The Supporting Female Lead in the Era Novel Is Ready to Turn Things Around

Xie Jing was beautiful from a young age, with exquisite features and fair, milky skin that never tanned, no matter how long she spent in the sun. Everyone in the village said she belonged in the city, and Xie Jing did indeed marry into a family in the capital, moving into a two-story house with armed guards stationed at the entrance.

But her husband, Xu Liannian, was always cool and distant toward her.

Because their marriage was an accident neither of them had wanted.

A few years earlier, the Xu family had been caught up in the political movement. The family's pillar, Xu Sheng, was sent to a remote farm for reform through labor, and his younger son, Xu Liannian, became an educated youth in Xie Jing's village. After Xu Liannian rescued her from drowning, the two hurriedly married.

Three months after the wedding, Xu Sheng was exonerated and brought them back to the capital.

In the bustling city, Xie Jing, who had never even left the county town, felt frightened and inferior. Xu's two older sisters-in-law came from prominent families and were courteous but distant. His younger sister was spoiled and self-centered, often mocking Xie Jing with barbed remarks. But remembering her grandmother's teaching that "a harmonious family brings prosperity," Xie Jing repeatedly swallowed her anger.

Xie Jing had also tried to warm Xu Liannian's heart, but nothing worked. Just as she was preparing to give up, a glamorous woman came to see her, claiming to be Xu Liannian's first love.

Xie Jing tried to find Xu Liannian and get an explanation, but she fell asleep on the way. When she woke, she had returned to the day she first arrived in the capital.

At the same time, Xie Jing learned that the world she lived in was a book, and she was the foil to the capable daughter-in-law next door. That woman was also from the countryside, but she was clever and ambitious. She went to college, started a business, and made a fortune, living a vibrant, successful life as the darling of her family.

Xie Jing, by contrast, had only finished high school and had no ambition. She was a housewife who knew only to ask a man for money. When her sisters-in-law and sister-in-law by marriage pushed her around, she didn't dare speak up. She lived a humble life, with no sense of self.

Given a second life, Xie Jing took the other woman as her role model and secretly vowed to live a different kind of life this time.

As for Xu Liannian... Hmph!

Xu Liannian realized that lately his wife seemed like a completely different person.

In his eyes, the wife he'd been forced to marry was beautiful and gentle. As the days passed, he had come to accept their marriage from the bottom of his heart. Then, at a social gathering, he heard her joking and bantering with someone, her wit flowing freely. What shocked him even more came next:

"Do you know a lawyer who specializes in divorce cases? I want to get a head start on preparing."

Xu Liannian was stunned as if struck by lightning.

He began recalling little things about her that he had overlooked in the past. The more he thought about them, the more something felt off, and he started wondering what he had done wrong.

Theme: A good attitude often leads to a better outcome.