[Transmigrate into a book + period setting + feel-good power fantasy + punishing scum + military marriage + sweet romance]
Su Jinhua transmigrated into a book. In the original story, the heroine was egged on by others to threaten her military officer husband with a knife and demand a divorce, dreaming that she could be with the man she loved afterward. Little did she know he was a scumbag.
He promptly sold her to a mentally ill old man in the mountains. Her mother-in-law constantly ordered her around, and her husband often beat and berated her. She only dared to sneak sips of the water used to rinse the cooking pot, and in winter she had to wash clothes and cook with cold water until her hands were covered in chilblains...
Worse still, the village’s other old bachelors coveted her looks. They would give her husband a flatbread in exchange for making her sleep with them...
When she refused, they tied up her hands and feet so she couldn’t fight back. In less than a year, the original heroine died.
Su Jinhua had no intention of living like that. Since the divorce was already a done deal, she simply took the application and left.
But while she waited, her husband, whom she’d married for convenience, took excellent care of her. When she casually complained that the weather was too hot, he drove for over an hour to buy her a fan in the city.
Grateful, she cooked him a delicious meal. From then on, Lu Zhenyu couldn’t stop thinking about it. Every other meal tasted bland in comparison.
He also discovered that his wife was a brilliant scholar. She could effortlessly translate passages that stumped everyone else, and people went crazy for the clothes she designed. He tried every way he could think of to keep her...
While waiting for the divorce papers, Su Jinhua made her mark, starting with a street stall before opening a shop and then a factory.
But the papers never came.
Lu Zhenyu, who used to wear a face as cold as ice, grew more and more clingy. “Wifey, as long as you don’t leave, I’ll do whatever you say from now on. I’ll hand over my entire salary, take care of all the housework, and keep your bed warm…”
