Divorce Is Out of the Question, But Widowhood Is Fine

Era setting + System + face-slapping + interdimensional trading. Liu Yue transmigrates into the body of Liu Qingyue, a cannon-fodder supporting character in an era novel. She thinks the woman was utterly pathetic: her cousin schemed to steal her soldier boyfriend, while she herself married Wang Gensheng, a man who worshipped her. After giving birth to twin daughters, she was sterilized, and her husband's family looked down on her.

Just when the children are a little over two, the soldier her cousin stole as a husband dies. Liu Qingwei is left with her son. She starts seducing Wang Gensheng again and even has her son call him Dad.

Wang Gensheng wants to dump Liu Qingyue so he can marry Liu Qingwei. Just then, Wang Gensheng's third brother is getting married. Wang Gensheng gives him money and helps with the preparations, but ends up falling and breaking a leg. Seeing that Wang Gensheng is crippled, Liu Qingwei runs away with her son.

Once Wang Gensheng recovers, he refuses to move even though he can, lying in bed and waiting for Liu Qingyue to take care of his every need. That would be bad enough.

Wang Gensheng's third brother hears that a rich family in the city wants a daughter and will pay a thousand yuan. He comes home and tells his mother.

The old woman thinks she can trade one granddaughter, a money-losing burden, for a thousand yuan and use it to build a room for her third son. So she sneaks off to grab one of the girls.

She manages to take one granddaughter, but the other catches her. In the end, one daughter disappears, and the other is kicked into the river and drowns.

Liu Qingyue goes mad and, a few days later, hangs herself at the Wang family's gate.

The early story focuses on dealing with the scumbag man and the shameless woman. Later, she starts building her career.