The Great Scoundrel’s Cast-Off Wife

Yan Jiaojiao transmigrates into a book. The good news: she’s become the legal wife of a powerful man. The bad news: Their home is bare, and they’re so poor they can barely scrape by. Worse, the original owner is a sacrificial cannon-fodder character who cheated on her husband, made his life miserable, and was eventually brutally avenged and tormented by him after he rose to power! Yan Jiaojiao shudders. Terrifying! Could she turn over a new leaf and persuade him to spare her life? She can earn enough to support him! The man gives her a faint smile. They agree to part on good terms once he passes the imperial exam. A great weight lifts from Yan Jiaojiao’s heart. She swings her hoe with renewed vigor. Make money, make money! If she loses this man, there are plenty more out there! The night before she has saved enough to run away, he blocks her path. …He’s broken his promise! Yan Jiaojiao is full of regret. All that money she spent supporting him might as well have gone to a dog! With tears in her eyes, she bites down on the quilt and glares daggers at his back. She should have scratched him to death! He gets dressed, looking every bit the gentleman, and gazes down at her with a pleased smile. “You were the one who broke our agreement first. I won’t let my child be born out of wedlock.” Yan Jiaojiao is stunned by his shamelessness. He’s the one full of schemes, and besides… what child? It’s only been one night! The man says calmly, “Then let’s wait a month.” One month after another… Yan Jiaojiao looks at the little rascal growing more and more like him and grits her teeth in rage! She was such a fool, truly! She knew he was a treacherous official, but how did she not realize that a treacherous official would be so scheming, so full of wicked ideas, so petty? Theme: Turn over a new leaf and work hard.