The Good Life in the 1970s

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1. Xia Xiaoying transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in a bygone era, becoming the cannon-fodder cousin of the heroine.

According to the story, the original owner was supposed to marry the male lead, Xie Zhengrong, support her husband and raise their children, and live a glorious life thanks to his status.

But her cousin, Tan Meiling, had suffered a miserable marriage in her previous life and didn't want to repeat the same mistake. She set her sights on her cousin's excellent marriage prospect.

To get her cousin out of the way and create an opportunity for herself, Tan Meiling persuades the original owner to board a northbound train.

All Tan Meiling wants is Xie Zhengrong, but the cannon-fodder cousin gets abducted on the train and disappears without a trace.

When the news gets back, the Xia family falls into chaos. The original owner's younger sister drowns amid the turmoil, her mother loses her sanity after one blow after another, and her father is so exhausted in body and mind that a mistake at work leaves him disabled. Her twin brother even ruins his future trying to take revenge on Tan Meiling.

In just three chapters, the story turns one cannon-fodder into a whole family of cannon-fodder, with the Xia family ending up torn apart and utterly ruined.

Xia Xiaoying, who picked up the book out of curiosity because a side character shared her name, can only think that there's something seriously wrong with it. The supposed heroine looks more and more like a villain. Xia Xiaoying promptly drops the book.

But now Xia Xiaoying wakes up in a carriage on the northbound train. Every simple, honest-looking face around her seems like an abductor planning to sell her deep in the mountains...

2. In her previous life, Xia Xiaoying never met her birth parents. With government aid, she made it into university and became an excellent doctor. She thought that a life like that had nothing to regret.

It wasn't until she transmigrated through time and gained a father, a mother, siblings, and a man who loved her that she realized she could have so much more of this world's warmth and happiness.

What Xia Xiaoying expects: get into her dream university, become an excellent doctor, and lead her whole family to prosperity.

What actually happens: her father is an outstanding researcher, and her mother runs a thriving restaurant.

Her older brother is a successful businessman, and her younger sister pursues her ideals and becomes an excellent diplomat.

Even Gu Cheng'an is willing to give everything he has for her wish.

It seems as though her arrival saved the whole family, but she doesn't realize that their love and devotion to her are what give her second life its meaning.

3. As for the marriage Tan Meiling stole, she'll spend the rest of her life learning why others can do things that she can't. Fate had already marked the stakes in secret, and she'd used up everything she had the moment she was reborn.

Blurb dated September 2, 2025

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