I Play the Villainess in a Period Novel

Qin Jiaojiao, a brilliant scientific researcher, dies suddenly after pulling an all-nighter in the lab. When she opens her eyes, she has fallen into a period novel recommended by one of her students, becoming the villainess who shares her name. The original Qin Jiaojiao was spoiled and domineering. She relentlessly pursued the male lead and made life difficult for the original heroine, only to be sent to a labor camp and die of illness in prison. Qin Jiaojiao: ? What’s better than a man? Building a career! She has a doctorate and has led national-level research projects. How could she fail to get by in the 1970s or 80s? The educated-youth male lead gives her the cold shoulder? No matter. She’s busy inventing things and making money, with no time for him. The original heroine plays the innocent victim? Sorry, researchers deal in evidence. You put on your act, and I’ll expose it. The whole village is waiting to laugh at the Qin family’s spoiled daughter? She turns around, improves farm tools, creates little inventions, and leads her whole family to prosperity, dazzling everyone. The college entrance exams are reinstated? She easily takes first place. Reform and opening up begin? She’s the first to dive into business and industry. While others are still quibbling over work points, Qin Jiaojiao has already led the whole village to a better life. But... why does the male lead, who loathed her in the original story, keep showing up in front of her? Lu Jingchen: “I was blind before. Now, can you give me a chance?” Qin Jiaojiao: “Sorry, science and getting rich are my true loves. Men? They’ll only slow down my inventions.”