Name: My Hapless Bestie and I Brave the 1950s
Author: Gentle Sunshine

Synopsis

An accident causes Jiang Manman to transmigrate into the body of a calculating green-tea woman in the 1950s.

When she opens her eyes, it’s her wedding night with her broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted officer husband.

What?!

He’s a clueless, hard-as-steel straight man who doesn’t know how to be considerate or gentle!

No matter. Even the hardest steel can be softened in my hands!

Just as Jiang Manman is getting ready to enjoy a blissful, shameless married life with her husband in name only, the childhood bride from Meng Zhi’an’s hometown comes knocking.

At first, Jiang Manman assumes she’s come to steal her husband, but why is the woman looking at her more and more strangely?

Qiao Mulan, who also transmigrated, originally meant to track down the jerk who betrayed her. Instead, she discovers that the person who stole her husband is none other than her hapless best friend.

With her best friend’s help, handling the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship is a breeze.

And with her best friend’s clever advice, even a man who knows nothing about love can be brought to his knees at her feet.

Two hapless best friends love and fight each other as they make their way together through those passionate, burning years.

Soft-hearted green tea who lives off her husband vs. scheming, rugged man; tough heroine vs. engineer

Dual heroines + each has her own love interest + both are each other’s only one + following the troops + sweet romance + adorable kids + daily life

Things to know: From the start, the leads are only making a life together out of convenience. The male lead has spent more than a decade in the military and doesn’t know how to interact with women, so he may not be very considerate at first and can be a bit chauvinistic. The female lead doesn’t love him much at first, either. Their feelings grow gradually, and he eventually becomes completely devoted to his wife.

The female lead isn’t lovesick from the start. She’s simply attracted to his body, and only gradually falls for him later.

Other names

Marrying a Roughneck in the Fifties: The Lazy Beauty Wins by Doing Nothing五零嫁糙汉作精美人摆烂躺赢Former title · until Oct 2026

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131Chapters

161Reads

6.8Score

24Listens

98.8kReads · all time

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