The Nanny and the Top Scholar

A Money-Loving, Steady Midwife Who Has Locked Away Her Heart x A Sharp-Tongued, Scheming, Flirtatious Top Scholar

After her parents divorced, Jiang Zhi struggled to make ends meet. At last, she was earning enough to support herself. But before she could enjoy the good life for more than a few days, she unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a midwife. At least her new profession was right up her alley.

The first time she met Qiu Jin, he was an elegant and charming top scholar. Little did he know she had left him with the impression of a suspicious midwife who lied as easily as she breathed.

The next time they met was in a brothel, and by then, all she could think of when she looked at him was how much of a playboy he was.

In her haste, Jiang Zhi shoved him into a private room.

Qiu Jin: "Miss, you certainly have a lot of skills. Which one is your main profession?"

Jiang Zhi leaned against his chest without thinking. "...Take a guess."

Once she was out of trouble, Jiang Zhi tried to make a quick getaway, but he stopped her. "Leaving already? Surely you aren't going to use me and then abandon me?"

"What do you want?"

"Be my fiancée."

It turned out that after placing first in the palace examinations, he had caught the eye of Commandery Princess Qingping, who insisted she would marry no one but him. To escape her pursuit, he took Jiang Zhi to the princess's birthday banquet, making it clear that he was already spoken for.

System: Congratulations, you have received a beginner's gift pack.

Jiang Zhi: ?? There really is a system? Where were you when I was fighting for my life earlier?

System: ...Well, we do need to screen our new users.

She rented a grand house and opened a postpartum care center, offering comprehensive maternity and postnatal services modeled on the modern world.

As time passed, the two fell in love, but loving each other was easy; getting along was hard.

Jiang Zhi cut off her feelings with a decisive stroke.

Men would only distract her from her career.

Reading Guide: This story gives equal weight to romance and career, and has a happy ending.

Coming Soon: I Dare Not Part from You

Ming Yao's mother died when she was young. Her jealous stepsister, envious that Ming Yao surpassed her in both beauty and talent, secretly drugged her, causing her to grow increasingly foolish.

At her grandmother's birthday banquet, Ming Yao went mad and shocked all the guests.

Afterward, her stepmother had her thrown into a lake. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the time before she was poisoned.

This time, she didn't want to repeat the tragedy of her previous life. She desperately searched for a chance to survive.

But Ming Yao knew her stepmother had plotted to make her drown at her grandmother's birthday banquet, so she could clear herself of any suspicion of murdering her stepdaughter in front of everyone.

Desperate, Ming Yao set her sights on Zhang Yuhuai, who had come to offer birthday greetings.

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Zhang Yuhuai was a renowned gentleman in the capital, upright, refined, and as bright as moonlight. He was the younger brother of the current empress, and countless young ladies in the capital secretly loved him, waiting for his mourning period to end so they could ask for his hand.

So when news spread that he was going to marry Ming Yao, the dreams of countless women were shattered. They couldn't understand why a man of such grace and bearing would marry a madwoman.

Even the empress, who had always indulged her younger brother, stepped in to oppose the marriage.

But Zhang Yuhuai clearly remembered his history with this woman.

It was a winter's day, and heavy snow was falling. He had just left a restaurant when he saw her carriage stopped by a woman holding a baby.

"Please, kind sir, have mercy! My child has caught a chill and has a fever that won't come down. We have no money for a doctor. Please spare a few coins and save his life!"

The woman knelt on the ground, weeping, her voice hoarse. She must have been begging there for quite some time, but many carriages had passed without stopping.

A delicate hand lifted the curtain, revealing a pretty face as pristine as jade. After looking over the person kneeling before her carriage, she said sweetly, "Suye, give them all the money we have left."

"Yes, miss." The maid climbed down and handed over a purse.

The woman, who had endured one setback after another, hadn't expected such a quick response. She excitedly kowtowed again and again. "Thank you for your great kindness, miss!"

Having received several kowtows, Ming Yao felt a little awkward. She turned and caught Xu Shouhuai watching from the side, then said to the woman, "That gentleman over there is the kindhearted Minister Xu. Why not ask him for help too?"

And that was how Zhang Yuhuai lost his purse as well.

Later, when rumors spread that she had gone mad, he had sighed with regret.

He never expected that even with her wits clouded, she would still be so good at guilting people into helping her.

Theme: Those who help others will be helped in turn.