The Villainess in a Period Novel Wants to Win by Doing Nothing Too

One day, Lin Tingyue transmigrates into a book and becomes the vicious female side character who loves the male lead but can't have him.

Wait, the original girl had terrible taste. He spent her money while stringing her along. Was she running a charity? If she had to support someone, couldn't she at least pick someone good-looking?

So she grabbed the obviously far more handsome man beside her and walked away.

Lin Tingyue: I need a certificate! I need to get married! It's urgent!

Team leader: Are you crazy? You know Yu Xingzhou has a bad class background, right?

Yes, everyone laughed at her for being crazy.

Yu Xingzhou had a bad class background, was useless at work, and had nothing but his face.

But he was the future richest man, and this was the perfect time to buy low and invest!

*

For the past few years, Yu Xingzhou had thought his luck must have run out, since all the people close to him kept leaving one after another.

So when he married Lin Tingyue, whose reputation was bad and who had framed him, he felt nothing. He was certain she'd leave him sooner or later.

But Lin Tingyue didn't leave him. Their lives only got better and better.

Until he accidentally heard his mother-in-law urging his wife to divorce him and marry again. He knew his luck had run out once more, and that it was time to let her go.

The next day, he left quietly and sat in the waiting room for the train back to his hometown.

Just as the train was about to depart, Lin Tingyue appeared.

"Why didn't you tell me you were going home?"

It was the biting-cold season of early spring, yet sweat ran from her forehead, past her eyes, and dripped from her chin.

He changed his mind.

From this moment on, he would never let go again.

*

[Bonus Scene 1]

After the news that the college entrance exams were being restored spread, the village's educated youths started talking about divorce, and the gossip reached their home too.

Some divorce-bound men even tried to put ideas into Yu Xingzhou's head: You don't even have kids. What can you use to keep your wife's heart?

Yu Xingzhou only smiled. These people didn't understand. He relied on his good looks.

But that night, he still couldn't help testing her.

His long fingers tightened around the woman's waist. His face crumpled, and his voice trembled.

"You said you'd take me with you. Do you still mean it?"

[Bonus Scene 2]

Lin Tingyue occasionally visited the production set she'd invested in, but really, she was just going through the motions.

However, the young male lead developed an inappropriate interest in her. He followed her around, fawning over her with a dazzling smile.

At the evening banquet, he even blushed as he picked up his glass and walked toward her.

But before the male lead could say anything, an uproar broke out in the distance.

"Look! It's Yu Xingzhou! Ahhh, I finally get to see the Best Actor in person!"

"Is he really forty? He looks younger than guys in their twenties!"

"By the way, aren't the Best Actor and his wife on bad terms? Why did he suddenly come here..."

Yu Xingzhou walked straight through the crowd to his wife. He put an arm around her waist and gazed at her with eyes so tender they'd make even a dog think he was in love, then asked, "Didn't we agree you'd come get me after the awards ceremony?"

Oh no, she'd forgotten.

Lin Tingyue rubbed her forehead helplessly. If only she hadn't come to this set. Who knew how hard it would be to placate this jealous man...

[Bold, straightforward, lucky female lead x Gentle yet strong, beautiful male lead]

[Both leads are each other's first and only / Married first, in love later / Not a strong female lead, not a female power fantasy]

Upcoming: "A Guide to Female Side Characters in Period Novels"

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