A Woman Has to Be Ruthless

Ning Shuyan transmigrates to a magical otherworld. This place is bizarre. There are blond-haired, blue-eyed white people named Zhang San, and black-haired, black-eyed Asian people named Sharon. They can even sit together on a field ridge and discuss how to make fermented tofu taste good. The only thing that fits her understanding is the vast gap between rich and poor. The nobles throw their weight around and treat commoners like they're not human, while mages lord it over everyone else. Whoever has the biggest fist makes the rules. To survive, Ning Shuyan has no choice but to find someone powerful to rely on. She has three options: The first is the city lord's eldest son, a hypocrite with an apparently excellent reputation. The second is the city lord's second son, a spoiled wastrel rotten to the core. The third is the city lord himself, a greedy old coward. Without a moment's hesitation, Ning Shuyan chooses... a fourth option. She decides to help the city lord's youngest daughter take power. What? You say she's not allowed to choose anyone outside those three options? No problem. Then she'll just kill them all. -- Reader's Guide: 1. This is the first book in a series, expected to be 300,000 characters long. Each book tells a complete story, and all of them have a female lead with no romantic pairing, so feel free to read. 2. This is not a strictly Western fantasy novel, and it contains a lot of original worldbuilding. 3. The characters' mixed Chinese and Western names are a hint about the setting. Please keep that in mind before reading. 4. The second book is open for preorders. Please look for Women Should Be a Little More Ruthless 2. Coming next: The Female Lead Squad [Cards] In the age of universal card drawing, everyone gradually awakens the power of cards during high school, then links to their own card pool after graduating from the college entrance exams. Geng Ling died suddenly while staying up late reading a novel, then transmigrated to this world as a high school senior about to link to a card pool. She rubbed her hands together, wavering between the Three Kingdoms Generals Card Pool and the Classic of Mountains and Seas Card Pool. She also dreamed of the Eastern Mythology Card Pool and the Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio Card Pool, and was extremely interested in oddball card pools like the Mahjong Card Pool and the Condiments Card Pool. But the moment the link succeeded, she was dumbfounded. Wait!? What do you mean, a Novel Heroines Card Pool!? Other people draw cards and get Sun Wukong, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Guanyin Bodhisattva. She draws cards and gets delicate beauties, palace concubines banished to the cold palace... and adorable three-year-olds. Geng Ling: It's over. My dream of becoming a competitive card duelist ends here. ※※※※ When Geng Ling signed up for the interstellar card duelist tournament, everyone thought she was crazy. Everyone knew she'd linked to a rare but useless card pool. It had no combat ability and couldn't help with everyday life. The most successful card-pool owner so far had become an internet celebrity by making short videos of herself gossiping with her card characters as if they were a group of sisters. But when it came time to fight, everyone was stunned. Card: Delicate Beauty "You have been charmed by your opponent and transformed into an overbearing CEO who loves shopping. Give her the gifts she demands, or all the cards in your hand will be forcibly cleared and transferred to your opponent." Opponent: What!? I'm in the middle of a fight! Where am I supposed to buy gifts!? Card: Concubine Banished to the Cold Palace "Your opponent has used the skill 'female rivalry.' All male cards in this match are frozen and cannot be used." Opponent: Are you insane!? What kind of female rivalry is this!? Card: Adorable Three-Year-Old "Please do not harm children! Warning! Please do not harm children! Otherwise, you will be disqualified!" Opponent: Then get her off the field already!! At a glance, every card has an attack power of just 1. In practice, their fighting power is off the charts. Opponent: Got it. Everyone else uses cards to fight. Geng Ling is the only one playing to see how underhanded she can get. ※※※※ At last, one opponent couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "If you've got the guts, stop using disgusting skills and fight fair and square!" Geng Ling blinked. "Really?" She swept her hand through the air. A card spun, trailing light, and a woman clad in armor appeared on the field. "Allow me to introduce her: Card, Interstellar Marshal. Skill: Invincible!" ※※※※ Reader's Guide: 1. I won't bash any kind of female lead, including but not limited to scum-and-doormat stories and concubine stories. Every heroine is my precious baby. 2. A silly, fun, feel-good story. Hope you enjoy it. Theme: Stand on your own two feet and grow stronger.