The Scheming Beauty of the Nineties

Everyone says Meng Yulan is lucky. She has a face as beautiful as a movie star's, and the eldest young master of the Lu family fell for her at first sight. She married into his family and became a rich man's wife. What could be more comfortable? Only Meng Yulan knows how hard her life has been. Her father went to prison, and her mother remarried. She hadn't even finished high school when she went out to work. She thought her good days would begin after marrying Lu Shulin. Instead, being a daughter-in-law in a wealthy family was even more miserable. Nobody thought highly of her. No matter how hard she tried, she ended up abandoned by everyone. If she had another chance, she wouldn't drop out of school, wouldn't put up with everyone's mistreatment, and certainly wouldn't marry into the Lu family. When she opened her eyes, she was eighteen again, back at the very beginning. [A slice-of-life story set in a bygone era. The heroine is adored by everyone, but all she cares about is making money. Men are all tools. Expect plenty of wish-fulfillment fun.] Next novel: The 1970s Drama Queen Stepmom Raises Kids on an Island. Please add it to your collection! Xia Jiaoyun transmigrated into a book, becoming the foil to the heroine in a novel set in a bygone era. The heroine, Xia Yuanyue, married a young man sent to the countryside from the city. Later, she returned to the city with him, became a city wife, enjoyed a harmonious family life, and even got into university. Her whole life went smoothly. As for Xia Jiaoyun, she married a regiment commander who had lost his wife, took his two children with her, and followed him to an island where he was stationed. She developed depression, and after years of a turbulent marriage, she finally got divorced. But on her way home, she was attacked by bandits and died far from home. Xia Yuanyue was supposedly a child the Xia family had taken in, yet her parents doted on her even more. The marriage that had originally been arranged for Xia Jiaoyun fell through when the man changed his mind at the last minute and said he wanted Xia Yuanyue instead. When Xia Jiaoyun opened her eyes, she found herself in the middle of pretending to hang herself because she refused to get married. Beside her, Xia Yuanyue was crying and shouting outside, "Sister, don't do this! Even if Lu Chen doesn't love you, you can't take your own life! What will Mom and Dad do if you die?" Xia Yuanyue's cries drew a crowd, including Xia Jiaoyun's future husband, Zhou Baihua. Xia Jiaoyun jumped down from the stool. "Who said I was going to kill myself? I was testing whether this rope was strong enough. I'll need it to tie up my dowry later." [The heroine is a drama queen and a money lover who takes a hands-off approach to raising kids. A silly, lighthearted slice-of-life story.] Theme: Love yourself a little more