The Young Lady's Dog

Heiress and bodyguard | Slightly harem-like, with many admirers | Devoted loyalist

Proud, ambitious heroine vs. hero who willingly falls head over heels while fully aware of it

Shi Yue grew up in a chaotic wealthy family. Her father had a bunch of mistresses and children everywhere, and she was one of them.

Her scumbag father bundled all his children off to companies under his control, then let them tear into one another and fight over resources. He only cared about who came out on top in the end, and Shi Yue was that winner.

But before she could enjoy the fruits of her victory, several of her half-siblings conspired to kill her. When she opened her eyes again, Shi Yue had arrived in another world.

The same familiar playing field, the same familiar rich-family inheritance battle...

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Rumor had it the Shi family had another heiress who never showed her face in public. Some said she was an ugly, useless nobody who wasn't fit to be seen; others said her background was questionable and she'd long since been packed off overseas.

Then, at a banquet hosted by the Shi family, Shi Yue appeared before everyone, dazzling and striking as a wild rose. While the elders of the various families were still sizing up the prospects, the sons and younger brothers they'd brought along were already restless, all eager to show off in front of the heiress.

After the banquet, Shi Yue turned down every invitation and hint, then got into an understated luxury car.

Someone asked, "Which family's young master is that? How did he get the heiress to give him the time of day?"

Another replied, "Are you stupid? That's her own driver and bodyguard."

The man in the driver's seat had broad shoulders and a slim waist. He thought Shi Yue had kept him because of his handsome face, never realizing the real reason was the blood feud he kept buried in his heart.

So one day, when Chi Yan accidentally let something slip and Shi Yue discovered he was in contact with her idiot younger brother, she got straight to the point:

"Come with me. I'm going to be the last one standing."

-- Here's a shout-out to the author's ongoing novel next door, Scum Girl's Great Escape Through Worlds --

Quick transmigration System loading. Character profiles loading.

Mission Taker No. 1: Rong Xueqing, a tragic supporting female character tormented by the hero and heroine in a melodramatic romance.

Mission Taker No. 2: Meng Zhiyu, a formidable businesswoman with a hidden identity: a player who keeps a harem of admirers.

Mission Taker No. 3: Qu Fu, a sweet-looking little girl with a dark side and a hidden identity: a heartbreaker.

The three are bundled into the quick transmigration System, while higher-dimensional readers watch the show from beyond the screen.

System prompt: Use your points to draw golden fingers. Ten draws guarantee a rare prize, a sure win!

But one teammate ends up blind, another illiterate, and when Rong Xueqing tries to swear, she discovers she's a stutterer too.

Luckily, she gets a half-immortal golden finger this time and starts earning a living with her gift of gab.

An unemployed girl squats in front of the stall, crying. Rong Xueqing hands her a tissue. "Go... go to the west side of town and... give it a try."

The girl finds her dream job that very day.

Even when a local tycoon comes to expose their scam, Rong Xueqing's words leave him half-convinced: "You... you should watch out for him. He'll bring misfortune to your daughter."

Three days later, the tycoon returns in tears to thank her. "Half-immortal, your prediction was spot on!"

Rong Xueqing and her two teammates look at the little mountain of gold piled up in the room, grinning from ear to ear.

World Two: Making a fortune in a bandit stronghold.

This time, Rong Xueqing becomes the pretty widow in a bandit lair. The stronghold is so poor it echoes, with a deputy chief trying to seize power from within and regular troops outside looking to wipe them out.

Higher-dimensional readers leave comments: There's no way the three of them can get out of this one, right?

But Rong Xueqing turns around and leads the bandits in building houses and hunting for money.

Six months later, a reporter comes to interview the model village that escaped poverty and asks the villagers if they used to be bandits.

The villagers all shake their heads like rattles. "You can't go saying things like that. The village chief will make us copy The Way to Wealth a hundred times!"

World Three: A Heartbreaker's Guide to Crashing and Burning.

The three transmigrate into a martial arts world as demonesses hated by everyone. One is face-blind, one is gravely ill, and the third has lost all her martial arts skills.

Higher-dimensional readers comment: Oh dear, they're done for. Their enemies are going to chop them into mincemeat.

But just as their enemies come charging over with knives...

Meng Zhiyu throws herself into Enemy No. 1's arms first. "I'm so glad you're alive... None of them are as gentle as you."

Qu Fu grabs Enemy No. 2, who's gone berserk, with tears in her eyes. "Why did you take so long? I was terrified..."

Enemy No. 3 looks coldly at Rong Xueqing.

Rong Xueqing does her best to remember what her teammates did, then manages to blurt out after a long pause, "You're actually pretty handsome."

Enemy No. 3: ?

Comments: ???

The enemies: Something's not right, but this feels strangely good.

Later, her two teammates, who have been living it up, come to her in exhaustion. "Xueqing, we're tired of being players with a harem of admirers."

Rong Xueqing gazes at her two teammates fondly.

"Let's put on one last act, then we'll go home."

Theme: Life isn't something that is assigned to you; it is something you pursue.