The Sixties Cannon Fodder Mom Refuses to Give In

After Shen Luo gave birth and woke up, she unexpectedly gained the memories of a book. She discovered that she was a cannon-fodder character in a story set in a bygone era.

The book said that outsiders all envied her. She had married into a prestigious family and given birth to three sons in a row, which was as impressive as it got. Her husband's family helped raise her children, while her own family had to humor her.

But the female lead, who had transmigrated into a book as her husband's fake cousin, knew that after her cousin married Shen Luo, he had treated her with cool indifference. Her eldest son had been raised by his grandmother from a young age and felt little affection for Shen Luo. Growing up starved of love, he became cold and selfish. Her second son died of an illness because of her neglect. And her youngest son grew into an overbearing wastrel because she spoiled him and showed him favoritism.

Shen Luo took her eldest son away from his grandmother and raised him herself. She also kept a close eye on her second son, and made sure not to favor the youngest, treating them all equally.

As for the husband whom the female lead claimed was indifferent to her, only Shen Luo knew how clingy he was when they were alone.

Reading guide:

1. Family life, the day-to-day of raising children, and a long time span.

2. The cousin transmigrated into a book; the female lead is a native of the story.

Blurb for A Family in the Nineties:

By the time Ye Weishuang turned sixteen, her biggest problem was having four older siblings who treated her like a little kid all day long.

Her eldest sister, Ye Weiqing, was the head of a food factory. In her thirties and still unmarried, she was a formidable career woman whom the whole family listened to. To her younger siblings, she was both father and mother.

Her second brother, Ye Weiwu, was a civil servant dedicated to serving the people. Gentle and refined, he was the mildest-tempered of the family.

But he was also the most shrewd. Nothing anyone in the family did escaped him.

Her third brother, Ye Weiyu, was easygoing and free-spirited. He spent all day coding with people and was determined to devote his life to the country's computer industry.

Her fourth sister, Ye Weixue, was close to her in age, but unlike their other siblings, she was a hopeless romantic.

She fell for an actor after watching him on TV, then on a whim decided to become an actress herself.

Her goal was to act alongside her idol one day.

As for Ye Weishuang, she was just an unremarkable high school student in this family.

What she didn't know was that she was the contrast character to the female lead during high school in a reborn story set in a bygone era.

The female lead was pure and delicate, like a pristine white jasmine flower. Ye Weishuang was a vivid red rose, beautiful but thorny.

The female lead came from a poor family but stayed positive, always ranking near the top of her class.

Ye Weishuang skipped class or broke the rules, with the goal of becoming a modern-day heroine.

The female lead was gentle, while Ye Weishuang was domineering and arrogant. The boys treated the female lead like a goddess and kept their distance from Ye Weishuang.

Of course, Ye Weishuang didn't care about being a contrast character, even after she found out.

It was just that this female classmate had inexplicably decided to make her an enemy.

Why did she keep picking fights with her for no reason, and constantly fawn over Gu Xilou, Ye Weishuang's sidekick?

Blurb for the upcoming novel The Factory Girl Ex of a Nineties Tycoon:

Ye Ruizhu had brows like distant hills, eyes like spring water, skin as fair as snow, and a slender figure. She was a rare beauty and the belle of her garment factory.

Her admirers could have formed a line stretching from the factory to her home.

She wasn't interested in any of them, though. Instead, she fell in love at first sight with a man who couldn't care less about her.

Of course, it had to be because the man didn't know how wonderful she was.

So Ye Ruizhu began bringing him meals, fussing over him, and weaving a gentle web around him.

The first time Shen Mian saw Ye Ruizhu, she was having dinner with her first admirer, chatting and laughing with him.

The second time they met, she was strolling through the mall with her second admirer, and they seemed to be getting along just as well.

Yet this woman turned around and said she liked him and wanted to pursue him.

Shen Mian sneered inwardly. He would never fall for such a fickle, shallow woman. He wanted a soulmate who could support him through life.

But this woman had too many tricks up her sleeve. Shen Mian couldn't help falling for her, stepping right into her sweet embrace.

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Ye Ruizhu won over the man she liked, and the two started dating.

Every day, Ye Ruizhu was happy and cheerful, her smile bright and sweet.

Then one day, she had a dream.

She was nothing more than the ex-girlfriend of Shen Mian, a tycoon in a book. His family was powerful and influential, and they wouldn't accept a factory girl like her, with her ordinary family background and ordinary job, into the Shen family.

So Shen Mian broke up with her.

When Ye Ruizhu woke up, she was furious. Whether the two of them would eventually break up was beside the point.

Shen Mian couldn't lie to her. He had clearly said he was just an ordinary person who'd done a few small businesses with other people.

But you become the richest man in the country, and you call those small businesses?

You lying bastard. Your family doesn't get to look down on me. I'll dump you first.

Shen Mian, the one being dumped, panicked.