Steal My Man and I'll Become Your Stepmother [The 1970s]

Ongoing: The 1970s Bride of an Island-Building Regiment Commander

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Only after Huaya died did she learn that she was the unlucky heroine in a period novel, bullied to death by the villainess.

In her previous life, Huaya had her husband stolen by her cousin and became the scum man's unwanted reminder of an old romance.

When the scum man went to school, she gave up her studies and devoted herself to waiting on him hand and foot.

When his mother fell ill, Huaya worked like an ox and a horse, even selling her blood to pay for treatment.

At last, the scum man got a secure state-assigned job. She thought she could finally live a good life, but her cousin interfered, talking literature, ideals, and romance with him until she became the moonlight in his heart.

After his mother died, he kicked useless Huaya out, and she died a miserable death.

Given another chance, her elders were still urging her not to stay with the scum man.

Her: Fine.

Her father and stepmother, stunned: ...Then what about that man we arranged for you to meet? The one named Gu Tinglan?

Her: The hot-tempered brute my cousin couldn't win over? I'll marry him!

She remembered Gu Tinglan. He was a mysterious male supporting character in the original novel who appeared only once, when he went on a blind date with her cousin, the villainess. He rejected her in three seconds, becoming the only man in the story who wasn't attracted to her. He had a respectable job as a worker and spent his whole life diligently working on an island. His work was stable, and he was dependable. To get away from those two, Huaya might as well go live on the island!

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Gu Tinglan had spent the previous twelve years working under an assumed identity on secret military construction as part of a classified national defense project. He devoted his whole heart and soul to serving his country and had no time for romance. After earning military honors, he was about to be exceptionally promoted to deputy brigade commander at the age of just twenty-nine.

One day, he suddenly received a call from his old squad leader. "Xiao Gu, I'm entrusting my little sister to you."

Gu Tinglan had just finished a mission. Without another word, he left the island to fetch his wife!

The family quarters on the island were buzzing. Everyone wanted to see what sort of celestial beauty Commander Gu had brought back from a small village in the south after turning down so many blind dates.

Wouldn't a few huge waves crashing against the sea cliffs scare her pale and have her crying to go back to her parents' home?

And could that little tyrant Gu Tinglan had adopted really call her Mom? She'd be running away before a year was up!

Later, Gu Tinglan set aside a plot of land for Huaya on the island and built her a three-story house. His delicate wife and the little tyrant happily raised chickens, grew vegetables, cooked, and knitted sweaters together in the courtyard.

Gradually, the people in the regiment took pride in getting to eat Huaya's cooking. Those who couldn't could only drool every day at the delicious smells drifting from the Gu family's home.

Gradually, the wives gathered around Huaya to learn the latest sweater patterns, determined to stay at the forefront of island fashion.

Two years after they married, two old acquaintances of Huaya's arrived on the island.

The frail, weak scum man and his moonlight stood timidly in front of Commander Gu, the top officer in the military district, waiting to be assigned jobs.

They saw Commander Gu, reputed to have a fiery temper, answer a phone call and say nothing but, "Wife, I'm sorry. I've got the washboard ready myself. Please, don't go easy on me."

Commander Gu's communications officer was long used to this.

After hanging up, Commander Gu gruffly tossed out, "You two better behave. The sea outside is deep, and my temper is even worse!"

Then he obediently went home to scrub diapers for the baby.

It was his own fault for always working the fields so fiercely, without rest.

Now there were two more babies in the family.

Cousin: That's not right. How did Huaya's blind date turn out to be the top commander of the military district? The man she met that day was clearly a stuttering rascal.

Scum man: Who said she was just a fleeting infatuation? She's the cinnabar mole I could never have.

Huaya: Sorry, who are you two?

(2023.4.14)

Coming soon: The 1970s Capitalist's Daughter Forced to Marry a Rough Soldier

Because of her class background, Chu Qing was constantly ostracized by her colleagues at school. Later, she heard that a group of officers returning victorious from the border were organizing a matchmaking dance, especially to find partners for these older, single, rough-and-ready men.

But marrying one meant going back with him to the borderlands and living a hard life. Chu Qing taught at a school. Because of her background, she was never considered for any of the good opportunities. But today, for the first time, a leader came to her and asked her to attend the matchmaking event, saying the men were all handsome officers who had made successful careers for themselves.

Chu Qing didn't want to go. When there weren't enough women to attend, the school leader flew into a rage and told her, "If you still want to earn a salary to support your parents and younger siblings, you'd better go right now."

Only eighteen, Chu Qing had no choice but to attend the matchmaking banquet. The moment she appeared, someone fixed his gaze on her.

Chu Qing had no choice but to get a marriage certificate with him. Soon after, she followed the army to a border town. Everyone said marrying him meant certain death: the local people were fierce, and the rough soldiers didn't know how to treat a woman well. Whoever went there would be bullied.

Years later, X School held its anniversary celebration. A graceful, dignified woman with a face like a peach blossom stood on the stage, looking at the stunned school leaders and the colleagues who had ostracized her. "Thank you for forcing me to marry into the borderlands. I'm back now."

A certain major general stood below the stage with a faint smile. This was the woman he would cherish for the rest of his life.

[In the 1970s, women could marry at eighteen]

[Blurb screenshot dated 2023.3.20]

Blurb:

After transmigrating into a period novel as a supporting character, Su Ying faces a crisis like no other:

Her mother, who had kindly helped raise the scum man, the male lead, for the sake of their neighbors, is deceived by him and tells Su Ying to stop studying, obey the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, give up her education, and serve him for the rest of her life.

The scum man swindles her family out of their money and takes advantage of her emotionally and physically. After secretly becoming involved with her, he carries on an illicit affair with a widow in the village.

He even spends all of her family's meager savings to attend university, then cheats with the wealthy original heroine and becomes the third party in her relationship!

In the end, the original supporting character sees the two of them being intimate, gets hit by a car, and dies with regrets.

Su Ying, after transmigrating into the story:

The scum man wants money? Not a chance.

Sorry, get out there and work in the fields!

The scum man hints that they should take their relationship to the next level.

Sorry, I'll make it clear in front of the whole village that we're through.

The scum man wants to go to school.

Sorry, you're not worthy of an education. I'm better than you.

The scum man gets involved with a widow.

Heh, let's make his illicit affair public.

When the original heroine, the woman who became the third party, finally appears, Su Ying realizes she'd been thinking too simply.

After all, the original heroine in the book was just a green tea third party at most.

Why is the woman Su Ying meets a sinister, cunning lunatic who seems to have a split personality?

The other woman's schemes might be as fierce as a tiger, but they're child's play to Su Ying. She meets every move with a counter, yet in the end, she really does send Su Ying to a psychiatric hospital.

Step by step, Su Ying builds a pickled vegetable business, selling from the village to the market, from the market to the county town, from the county town to the provincial capital, and finally opening a company in the capital to earn extra money!

Her career is flourishing, and she deserves love, too!

Only her love arrives in a very unusual way, carried by a mysterious fragrance.

By the time she discovers that the older man is the green tea third party's father, the old house is already on fire, and there's no putting it out.

He pampers her in every way until she can't help but admit:

An older man sure is exciting when he lets loose!

Whatever.

Su Ying thinks: I'm ready to be a stepmother.

On the day Su Ying's company goes public, someone asks the older man how he keeps his wife in line.

The older man: A good man in the new era absolutely does not expect women to follow the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. Not only that, he has to learn what a man's proper role is! He has to learn how to support a woman from behind, and how to keep up with the times and grow alongside her while she makes a name for herself!

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Both leads transmigrate into a book. The male lead is a green tea schemer and a jealous type, and the two help each other succeed.

Su Tao transmigrates into a period novel.

The heroine in the novel was born on the same day, in the same month and year as Su Tao. Her parents dote on her, and her two older brothers look after her. Gentle, virtuous, and considerate, she marries a local farmer who raises livestock. After their wedding, they love and support each other, and she gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. She raises the children and manages the household, while her husband builds a thriving business and becomes the first ten-thousand-yuan household in Li Family Village.

The foil, Su Tao, is the daughter of a butcher. She's fat and dark, has a foul temper, and isn't afraid to pull a knife at the slightest provocation.

The livestock farmer who originally marries the heroine had first planned to marry Su Tao. But the heroine stole him away and became one half of a model couple. Su Tao was so fierce that no one in the surrounding villages dared marry her. When her father learned that his daughter had been cheated out of her match and slandered as an ugly toad who dared dream of eating swan meat, he angrily announced in front of everyone that he would find her a live-in son-in-law. But the son-in-law was a good-for-nothing who knew nothing, and after marrying into the Su family, he ruined them.

After recalling the plot, Su Tao says: Oh heavens, can I marry someone else...

Lin Fugui, who transmigrates into a period novel as the live-in son-in-law of a fierce villainess, realizes that he's a scumbag too.

He's practically Chen Shimei.

Lin Fugui thinks: Even if she's a foul-tempered, fat shrew, I can't actually be a scumbag.

He plans to go to her house and break off the engagement.

But the moment he sees Su Tao, with bright eyes, lovely teeth, and eyes brimming with affection, she looks like a peach blossom in full bloom, and he falls for her.

He has no intention of breaking off the engagement and declares:

"I'll only break off the engagement if you kill me."

After both couples get married:

The heroine gets up early to serve her in-laws and husband and care for their son and daughter, while Su Tao takes tiny bites of the lovingly prepared breakfast her husband made.

The heroine tightens her belt and cuts every expense to support her husband's career, while Su Tao pouts and tells her husband, "I haven't even spent all my allowance from last time."

The heroine works hard selling things at a street stall to support the household after her husband goes bankrupt, while Su Tao cuts the ribbon at the new shopping mall her husband built.

Years later, Lin Fugui has become the richest man in the country. When he hears rumors that he's planning to divorce his wife and marry someone new, he says:

"In this life, only my wife can divorce me."

Then he turns to Su Tao and says:

"I was born into the Su family and will die as a ghost of the Su family. I'm warning you, don't get any wrong ideas!"

Meanwhile, the heroine, who is in the middle of a divorce:

I was blind to treat a scumbag like a treasure!

In my next life, I'll never steal someone else's man again!

P.S. Both leads transmigrate into a book. The husband is a green tea schemer and a jealous type.

Coming soon 1: Blurb for The Beautiful Villainess with Golden Eyes in the 1980s

Oulu, who runs a stall in Panjiayuan, is bowing to the God of Wealth when the temple suddenly collapses. The God of Wealth statue hits her squarely on the head, knocking her unconscious and sending her back to the early 1980s.

Her family has fallen into ruin, her father is gravely ill, and her mother has died. On top of that, the male lead swindles her out of her family's antiques shop, which has been passed down for a hundred years, while the heroine mocks her day after day.

With nothing to her name, Oulu slaps down her enemies, repays her debts, finds overlooked treasures, gambles on jade, opens mines, and rides the wave of the times. With an eye for antiques that the experts call peerless, she seeks out hidden treasures and brings countless national treasures back to the country, becoming a master of her generation.

Coming soon 2: Blurb for The 1970s Bride of an Island Steel Mill Worker

Lin Xiaoxi transmigrates into a period novel as the unlucky heroine, trounced by the villainess foil.

In the original story, the villainess, who is her cousin, steals her husband, and she becomes a stepping stone for the male lead's career. When he goes to school, she works herself to the bone to pay his tuition. When his mother falls ill, she works like an ox and a horse, even selling her blood to pay for treatment. At last, the male lead gets a secure state-assigned job. She thinks she can finally live a good life, but her villainous cousin interferes, talking literature, ideals, and romance with him until she becomes the moonlight in his heart. After her mother dies, she is kicked out and dies a miserable death.

Given another chance, both her parents are alive and still desperately urging her not to stay with the male lead.

Her: Fine.

Her parents, stunned: ...Then what about the man we arranged for you to meet?

Her: The hot-tempered brute my cousin couldn't win over? I'll marry him!

She remembers Qin Lu of the Second Steel Mill as a male supporting character in the original story. He appeared only once, when he went on a blind date with the villainess cousin, and became the only man in the book who wasn't attracted to her. After that, he diligently spent his whole life on the island. His work is stable, and he's dependable. To get away from those two, Lin Xiaoxi might as well go live on the island!

Qin Lu of the island's Second Steel Mill devotes his whole heart and soul to serving his country, with no time for romance. As he's working up a storm in the workshop, he suddenly receives a document from his supervisor: A Marriage Introduction Letter.

"Xiao Qin, hurry up and bring your wife here."

The family quarters at the Second Steel Mill are buzzing. Everyone wants to see what sort of celestial beauty Qin Lu brought back from his hometown after turning down so many blind dates. Wouldn't a few huge waves crashing against the sea cliffs scare her pale and have her crying to go back to her parents' home? And could that naughty little kid Qin Lu adopted really call her Mom? She'd be running away before a year was up!

Later, Qin Lu sets aside a plot of land for Lin Xiaoxi on the island and builds her a three-story house. His delicate wife and the naughty child raise chickens, grow vegetables, cook, and knit sweaters in the courtyard.

Gradually, everyone at the Second Steel Mill takes pride in getting to eat Lin Xiaoxi's cooking. Those who can't only drool every day at the delicious smells drifting from the Qin family's home.

Gradually, the wives gather around Lin Xiaoxi to learn the latest sweater patterns, determined to stay at the forefront of island fashion.

The year comes when university graduates are assigned jobs, and two old acquaintances of Lin Xiaoxi's arrive on the island.

The frail, weak male lead and his moonlight stand timidly in front of Director Lu, waiting to be assigned jobs.

They see Director Lu, reputed to have a fiery temper, answer a phone call and say nothing but, "Wife, I'm sorry. I've got the washboard ready myself. Don't, please don't stop me."

Director Qin's colleagues are long used to this.

After hanging up, Director Qin gruffly tosses out, "You two better behave. The sea outside is deep, and my temper is even worse!"

Then he obediently goes home to scrub diapers for the baby.

It's his own fault for always working the fields so fiercely, without rest.

Now there are two more babies in the family.

Blurb screenshot dated 3.2

Theme: No matter how harsh the circumstances, always stay ambitious and strive to make progress.