The Whole City Watches: After the Embroidered Ball from the Salt Merchant Hit Me

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Synopsis: A spoiled, money-obsessed heroine runs away again and again X A cold, fatherly tycoon frantically chases his wife with money (Also known as: The Embroidered Ball).

Official Synopsis: "Why did the embroidered ball thrown by the Chen family's young master to choose a wife fall right into a bowl of wontons?" "The Chen family? The Chen family, the head of the four great salt merchants?"

Li Yang never imagined she would encounter such a disaster as her parents going missing and becoming an orphan overnight. To make a living, she set up a wonton stall on the main street, but today, someone 'flipped over' her livelihood with precision... Clutching the embroidered ball, she looked up at the culprit on the high building—Chen Junbai, dressed in white, with an elegant demeanor, like an immortal descended to the mortal world.

"Hey, young lady, if you won't marry, how about it, my daughter is just the right age..." "I'll marry!"

She must save enough silver to go find her parents; no one is allowed to snatch her wealth.

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Chen Junbai currently had his lips pressed tight, looking dejected, much like a copper coin... He coldly handed over a stack of 'betrothal gifts': "We divorce after two years, and all of this will be yours." A contract marriage? Even better, she can go look for her relatives in two years.

In the days that followed, she racked her brains to make money, checked account books, caught embezzlement, renovated the flower garden, operated a tea house, and developed tea leaves... What? She isn't allowed to continue making money? Get lost! Who wants to be this Young Mistress can have her.

Oh, this is your house, then I'll get lost.

Later, her Zhaoyang Tea House not only became famous in Songshan Town but also expanded all the way to the capital.

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Chen Junbai's parents were at odds since he was a child. To him, marriage only slowed down his speed of making money. As a result, the middle-aged tycoon was forced by his family to go on blind dates. He casually threw the embroidered ball and brought a 'wife' home. Who knew that this little wife would turn the Chen family mansion upside down, creating a scene full of life and excitement... Hmm, the wife smells good. Huh? The wife ran away?!

Later on, his life went up and down and up again, but he could never escape chasing after his wife and shouting: "Wife, wait for me, I have another new way to make money here."

—May the road ahead be bright for you, and the sun, moon, and stars all rise for you.

[Optional Mini-Theater] Later, the people of Songshan Town liked to talk about that Chen姓 salt merchant, who抢了 embroidered ball ninety-nine times but still couldn't make his wife change her mind... The 15th of this month is又是 his day to grab the embroidered ball. The common people纷纷搬 brought stools, melon seeds, and tea leaves to watch which direction the Chen family's wife's embroidered ball will float to this time.

[Notes & Disclaimers] 1. This story is set in a fictional world, modeled on the Qing Dynasty. There are many private settings, so please do not nitpick. 2. The male lead is a dominant 'fatherly' type (cold to the outside world) vs. the female lead is smart and charming (with full firepower). Both are clean and each other's first loves. 3. Food, business, marketplace, heartwarming, daily life, ensemble cast, playing with cats and dogs, making money and counting money, the romance line unfolds gradually. 4. The female lead's grandmother in the story穿越 (transmigrated) to ancient times, but she only appears as a background introduction in the article. She has no impact on the social background of the story; she was just a bit more open-minded in her education of the female lead's mother compared to others. Official statement: Such a minor character is not enough to classify the article as a transmigration story. 5. Anti-piracy 80%, 48H.

[Pre-order - Revenge Story] Pre-order "Husband Killing Manual: Borrowing a Knife" is currently being saved (Also known as: "After Transmigrating, Being Harassed by a Yandere Brother Every Day") Transmigration|Revenge|Abusing Scum|Redemption|Transmigrator pretending to be a little white flower vs. Ancient Yandere powerful minister|Fake siblings.

[Synopsis] "Book of Changes * Appended Judgments" - Virtue is thin but position is high, there will be disaster. On the first day of the first lunar month, at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, the Su residence was burned to ashes by a great fire. Father Su, died under a rain of sticks. Mother Su, was carried away by bandits. Brother Su, in the freezing cold, whereabouts unknown. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the orphan Su married into the wealthy merchant Gu family, becoming the fourth concubine in the Gu family's back courtyard.

Having transmigrated, Su Xue suppressed the throbbing pain in her heart. Burn the enemies to sacrifice to the nine springs, spill blood to bury old enemies. I accept this assignment. From then on, Su Xue's only goal in this world was to avenge the original owner.

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The new rising star of the court, Prime Minister Pei, has an unknown origin, a Buddhist mouth but a snake heart. No one who has opposed him has died a natural death. Pei Yan returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors and heard of a wealthy merchant whose wives kept dying, sons were scattered, and the head of the family was arrested for committing a crime in the street. There was actually someone who could set up重重 traps under his very nose, interesting.

Later, he held her hand and flipped through the "Husband Killing Manual" page by page: "Sister, next, who do you want to borrow my knife to kill?"

Brainstorm born on September 20, 2025 (Screenshot taken).

Content tags: Commoner life, Marketplace life, Business, Marriage first love later, Chasing love, Funeral pyre.

Li Yang (Zhaozhao) Chen Junbai (Ziheng) Fang Yuan Ziyan Zhaodi (Xiaolu) Bifang Zhou Chengli Zheng Qingbo Youfeng.

One-sentence introduction: Make money and run away, marry first love later.

Theme: No resentment can overcome resentment.