The Cannon-Fodder Little Sister of the Stepmother Novel's Heroine [The 1970s]

Chu Xiuxiu drank only half a bowl of Granny Meng's Soup, and has always lived cautiously in this era of scarce resources.

After graduating from high school, she went through countless hardships to find a temporary job and escape the fate of being sent to the countryside to farm. Only then did she discover that her eldest sister was actually the heroine of a stepmother novel.

In that novel, the heroine wins over her military husband's two children with her cooking skills, and enjoys a perfect marriage. Years later, both stepchildren grow up to be successful.

As a cannon-fodder character in a story set in a bygone era, Chu Xiuxiu is beautiful and intent on marrying into a wealthy family. The heroine, Chu Yanyan, criticizes her as vain and selfish.

In real life, Chu Xiuxiu looks at Chu Yanyan, who's wearing a preachy expression, and says, "I wasn't born to suffer. Why should I make things hard for myself?"

Chu Xiuxiu marries a young, handsome government clerk. Her life gets better and better, taking her from the county town to the capital, where she builds a dazzling career and becomes someone the original heroine can't help but envy.

Note: An alternate parallel world.

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Shu Yan: Building a career is more worthwhile than scheming against your own family. Why bother with household intrigue in the modern world?!

As a top beauty and a promising university student in the 1980s, Shu Yan is the belle of the neighborhood.

Until she discovers that she's living in a novel set in the 1980s, where the heroine has been reborn.

The heroine in the book is her niece, who's three years younger than her, and Shu Yan is the heroine's independent-minded aunt!

Shu Yan counts on her fingers: a biased father, a timid mother, a selfish older brother and sister-in-law, a scheming niece who's been reborn, and troublesome neighbors everywhere.

This is a pretty tough environment to live in.

Shu Yan quickly moves out, then writes novels and writes herself a brilliant future.

While her niece is dealing with troublesome people, Shu Yan is admiring flowers and drinking tea in her own thousand-square-meter courtyard home, with her ridiculously handsome husband by her side.

Theme: Work hard and build a good life.