"Ideals and Youth": It turns out I had a youth too (Part 1)...

These words might be valuable if spoken by someone else, but when they come from the mouth of an elder, they unexpectedly inspire.

In any case, after suddenly becoming rich, Jian Yu'an's eagerness to get married disappeared.

This is probably similar to the ancient people who wouldn't sell themselves unless they were in dire straits.

If you don't sell yourself, even if you're poor, there seems to be some hope. But if you sell yourself, you're selling away your future hopes along with your body.

Wait, how come she's starting to associate marriage with prostitution?

Forget about that, let's think about hiring people first.

Her traditional Chinese style shop not only hired several stylists and photographers, but also contacted some clothing designers.

With this surge in traffic, she had even greater ambitions and wanted to take a side business in clothing.

Once I have a little money, I have so many ideas all the time, and I feel like I want to do everything.

Of course, Jian Yu'an didn't forget what Zhao Zhenniang had said: go to Zhao Family Village to recommend himself and try to get on their good side.

She thought she had tricked Zhao Family Village, and that it would be good if Zhao Family Village didn't kick her out. Who would have thought that Zhao Family Village would actually agree to cooperate with her?

Zhao Family Village is going to film a new story about their ancestral grandmother, and they've entrusted the costumes and styling to them. They hope to do some joint promotion when it's released.

Upon receiving the contract order, Jian Yu'an excitedly sent a text message to Senior Zhao: Was this also within your expectations?

Zhao Zhenniang: She's not here, but in her life experience, there are always more solutions than problems.

This world can be harsh at times, and tolerant at others.

The characters in the story got back on track, and the onlookers breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm kind of looking forward to seeing what it will be like when Jian Yu'an is "reborn" into Zhao Zhenniang's body after this life ends.

This is also the most interesting aspect of this 8-figure cycle: each reincarnation brings about new plot changes due to differences in details compared to the previous life.

Each time you compare it to the previous storyline, it's a very interesting experience.

Ye Xiqing lost interest in watching the endless loop between the two and turned off the screen after only glancing at it.

Looking at the work content during holidays is cruel.

Having lived through a world with its feet firmly on the ground, Ye Xiqing returned to the human world and began to look through her old textbooks.

I haven't touched a book in a long time, and I've become a bit rusty.

All the memories of the past, whether happy or painful, were erased from her mind. Looking at it again, it had a strange yet beautiful quality that she could recall. Ye Xiqing watched with great interest.

Ye Xiqing was reading a book, while the system was sulking beside her.

Everything has its losses, and the operation of a small world also requires energy.

The system earns money by live-streaming from the small world, and the small world relies on it for energy to operate.

The established world operates relatively energy-efficiently, but if large-scale "reclamation" were to occur, energy consumption would increase exponentially.

This is also why Ye Xiqing had to take the side quest in the previous world, and why the system was so vulnerable to her.

However, because Ye Xiqing is so popular now, the profits she has earned can completely cover the investment, so the system didn't say anything.

But what is that inexplicable feeling of discomfort?

The system felt like its core was about to explode, but thankfully there were only three worlds left, and it would be over soon.

Ye Xiqing's refusal to eat, no matter what, fueled the system's anger. It said irritably, "Then, host, what kind of world do you want?"

Ye Xiqing didn't even look up: "Whatever. I don't know what kind of world I like, but once you give me a choice, I'll know what kind of world I don't like."

system:……

You did this on purpose, didn't you!

Ye Xiqing is too difficult to please. She won't listen to either soft or hard approaches. No matter what kind of world you give her, she can always find something to complain about. So I might as well just ignore her.

Anyway, there are only three worlds left. Even if things go badly, it's just three worlds that will be ruined. What's there to be afraid of? The system has decided to let itself go and do whatever it wants!

The system suddenly relieved him of his psychological burden and gave him the motivation to tackle the next part of the story.

In the previous few worlds, it tried almost every genre and trope, but none of them were successful.

While searching through his database over and over again, his gaze suddenly fell on a script.

After watching the entire plot, I slowly looked up and thought, "This is good."

...

Ye Xiqing spent a leisurely and fulfilling time in the system space, reading books, planting plants, exercising, and raising turtles every day, enjoying himself immensely.

Happy times always pass too quickly, and it's time to go back to work again.

The system must have been holding back for so long, Ye Xiqing asked as usual, "System, you're not trying to frame me again, are you?"

The system replied seriously, "How could that be, host? When have I ever framed you?"

Oh, once it said that, Ye Xiqing understood. Who knows what kind of evil this world is up to again.

Once Ye Xiqing arrived at the location and completed the plot, she understood what was wrong.

This time, the evil wasn't a worldview-based evil, nor was it a direct, bloody attack. Ye Xiqing came up with a fitting word from her vocabulary: "a needle hidden in cotton."

As time moves forward, this world is closer than Zhenniang's world but farther than the first world, and it roughly tells the story of Miao Shuangshuang's mother's generation.

With the resumption of the college entrance examination, everything was restored, and the world suddenly entered a period of rapid development.

Because of different perceptions, different people and different places have very different developmental outcomes.

This also applies to her family. Bao Xiangqiao was a rural woman who dropped out of school after the second grade and only knew about household chores every day.

Her husband, Zhou Wenyan, is a local intellectual with a high school diploma and ideals and ambitions.

People as different as them probably would never have come together in their lives if it weren't for the special circumstances of the time.

Even if they come together, differences will still emerge in terms of cognition, behavior, and personality.

Bao Xiangqiao is a spoiled, shrewish person who loves to take advantage of others and always wants to eat more than her share.

Zhou Wenyan, however, was an ambitious young man with ideals and aspirations.

After graduating from high school, Bao Xiangqiao wanted him to become the village accountant.

A respectable, easy, and well-paying job—it's like having a secure job. If you do well, you might even get elected village chief!

Zhou Wenyan, however, had a greater ideal: he wanted to respond to the call to go to a very difficult place to carry out engineering construction.

Of course, Bao Xiangqiao disagreed and stubbornly refused to let him leave. She cried, made a scene, and even threatened to hang herself, threatening to divorce him if he dared to go.

Zhou Wenyan was already annoyed with her, and with both new and old annoyances combined, he angrily said, "Fine, let's get a divorce!"

In the eyes of Bao Xiangqiao, a rural woman, it was difficult for men to find wives, and no one wanted an exorbitant bride price, so she didn't ask for anything.

Zhou Wenyan was so grateful to have married her that he was afraid of divorce and always used it as a threat. But unexpectedly, Zhou Wenyan actually wanted to divorce her!

The reason she threatened divorce was because she was certain that Zhou Wenyan wouldn't dare to divorce her. In reality, if she were divorced, she would have nowhere to go and no one to rely on, and she would be the one being pointed at and ridiculed.

Upon hearing Zhou Wenyan say that they were really getting a divorce, Bao Xiangqiao immediately panicked, her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

He explained, half fearful and half forced, that she didn't want him to go because it was for his own good, and why he wouldn't listen to her!

She gave birth to a girl for the Zhou family, so why should they kick her out?

Bao Xiangqiao, abandoning her usual strong personality, fell to the ground and was dragged away to get a divorce, much to the amusement of the villagers who had long been fed up with her character.

Bao Xiangqiao cried and begged for mercy, while her four-year-old daughter cried along with her.

Most people would feel sorry for themselves if they saw such a scene.

Zhou Wenyan's patience with Bao Xiangqiao ran out as she kept nagging. He hugged the child and then put him down again. This time, he was determined to get a divorce!

Despite everyone's attempts to dissuade him, the divorce was finalized. Bao Xiangqiao, holding her child, watched Zhou Wenyan board the train with his luggage, unable to catch up.

After the divorce, Bao Xiangqiao immediately became docile. She stopped cursing, stopped pointing fingers, and didn't even dare to speak loudly anymore.

He has reformed himself and taken care of the whole family in the Zhou family. He sincerely repents and hopes that for the sake of the children, Zhou Wenyan will come back and turn back.

She persevered in guarding the Zhou family for seven years, and when she finally received the news that Zhou Wenyan was coming back, she was overjoyed, hoping that he would see that she had changed for the better!

However, Zhou Wenyan did not return alone; he brought back a very fashionable woman, as well as a son and a daughter.

This led to another fierce dispute within the Zhou family, but it had nothing to do with Zhou Wenyan.

He was indeed divorced; there was no deception involved. It's just that I didn't expect Bao Xiangqiao to stay with the Zhou family for seven years.

Zhou Wenyan, with his outstanding talent and handsome appearance, was appreciated by the construction leaders at the construction site, and they married their daughters to him.

These years have not only been successful at work, but also have a happy family and a son and a daughter.

To the stubborn and foolish Bao Xiangqiao, there is only one thing to say: Are you out of your mind?

Bao Xiangqiao's life was tragic, but everything she did was her own fault, and there's no reason to even pity her.

Every pitying mouth of hers was blocked with waiting words, so she became a terracotta figure displayed sealed in mud.

You can see the horrific state she was in before her death, but every mouth was gagged, so she couldn't make any screams.

People recounted her past misdeeds in the context of this mutilated corpse: it was all her own fault.

In the end, Bao Xiangqiao married an old bachelor who repaired shoes, had a son with him, and lived her life in a daze.

Because of her mother, her daughter never held her head high in the village. She was raised by her grandparents and eventually married hastily to someone from the next village. She had no hope for the future.

Bao Xiangqiao often thinks back to her impulsive act when she was young, wondering if she should have just held back.

Why make such a fuss? Why control men so much? Why not give him any face at all and drive him away completely?

In her pain and self-blame, Bao Xiangqiao returns to the past, back to the time before her divorce.

This time, she wasn't going to argue with Zhou Wenyan; she was going to take her daughter and Zhou Wenyan with her to participate in the construction!

In any case, her life will never be the same as her previous one, right?

Ye Xiqing pressed her forehead, processing the plot, and had only one feeling after watching it.

"Is the backstory of this world really a female-oriented novel? Why do I feel like every satisfying moment is from a male-oriented novel?"

Aside from a forced reference to a female-oriented plot at the end, the preceding storyline was mostly male-centric.

system:……

How was this discovered?

The system had barely made a small move when Ye Xiqing exposed it, leaving him speechless.

But besides male-oriented and female-oriented content, there is also a general-oriented content.

The original plot was a youth inspirational TV drama, in which Zhou Wenyan was the most controversial and talked-about male lead.

The film and television drama mainly tells the story of a group of passionate young people who participate in the construction of the country.

To boost ratings, some melodramatic romantic entanglements were added, but those aren't the main point; the main point is the building of the story and the portrayal of youth.

Zhou Wenyan, as the male protagonist, has a rather complicated love life, but he is absolutely unambiguous when it comes to matters of principle.

The audience outside is not solely driven by profit; at least their youthful passion is commendable.

The project built by the male protagonist and his colleagues has benefited countless future generations, making them the most admirable builders.

Many viewers nowadays no longer simply empathize with individual narratives.

Even female viewers of fantasy novels don't like to empathize with the female protagonist's destruction of the world; instead, they start to empathize with the common people in the world.

Faced with such absolute justice, what could Ye Xiqing do?

The system laughed smugly, and Ye Xiqing couldn't help but chuckle as well: "Then your audience is very optimistic."

The system paused for a moment, then asked in confusion: "Hmm?"

Ye Xiqing's smile didn't falter for a moment: "As everyone knows, entertainment products only praise the spirit, and there are no actual material rewards."

"Even entertainment products that don't offer any real rewards habitually portray a certain group as an ideal enemy, the opposite of justice, a public enemy, or an emotional outlet."

"It's really optimistic that people in this group can so easily believe that the common people under the banner of righteousness include themselves."