May There Be An Echo

Synopsis: 

Crisis PR expert Shao Yuci transmigrated into a novel.

The original character was an arrogant heiress obsessed with comparing herself to others, who only ever managed to gain the verbal upper hand over her sworn rival, Ji Linqing. After her family fell into decline, unable to bear the drastic change in circumstances, the original character chose to throw herself into a river and take her own life.

When Shao Yuci opened her eyes again, she found herself bound to the [Save People for Money System].

System: [Resolve one basic crisis and receive two million in cash. The greater the crisis, the greater the reward. Note: When saving someone, you must also include one line of “affectionate care” to repair your relationship. Otherwise, settlement will fail.]

Not long afterward, Ji Linqing discovered that the person applying to be her secretary was none other than her former sworn rival.

At a business dinner, a competitor maliciously tried to force Ji Linqing to drink. Shao Yuci stepped in front of her with a cold expression, snatched the glass away, and drained it in one gulp.

She turned her head, her gaze hazy from the alcohol yet seemingly filled with deep affection. “Don’t be afraid. I’d even die for you willingly.”

Shao Yuci, internally: [System, that line was shameless enough, right? Hurry up and transfer my two million. I want to move out of that tiny studio apartment.]

Late at night in an alley, Ji Linqing was ambushed. Armed with a brick, Shao Yuci fought her way out of the encirclement and, covered in blood, held Ji Linqing tightly in her arms, shielding her with her entire body.

Her voice trembled, yet she gently soothed the woman beside her ear. “You’re my life. Whoever touches you, I’ll make them die.”

Shao Yuci, internally: [The reward is accelerating and doubling. Definitely worth it.]

Soon, the entire city was buzzing with rumors that Shao Yuci loved Ji Linqing with an obsession that had seeped into her very bones, but because of her inferiority complex after going bankrupt, she only dared to talk about money after saving her.

Until one day, Shao Yuci finally saved up enough money and handed in her resignation letter.

Ji Linqing, who had always been aloof and proud, standing at the very top of the pyramid, lost her composure in front of everyone for the first time.

In the dimly lit corridor, she clung tightly to Shao Yuci. Those eyes that were always so rational they bordered on cold cruelty were now frighteningly red.

“Shao Yuci, didn’t you say I was your life? And now you’re planning to throw your life away?”

**

Ji Linqing, heir to one of the most powerful elite families, was born aloof, reserved, and noble. No one dared provoke her lightly.

She thought she would go her entire life without ever understanding the meaning of the words “lose control”—until the person who always loved going against her stepped in front of her, time and time again.

That woman was always at her coldest whenever she asked for money, yet whenever she saved Ji Linqing, her gaze burned hotter than anyone else’s.

“Now that you’ve taken back the Shao Corporation, you think you can just leave.”

Ji Linqing’s icy fingertips brushed across the other woman’s cheek, an obsession that could not be dissolved filling her eyes.

“Shao Yuci… then what about the debt you owe me in here? How are you planning to repay it?”

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One-Sentence Summary: Her mouth is full of money, but her heart is full of her

Theme: Be a good person and respect others’ feelings