Gu Xiaocong never thought she'd reincarnate in the present timeline after transmigrating to the ancient past for twenty-four years! In her previous life, Gu Xiaocong grew up in the countryside with parents who didn't love her. When they heard that their neighbor's daughter was working outside and making money, they forced her to quit school and participate in a reality show in exchange for seven hundred dollars.

Gu Xiaocong's life changed because of this show. The participants of the show were all ordinary folks. The content of the livestreams was to show the difference between girls who grew up in the countryside and girls who grew up in the city. The program team edited the show with ill intentions so Gu Xiaocong would be labeled as the 'uncultured hillbilly'. She would then become the victim of cyberbullying.

Three years later, Gu Xiaocong's biological parents found her. Only then did she realize that her original parents were human traffickers. They swapped Gu Xiaocong with their own daughter so that the latter could have a good life. Meanwhile, the girl from the city, Gu Xiaocong's polar opposite on the show, was actually the human trafficker's biological daughter. The masterminds who caused her to become the victim of cyberbullying turned out to be her birth parents! However, they didn't feel guilty at all. They still sided with the fake young lady they raised. They believed the fake young lady was innocent, and they constantly picked on Gu Xiaocong for going against the fake young lady.

Gu Xiaocong finally broke down from the torture day after day, and she ended her life by jumping off the balcony. To her surprise, she transmigrated to the ancient past. She relied on her own capabilities to transform from an ordinary citizen to an empress. That place was like home to her. 

However, to her surprise, she reincarnated in her original world one day. Gu Xiaocong decided to turn the tables by sending her adoptive parents to prison. She wanted to accomplish all her previous goals and make her biological parents regret their decision!

An Empress's Return to the Present: The Real Young Lady's Strong Comeback

The netizens even specially made a topic on Weibo, which was to analyze the similarities between the female lead of "The Return of the Crimson Child", Xu Yu, and Gu Xiao.

[Look at this. The original fake daughter knew that Xu Yu's original educational resources were not good, and she even forced Xu Yu to bet with her results when Xu Yu was doing badly. Doesn't it sound very familiar that Xu Yu would drop out of school and leave if she lost? Hadn't Gu Xiao and Ji Yao made a bet as well? Moreover, it was later revealed that Gu Xiao won, but Ji Yao did not leave her original class! Isn't it exactly the same?!]

[This is Gu Xiao and Ji Yao's classmate, coming out anonymously to answer. There was indeed such a thing. At that time, it also caused a huge impact in our school, but because there was someone backing Ji Yao, it was left unsettled in the end.]

[No way! Is 'The Return of the Crimson Child' really based on Gu Xiao?]

Seed of Suspicion