Jiang Qinghe transmigrates into a book, becoming the miserable eldest daughter of the Jiang family in a small northeastern town in the 1980s.
Her parents are extremely biased, forcing her to marry her younger sister's fiancé, Lu Beiyan, who is gravely injured and in a coma, just so they can curry favor with the Lu family, who own a factory.
Everyone else avoids this marriage, but Jiang Qinghe is overjoyed!
No having kids or married life, and she can lie flat in no time!
But only after arriving at her husband's home does she remember: yes, his family owns a factory, but it's on the verge of bankruptcy!
In the book, the male lead's family is an utter mess: a father-in-law who pretends to be deaf and dumb all day, a mother-in-law who favors daughters over sons, a scheming sister-in-law, and a pretentious younger brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her poor husband, still in a coma, has been left to fend for himself.
[Doesn't this family realize that only by getting her husband back on his feet can the Lu family truly flourish?]
[Don't they know that if they take good care of her husband, this pretentious little brother can get through his college entrance exams without a hitch?]
[Don't they know that if they make her husband comfortable, his scheming little sister can marry into a good family?]
The Lu family members exchange stunned looks. Who's talking? Could that be our daughter-in-law/sister-in-law's inner thoughts?
Jiang Qinghe is at her wit's end. A lousy System has bound itself to her, promising rewards if she tells Lu Beiyan a story every day, and a medical space if she sings him a song.
Day after day passes, until suddenly her husband, who has been in a coma, opens his eyes and gazes at her with love.
In his hoarse voice, he asks Jiang Qinghe, "Honey, why would a domineering CEO say, 'Woman, don't provoke me'?"
Lu Beiyan eventually figures out what that kind of 'fire' means. He sticks to his wife every day, loving her to the point of obsession.
Outside the door, the Lu family anxiously pounds on it.
"Big Brother/Son, take it easy! She's our family's precious darling!"
Theme: As the times progress, so do we
