The theatrical troupe's resident diva ✖ the brooding head of a pork processing plant
[Period setting + switched marriage + reborn + stepmother + raising kids + food + building wealth + family life]
When Jiang Yao woke up, she had been reborn on the very day her wicked stepmother and scheming stepsister had arranged to switch her into another marriage.
In her previous life, she had refused to go through with it, only to be utterly ruined by her seemingly perfect childhood sweetheart and fiancé. This time? Jiang Yao clapped her little hands and grinned like a cat that had just stolen a treat. “Switch me! Hurry up and switch! Anyone who refuses is a dog!”
Everyone was heartbroken: a beautiful flower stuck in... uh, pork! Xie Lian, the brooding head of a pork processing plant, was so taciturn you couldn't get a word out of him with three sticks. Marrying him would be like jumping into a fire pit!
Jiang Yao married him, expecting to enjoy the show and brace herself for a miserable life. But... huh? Where was the promised bare-walled home? Why did this brooding man keep finding new ways to stuff her pockets with cash and ration coupons? The ultimate drama queen was pampered into a useless little freeloader, and life was so sweet it practically bubbled over.
Then one day, her bargain-bin husband was sabotaged, and the pork plant went bankrupt overnight. Everyone pulled up little stools, waiting to watch the former troupe diva wail and despair.
Jiang Yao munched on sunflower seeds and calmly said, “What's the rush? My ultimate move is off cooldown.”
She pulled out her secret stash and gave a wave of her hand. The crumbling pork plant instantly became a snack factory that would make you drool! Spicy pork jerky, crunchy potato chips...
Just as she was counting money until her hands cramped, convinced she'd reached the peak of life, she suddenly noticed that the silent man beside her, a man of few words, was looking at her with an increasingly heated and unsettling gaze.
Xie Lian: “Wifey, now that the factory's back in business, shouldn't we figure out how you're going to get your hands on me?”
Jiang Yao: “!!!” Wait, this isn't how the story's supposed to go!