The Early-Dead 'Husband' of the Villainous Female Lead in a Period Novel

Lin Lan transmigrates into the doomed “husband” in a period novel: an unlucky woman disguised as a man.

In the very first second after arriving, she runs into Shen Zhiyi, a future villainess who has been drugged and is stumbling into her arms with her clothes in disarray.

The villagers condemn them as immoral and force them to marry.

Lin Lan: ...Fine. I’ll protect this girl for now. Once she gets back to the city, we’ll get divorced.

But later...

Shen Zhiyi’s eyes shimmer as she hooks a finger into Lin Lan’s collar and asks in a huff, “Lin Lan, when are we finally going to be a real married couple?”

Lin Lan: “???”

Wait, why did the villainess turn gay without going bad?!

Shen Zhiyi comes from a powerful family and is gorgeous, but her stepsister schemes against her, leaving everyone to ostracize and exclude her.

Then she meets Lin Lan, her “fake husband,” who’s always sticking her nose into other people’s business.

Shen Zhiyi assumes Lin Lan is just like everyone else: either she wants Shen Zhiyi for her looks or she wants to see her humiliated.

But Lin Lan quietly protects her, shields her from gossip, beats up the thugs who bother her, and is even willing to offend the whole village to defend her honor.

Shen Zhiyi thinks Lin Lan must be deeply in love with her, and can’t help falling for her.

Until the transfer back to the city is approved, and Lin Lan produces a divorce agreement she prepared long ago.

Shen Zhiyi’s eyes sting with tears. Furious, she cries, “Lin Lan, you’ve touched me and held me. Now you want to shirk responsibility and kick me out?”

Her usually calm “husband” panics. “I... I’m a woman!”

Shen Zhiyi: “Perfect. I like women.”

Heh. She’s no delicate little flower. She has all the strength and tricks she needs...

to make sure they seal the deal.

---Later, after Lin Lan becomes the richest person in the country and the secret that she disguised herself as a man comes to light, Shen Zhiyi lounges in her arms and gives the stunned villagers a proud little snort:

“What are you staring at? Never seen two women together before? Bumpkins!”

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Synopsis:

[Straight girl who doesn’t know she’s gay, a happy puppy with staying power] VS [cool on the outside, seductive on the inside, alluring CEO who loves to lure people in]

[Switch couple, pure sweetness with no angst. Two experts in theory and total rookies in practice, learning step by step to become pros in a love story.]

Tao Yao takes a part-time tutoring job. Her student is a rebellious girl who confesses her love outright on the first day.

Tao Yao is straight, but for the sake of the well-paid job, she patiently tells her student to focus on her studies.

One day, Tao Yao accidentally hears the student telling her mother that she wants to be with her.

The mature woman’s voice on the other end of the phone is cold and scornful:

“I’ve met plenty of gold diggers like that. Have fun, but don’t take her seriously.”

Tao Yao has met this sharp-tongued parent before. She’s tall, with striking features and a beauty so cool and dazzling it’s impossible to look away.

Tao Yao never expected someone so beautiful to say something so insulting. She’s furious.

That night, she comes across a trending local post:

[What should I do? I fell in love at first sight with my daughter’s teacher.]

[My daughter has fallen for her tutor and is crying and carrying on, insisting she wants to date her. At first I thought she was a gold digger and wanted to run her off, but when I went to meet her, I discovered she’s exactly my type.]

[How can I win her over without damaging my relationship with my daughter?]

The more Tao Yao reads, the more alarmed she becomes. Isn’t this talking about her?

Oh, you’re a repressed flirt, are you? Just you wait!

She sneers, registers a burner account, and replies to the post: “Hey, gorgeous. DM me. I’ll teach you.”

Tao Yao starts pretending to be gay, teaching the woman how to pursue her online while acting hesitant and keeping her at arm’s length in person.

The fishing plan goes perfectly. The cool, beautiful CEO takes the bait and falls for her step by step.

Luxury goods, jewelry, all kinds of gifts... she showers Tao Yao with them like there’s no tomorrow.

Tao Yao gives her one kiss, and the student’s mother is so worked up she nearly throws herself into Tao Yao’s arms and drags her off to a hotel.

Tao Yao gradually can’t handle it anymore, afraid she might really lose her resolve and turn gay.

So when the tutoring job ends, she decisively blocks every way to contact her.

A month later, she suddenly receives a call from her student, Su Xiaowan.

“Teacher Tao, what did you do to upset my godmother?”

Tao Yao is stunned. “Your godmother?”

A thunderclap explodes in her mind. Did she get the wrong person?!

The student’s mother who called her a gold digger and the student’s mother who was pursuing her weren’t the same person at all!

Worse, Su Xiaowan adds in a trembling voice, “My godmother says you tricked her out of money and sex. She’s looking for you so she can kill you... She’s really ruthless, Teacher Tao. You’d better run!”

Terrified, Tao Yao quickly picks up her diploma and hides in an office job at a company.

On her first day at work, she freezes at the sight of her supervisor’s familiar, beautiful, icy face.

She turns and runs, but the woman anticipated it. She grabs Tao Yao by the nape and pins her against the desk.

Lu Xuelan presses her red lips to Tao Yao’s ear. “Long time no see, my dear girlfriend.”

Tao Yao frantically apologizes. “I’m sorry! I’m straight! It was all a misunderstanding... I’ll give everything back!”

“Straight?” Lu Xuelan chuckles, her breath brushing Tao Yao’s ear as her grip tightens. “Then I’ll bend you myself.”

“Otherwise...” Her gaze suddenly darkens, and she enunciates every word. “I’ll kill you.”

Theme: No matter what difficulties we face, we should keep a positive attitude.