The Contrast Group Marries Up and Wins by Doing Nothing [The 1970s]

Song Ning transmigrated into the younger daughter of a blended family at a textile mill in Nancheng in the 1970s.

Her stepsister was about the same age, and the two were complete opposites.

Her older sister, Song Yan, was clever and gentle, a generous girl who was every parent's dream.

Song Ning was unambitious and carefree, with modest goals but an enormous appetite.

The sisters had been promised in marriage, but Song Yan suddenly fell for Song Ning's fiance, who worked on the factory floor, and insisted on marrying him.

The two had no choice but to switch prospective husbands.

Song Yan happily took her dowry and married into a crowded family compound. Song Ning packed her bags with a long face... she had to follow the troops.

She'd heard her future husband was stern and serious, with plenty of ambition, while all she wanted was to lie flat and be a lazy fish. How was she supposed to live like that?

Song Ning fretted. Would all those troublesome rules wear her little lazy-fish self to death?

Later, Song Ning discovered she hadn't been wrong at all.

The lazy fish was certainly worn out, but not during the day. It happened at night...

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Song Yan was reborn.

In her previous life, she married Regiment Commander Zhao. Everyone envied her good fortune, but only she knew that Zhao Shuo was cold and distant, strict and old-fashioned. Eventually, just seeing him made her tremble with fear.

Life on a remote island with the troops was dull and monotonous, and Song Yan couldn't stand it. She had nowhere to vent her pent-up resentment.

They were both married, yet Song Ning's husband was only a factory worker, and whenever the factory had anything good, he was the first to bring it home for Song Ning.

Later, he went into business and became one of the country's leading tycoons, while Song Ning became a rich wife who never had to worry about a thing.

Given another chance at life, Song Yan decided to switch husbands.

Full of hope, she married into the crowded family compound, waking up early and working late to care for the whole family, looking forward to the comfortable life Song Ning had enjoyed in her previous life...

But who could have known that the life of a rich wife would never come? Her husband was arrested for speculation and profiteering.

By the time she finally got him released, he'd lost his textile mill job and become an unemployed drifter who drank heavily.

Her husband's family blamed Song Yan for bringing bad luck and treated her with nothing but hostility. Whenever her husband drank, he picked a fight with her.

After another fight, Song Yan went home in tears, only to run into Song Ning and her husband, who had returned for a visit.

The tall, handsome man stood protectively by Song Ning as he peeled shrimp for her.

The man who had never once smiled at Song Yan looked at Song Ning with tender affection, as if she were a precious, fragile treasure.

Even when Song Ning threw a tantrum for no good reason, he indulged her completely, spoiling her without limit.

The young couple had come back because Zhao Shuo had been promoted and transferred back to the mainland. Song Ning planned to buy a grand villa and settle down there.

She had money, free time, status, and someone who cherished her above all else. Song Ning was still young and beautiful, living life on her own terms and making everyone envious.

Song Yan finally broke down!

[Reading Guide]

1. The male lead and the female supporting character had no romantic relationship in their previous lives.

2. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

Theme: Marriage takes effort from both people