The Sixth Decade: Neighbors in the Courtyard

Next story: Everyday Gossip and Grumbling in the Apartment Complex. Synopsis below~

Synopsis:

Li Jiajia dreams that she has transmigrated into a book as the foil to its heroine.

The original owner envied the heroine for marrying into the city and enjoying a good life. She schemed to marry a supporting male character who lived in the same apartment complex, making herself and her husband a foil to the heroine's family.

The heroine, Sun Qiuping, is gentle and capable. She diligently manages the household, respects her mother-in-law, and loves her stepchildren. She keeps the home in perfect order, so her husband, the male lead Wang Xudong, has no worries at work and can focus on getting ahead. His career steadily rises, and she becomes a well-known virtuous wife in the neighborhood.

But as the foil, Li Jiajia is spoiled, lazy, and petty. Not only does she cheat while her husband is away on a business trip, she also reports him, takes all their money, and elopes with another man, a stark contrast to the heroine's gentleness and virtue.

After the male lead marries, his home life is harmonious and his career flourishes. He gets promoted and grows rich. But what about Li Jiajia's poor husband? Not only is he sent to the countryside because of his wife's outrageous behavior, his only grandmother is angered to death, the male lead takes over his house, and his work achievements become stepping stones to the male lead's success!

Li Jiajia, who has transmigrated into the story: ...Cheating? Reporting him? Why would anyone do that? Her new husband is fair-skinned, handsome, and long-legged. His parents are both dead, he has a big house, a good job, and a high income. A long-term meal ticket this good is worth holding on to!

But what happened to his frequent business trips? Why does he come home every day?!

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Sun Qiuping, who also married into the city and spends all day looking after an entire family, her face covered in grime, waits to see Li Jiajia make a fool of herself.

But she never expected that...

When Sun Qiuping gets up before dawn to make breakfast for the whole family, Li Jiajia is sleeping in.

When Sun Qiuping is driven up the wall by her two stepchildren but has to put up with them, Li Jiajia is happily gossiping and making money.

When Sun Qiuping is overwhelmed by housework and children, Li Jiajia has already become a proud factory worker!

As the young couple's life gets better and better, Ji Zhengdong rises through the ranks, and Li Jiajia not only finds a job but becomes pregnant. The two are as sweet as honey, and Ji Zhengdong pampers her like a princess.

Sun Qiuping, crouched by the door scrubbing a mountain of dirty clothes for the whole family, is red-eyed with rage!

---Next story: After a Marriage Swap, I Gossip in the Apartment Complex

The night before his blind date, Han Junwen dreams that he is a stepping stone in a novel, green with cuckoldry.

Not only does he become a sucker raising another man's wife and child, he also "voluntarily" dies at just the right time, leaving the male lead a house, a job, and a huge inheritance, so the main couple can be together.

On the night he dies, the male and female leads embrace passionately and kiss. "At least he knew what was good for him and left us all this stuff. We'll never have to live in poverty again."

Han Junwen clenches his fists. Was this idiot supposed to be him?

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Chen Xiaorui has transmigrated into a book, becoming the male lead's "long-suffering first wife" in a male-oriented, feel-good period novel.

She has to curry favor with a husband who looks down on her, serve a sharp-tongued and mean mother-in-law, win over a scheming, greedy sister-in-law, and look after selfish, overbearing younger siblings.

Unable to have children, she gets up early and works late every day, serving the whole family without daring to eat her fill. She gives her entire life to them, works herself sick, and dies young.

But she doesn't know that the male lead was already involved with the heroine before their marriage. After the wedding, he regularly sneaks off to have an affair with her, and the two even have an illegitimate child.

On the night she dies, the male and female leads mourn her (with passionate sex) again and again, all to pay tribute to her. In the end, the male lead says tenderly to the heroine, "From now on, you'll just have to work hard running the household."

This disgusting plot makes Chen Xiaorui want to curse. What kind of nonsense is this?

How can someone this vile be the male lead?!

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At the blind date, Yu Junsheng, green with cuckoldry, meets Chen Xiaorui, the "long-suffering first wife," who is just as green with cuckoldry.

The two "oddballs" exchange a glance, hit it off, and decisively ditch their blind dates to form an alliance.

After moving into this apartment complex, Chen Xiaorui discovers that it truly is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. A whole gathering of eccentric characters live here, and there's never a shortage of trouble. Every day brings some new nonsense.

There's too much gossip to get through. Really, there's way too much!

Theme: Build a prosperous life and work toward a moderately prosperous society with your family.