The Eighties Cannon Fodder Mom Calls It Quits

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Xu Mengxue is the most outstanding beauty in the residential compound, with almond eyes, rosy cheeks, and skin as smooth as snow. Even having two children hasn't diminished her beauty in the slightest.

Her husband works at the police station, and she has a secure job at the department store. With two incomes in the family, everyone says they envy them.

One day, Xu Mengxue wakes up and discovers that she's... the cannon-fodder biological mother in a period stepmother novel?

Her hardworking, ambitious husband will quit his job and go into business after her death, eventually becoming the richest man in the country.

Her obedient, adorable son will become rebellious because he's been deprived of a mother's love.

Her bright, clever daughter will grow sensitive and gloomy.

And all of this is meant to make the stepmother heroine look good.

Xu Mengxue: "?" What kind of nonsense is this?

*

After cracking a major case and working around the clock, Officer Yi can finally go home, only for his wife to toss his bedding out of the bedroom.

"Divorce. The children are mine. Go wherever you want."

Officer Yi: ?

What did he do wrong?

*

Chen Xinyu envies her cousin Xu Mengxue more than anyone.

Her husband's hardworking, her children are brilliant, and she has a secure job herself.

Until one day, she accidentally learns that

she's living in a book, and she's the heroine. Her cousin's husband is the male lead.

According to the plot, her cousin will become gravely ill and die young. Chen Xinyu will inherit her husband and children and become the wife of the richest man in the country.

She waits and waits, but why hasn't the plot happened yet?

Why is her cousin still alive and well?

...Why?

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In her previous life, Xu Xinning had beauty but was simple, gullible, and dim-witted. Her awful father and stepmother coaxed her into marrying the factory director's foolish son.

In the seventh year of her marriage, she died from hunger, domestic abuse, and a difficult childbirth.

When she opens her eyes again, Xu Xinning is back at age twenty.

Her awful father and stepmother are threatening her: "If you won't get married, you'll be sent to the countryside!"

Xu Xinning doesn't want to go to the countryside or marry a fool. Just then, her fiancé, who has been missing for over a year, returns!

He asks, "Would you be willing to marry me and join my army posting?"

Looking at the tall, stern man before her, Xu Xinning's not-too-bright brain turns over the question. She asks quietly, "Will you hit me?"

Wei Chang'an: "No."

Xu Xinning nods.

The man is disabled, so he probably can't hurt her, right?

-

Wei Chang'an spent his whole life as a soldier and a bachelor.

Whenever his superiors or comrades tried to introduce him to someone, he would say his wife had died and he had no intention of remarrying.

Only when his life was nearly over did he learn that the girl he'd loved all his life had actually been deceived. Even the letter breaking off their engagement hadn't been written by her!

After being reborn, Wei Chang'an hurries back to his hometown!

If only he gets back quickly enough, his future wife won't be tricked again!

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[Upcoming: Reborn at 16. Please add it to your collection!]

Xu Yuan looks back on her youth and sees three major regrets:

First, she was so focused on romance in college that she didn't get into graduate school.

Second, after starting work, she was so busy preparing for graduate school that she didn't make any money.

Third, after ten years of hard work, she realized she had no home in a first-tier city.

Her best years were spent doing the wrong things at the wrong times, and she never looked back.

Xu Yuan: Who the hell can you blame for that?

Actually, she has another regret: the year she graduated from high school, her family was caught up in a housing demolition, but they missed their chance to get compensation. Other people got a house and money, while her family received only 20,000 yuan for refusing to move. The reason was that her father couldn't bear to pay the 500 yuan transfer fee.

If she could do it all over again, she'd definitely convince her father: they had to transfer the title!

When she opens her eyes again, she sees her mother cheerfully taking out a stack of money. "This is what they paid us."

Xu Yuan: ...Even being reborn, she was one step behind everyone else!

Note:

1. I ran out of inspiration for the original Glass Spirit, so I'll revise the blurb and put it in a new upcoming novel slot. I'll write it later. Sorry!

2. Recovery has been difficult. I'm writing as part of my rehabilitation, so there may be some shortcomings.

New blurb dated December 25, 2022. Screenshot saved.

Theme: Life takes hard work. Nothing comes for free.