The Stepmom Counterpart Quits [The 1970S]

[Main story complete. New story now updating: Everyday Parenting in a Blended Family [1960s]] Chu Yinyin thought she had a happy life. She was a ballet dancer with a career of her own, a handsome husband with a good salary, and two adorable sons. But then she had a dream and discovered that she was the contrast character in a period novel, while the heroine was her sister-in-law, who had only recently married into the family. Though the heroine was a stepmother, she kept the whole family running smoothly. Chu Yinyin, meanwhile, was a pretty airhead who did nothing but eat, drink, and have fun. The heroine also had a System. Whenever the family despised Chu Yinyin, the contrast character, and everyone looked down on her, the heroine earned points and became more beautiful. In the original story, while Chu Yinyin performed onstage, the heroine did the laundry and cooking. Her husband thought she was neglecting her wifely duties, and his favorability toward her dropped by one point, making the heroine more beautiful. While Chu Yinyin scolded the children, the heroine tenderly cared for her stepchildren. The boys thought Chu Yinyin was a bad mother, and their favorability toward her dropped by one point, making the heroine even more beautiful... Chu Yinyin: ... Now that she knows how the story will go, will she change and become just as hard-working and self-sacrificing as the heroine? No. She'll just keep living life her way and become more and more beautiful. As for her husband and children, if they can be won over, she'll win them over. If not, she'll just get a divorce~ Her suddenly neglected husband and children are stunned: Honey/Mom, why are you ignoring us? Wen Xinjie knows she's the heroine of a stepmother novel, and she's received a System that lets her increase her beauty with points. As long as she wins her family's favor and outdoes the supporting character, Chu Yinyin, at everything, she can take all of Chu Yinyin's beauty for herself. Wen Xinjie knows Chu Yinyin is fiery-tempered, so she has to be gentle and virtuous to outshine her. But she never expected that: While she exhausts herself trying to please her difficult mother-in-law, Chu Yinyin has already coolly proposed splitting up the household. While she works like a beast of burden for her two stepsons, the children Chu Yinyin once disciplined have already taken first place in their grade. When she tries to poison Jiang Hui against Chu Yinyin by saying she's promiscuous and always out on the town, he simply says, "You believe her? Then let's get a divorce." Jiang Hui hurriedly pulls Chu Yinyin aside and starts coaxing her. Wen Xinjie: ... She never imagined that after scheming all her life, she'd have to watch Chu Yinyin grow happier and happier. P.S. 1: The male lead will never do anything to betray the heroine. He's extremely devoted to his wife! 2. This story is entirely set in a fictional world. Completely fictional!! Please add my next story to your collection: Everyday Parenting in a Blended Family [1960s] Blurb: After Li Yugui was reborn, she discovered that the two children of Han Lie, the military officer she'd married, were notorious villains in a book. She quickly got a divorce, then maliciously introduced Han Lie to her cousin, Liu Susu. Liu Susu had lived too well in her previous life, making Li Yugui jealous. This time, Li Yugui wanted the two villains to make Liu Susu's life miserable while she enjoyed herself. Liu Susu, a master of infrastructure development from the future, woke up to discover that she'd transmigrated into a book, and into the food-scarce 1960s at that. The original owner had been abandoned by Chen Shimei, the heartless man who'd gone to the countryside. She still yearned for the scoundrel, left her two children behind, and even cheated a military officer out of his bride price, planning to go to the city to find her lover. But then she had an accident along the way. While Liu Susu was still bewildered, the military officer Han Lie arrived with all four children and asked if she was willing to marry him and join the army. Liu Susu looked at the four children. Two were major villains in the book, and two died tragic deaths in the story. Liu Susu's head began to ache. She asked him, "Deputy Regiment Commander Han, are you willing to hand over your monthly allowance so I can raise the children?" Han Lie nodded, stunned. "All right, then. Let's get married!" In the 1960s, nothing mattered more than having enough to eat. As for the four difficult children... Liu Susu: I can build the hardest bridges and the most complicated buildings. Surely I can handle four little brats? When Li Yugui later came to laugh at Liu Susu, she found that the little villains she'd expected to see had all become pillars of society. P.S. The male lead's children are adopted. This is a remarriage in name only. Theme: Bloom, and the butterflies will come.