[Next book: The Male Lead's Uncle x The Gloomy Ghost √, please add it to your reading list!]
In the summer of 1996, the old master of the Qiao family died while doing a good deed.
With the family's pillar gone, Old Mrs. Qiao and her granddaughter had only her four sons to depend on. But the day after the funeral, the brothers treated them like a hot potato.
The eldest, whom they had gone to great lengths to put through college: "Mom, our place is small. There's really no room for you to stay."
The second, who came home every day to ask for financial help: "Xiaopeng and Xiaolong are making a racket at home all day. They'll definitely disturb your rest."
The third, who started a business with decades of the family's savings: "You know how busy my wife and I are. If you come, there won't be anyone to look after you."
The fourth, who wanted to take over the family's unit-owned apartment: "Mom, please! If I don't get a place of my own, my wife will definitely divorce me and take the kids!"
Faced with her sons' excuses, Old Mrs. Qiao said nothing. She took her granddaughter back to the family's dilapidated old house in the village.
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Qiao Jiahuan transmigrated into a period novel as an orphan whose parents died young and who was raised by her maternal grandparents.
On her very first day, her grandmother and she were driven back to the village by her uncles working together.
The grandmother and granddaughter thought they could get by, even if life was hard. Then, just a few days later, news suddenly spread that the village was going to be demolished.
Qiao Jiahuan: "Village chief, did you say this three-story old house of ours and six mu and five fen of uncultivated land can be exchanged for a thousand square meters in an apartment building in the city?"
"Did I hear you right? After the demolition, we'll get relocation subsidies and compensation, and my grandmother and I will also get a monthly temporary housing allowance?"
When they heard that the village was going to be demolished, the Qiao family's four sons in the city hurried back to show their mother filial devotion.
Overnight, the grandmother and granddaughter went from being hot potatoes to coveted prizes they all fought over.
Holding her granddaughter's hand, Old Mrs. Qiao finally straightened the back she'd bent for a lifetime. "You all want to support me in my old age? Then don't just say it. You'd better show me what you can do."
Reading guide:
1. Domestic squabbles and chaotic everyday life.
2. Two female leads: a grandmother and her granddaughter.
3. A grand spectacle of unfilial sons tearing into one another, followed by a desperate chase to win Mom back.
Next book: The Male Lead's Uncle x The Gloomy Ghost √
[An apparently calculating, green-tea little rose x A man who's noble in public and twisted and gloomy in private]
[An apparently calculating, green-tea little rose x A man who's noble in public and twisted and gloomy in private]
As the head of the Sheng Group in H City, Sheng Shiyan was widely regarded as an untouchable flower on a high peak.
Noble and elegant, aloof and proud, he was the dream husband of countless wealthy heiresses.
Then a skiing accident left Sheng Shiyan paralyzed from the waist down, and all his glamour vanished.
After he became paralyzed, a "savior" somehow appeared by Sheng Shiyan's side.
All the rich young ladies avoided him, but that "benefactor" stayed by his side every step of the way.
Still, Sheng Shiyan showed no more emotion than before, treating her like a vase that happened to be hanging around.
Everyone said she was wasting her time. Sheng Shiyan had lost the ability to father an heir, so no matter how hard she tried, she would never marry into the Sheng family.
But when Sheng Shiyan recovered and stood up from his wheelchair, he heard her talking on the phone:
"What are you talking about? How could I possibly marry a cripple?"
"Why do you think I'm going to so much trouble to look after him? It's for Sheng Ting."
"With his uncle as my connection, won't it be easier for me to get close to Sheng Ting later?"
Qiao Lu was a bit-part actress in short dramas and a seasoned green-tea schemer.
After dying suddenly on set, she transmigrated into an urban male-oriented novel as an insignificant cannon-fodder character.
Qiao Lu: ??? Insignificant? Cannon fodder?
Heaven had given Qiao Lu a stunningly beautiful face, pure and flawless.
She had no intention of letting such a gift go to waste. Rather than live in obscurity, she longed to climb into high society and enjoy a life of luxury.
Qiao Lu set her sights on the male lead's side. The book hadn't assigned him a female lead, so she still had a chance.
But the male lead wouldn't return from abroad for another year. To create an opportunity and enjoy a wealthy lifestyle early, she temporarily turned her attention to his uncle...
Half a year ago, Sheng Shiyan, head of the Sheng family, had an accident while skiing.
Because help arrived too late, he lost all sensation in his lower body and was highly likely to remain paralyzed for life.
Half a year later, Sheng Shiyan accidentally fell into the sea again.
This time, however, a woman passing by called for help in time and saved him.
When the Sheng family asked her what she wanted as a reward, she said only, "Just give me a job."
Qiao Lu had thought it would be a simple job, but gradually she began to feel that something was off:
The clothes she didn't have time to hang out were always perfectly smooth.
When she opened her eyes in the middle of the night, the empty cup by her bed would have half a cup of warm water in it.
Even when she was sick with a fever and slept in a daze, a cool touch would ease the heat, and...
Half a year later, the male lead, Sheng Ting, was finally coming back.
Just as she dressed up to go out and meet him for dinner, a force suddenly wrapped around her waist. It was like something wet and sticky reaching out from the abyss, a ghostly tentacle from hell.
Yet the voice beside her ear remained as gentle as ever.
"...Don't go."
A little scene:
Ever since moving into Rose Manor, Qiao Lu had become its "lady of the house."
On the surface, she lived in the servants' quarters, but every night she went to sleep in the most spacious guest room.
That night, after putting on a face mask, she went to rest in the guest room as usual.
She opened the locked bedside drawer and instinctively reached for the lipstick inside.
But when she picked it up, she noticed something was different.
Was this one brand-new? And did it seem to have a scent that belonged uniquely to Sheng Shiyan?
Reading guide:
1. One-on-one romance, sexually inexperienced leads.
2. The heroine isn't perfect, and the male lead is dark to the core.
3. The male lead will gradually recover.
4. The male lead is six years older.
Core message: Learn to love yourself.
After I Mistakenly Married the Tycoon from a Period Novel
What Do I Do If I Have Seven Boyfriends at Once?
After They Lost Me, They All Went Mad [Quick Transmigration]
I Worked as a Matchmaker in the 1980s
Get the Villain Pregnant
Help! This Isn't the Transmigration I Signed Up For [Crime Investigation]
The Northern Tough Guy's Sweetheart [Gourmet]
Brother, I Want to Give My Sister-in-Law a Home
Everyone Loves a Bad Woman
A Demolition Windfall Heir's Everyday Gossip [Period]
I Opened a Chinese Restaurant in New York [Period]
Raising Pandas in the 1990s
This grandma herself couldn't handle it clearly. She had no money, so she gave it all to her son. She was willing to contribute, which made the heroine suffer along with her.
Since this old house was built with money from the eldest daughter and son-in-law, the old lady should pass the old house to her granddaughter, or add her granddaughter's name to the village.
Raising children to protect against old age, hey, raising children to protect against old age
Only then did you realize that this is the end??
When writing, the author should remember how to protect Qiao Jiaxin's interests.
The character of the grandfather is contradictory. From the copywriting, the grandfather is a powerful person. He has connections to do business for his son, and he can also be assigned an apartment, but he cannot afford to send his children to college. The house in his hometown was built with the help of the heroine's parents. He lived in the countryside in the early days and only moved to the city in the past ten years.
It's really easy to talk to. I feel like this old lady can take the bait with just a hint of coaxing. I feel like I can start a fight directly, for example, threaten them to go to the workplace to make trouble if they don't pay.
If you leave 2,000 in advance and give 4,000 to your son, it is a normal operation, and you don't need to ask for help! So it's really a confusing operation! The heroine's grandmother is looking for a sense of presence. Is she important to her son?
Is the heroine's grandma doing something so disgusting? While he said he loved the heroine, he emptied his money to give to his son, and at the same time begged his son to pay for the heroine's tuition. Are you going roundabout here?! The heroine's grandfather has only been gone for a long time. Doesn't she know how to set aside the money that the heroine needs in advance? The heroine must be allowed to live in the name of being raised by her uncle! Really disgusted! The heroine's parents' pension was also spent on her son! They are not good birds!
Now in the 1990s, the heroine is in her third year of high school. Based on her age, the heroine's uncle should not have to pay tuition when he goes to college. Why does the heroine's mother still have to pay tuition for her younger brother with all the money she has saved? The heroine's mother wasn't married at that time. It must have been the late 1970s or early 1980s.