Reborn: I Won't Be a Virtuous Wife Again

In her previous life, Chu Qin lived as the very model of a virtuous wife. She treated her mother-in-law with respect and filial devotion. Whenever the older woman fell ill, Chu Qin personally cared for her without fail. She knew how to balance kindness and authority with the concubines. Even when one came to provoke her, she never backed down and always handled things appropriately. She was gentle and loving toward her children. Whether born to the principal wife or a concubine, they all remembered her kindness and treated her with respect. She was a considerate, well-mannered wife to her husband. She stood by him as he built his career, then looked up to him once he had achieved fame and success. In the capital, she became the very definition of a good wife. Whenever people discussed virtuous wives, they mentioned her by name, praising her talent and virtue, and saying she was neither quarrelsome nor jealous. Then she fell ill. At her bedside, the concubines were obedient, the children respectful, and her husband courteous. Everything seemed just as she had wanted, yet she felt that something was missing. Only after thinking about it for a long time did she realize she had no idea what was missing, because she had never known what she wanted. She had simply lived the way everyone else wanted her to. She drifted off in that bewildered state. When she opened her eyes again, she had suddenly become much younger. She had returned to the first time she fell ill after getting married. This time, Chu Qin suddenly wanted to live differently. So... Her mother-in-law was harsh? No matter. They could get along if they could, and if they couldn't, they could split up the household. After all, you weren't my husband's birth mother anyway. A concubine was causing trouble? No matter. Our statuses and fortunes are worlds apart. If I choose to keep up appearances, that's my generosity. If I can't be bothered with you, there's nothing you can do about it. The children were disobedient? No matter... Oh, children don't know any better. I can still guide them properly. As for her husband, Chu Qin thought it over carefully. He had family wealth and countless concubines, so he wouldn't miss one more or less. She had a respectable background and a dowry to rely on, so she hardly needed him to scrape by. So he could do whatever he liked, as long as he didn't disturb her quiet little life behind closed doors. In short, reborn into a new life, Chu Qin had just one goal: eat well, drink well, and live freely. But later, she noticed that whenever she was enjoying a good meal, her husband would show up with a bowl, hoping to mooch a bite. [Selective Spoiler Warnings] ※Readers looking for [Traditional Harem Intrigue] should please read this section. To avoid spoilers, everyone else may want to skip it. - This blurb may make the story look like a traditional harem-intrigue novel, but it really isn't. The male lead is actually a spiritual neat freak. (To clarify: this is the opposite of a physical cleanliness obsession, not some bizarre case of physical cheating. Please stop reading too much into it.) There are no concubines or children born to concubines in the true sense of the word. The female lead simply didn't know that in her previous life, but she will find out in this one, so from her perspective, there's not much to fight over. My previous novel was a genuine [Traditional Palace Intrigue] story, and I was worried that might give readers the wrong impression, so I wanted to explain this clearly. All in all, this is a sweet little story with a somewhat fairytale-like feel. Its focus is on understanding, trust, and growing together. It's completely different from the dark revenge and corruption in my previous novel. If that's not your cup of tea, maybe we'll meet again in another story~ [General Spoiler Warnings] *This novel uses the 24-hour clock and introduces Western-style clocks and pocket watches. All my previous novels used the traditional double-hour system, but I wanted to include these things in this one, so I did. I never expected to be repeatedly told this was a setting inconsistency. Still, I want to write it this way, and I think an author should have some freedom with a minor detail that doesn't affect the story. If you can accept it, please read on; if you can't, there's no need to force yourself. *This is a fictional setting. Don't take it as fact, and don't treat novels as moral education textbooks. *There are plenty of novels on Jinjiang. There should be over sixty million by now. If this one isn't to your taste, let's spare each other and find another story. Coming next, now open for preorders in my author profile~ Please add it to your collection~ The Fantasy Otherworld Game of a Max-Level Expert by Li Xiao After dying from a 996 work schedule, Ye Miao transmigrates into a game she had left untouched for a long time. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where order has collapsed and supplies are scarce, but it's also full of fantasy elements, including all sorts of ancient mythical beasts, monsters, and spirits. Ye Miao looks at her stats: Beast Taming: Lv. 100 Healing: Lv. 100 Construction: Lv. 100 Farming: Lv. 100 Combat: Lv. 100 Then she looks at her inventory: Money: 0 Equipment: 0 Resources: 0 Ye Miao: "..." To keep from starving to death, Ye Miao rolls up her sleeves, heads straight to a nearby abandoned building, and catches a Pixiu to make money. That night, she walks into an underground bar and hears someone at the next table pounding on it and shouting, "I saw a little girl in Building A today, and she was insanely strong! A level 50 Pixiu almost ate me! She just grabbed it by the scruff of the neck and carried it off! What kind of violent little girl is that?" "..." Ye Miao looks down at herself speechlessly. A violent little girl? That's right. She's the violent little girl herself. Theme: An independent mind is the key to living a brilliant life.