The Frail Supporting Female Character in a Period Novel

Zhao Jiahuan stayed up all night preparing for the civil service exam interview, then unexpectedly died of exhaustion and transmigrated into a period novel as a supporting female character with the same name.

In the novel, Zhao Jiahuan was the male lead Han Qiusheng’s childhood sweetheart. Frail and sickly, she went to work at a clothing factory in the county town as a teenager, hoping to save money for medical treatment.

At the time, Han Qiusheng had just been accepted into university, but his family had no way to pay his tuition.

Zhao Jiahuan handed over every penny she had saved from working. For four years, she took care of Han Qiusheng’s household without any status or recognition. Already in poor health, she became seriously ill from overwork.

She died before Han Qiusheng could return home in glory.

Five years after Zhao Jiahuan’s death, Han Qiusheng married a university graduate. Before long, they became a well-known loving couple.

She had worked hard for half her life, only to make a wedding dress for someone else.

After transmigrating, Zhao Jiahuan decisively kept her distance from the male lead.

One day, she unexpectedly discovered that whenever she was near Bai Mingcheng, a technician from the provincial capital, she felt clearheaded and full of energy. Her improved condition was directly proportional to the time she spent with him. She immediately signed up for the agricultural technology outreach team and was with him almost every day. Before long, her health began to improve.

To address a rice disease, Bai Mingcheng answered the call and brought his research project to Tianxi Village.

The whole village was supportive of their work, especially the brigade leader’s daughter. Every day, she went to the fields with them before dawn and did not return until it was too dark to see. His teammates said that if the girl stuck to him every day, she must like him. Bai Mingcheng dismissed it as baseless speculation and sternly warned them not to ruin her reputation. But later, he couldn’t help wondering if they might be right. The girl was cheerful, clever, and ambitious, and it was easy to like her.

Bai Mingcheng thought he would take the girl back to the city, help her continue her education, and let her do whatever she wanted. If she really liked him, that would be fine, too. He would talk it over with his parents and do his best to make her happy.

But then he noticed that, at some point, the girl had started spending a lot of time with Ye Qizhen, the flirt who had attracted admirers even back in university.

Ye Qizhen was good at sweet talk, but he was unreliable and all bluster. The girl had to be falling for his tricks.

Bai Mingcheng certainly wasn’t going to let Ye Qizhen keep leading her astray.

Theme: Your health is your greatest asset.