The Cannon Fodder Side Character Remarries a Powerful Man in a The 1970s Novel

Lin Xiu wakes up to discover she's transmigrated into a period novel as a cannon-fodder female supporting character.

The supporting character is the village chief's daughter. She falls for the educated youth male lead at first sight and goes to all sorts of lengths to marry him, drugging him, pushing him into the water, and smearing his reputation.

But the male lead's halo protects him. No matter how many schemes Lin Xiu tries, none succeed, and in the end, her family is destroyed.

Having transmigrated, Lin Xiu looks at the food before her and thinks of how her family will eventually end up. She resolves to change her fate.

Thanks to her golden finger, at her very first matchmaking meeting, Lin Xiu recognizes Gu Yunzhi, a major figure in the original novel.

He's currently down on his luck and utterly pitiful, so Lin Xiu gets to him first and marries him.

She stays away from the male lead and completely changes her original fate as cannon fodder.

Gu Yunzhi was once a favored son of Heaven. His parents were a professor and a doctor, and he was a university student who quickly became a valued engineer at a machinery factory.

But an accident changed everything. His younger sister went missing, his parents were sent away to the countryside, and overnight, his family became outcasts. He was even at risk of losing his job.

To keep his job, Gu Yunzhi follows the advice of his former supervisor and starts going to matchmaking meetings.

He needs to find a woman with a respectable background and start a family.

But every matchmaking meeting ends in failure. Just as he's ready to give up, he meets Lin Xiu.

He walks up to her and holds out his hand. He never lets go for the rest of his life.

Everyone says the couple are too different and won't last, but no one expects their married life to get better with every passing day.

Theme: Change your fate by relying on yourself