The Song and Dance Troupe of the Seventies

[Complete. Please leave a five-star review] Blurb One: Only after Song Zhishi dies does he learn that he was a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel. He dies at the very beginning of the story. In this million-word novel, which bundles together domestic drama, a harem, power progression, and every other kind of melodramatic plot, his husband in his previous life, Gu Huai, is the real male lead. After Song Zhishi dies, his soul wanders the world for decades. He watches his ex-husband become a billionaire and live to the age of ninety-eight, then die peacefully surrounded by his many children and confidantes. Furious, Song Zhishi... comes back to life! After coming back to life, Song Zhishi decides he absolutely must get a divorce. He refuses to spend his life with a man whose romantic luck is off the charts! Gu Huai, single for nearly thirty years: ??? Blurb Two: Everyone in the family compound thinks Song Zhishi isn’t good enough for Gu Huai. He’s a young master from a family with a bad political background, spoiled and lazy, and useless at everything. Gu Huai, meanwhile, is a highly skilled worker who has repeatedly earned merit and honorably retired from the military, the dream man of countless young women. Later, Song Zhishi joins the arts troupe, where he excels at singing, dancing, playing instruments, and everything else. Later, Song Zhishi acts in films and television dramas, is selected for the national song and dance troupe, and eventually gets his own song and dance troupe, becoming a household-name star. Later still, Song Zhishi is honored with the title of National First-Class Actor and retires with distinction. Song Zhishi becomes someone everyone can admire but never hope to reach, while Gu Huai remains a “miner” at the coal mine. The whole country thinks Gu Huai isn’t good enough for Song Zhishi. Reader’s guide: 1. The two male leads have a misunderstanding. The gong never has a wife or children, in either his previous life or this one. The misunderstanding will be cleared up later. 2. There are some original details. The male leads have a significant age gap, and the gong is a live-in son-in-law, an old custom. It has nothing to do with the law, and they cannot use legal procedures to separate. They fall in love after marriage, have no children, and their feelings are mutual. Neither is universally admired, but they do have admirers. 3. The shou is in the coal mine’s arts troupe, not the military. 4. There are secondary couples, both male-male and male-female, but not many. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. 5. The eldest sister has a child without a husband and follows a strong, independent woman’s path. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. 6. Feel free to point out typos. I’ll send a red packet for every one. I’m a stickler for correct spelling. 7. If something doesn’t make sense, feel free to point it out in the comments. If you don’t like the story, you can drop it. There’s no need to write long rants in the comments. Mindless harassment and insults will be deleted. Constructive feedback from respectful readers is welcome. Readers of pirated copies and contrarians, please don’t argue with me or other readers in the comments. Respect everyone. Theme: Strive to improve, work hard, and build a better life through self-reliance