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Shen Yiyan has someone she loves. They grew up together and have always been close. She thought they would build a harmonious life together, but then a distant cousin came to stay, and everything changed.
Her childhood sweetheart was captivated by the cousin. When she and her cousin were attacked, he rushed to the cousin's side without a second thought.
Even her own parents doted especially on the delicate young woman, frail as a willow in the wind.
Heartbroken, Shen Yiyan was about to end it all with a strip of white silk when she happened to receive a storybook. A line of tiny words appeared on its pages:
"What an idiot. Dying for someone else, and who knows who'll benefit from it."
That's right! Why should she be the one to die?
Shen Yiyan came to her senses, put down the silk, and began reading intently. To her astonishment, the supporting female character had gone through something much like her own, and the heroine was none other than her pure and virtuous cousin!
Rong Chuxi, eldest son of the Duke of Dun's household, was raised surrounded by love and adoration. He was a young nobleman who rode through the grand avenues of the capital on a fine horse, dressed in gold-trimmed finery.
He had an odd habit: he liked reading the storybooks favored by young women, and was often moved by their melodramatic romances.
One day, he happened upon a storybook that was obscure even in the capital. He wasn't impressed by the protagonist's defiance of the powerful or courage to fight back. Instead, he felt for the supporting character, who had her fortune stolen and ended her life by hanging.
In a fit of anger, he picked up a cinnabar brush and wrote comments in the book. He had no interest in reading the ending, so he tossed it aside to gather dust.
One day, he picked it up again out of boredom, only to find that the storybook had come to life. In elegant blue-ink calligraphy, it read:
"Then tell me, what should I do?"
"Hey? Are you still there? I'm desperate!"
Rong Chuxi: ???
Lately, Shen Yiyan seemed like a different person. She no longer followed her childhood sweetheart around, or competed with her cousin for his attention. Her words and behavior gradually took on the poise of a noble young lady.
One day, the next volume of the storybook appeared. Shen Yiyan read that the heroine would accuse her aunt's family of embezzlement and bribery, and that the entire Shen family would be executed.
She couldn't sit still.
"Storybook spirit! What should I do?"
On the other side, the spirit himself furrowed his handsome brows. "Dummy, just wait for me to come find you in person."
On the day the heir arrived in Qingzhou Prefecture, the people lined the streets to welcome him. Shen Yiyan, burdened with worries, went to greet him. To her surprise, the pampered young nobleman stopped in front of her and teased,
"So we finally meet, storybook spirit."
A modern female-oriented web-novel writer whose stories keep flopping transmigrates into ancient times and discovers that the storybooks she writes can change the course of this world. Whoever she chooses becomes the protagonist.
So she writes one story after another, making sure the people she dislikes get what they deserve.
But when she returns from traveling the world to see how things turned out, she discovers that something is wrong!
How did her wicked supporting character and cool, aloof heroine become best friends? And why has the cannon-fodder male character come to her door with a knife?
Reading Guide
1. The original book's spoiler golden finger is very weak (two readers waiting impatiently for the author to update).
2. A slow-burn, sweet romance: a supporting character who awakens to her fate vs. a proud young heir.
3. The heroine was once engaged and had genuine feelings for her former betrothed. After meeting the hero, she commits wholeheartedly to their mutual love.
Theme: Have the courage to pursue love.
Very interesting, this plot
This book is really good. Why are there so few people?