Duan Congbi is the eldest legitimate daughter of her family. Her father is a stern family patriarch, her mother is a chivalrous wanderer, and her grandfather is a renowned martial arts alliance leader.
After dying for some reason, Duan Congbi transmigrates into the modern world and becomes a dissolute delinquent girl who smokes and drinks. The girl is also the real daughter of a wealthy family, recently reunited with her birth family.
The wealthy family's waters run deep. Duan Congbi discovers that every person in the family is a lunatic. But it doesn't matter. She has unexpectedly gained the ability to read minds, as well as plenty of strength and plenty of tricks up her sleeve.
Her younger brother drugs her tea, so she turns around and serves it to her uncle.
Her older brother tampers with her designer dress, so she wows the crowd in a traditional outfit.
Her second brother pays thugs to bully her, unaware she knows martial arts and can escape with ease... Except, she's been caught up with someone.
"Hello. You have an extraordinary bone structure and exceptional talent. How about trying your luck in show business?"
The man before her was handsome, dressed in finery, and carried himself with an extraordinary air.
Duan Congbi stared at him blankly, then suddenly threw herself into his arms, her voice choked with emotion. "My husband..."
Ji Yanqing, who had just stepped outside and acquired a wife from an ancient costume drama: ...?
Ji Yanqing couldn't shake her off. She was always sending him unbearably sappy poems from ancient times.
"If two hearts are truly joined, they need not be together day and night."
"My husband, A Bi misses you."
Ji Yanqing was at a loss for words. The whole thing even earned him mockery from a friend: "Your ancient-style wife is still pestering you? That's music to my ears!"
After a while, his ancient-style wife went quiet, leaving Ji Yanqing puzzled. He finally went to her door and asked, "Why did you stop messaging me?"
Duan Congbi looked at him calmly and distantly. "You're not him."
Ji Yanqing: ?
What was this? A substitute romance?
Reading Guide:
1. Both leads have had no previous romantic partners.
2. The entire story is fictional. Please don't nitpick the details.
3. The poem in the blurb, "If two hearts are truly joined, they need not be together day and night," is from "Immortal at the Magpie Bridge: Clouds Like Fine Silk," by Qin Guan.
4. The poem on the cover, "The drums thunder and dance in the darkness; the ignorant are confused, and the wise are misled," is from "The Mosquitoes' Ballad," by Liu Yuxi.
5. The blurb was written on May 7, 2023, revised on September 28, 2025, and archived.
Theme: Ride the current and forge ahead
The third script is the Queen's one [Let Me Be Well]