Lu Ci transmigrated into a novel he'd read, The Legend of the Ge'er, as the scumbag live-in son-in-law who had been substituted for the male lead's love interest, Xie Ge'er.
In the original story, the man Xie Ge'er was supposed to marry was replaced with a useless freeloader. After marrying into the family, the freeloader constantly caused trouble, spending the money Ge'er had worked so hard to earn on drinking and carousing. He even meddled in the male lead's business, letting a business rival trick him into sabotaging Xie Ge'er's company. In the end, he lost his life, and the Xie family's business went bankrupt.
After transmigrating, Lu Ci called his predecessor a complete idiot. He had such a powerful benefactor to rely on, yet he kept making trouble. What was he thinking?
Lu Ci wasn't like his predecessor. He was well-behaved and obedient, and would come home on his own when it rained. He didn't want a person, just money.
But who could have guessed that the moment he saw Xie Ge'er, Lu Ci, who wanted no one, would be so smitten he couldn't stop calling him "my wife"?
It couldn't be helped! His wife was exactly his type!
But there were always some shameless, scheming villains using underhanded methods to sabotage his wife's business.
In a fit of anger, Lu Ci took the imperial examination and came back as a juren to be his wife's backing.
A juren wasn't enough to guarantee his wife's safety. The next year, Lu Ci also won first place in the palace examination.
And so, to stand up for his wife, Lu Ci rose step by step from a junior editor in the Hanlin Academy to a first-rank official at the very pinnacle of power. Meanwhile, his wife's business grew and grew until he became the richest man in the country. Once they both got busy, they often went ten days or half a month without seeing each other.
Only then did Lu Ci, busy handling government affairs, gradually realize something was wrong. Wasn't he supposed to lie flat and live off his wife? How come he couldn't even see her anymore? I miss my wife so much, QAQ.
Theme: Work hand in hand toward a better life
