The web-novel superstar Ning Buyu is known for writing feel-good stories set in a bygone era, but readers often complain that the scheming female side characters are unbelievably brainless.
She transmigrates into her own novel, Seven Years of Tumult, as a character with the same name: a notorious troublemaker from the military compound. After using every trick in the book to marry the male lead, the original character makes everyone’s life miserable and is headed for divorce and a tragic ending.
She knows how everyone’s story is supposed to go, but not what kind of storm she, this “butterfly,” will stir up.
At first, all she wants is to protect herself. But as she spends time with Lu Zhanbei, his sincerity gradually wins her over, and she comes to truly want to protect their family.
She goes from being an “outsider” using her knowledge of the novel to someone who truly falls in love with Lu Zhanbei, finds her place in this era, and creates a story of her own as an “insider.”
