From the womb, she knew her family was wealthy and influential. She thought her future would be a carefree life of romance with charming young men and spending lavishly.
Just as she was celebrating, her golden finger informed her that three years later her mother would be stolen away by the emperor, her father would remarry, and her stepmother would soon give him a son.
And with the world in chaos, what would become of her, a daughter?
Her father resented her mother for cuckolding him, but he didn't dare defy imperial power and ignored her.
Her mother wasn't following a forced-marriage plot. She had trampled her father underfoot, deliberately seduced the emperor, and succeeded in entering the palace. She didn't care about her former husband's daughter.
Faced with this disastrous start, she felt her head was about to explode.
The mountains looming before her were impossible to move, so Xiao Ran chose this approach:
First, she used her golden finger to change her sex, from female to male.
Next, she maxed out her looks, inheriting all of her parents' beauty.
In a chaotic age, being a man was more convenient. With a handsome face, she could at least scrape by.
After all that, her golden finger ran out of power.
Do you think Xiao Ran will suffer?
*Reader's guide:
1. Xiao Ran will marry, but that isn't important.
2. To her father, mother, and stepmother, Xiao Ran matters most.
3. Xiao Ran is a sophisticated self-interest maximizer.
Theme: How I, a sophisticated self-interest maximizer, thrive among family members who put benefits first
