As a top-tier couch potato, Tao Shan transmigrates into a book.
She becomes an annoying, tacky cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel, married to a poor, ugly, abusive man in the village.
In the end, she suffers endlessly and dies a miserable death at the hands of her abusive husband.
After seeing how the story ends, Tao Shan chooses to marry into the Gu family, whom everyone in the original novel despises.
In the original story, her husband, Gu Yunfeng, is never home and doesn't return even once in several years.
Only she knows that Gu Yunfeng does research in the Northwest. Though he rarely comes home, he sends a large allowance every month.
A life where she doesn't have to look after her husband and can just lie around while the money rolls in is pure bliss.
Before marrying into the Gu family, Tao Shan has a terrible reputation. She assumes the whole family will despise her.
But to her surprise, her father-in-law, a supposedly stern and unfeeling soldier, always brings her snacks.
Her sharp-tempered mother-in-law makes her beautiful new clothes every day.
Her one-year-old niece even pulls out the chocolate she was saving from her little pocket and stuffs it into Tao Shan's mouth.
Even her husband, who spent his whole life in the Northwest in the original story, files a request to transfer back to the capital.
Tao Shan lies flat, yet everyone treats her like a darling.
Tao Shan: ? This isn't how the story's supposed to go!
At the research institute, the researchers have all heard that Team Leader Gu's wife is tacky and annoying, and that everyone finds her unpleasant.
They all think it's no wonder the team leader never comes home. Their team leader is handsome, has a great figure, comes from a respectable family, and sends home such a large sum every month. Surely he could find any kind of wife he wanted?
Yet Gu Yunfeng has no intention of divorcing her, and the money he sends home each month keeps increasing.
Then, on a group work trip, they pass by the Gu home and see Tao Shan waiting at the gate in a red dress.
The men are bitter with envy: "Our team leader only comes home once every few years, and he still has a heavenly beauty waiting for him. What makes him so special?"
Theme: Keep striving, and you can embrace a beautiful life
