Back to the Eighties

Ye Wen transmigrates into a period novel and becomes a cannon-fodder character with a tragic ending.

In an era where she has no friends or family, she pushes open the cowshed at the end of the village on a snowy day, hoping to find a way to survive. A boy is huddled inside, his eyes as ferocious as a wild dog's. He's Jiang Hai, the future villainous boss from the book.

In the story, Jiang Hai loses a brutal battle of wits against the male lead and takes his own life at a young age.

Ye Wen reaches out to him and offers him a warm steamed bun. At first, she treats it as an "angel investment," expecting to reap the rewards later. She never imagined that the silent boy would make her his only faith.

Later, with life and death hanging in the balance, Jiang Hai trades his right hand, as precious to him as his life, to keep Ye Wen completely unharmed. In his hospital bed, he looks at his twisted, ruined hand and loses his temper with her for the first time. Eyes red, he orders her to leave: "Get out! I'm a cripple now!"

Always level-headed, Ye Wen uses every means at her disposal to keep this madman, who is bent on dying, by her side. She pins him back onto the hospital bed. "Since you've been in love with me for ages, stop being so dramatic. We're getting married. That's final."

[Mini-scene]

Years later, Jiang Hai is a top figure in his industry. Everyone says President Jiang is aloof, abstinent, and never smiles. Only Ye Wen knows how crazy this man is deep down.

On countless late nights, he wraps his arms tightly around her slender waist from behind, greedily and brazenly caressing her skin. He buries his face in the crook of her neck, his burning breath brushing her ear.

"Wenwen, when my hand was ruined, I secretly felt lucky. If it hadn't been crippled, how would the moon in the sky ever have fallen into a mud pit like me? This life, the next life, I'm sticking with you forever."

[Reading Guide]

1. Clear-headed, self-interested heroine x gloomy, insecure, obsessive, devoted puppy

2. The heroine makes money and builds her career; the hero works on technology and wins himself over.

3. The hero is virtuous and faithful, in body and spirit. He's gloomy and obsessive, but absolutely devoted to the heroine.

Blurb written on October 5, 2025. Screenshot taken.

Theme: Rebuilding from ruin, all things renewed