Ye Mian was a relentless overachiever in her previous life, and ended up dying from overwork.
She knew the name Shen Chengzhou.
In a historical novel, he was an unparalleled genius, and had an equally miserable life.
When Ye Mian opens her eyes, she has transmigrated into the role of the wife who brings disaster upon herself. The original owner had just kicked over the medicine jar Shen Chengzhou had prepared for his mother. She slipped, hit her head, and got herself killed. When Ye Mian arrives, he is kneeling in the snow, looking at her as if she were already dead.
With no hope of returning to her own world, Ye Mian starts figuring out how to survive.
She learns to make a decent life for herself: mending clothes, brewing medicine, and shamelessly helping Shen Chengzhou deal with trouble.
Because only if he is doing well can she live in peace.
All she wants is a few years of peace. When the storm passes, they can part amicably, owing nothing to each other.
What she doesn't know is that those eyes, which have seen too much and long since gone lifeless, have quietly followed her every step.
[Little Scene]:
The power went out that day, and the room was so dark she couldn't see her hand in front of her face.
Ye Mian felt around for a candle, missed a step, and fell backward.
At some point, Shen Chengzhou had come up behind her. He caught her around the waist, and the two of them froze in place.
His voice was low in the darkness, as if pressed out of his chest. "Steady yourself."
Ye Mian steadied herself, but he didn't let go.
She could feel his breath against her ear, slow and heavy, as if he were holding something back.
She cleared her throat. "You can let go now."
A long silence.
"Mm." He let go, his voice still even. "Be careful."
Ye Mian found the candle, struck a match, and turned to look at him.
He stood where he was, his expression unchanged, as though nothing had happened.
Only the moonlight coming through the window revealed the hand hanging at his side, clenched tightly into a fist.
[Reading Guide]
1. An ordinary person who just wants to survive x a scheming man who plays dumb
2. No earth-shattering golden finger, just a slow and steady story
Blurb written on November 22, 2025, and already screenshotted
Premise: Live well and keep moving forward
