[Period setting + divorce + both leads are inexperienced and devoted + coercive romance + getting rich + satisfying revenge]
Modern mechanical engineer Song Zhiyi opens her eyes to find she has become the ill-treated namesake heroine of a tragic period novel.
On their wedding night, her husband, He Mingyao, uses a cold as an excuse to sleep separately, then turns around and gets frisky with his sister-in-law. He even plans to “carry on both family lines,” leaving her to do all the backbreaking work!
The original owner endured it all until she coughed up blood and died. Song Zhiyi only sneers: “I’m not taking on this miserable story!”
She sets things up so the villagers catch the adulterous pair in the act, tears off the scumbag’s fake mask in front of everyone, breaks off the engagement, and heads straight to the commune to get a divorce.
Thanks to her exceptional skills, she saves workers injured in an accident and quickly becomes a highly paid technician at a cotton mill. She also catches the eye of the stern factory director, Huo Xiao. “Twenty yuan a month, meals and lodging included. Interested?”
Faced with the He family’s insults and her sister-in-law’s schemes, Song Zhiyi sneers: “We’ll settle the score for ruining my chances of having children, one step at a time!”
But as Huo Xiao keeps closing in, she starts to panic. Why does this man look at her as if he wants to devour her whole?
The book is well-structured, written in fluent and relatable language, and is worth reading.
Not bad, the female protagonist did a great job.