Handed Over to a Roughneck Villain [Period]

Lu Yao transmigrates into a novel as a cannon-fodder character who shares her name. A fire takes the lives of her entire family, leaving her with only a four-year-old nephew and an injured voice. Fortunately, her original character's fiancé is in the Northeast. He's not only fabulously wealthy, but also offers to marry her. She thinks she can take her nephew with her and enjoy the good life after the wedding, but when she arrives in Harbin, she discovers she's been swindled... He's no wealthy young master from the Northeast. He's a deadbeat who refuses to repay his debts, and he called her there so he could hand her over to his creditors as payment. That day, Lu Yao uses her last bit of money to buy two chicken legs to nourish her nephew. Just as she carries the pot out, someone kicks the door open. A muscular man grips an iron rod, fixing her with a sinister, murderous glare. “Where's that bastard Shen? He owes me two legs. So what's he got to say for himself?” Facing the creditor who's come to collect, Lu Yao shakily lifts the bowl of saliva chicken and gestures with her hands. “Chicken... would chicken legs do?” Liao Yanchuan's name sounds refined and scholarly, like that of an honest man. In reality, he's unruly and burly, and people say that when he was young, he could beat a tiger to death with his bare hands. A few years ago, he kindly lent money to an old classmate for a business venture. Not only did he lose every penny, but the man ran off, too. That day, he heard that his old classmate's family had arrived, so he grabbed a weapon and went to collect the debt. As soon as he entered, he saw a beautiful, fair-skinned woman with a graceful figure, looking at him with tear-filled eyes. Taking the two “legs” the mute woman handed him, Liao Yanchuan's Adam's apple bobbed. “How are you planning to repay the money your man owes?” A new little restaurant opens in the urban village. They say the owner is mute and opened the place to earn money to pay off her debt. Luckily, she's a great cook. Though the restaurant is small, there's a long line outside every day. Crispy pork knuckles, rich but not greasy; spicy rabbit diced with fragrant chili oil; handmade fish balls so fresh they'll make your eyebrows fall off... A year later, the urban village is slated for demolition and redevelopment. The diners keep wondering whether she'll return to her hometown in the south. Later, they hear that she married one of the village's biggest demolition-compensation recipients. His surname, apparently, is Liao. 1. The heroine's loss of speech is temporary, and she will recover later. 2. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced. Theme: The only things one must never let down are the people one loves and good food.