She has to enter an ancient household-intrigue world as a concubine-born daughter of a great family. Her mission is to start by humiliating her legitimate elder sister and stepmother, then fight her way through the household intrigues to success.
Full of confidence, she has carefully chosen a delicate, innocent look, studied the art of tea, crammed in lessons on music, chess, calligraphy, painting, embroidery, and women's needlework, and downloaded ancient moral classics like Lessons for Women and Biographies of Exemplary Women from the System. She's sure she'll rise to the top of the inner household and clear the mission in no time.
She chooses the name Gu Mianmian, which sounds like a blooming white lotus.
But
On her first day in the mission world, at her first banquet, Gu Mianmian sees two noble young ladies fall into a talent contest after a disagreement, with the host of the banquet serving as judge.
The delicate young woman who had just blushed and softly claimed to be good at embroidery now flicks her fingers, sending sewing needles flying at her opponent like a rainstorm.
The governor's daughter, whose skirt trails on the ground and whose movements are graceful, snorts. Her earrings sway as she raises a guzheng vertically with one hand. She sweeps both hands across it, sending the strings dancing through the air like flowing water and knocking every hidden weapon away.
Nearby, a dancing girl opens a silk parasol and leaps into the air, her skirts spreading like a flower.
This world was supposed to be an ordinary alternate ancient setting. But eighteen years ago, it was invaded by demons. In order to survive, the world and its native humans evolved on their own to save themselves.
Gu Mianmian stares at the stone giant before her. What do you do when the world you transmigrated into has secretly evolved?
The System is still trembling as it issues a mission:
[Make a striking first impression. Humiliate your legitimate elder sister at the banquet and win the princess's favor.]
Her legitimate elder sister, nearly eight feet tall, looks down at Gu Mianmian. "You're so frail. What kind of useless weakling are you?"
[Strive to take the lead. Compete with your stepmother for control of the household.]
Her stepmother is startled, her claws digging into the Eight Immortals table. "With those skinny arms and legs, what could you possibly do?"
[Beautify your brows and adorn your face. Make an effort to win the affection of at least three young gentlemen.]
A powdered and rouged young nobleman sighs. "I know you fell for me at first sight, young lady, but you're neither imposing nor brave. How could you be considered a noblewoman?"
Faced with these superhumans, Gu Mianmian has no idea how to deal with household intrigue. She breaks down completely.
Until she realizes that humiliating someone can mean beating them up, household fighting can mean hand-to-hand combat, and scheming against each other? Not a thing. Just come to blows.
From then on, Gu Mianmian lets loose and finds more and more joy in doing things her own way.
Mission 1: Earn the family's recognition.
Gu Mianmian: So all I have to do is beat up my unreliable father? Why didn't you say so?
Mission 2: Take your close friend on an outing to enjoy the flowers in the countryside.
Gu Mianmian: Don't ask why my "friend" is tied up. And don't ask why the "flowers" can beat people with vines.
Mission 3: Help those in danger and need to build a good reputation.
Gu Mianmian: What? A bad reputation counts too? I didn't do it on purpose.
Mission 4: Host a banquet and make your guests feel at home.
Gu Mianmian: I rescued the guests when they got into danger, so of course they should leave a good review. As for why the guests got into danger at the banquet I hosted? That's not important.
Mission 5: Develop the estate and increase the family's assets.
Gu Mianmian: What if I don't have an estate? Then I'll just fence off some land outside the city. And I need to make money? Easy. I'll charge a toll to pass through.
As Gu Mianmian uses unorthodox methods to bulldoze her way through the main plot, the System throws her another mission: Win over a high-quality man.
Gu Mianmian: Can "win over" mean attack?
A certain high-quality man: It can, but could you attack only me?
CP: A swaggering heroine who loves putting on airs x a shameless hero who loves acting cute
Reading Notes:
1. The heroine's name is meant to create a contrast.
2. The heroine is sort of a good person, but she has some personality flaws and tends to do whatever she wants. Because of special circumstances, this world has a lot of scumbags, and the heroine isn't very softhearted toward side characters.
3. An alternate ancient setting with comedy and fighting, plus a touch of fantasy and romance. Please don't nitpick the details.
4. A little ensemble cast.
Theme: Stay calm when the unexpected happens, and you'll find success.
Theme: Stay calm when the unexpected happens, and you'll find success.
This Chu Fengsheng is really annoying. On the surface, he looks aggrieved, but in fact, what he does is not only selfish but also unreasonable. He only thinks about himself, and he also gives it a good name for Li. When he does something wrong, he will blame Mian. I've always hated him while reading the article. Although Chu San is obviously duplicitous, he is actually quite sincere towards Li, but he is not good at expressing himself. He is still at a disadvantage against such a sanctimonious villain.
I kept buying it until it was finished, but I didn't expect this book to be so fat! In fact, I only read about 80 chapters.
We agreed to fight, but why did we end up fighting at home?
It's really unique to play this kind of game occasionally.
Happy birthday to the author!
This Chu Fengsheng is really annoying. On the surface, he looks aggrieved, but in fact, what he does is not only selfish but also unreasonable. He only thinks about himself, and he also gives it a good name for Li. When he does something wrong, he will blame Mian. I've always hated him while reading the article. Although Chu San is obviously duplicitous, he is actually quite sincere towards Li, but he is not good at expressing himself. He is still at a disadvantage against such a sanctimonious villain.
I kept buying it until it was finished, but I didn't expect this book to be so fat! In fact, I only read about 80 chapters.
We agreed to fight, but why did we end up fighting at home?
It's really unique to play this kind of game occasionally.
It's so funny, why are there so few people?