Reborn Alongside My Scumbag Ex: I Become a General While He Starves

[Female lead and scoundrel both reborn + strong female lead + career building + face-slapping the trash]

In her previous life, Lin Yi, born into a military family, poured her heart and soul into supporting her husband, whom she had brought into her family. She helped him rise from an unknown scholar from a humble family to the powerful chief minister of the court.

But once Pei Yanchu had attained glory, he dropped his disguise. While General Lin lay dead on the battlefield, he used bandits as cover to have his wife murdered, then turned around and married his childhood sweetheart, the woman he had always cherished.

On her wedding night, Lin Yi, who had faked her death and hidden in the household, set fire to the estate, sending her treacherous husband and his childhood sweetheart to their deaths.

To her surprise, she and her treacherous husband were both reborn on the day they first met.

In this life, Lin Yi turns to supporting a younger cousin from her clan, determined to shatter Pei Yanchu's dream of becoming chief minister. Later, she joins the army, studies military strategy, and trains hard to kill the enemy, all to defend her family and protect her country.

As for Pei Yanchu, he is certain that even without Lin Yi in this life, he can still become chief minister. Without hesitation, he marries his childhood sweetheart.

But the man whose previous life had been smooth sailing finds his career repeatedly thwarted in this one. He can't even pass the metropolitan examination, and the woman who had once been unwaveringly devoted to him drops her false facade. Seeking wealth and glory, she abandons him and throws herself into another man's arms.

Only when Pei Yanchu has been utterly defeated does he finally realize how important a person he let slip away.

He kneels before her. “Yiyi, I was wrong. I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you. I only ask that you give me one more chance.”

Lin Yi smiles coldly. “You already had your chance in your last life. In this one, all you deserve is to atone!”