The Heroine's Family Comes to Visit

A transmigrated man vs. a reborn woman (romance told from the male lead's perspective) Also known as: #IHeardTheFemaleLeadWasGoingToMarryHerDaughterToMeSoIWasSoScaredIMadeANPCFamilyOvernight Yan Xiang was born into a duke's household. Brilliant from a young age, she was nevertheless the legitimate daughter of the second wife. Above her was an elder brother, the legitimate son of the first wife, who hated her and her mother. Below her was a beautiful half-sister who was doted on. To help her mother, whose birth family was not of high enough standing, secure her place as the Duke's wife, Yan Xiang fought all her life. She rose from a noble young lady to the new emperor's honored consort, only to die in childbirth for the sake of her family. After being reborn, before she could figure out how to avoid the princes' selection banquet, her half-sister, who had also been reborn, was already using all sorts of schemes to switch their marriage prospects. Yan Xiang followed her mother's lead and turned her attention to the family of her young aunt by marriage, who claimed to be from her mother's maiden family. A widowed mother and her child, with no impressive family background but a great deal of wealth. The mother-in-law was gentle and timid, the future sister-in-law got along well with Yan Xiang, and the young man was handsome enough, not the sort to cause trouble, and didn't seem too bright... However you looked at it, this was a great match! Zhuo Ziyang had transmigrated into a book. He had no identity and no household registration. His only golden finger was an NPC generator. To settle down in this fictional world, he did his best to pass himself off as the female lead's relative from her mother's side and made sure he was firmly established in the main characters' minds. He brought a family of NPCs to live with the female lead of a second-wife story. Just when he'd finally sorted out his identity, he came back to find that the female lead had already discussed a marriage between him and her daughter with his NPC mother?! Yan Xiang: My sister and I are the closest of friends! Zhuo Ziyang: That's the NPC with my secret identity attached to her. Yan Xiang: Mother is gentle and treats me with such kindness. Zhuo Ziyang: Of course. Her semi-automatic replies are just "Mm-hmm" and handing over money. Yan Xiang: Everyone in the family is so kind. It's just that even the servants don't seem very bright. Zhuo Ziyang: The whole family is a bunch of artificially stupid NPCs I made overnight. How smart did you expect them to be? Theme: Never give up hope, no matter the circumstances.