the second male lead, he didn't realize he liked her and kept psychologically manipulating her, so there aren't many intimate scenes between them.

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