Pretending to Be a Widow While Keeping a Lover, Until Her Dead Husband Returns

[Female lead transmigrates into a book vs. male lead is reborn vs. ordinary-girl heroine vs. spoiled playboy hero] Two powerful leads + sharp tongues + satisfying face-slapping + ensemble cast + lighthearted comedy + trope subversion Ye Lan, an overworked corporate drone from Huaxia, transmigrated into a book. But she thought she’d landed in some “yin-yang” historical romance, because the original plot was completely different from what she experienced. It felt like a fake world. In the original story, the real heiress killed the original owner, who then latched onto the heroine and married into a wealthy family through her connections. In reality, she saved herself and escaped, then became the Marquis’s wife, while the heroine became her little sidekick. In the original story, the hero and heroine were deeply in love and faced everything together, while the lovesick Marquis died of sorrow and the Marquis’s estate fell into decline. In reality, the male lead betrayed the heroine and they went their separate ways, while the Marquis lived to a ripe old age and his estate’s glory spread throughout the capital. In the original story, the hot-tempered Grand Princess, who killed people at the drop of a hat, was a villain. Instead, she became Ye Lan’s greatest ally. And somehow, the second sister who used to come looking for trouble every day had become a devoted fangirl! Just as Ye Lan was preparing to make grand plans for her future, a man came charging in with a sword. Mu Jinsi: “You’re the one who buried me!” Ye Lan: “!! A ghost! Aaaaah!” After a scream that shook the heavens, Ye Lan offered up half her fortune, saying she’d support him from now on. When the man hesitated, she hurriedly began an oath of sworn brotherhood... Ye Lan: “Heaven above, I, Ye Lan...” Mu Jinsi: “I, Mu Yan...” Ye Lan: “Today we become sworn siblings. We need not be born on the same day, month, or year, nor die on the same day, month, or year. Heaven is our witness!” Mu Jinsi: “...”