Bai Gao was quite efficient; in no time, Tao Tao had a thick book in her hands. Although she wasn't usually interested in reading, since it was the original work, she might as well flip through it casually.

"Where are we now? Where should I start looking?"

But she just doesn't like reading. After reading only a few pages, Tao Tao started to get impatient.

Bai Gao tilted her little head and thought for a moment:

"Maybe...probably...perhaps...you can skip the first two-thirds."

What he really wanted to say was that reading the original work was pointless because the plots were so different.

"Ningbao, stop sucking your thumb!"

Tao Tao flipped through the pages of her book with a rustling sound, glancing out of the corner of her eye at little Ningbao inside the crib, who was intently chewing on his hand.

Ningbao was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled her chubby little hand out of her mouth, waving her still-drool-covered hand, and hurriedly explained:

"It wasn't Ningbao who wanted to eat it, and Ningbao doesn't know what happened!"

"It must be due to physical factors, after all, Ningbao is still a baby."

Bai Gao, with a napkin in her mouth, handed it to Ning Bao. She intended to sit down and continue talking, but she tripped over the protruding blanket and rolled twice. In the end, she was stopped by Ning Bao's chubby little feet.

"Gao Gao... Gao Gao, please continue~"

He struggled to lift his heavy little head and got up, feeling as if a bunch of stars were spinning in front of him.

"This book is a time-travel novel. The male protagonist transmigrates into the body of Jia Lian in the book, and the time of his transmigration is right around the time of his wedding to Wang Xifeng. Therefore, the subsequent plot changes completely. Ningbao is now Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's son, their eldest legitimate son."

Tao Tao, who had just skimmed through several pages of the original novel using the "quantum reading method," paused. Good heavens, no wonder Bai Gao said the plot had been greatly altered; Wang Xifeng even has a son now.

"What about Second Sister You? Did you not marry her?"

"He married her, not only did he marry Sister You the Second, but he also married Sister You the Third."

Bai Gao hadn't read the original novel, but his expression was strange at this moment. In his opinion, marrying the older sister and then the younger sister was already absurd.

Tao Tao, who was reading the original novel, had an even stranger expression. All she wanted to say was:

"Does the You family have ten sisters, and they all have to marry Second Master Lian?"

Got it, this is a male protagonist who follows a harem route. Actually, it's not entirely incomprehensible. In a feudal context where men are expected to have multiple wives and concubines, isn't a harem route perfectly legitimate? Plus, there's the protagonist's halo—that every woman loves him…

That probably has little to do with the original work.

"That's not all, the male lead also has quite a few women in his harem."

Bai Gao had no idea what Tao Tao was thinking, and continued:

"And his wife isn't jealous at all; she gets along well with the other women in the courtyard."

The legal wife, who? Wang Xifeng? Not jealous at all?

Wang Xifeng, the gentle and virtuous woman, right?

Tao Tao closed the book in her hands expressionlessly. "So why write fanfiction? Wouldn't it be better to just write a harem novel? Or is it just to use the skin of a Dream of the Red Chamber fanfiction to save yourself the trouble of making up the background?"

"and then?"

Tao Tao had already put the book into Ning Bao's spatial bag. She had just glanced at the final ending, and although there were several versions, it was definitely not a good ending. She was now quite curious: with the male lead focusing all his attention on building his harem, what was going to happen to the Jia family?

Even if the male protagonist is exceptionally capable, able to flirt with women while simultaneously building his career, the core power of the Jia family is still in the hands of the patriarch. As a junior member of the family, it would be very difficult for the male protagonist to turn the tide.

Even if he can rely on his protagonist aura to live off women from wealthy families and have them throw themselves at him, girls in this era don't have real power and can't really help him much.

"That's it. This book has 347 chapters, and it's a terrible ending. There aren't even many characters who have awakened yet in this small world. Everyone else is still just a two-dimensional character. And now these few awakened characters are about to die. That's why Little Heavenly Dao said it's extremely urgent."

Tao Tao: ...

My native language is speechless. It doesn't resemble anything else in terms of other aspects, except perhaps for its terrible ending—is that the only similarity to the original work?

"Waaaaah~ You're finally here! Hurry up and think of something!"

Just then, a tiny ball of light with a childlike voice floated in through the window and circled around Ningbao.

Ningbao's infant instincts compelled her to reach out her wicked little hand and, with lightning speed, grab the small yellow, still-blinking ball of light.

The still-developing Little Heavenly Dao: ? ? ?

"Ning Bao, quickly release the Heavenly Dao from your hands!"

While it is indeed a Heavenly Dao, it is a newly born, still-forming Heavenly Dao on the verge of collapse. In terms of pure power, it is no match for Ning Bao; it is entirely possible that Ning Bao could crush it.

A flawless version after careful inspection!

"Eeya ee~"

Ning Bao let go of her little hand, trying very hard to say sorry, but even with her chubby face turning red, she still couldn't pronounce a single word clearly.

Waaaaah, being a baby is really no fun at all! UTTU

"Stop, stop, stop! Don't rush, tell us the specifics first."

Tao Tao stopped the little celestial orb of light from circling Ning Bao like a headless fly. Although she had already heard the general situation from Bai Gao, the little celestial orb certainly knew more details.

Xiao Tiandao didn't play any tricks with them and actually pulled out a physical novel: "Dream of the Red Chamber: The Unusual Romantic Life of Lian Erye".

Tao Tao took the book and was speechless after reading only the first chapter. This male lead is arguing with his own father on his very first day after transmigrating? She's not a peach tree from this world, don't fool her. She clearly understood the importance of filial piety when she read the original novel, even just a little bit.

But for the sake of the mission, she forced herself to continue reading. Well, the male lead used his unique masculine charm to tame Wang Xifeng into a doting wife; not only did she stop being jealous, but she even took the initiative to find him a concubine.

Wang Xifeng...the beloved wife...

It's... hard to judge. However, the most crucial point is that she's only seen the beginning!

Why can't this author create their own setting? Does it have to be based on Dream of the Red Chamber?

She silently repeated "for the mission" three times in her mind. Although she didn't understand, Tao Tao forced herself to try. While Wang Xifeng appeared somewhat shrewish to outsiders, she wasn't without a charmingly naive side...

Okay, she still thinks that the character of Wang Xifeng was ruined from the very beginning, at least compared to the original work.

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