After the Male Lead’s Childhood Sweetheart in a Period Novel Awakens

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As Zhou Yan's childhood sweetheart, Lin Jiao had never suffered a single grievance growing up. Zhou Yan took care of everything for her himself.

When she first arrived at Hongxing Brigade, Lin Jiao suddenly awakened to the fact that she was the villainess in a book, and Zhou Yan was the male lead of this world. Seeing the crazy things she did in the story, she shuddered and decided to stay far away from him.

But after being used to having Zhou Yan around, how hard could it be to avoid him?

She scraped her fingers shucking corn, couldn't get her clothes clean, and couldn't carry things...

Every night, Lin Jiao would crawl into her little quilt and cry, her body aching with exhaustion. She wondered if she should go back to her motherly Zhou Yan. After all, she'd enjoyed his kindness for so many years, so it was only fair that she suffer for the rest of her life.

Fortunately, fate was kind to her.

Zhang Yiyang, the second male lead in the book, always appeared by her side "by coincidence." He helped her shuck corn and went with her to collect bird eggs. Lin Jiao thought it over. Judging by the plot, she and Zhang Yiyang were a pretty good match. And since he would become a coal magnate someday, perhaps she should pick a husband from the successful candidates?

So Lin Jiao quietly began plotting how to win Zhang Yiyang over.

The male lead's perspective

Ever since he was little, his parents had told him that he and Lin Jiao were promised to each other, and that she would be his wife one day. So he'd never let her suffer a grievance, from childhood on.

He planned to marry Lin Jiao as soon as they returned from their rural assignment.

But on the very first day in the countryside, Lin Jiao suddenly stopped speaking to him. She wouldn't let him do her laundry or cook for her. Zhou Yan thought she might just be struggling to adjust to life there, and that she'd be fine in a few days.

Then he saw Lin Jiao give Zhang Yiyang the biscuits she'd been saving for herself, and he panicked.

Oh no! Someone was about to steal his wife!

My next novel is Comrade Xu, Please Behave Yourself [Seventies]

As the outstanding heir to the Xia family, Xia Huan was about to take over the family business when she suddenly transmigrated to the impoverished 1970s.

Xia Huan's response: The strong never complain about their circumstances.

But when she saw the leaky tiled house, her unemployed and despondent father, her bedridden mother, and her little brother who couldn't afford to go to school, she fell silent.

To get her family out of poverty, Xia Huan decided to start from scratch (while in debt).

She used the few dozen yuan her family had to set up a small stall. She had a silver tongue that left customers beaming, and business gradually picked up. She was confident that in less than five years, she could build a Xia Corporation!

Then the Bureau of Industry and Commerce cracked down hard on private businesses, and Xia Huan was arrested.

Thinking of her family's miserable situation, Xia Huan didn't hesitate. She grabbed the man's sleeve and wept as if her heart would break. "My father is out of work, my mother is sick, my brother is in school, and I'm falling apart. If you confiscate everything, how will our family survive?"

Looking at the tearful young woman, Xu Jingyan couldn't bear it. He turned to the captain. "The textile factory still needs a female worker. Why don't you let her work there?"

Xia Huan found herself at the textile factory in the blink of an eye. There were jobs like that?

She glanced at the handsome, wealthy (simple-minded and loaded) Xu Jingyan and raised an eyebrow. Her Xia Corporation could really use Comrade Xu's help.

With the situation unstable, Xu Jingyan's father sent him to gain experience in the county seat. At work, he was diligent and conscientious, earning praise from everyone.

Then he arrested a young woman for "speculation and profiteering." Sniffling, she looked at him through tearful eyes and accused him of ruining her livelihood. She was truly pitiful.

Unable to bear it, he found her a job at a textile factory. From then on, the girl stuck to him.

"Comrade Xu, the wall at home collapsed. Could you help me?"

"Comrade Xu, I heard you did well in school. Could you tutor me?"

"Comrade Xu..."

Seeing the girl call his name so sweetly, with nothing but him in her eyes, Comrade Xu fell for her. After work, he started riding his bicycle to pick her up.

The Xia family went from not being able to afford a meal to becoming the county's first family with ten thousand yuan. They built a new house and had a neat, spacious courtyard. Their neighbors were green with envy, all praising the Xia family for raising such a wonderful daughter.

As Xu Jingyan kept showing up at the Xia home, rumors inevitably spread.

Xu Jingyan decided he couldn't put it off any longer. After working so hard for so long, it was time to make their relationship official.

So he took Xia Huan aside, ready to tell her about his family. But before he could speak, Xia Huan said, "Comrade Xu, the neighbors are gossiping. I'm not interested in dating anyone right now, so please don't come looking for me anymore."

Xu Jingyan's hand stopped as he picked up his papers. The sky had fallen!

A career-focused heroine vs. a hero who falls for her after convincing himself she's in love with him

Theme: The human mind cannot be bound.