The Good Life After Becoming the Villain's Stepmother

[Pre-release novels The Imperial Examination Road of a Concubine's Son and Exiled with the Tyrant Villain are described at the very bottom. Please add them to your reading list~]

Shen Xinglu died suddenly after working overtime. She transmigrated into a novel as Shen, the vicious villainess.

In the original story, Shen ran away with her "lover," only to be swindled out of all her money, sold to a low-class brothel, and eventually turned into a human pig by her stepson... Her fate was truly horrific.

Looking at the silver notes and the packed luggage in front of her,

Shen Xinglu stood frozen. "..."

Was this really such a tempting start?

It was practically luring her down the wrong path!

Remembering Shen's gruesome fate, Shen Xinglu immediately put the money and luggage back. There was no way she was going to leave this time!

Besides, with all that family wealth in her hands, couldn't she just lie flat and enjoy herself?

Shen Xinglu dealt with one obstacle after another that threatened to disrupt her carefree life.

Then she turned to look at the three little ones in the corner, and an idea struck her. Why not start raising them now, so she could reasonably freeload off them once they grew up?

So Shen Xinglu began praising them every day, lovingly raising the three little ones as they grew.

Before long, she received exquisite pastries from her eldest daughter, double-sided embroidery from her second daughter, and a shyly presented painting from her young son.

Looking at the gifts the little ones brought her every day, Shen Xinglu felt the same joy a gardener feels at an autumn harvest. She couldn't help thinking how wonderful it was to transmigrate without in-laws or a husband!

But one day, her supposedly dead husband suddenly came back?!

Shen Xinglu: What is this???

Seeing the three little ones obediently call him Dad, Shen Xinglu frowned. Were her ducklings, whom she'd raised so well, about to be stolen away?

The handsome, tall man looked at Shen Xinglu with dark eyes.

Under the pressure of his gaze, Shen Xinglu reluctantly spoke. "Hus...band?"

The look in the man's eyes seemed a little strange.

In his previous life, Zhou Jianchuan faked his death while working for the Crown Prince. When he returned, he found himself all alone.

After avenging his great grudge, he changed his name, spent half his life on the battlefield, and eventually died in battle.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the time after faking his death and leaving the capital.

Judging by the timing, that wicked woman must have sold the three children by now. His eyes blazed with fury.

But when Zhou Jianchuan raced back, he found an entirely different scene.

A loving mother and her devoted children, living in peaceful harmony. The children had even come to regard Shen as their real mother.

Zhou Jianchuan: "..."

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. Neither the children nor their mother have any connection to the male lead. This will be explained later.

3. The story is entirely fictional, with many author-created details. No historical scrutiny, please.

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Title: The Imperial Examination Road of a Concubine's Son

Huo Guzhang transmigrated into a book.

He became a despised illegitimate son.

Before long, his drunken scumbag father would accidentally beat him and his mother to death.

The scumbag father would then have a change of heart, work hard from then on, and eventually become a local magnate.

Having just transmigrated, Huo Guzhang looked at the bruises all over himself and his mother and remembered how the original novel had whitewashed the story. He wanted to curse.

How could a piece of trash like his scumbag father, who had lusted after a woman, abducted an innocent girl and kept her as his mistress, and abused her, possibly get such a happy ending?

He had beaten his wife and son to death with his own hands, then repented and never remarried. After that, he took one lover after another and lived in luxury, yet people praised him as a faithful, affectionate man.

That ending was simply infuriating.

Looking at the woman beside him, who resembled his mother from his previous life, with tears in her eyes and a frail figure,

Huo Guzhang decided to start with a small goal: kill his "father" with his own hands and help her escape her cage.

Later, Huo Guzhang accomplished one small goal after another.

He built a fortune.

He passed the imperial examinations and entered government service.

He became the emperor's teacher.

He expanded the empire's territory!

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Title: Exiled with the Tyrant Villain

After finally completing her quick transmigration missions, Xie Wanyang exchanged her rewards for a world of her choice, where she could enjoy a happy, retired life as a lazybones.

However, the System malfunctioned. When she woke up,

she was wearing ragged hemp clothes and lying in a dilapidated hut with a hole in the roof. Outside, an old man was shouting at her to pay the rent.

Xie Wanyang: ...

The System tearfully gave her the plot. It turned out she had transmigrated into the book as the tyrant villain's wicked original wife.

In the book, the tyrant had originally been the pampered imperial grandson, but first he was poisoned and lost all five senses.

Then he was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Lingnan.

Later, he turned evil, raised an army in rebellion, and exacted his revenge, becoming the tyrant who plunged the Great Xuan dynasty into decades of war.

As for the wicked original wife she had transmigrated into, the book only mentioned her in passing.

After being implicated by the tyrant and exiled, she bore a grudge. While he was poisoned, she tortured and abused him every day.

When the tyrant recovered, he killed her with a single stroke.

Luckily, when Xie Wanyang arrived, they had only just been exiled to Lingnan.

Since she was already there, she decided to make the best of it.

Xie Wanyang decided to solve the male lead's villainous transformation first: help him recover from the poison and become a wise ruler.

Once peace reigned throughout the land, she could lie flat and continue enjoying her retirement.

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After losing his five senses, Kuang Yu thought he would slowly die in darkness and emptiness.

Until one day, someone lit up his world and became someone he could never bear to lose.

Theme: Those who are content are rich. Those who persevere have resolve. Those who don't lose their place endure.