Ji Yuan is the real daughter of the Jiang family, who grew up away from them. She's cunning and mercenary, scheming to reunite with her family, stealing someone else's engagement, and endlessly greedy. In the end, she teams up with a tiger to fight for the family fortune, only to be devoured by her own scheme. The villain, who has a crush on the fake daughter and real heroine, kills her with her own hands, leaving Ji Yuan a universally hated cannon-fodder character.
After learning the plot in advance, Ji Yuan hesitates, then squeezes her eyes shut, sticks out her legs, and slides down in front of the luxury car belonging to the mother she's never met.
Reuniting with the family? Great! She doesn't want the engagement!
But the villainous big shot insists that she marry into another family.
No, no, no!
Remembering how the villain, after going dark in the original story, buried her alive with shovel after shovel, Ji Yuan's vision goes black.
Divorce! She has to get divorced!
Don't worry, she'll definitely ruin this marriage!
Her marriage partner keeps a regular schedule and is old-fashioned, so Ji Yuan pretends to go out partying and comes home drunk in the middle of the night.
Her marriage partner hates ginger and is strict about food, so Ji Yuan adds ginger juice to her stew and makes her drink milk tea.
Her marriage partner has someone she loves and quietly devotes herself to that person, so Ji Yuan flaunts their marriage certificate and throws her weight around at her office.
Her marriage partner is refined and celibate, so Ji Yuan buys outrageous clothes and demands that she fulfill her "wifely duties."
She's being so awful!
But can someone tell her why?
No matter how late she gets home, someone is waiting on the sofa. Her marriage partner doesn't even frown no matter what she adds to the stew. After they finish the milk tea, they somehow end up watching a movie and fireworks together. Her partner's assistant has snacks ready for her at the office...
Even the most outrageous demand only earns her a gentle kiss.
Affection without reason follows her from day to night, almost making Ji Yuan forget what she set out to do.
But later, someone tells her:
There's no such thing as a cannon-fodder villain. In the eyes of the person who matters, she will always be the protagonist of the story.
A mischievous "cannon-fodder" x a cool, elegant "villainess"
Theme: Face adversity with optimism, and don't blindly follow fate.