When I woke up, I had become the unlucky cannon-fodder character in a period novel.
The original owner was tricked into marrying a disabled veteran and lived a miserable life. As for me, Yun Sinning, a food blogger from the 21st century, my whole family was now forcing me to go to the river and “bump into” the educated youth hero, who would one day become the richest man in the country.
I decided to give up and coast, but my abilities wouldn’t let me.
When I saw a child fall into the water, I panicked and hoisted a water buffalo onto the bank with one hand.
The entire village fell silent, including Jing Yu, the ridiculously handsome educated youth standing on the bank.
And that wasn’t even the craziest part.
The broken jade pendant Grandma gave me suddenly recognized me as its owner after tasting my blood. It had a spiritual spring and thousands of acres of fertile land inside?
I quietly planted vegetables and raised chickens, planning to make a fortune on the sly.
Until the day someone set things up so that he and I were locked in together.
To protect our reputations, we were forced to get engaged.
On our wedding night, I pulled out a contract. “We’ll live together but sleep separately. A partnership where we both win!”
He signed his name unhurriedly, then looked up at me. “Deal. But Comrade Yun, could you be a little quieter when sneaking snacks in the middle of the night?”
Later...
My pastries became famous throughout the county, and he took care of every bureaucratic hassle for me.
I fought off a pack of wolves with my bare hands. As he bandaged my wounds, he smiled. “My wife is amazing.”
When I decided to take the college entrance exam, he stayed up all night studying with me. We ranked first and second in the county.
On the night news arrived that the college entrance exams would resume, he pinned me against the door of the granary.
“The contract has expired, Yun Sinning.”
“But I never planned to let you go for the rest of my life.”