The Cutesy One Becomes a Stepmom in a Period Novel

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The pretty, sweet-talking Qin Wanwan transmigrates into a story glorifying self-sacrificing motherhood, becoming its hardworking, long-suffering heroine, more tireless than an ox or a horse.

She devotes herself to being a stepmother to the children the male lead brings home. To make them call her Mom, she not only punishes them physically, but nearly gets two of them killed.

Even after the male lead insists on divorcing her, she refuses to leave his family home, determined to devote her entire youth to them.

Such self-sacrifice moves herself and everyone else. That's the ideal of selfless motherhood.

Looking back on the original owner's stubborn, twisted life, Qin Wanwan...

Wanwan just can't do it!

Never mind anything else, she can't stand the idea of eagerly volunteering to be someone's mom. We're all somebody's baby, aren't we?

The tough-as-nails regiment commander Nie Feng receives an anonymous letter claiming his new wife is abusing the orphaned children of his fallen comrade.

Nie Feng left on a mission on their wedding day and rushes home in a panic.

He arrives just in time to find his little wife holding her chin high as she lectures the whole family.

"My husband is defending our country at the front. If he finds out I'm unhappy here at home, just imagine how worried he'll be!"

The moment she spots him, she grabs his sleeve and sweetly says,

"You're back, honey! Wanwan missed you so much!"

Nie Feng hasn't recovered from that heady sweetness when, as soon as they're alone, the girl who's been throwing her weight around in his name lets go of him and puts on a stern face.

"Commander Nie, you're back to divorce me, right? We can get divorced, but I bought the TV, fridge, and washing machine after we got married, so they're mine!"

The two children burst into tears. "Uncle is divorcing Big Sister? We want to stay with Big Sister!"

Nie Feng... Aren't you two generations apart?

There's no way he's getting divorced. He hasn't had his fill of hearing her call him honey. Her voice is so sweet, he practically melts.

Qin Wanwan planned to wait until she divorced the male lead, then pack her bags and enjoy the rest of her good life. She never expected him not only to drop the idea of divorce, but to ask her to join him at his army post.

Fine, she'll join him. She's discovered the male lead has a huge advantage!

Nie Feng notices that his little wife has been acting strangely lately. She no longer gives him a stern look, and instead fusses over him sweetly every day.

But she keeps looking at him with a fiery gaze, and is always coming over to touch and stroke him.

Nie Feng can't take this. Looking solemn, he catches the soft little hand that's been squeezing his arm, trying to hide how red his ears have turned.

"If you want something, just say so."

Seeing that handsome face draw closer, imposing and full of pressure, Qin Wanwan frantically waves her hands.

"It's not like that! I don't... I just wanted to absorb some of your yang energy!"

Nie Feng...???

The Baby of the Family Returns to Her Hometown in the Seventies

As the only little girl born into the family after generations of waiting, Jiang Cancan grows up surrounded by everyone's love.

As a child, she sits on her grandparents' laps and listens to their old stories. "Your dad's family was really poor when he was little. The brothers had to take turns wearing the one decent pair of pants..."

Jiang Cancan stares in shock, holding up the fluffy steamed white-flour bun Grandma has just made. "You were that poor? Could you even afford buns?"

Grandma laughs so hard she can barely straighten up. "Buns? We were lucky if we had enough to eat!"

Sweet little Jiang Cancan nestles affectionately into Grandma's arms. "If I'd been there, I would've made sure the whole family got to eat white-flour buns. I would've taken such good care of Grandma and Grandpa!"

"All right, all right. Grandma and Grandpa will wait for you to take care of us!" The old couple nods with loving smiles.

One day, when Jiang Cancan really can return to that era, the System says: You have ten minutes to prepare the things you want to take back.

Jiang Cancan: What else would I bring? White rice and white flour, of course. Oh, right, I'll bring some fabric to make pants for Dad. He's still going around bare-assed!

And while I'm at it, I'll make a good impression on the future big shot Grandma and Grandpa told me about. He's going to be one of the richest men in the country!

Yin Ke is a good-for-nothing in everyone's eyes, a lump of mud that can't be shaped. After a while, even he starts to believe it.

Then a fairy-like educated youth comes to the village and gives him white-flour buns to eat. She teaches him to write his name: Yin... Ke...

He never knew his name sounded so nice until he heard it from her rosy little lips.

She always tells him, "You can't forget me, you know. My name is Jiang Cancan. Jiang... Can... Can!" (Don't forget to repay me someday!)

He repeats her name, word by word, carving it into his heart.

Looking at her, he says earnestly, "I won't forget."

Who could forget his own wife's name? I'm not an idiot.

Theme: True love above all