Should a Vilainess snake eat a fox?

Squashed Oranges I

The transaction with Shao Jun last night was truly successful and satisfying compared to all of the orders that she had for the past few days.

I meant, who could blame her? When she was tending the day store like it's an empty playground. She sighs, it's annoying to keep thinking about this everyday. Even if her potent medical pills still sold out every day, it's not fun seeing the same people coming over and over again just because they're patrons.

Where are the new faces??. All of the people that came here are her regulars, so even if she wanted to swindle them out of their money just like how that big investor did to her sister, they all won't accept the changes. And perhaps they will eventually go away and move on to buy things on those newly opened stores. Meanwhile her day store will rot from the lack of income.

She sighs again as she smoothen out her scrunched forehead with her hand. Perhaps Shirou Niao was right, she needs to calm down every once in a while and stop thinking just for a moment. For now, her business wasn't ruined or anything. Even if her day shop is not doing so well, her night shop is still doing fairly good ever since the news of another war has risen.

Eh? Why the sudden war?. It's just a plot point that has got nothing to do with her life. The protagonist of this novel world right now is across the empire, miles and miles away from her settlement. She doesn't really give a damn to him even if the world were to be destroyed as long as she and her sister was fine.

Remember, the current state of the novel's protagonist was that he's an adopted Royal Prince in the human world. This country will wage war on the neighbouring one after a few weeks from now, and the main protagonist will go and fight in the war. Of course he will be victorious and brought glory to the people of Qin Empire as usual. Then later on, because his achievements were literally out of this realm, he will be called upon the celestial realm above once again to start his training to become a true celestial.

Oh did you know? The main protagonist was actually the reincarnation of the first Qin emperor that was reborn as a yellow dragon. Shirou Niao's Ex. As ridiculous as that, The current jade emperor that rules the celestial world is actually a yellow dragon, so you know how it goes.

The MC is basically a child born out of wedlock, a halfling dragon/celestial that was born out of the love between the jade emperor and a human woman. He was stolen away by his human mother once she realized that the man that she loved was actually a higher celestial being.

His childhood was rough after that, as he went into hiding with his mother, they became poor. He got beaten by street thugs and got his hard earned money stolen, mother got sick and died, yadda yadda yadda.

Then out of pure bullshit chance, he saved the empress dowager of Qin country and since then became her adopted grandson. Then bla bla bla, he was not accepted within the Royal circle, got orcatrized, bullied by the other princes, hated by consorts, got many assassination attempts, etc. Yeah, the cliche stuff.

Your usual sad background, dramatic protagonist stuff to make it appear as if their trauma will justify their not so good actions and made the readers sympathizes.

Of course, after his 'high luck' in the human realm, he will have to suffer trials and tribulations to prove that he is the one and only suitable heir for the position of emperor of the celestial realm. He will later on managed to get stronger and defeat his evil half brother and save the world or something.

Currently, if she recalled it right, his existence was only known by a select few people within the celestial realm. Mainly the jade emperor, his half brother, and his retainers.

Complicated family drama is probably still happening now between the jade emperor and his official legitimate son. But eh, who cares, it's not like she's gonna be involved with their problems. Besides, the poor legitimate half brother of the MC is gonna turn into a villain any time soon. If she remembered correctly, he had this nasty condition where he couldn't control his bad temper due to a birth illness. Every time he was angry, his condition will eat him away slowly as he will be consumed by blind rage and madness as the story goes.