With fair skin, stunning looks, and a delicate charm, Jiang Yingchu wakes up in the body of a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name in a novel set in a bygone era.
In the book, her original self is tricked by unscrupulous relatives into marrying an abusive man who has already been married once, and suffers a miserable life as a result.
Jiang Yingchu, who has transmigrated into her body: ??? What the heck? Whoever wants to marry an ugly twice-married man can do it, and whoever wants to be a stepmother can do that too. She's not going to be the sucker.
To avoid marrying an abusive man and raising an ungrateful brat, Jiang Yingchu decides to find a reliable husband herself. Just then, her aunt's daughter refuses to attend the matchmaking event arranged by her family and wants to go in her place instead.
As soon as Jiang Yingchu arrives, she meets the male supporting character from the book, Zhou Qinyue, who will become the richest man in the future. According to the book, Zhou Qinyue cares only about his career. An injury on the battlefield has left him unable to perform in bed, and fearing that others would look down on him, he never marries.
To get away from her unscrupulous relatives and the abusive man as quickly as possible, Jiang Yingchu takes the initiative and asks Zhou Qin to marry her.
Zhou Qinyue is handsome and comes from a good family, but has no interest in marriage. He's nearly thirty and still unmarried, so his family is getting anxious. Taking advantage of his recent retirement from the military, they make an excuse for him to visit his maternal aunt in his mother's place.
But when he arrives, he learns that visiting his aunt was just a pretext. They really arranged a matchmaking event for him.
He'd planned to go along with it just to get it over with, but as soon as he entered the matchmaking hall, a pretty young woman stopped him and said she wanted to marry him.
Zhou Qinyue had intended to turn her down, but what came out of his mouth was filled with anticipation: "All right."
Zhang Xiaofei is reborn and knows that the deputy factory director her cousin Jiang Yingchu marries will become a big shot in the future. She tricks Jiang Yingchu into attending her own matchmaking event, taking her cousin's place to meet the deputy factory director.
Meanwhile, her cousin really does meet only a retired soldier, one who hasn't even found a job yet.
Zhang Xiaofei gets her wish and marries the deputy factory director, waiting to become a rich man's wife and expecting her cousin to come begging for help once her married life becomes difficult.
But she waits and waits, until Jiang Yingchu becomes the richest man's wife, while she herself is the one struggling to get by.
Zhang Xiaofei: Wait, wasn't I the one who was supposed to become a rich man's wife?
Jiang Yingchu thinks she and Zhou Qinyue are only a couple in name. After they marry, he'll have his own plans and she'll have her own career. They only need to look like a loving couple to everyone else.
But right after the wedding, the man hands over everything he owns. Jiang Yingchu is touched. Remembering Zhou Qinyue's insecurity from the book, she says earnestly, "Zhou Qinyue, don't worry. I won't look down on you for... not being able to perform. Let's just live a good life together."
They do live a good life, but Jiang Yingchu's back is about to give out.
Whenever she's about to lose her temper, the man always coaxes her gently and softly: "Chuchu, I won't let you down!!!"
Jiang Yingchu: You can go ahead and let me down...
Thesis: A beautiful life.