Reborn as the Jilted Fiancée in the 1970s

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Blurb:

After living for over a decade, Shui Tao finally learned that she was a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel.

The heroine was an educated youth sent to the countryside. With rosy lips, a lovely complexion, and a delicate presence, she became the dream girl of every bachelor in the production brigade as soon as she arrived.

Among those bachelors was Shui Tao's betrothed.

A childhood sweetheart could never compete with a newcomer who appeared out of nowhere. The fiancé who had grown up with her repeatedly humiliated her for the heroine and even threatened to break off their engagement.

After their engagement ended, Shui Tao was constantly judged and gossiped about. Depressed and miserable, she met an untimely end at a young age.

Thinking of her future fate, Shui Tao decided to act first. Before her fiancé could come knocking, she called off their engagement herself.

Three-legged frogs may be hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere. There were so many men in this village better than that faithless fiancé.

For instance, that scumbag's third uncle, who had been single for over twenty years, seemed like a pretty good choice.

When the Shui family learned that Shui Tao had fallen for that old bachelor, they were all left reeling.

Their daughter (younger sister) had to have lost her mind. She had a perfectly good fiancé, yet she had to fall for his third uncle, a lazy glutton who was old and couldn't find a wife. This joke had gone way too far.

Shui Tao wasn't having it. What was wrong with an older man? He was caring and obedient, devoted and considerate. He was nothing like a man who changed his affections at the drop of a hat.

Besides, watching the scumbag and the white lotus squirm as they called her Third Aunt was simply the best.

Reader's Guide:

1. The male lead marries late, but he isn't old. Before the female lead broke off her engagement, the two had no contact.

2. This is a domestic slice-of-life story about trivial everyday matters, not a career-focused power fantasy.

3. The male lead is an oddball. If you don't like him, please don't hurt him. Mwah.

4. The story is told from both leads' perspectives in roughly equal measure.

Theme: Don't judge someone based on what you hear from other people.