After Transmigrating into a Book and Being Exiled with My Archrival

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On the road to exile, with just one glance, Chen Lai/Shu Yu instantly confirmed that the person in front of her was her archrival. No mistaking it.

Chen Lai: Just my luck! I've transmigrated with my archrival!

Shu Yu: We've transmigrated.

After confirming they'd both transmigrated into the book as villainous characters doomed to die horribly, they decisively "made peace" and joined forces to plan their survival.

Shu Yu, who had been skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, cooking, and connoisseurship since childhood, began building a fortune with frontier cuisine.

Chen Lai, who had always hated being compared to Shu Yu's artistic talents and had chosen science and engineering for that very reason, began building up the frontier and gathering power.

One made money, the other gained power, and their quality of life rose steadily.

The only slight drawback was that Shu Yu noticed Chen Lai had recently stopped coming home. The dishes on the table were reheated again and again, but she never got to eat them.

Then one day, Shu Yu saw a dashing young general escorting Chen Lai home. At last, he couldn't hold back his jealous words: "I didn't realize Miss Chen was dating again."

Chen Lai replied in shock, "Come on, he's a pure-hearted high school boy! Who could resist?"

Thinking of how in her previous life, when she'd broken up with her younger boyfriend, she'd said, "I hate immature men," Shu Yu decided to be patient and wait.

She'd break up and come home eventually.

As Shu Yu waited, he watched Chen Lai's "pure-hearted high school boy" get replaced by a "steady marquis," then a "carefree swordsman," and then...

He couldn't wait any longer.

He was going to claim his place.

Theme: Love and being loved.