The Easygoing, Delicate Darling of the 1980s

The lazy, pampered Qiao Susu discovers she's the villainous foil in a period novel. The heroine is Zhuo Qingxia, her one-sided archenemy since childhood and her current direct supervisor.

In the dream, her younger brother fails the college entrance exam, falls into despair, and eventually sells the family home before going abroad and never returning. Her older brother divorces his rich, beautiful wife and spends the rest of his life in misery, raising their intellectually disabled son alone. Her parents retire early for various reasons and end up renting a home and scavenging for cabbage, with no pensions to live on.

And she herself, vain and materialistic, turns down her devoted childhood friend, who has a bright future ahead of him, and marries a nouveau riche man who never comes home at night. She spends the rest of her life as a pitiful woman who has to watch her husband's every mood and report wherever she goes, even in old age.

Zhuo Qingxia, meanwhile, relies on her own abilities to get through college and graduate school, then leads her family to defy fate and turn their lives around. Her first step toward a promotion is to target Qiao Susu, who's spent seven years doing nothing in her position.

Qiao Susu jolts upright from her deathbed dream. After a moment's thought, she pulls up the blanket and goes back to sleep.

What does that unlucky villainous foil in the dream have to do with a little slacker like her?

On her first day of lazing around, she discovers that the younger brother who supposedly missed the college entrance exam for harassing a girl was actually a hero who saved a beauty, and even won the heart of a future bestselling author.

On her second day of lazing around, her pretty-boy older brother, who was supposed to get divorced, brings his wife and child home to live with them and shows off his husbandly authority.

On her third day of lazing around, she becomes the super-capable heroine's esteemed senior, and even gets the heroine's unattainable first love for herself.

She reluctantly goes on a blind date, only to discover that the heroine's first love, who had supposedly "died" long ago in the dream, is her own ex-boyfriend from high school, the one she'd dumped because he was too poor and had no prospects.

Her: ...

There are limits to what a person should do.

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Huo Wenbo grew up dependent on others, scraping by on a tight budget and surviving by collecting recyclables. Then he got a girlfriend in high school, which put even more strain on his already meager savings.

She was vain and pampered. If someone else had something, she had to have it too; if no one else had it, she wanted it even more.

New notebooks, pretty hair clips, lovely handkerchiefs...

It was normal for a young girl to be a little moody and vain. Huo Wenbo struggled to get by himself, but still counted out every last coin to do his best to grant her wishes. Then he heard her tell her friends that she was only with him out of pity, that she was just playing around with him.

His sincere heart shattered into pieces. Later, he changed his name and surname, thinking he would never see that fake, affected woman again. He never expected to meet her at a blind date.

Looking at the glittering gold bracelet on her wrist, the diamond hair clip in her hair, and the fashionable little leather shoes from Yangcheng on her feet, Huo Wenbo couldn't help recalling what the matchmaker had said: down-to-earth, hardworking, simple, and frugal. He raised an eyebrow.

Down-to-earth? Hardworking? Her?

Upcoming story: "I'm Done Being the Villainess in the Nineties"

When Chu He awakens to the fact that she's in a period novel, the story is already nearing its end.

The righteous, kind-hearted hero and heroine have long since married, had children, and settled into a happy life. Meanwhile, she's the infamous villainess.

But when she looks at the wedding photo hanging on the wall, deliberately chosen to make her feel sick, and sees the handsome, sullen man standing beside her, she can't help bursting out laughing.

A villainess and the devoted second male lead? They really are a perfect match.

Thinking about how that man used to ruin her plans and get back at her every time makes Chu He laugh uncontrollably. Her heart, long at peace, begins to stir with anticipation.

If she's already the villainess, why should she exit the story?

She's consumed by thoughts of revenge, until one day, a tender little girl who claims to be her daughter comes knocking.

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The pampered Mu Shao grew up in comfort and luxury, adored by everyone. One day, she transmigrates to the 1990s and follows her memories to the little home where her parents once lived.

Mu Shao sees her mother in patched clothes, wearing a gloomy expression and haggling over a penny at a roadside stall. Then she turns her head and sees her father as a young man in the corner, clenching his fists and beating someone up.

The couple's eyes meet. They both sneer, then go home separately, like enemies.

Mu Shao is confused. What happened to love at first sight, mutual affection, and a happy marriage full of sweetness?

She learns that her parents are merely supporting characters in a period novel.

One is a villainess, the other a devoted second male lead. They're forced together to give the hero and heroine their happy ending, while their own lives end in tragedy.

They each love someone else and can't stand the sight of each other. They may be married, but they're more like enemies.

One was born like a weed, fighting to grow but never getting anywhere, bullied, abandoned, pitied, slandered, and despised.

The other had a broken childhood and a dark disposition, misunderstood and hated, known on the streets and treated with contempt.

Mu Shao: I won't listen, I don't believe it. My mom and dad are the best.

Theme: Trust one another and strive forward.