[Military marriage + joining the army in the 1980s + marriage first, love later + face-slapping a reborn best friend + stepmother raising kids + queen of the news + contrasting female leads]
One morning, news queen Li Man woke up to find she had transmigrated into a book.
She had become the vicious stepmother of the era novel's big villain. She abused him relentlessly, and after he grew into a powerful figure, he threw her to a pack of wolves, where she was bitten to death. It was a truly tragic ending.
It all started because she listened to the instigation of her reborn best friend, Shen Qin.
In her previous life, Shen Qin fell in love at first sight with the male lead, Li Yanting. But her inferiority complex made her watch helplessly as her best friend married him, brought about his death, and eventually lived a life of privilege on his pension. Meanwhile, Shen Qin married a good-for-nothing husband and was eventually angered to death.
Given another chance at life, she swore to take back everything her dear best friend had and make her suffer as she had.
Li Man: “?? No! I refuse to go along with this plot!!”
She decided to turn over a new leaf, match wits with her reborn best friend, and raise the two little ones properly. While keeping herself alive, she would also work hard to build her career in journalism.
Who could have guessed that she would accidentally win over the kids' father, too~
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Li Yanting had always been cold and aloof. His marriage to Li Man was nothing more than a carefully orchestrated scheme on her part.
Just as he was about to ask for a divorce,
Li Yanting noticed that his formerly lazy wife had changed.
She no longer made a scene over everything. She smiled more and even took the initiative to ask for a job.
Most importantly, the two kids who used to avoid her like the plague now wanted to be near her every day and grow closer to her.
Even when rumors spread that they were getting divorced,
The two little ones chased after him, put on serious faces, and said, “Dad, you and
