After Breaking Off Her Engagement, the Supporting Lady in the Period Novel Marries a Powerful Man

[Also known as "After Breaking Off the Engagement, My Male Lead's Best Friend Stole Me Away"]

The moment Ruan Sui opened her eyes, she realized she'd become the male lead's villainous childhood fiancée in a period novel.

In the book, the female supporting character's father died early, and her mother remarried, becoming a stepmother. To curry favor with her new husband, her mother planned to marry her off to her intellectually disabled stepbrother. Fortunately, her father had arranged a childhood engagement for her while he was alive. The girl clung to this engagement as her only lifeline and went to the military base, determined to get between the male and female leads. After all her frantic antics, she successfully angered the male lead, who sent her back to her hometown, where she fell into the hands of her mother and stepfather once more.

After arriving in the story, Ruan Sui still chooses to go to the military base to escape her mother and stepfather, but she has no intention of repeating the supporting character's mistakes.

What's so great about fighting over a man? Why not get me a job as compensation instead?

She was busy making her little plans when she turned around and found the male lead's best friend staring at her intently.

His best friend was injured on a mission and hospitalized, so Ji Yunzheng was asked to pick up his friend's fiancée, who had come from the countryside.

At their first meeting, he suspected the pretty young woman in front of him, who had no identification, might be an enemy spy, and grew wary of her.

Later, the girl stayed at his home and won over his mother and younger sister, one after the other. Even Ji Yunzheng's heart began to waver. But she was his best friend's fiancée, so he could only hold fast to his principles, bury his feelings, and protect her in silence.

The good news, though, was that Ji Yunzheng discovered his best friend was a scumbag who didn't deserve her. He decided to try his hardest to win her over.

Love isn't about who came first. The one who comes later just has to fight harder to claim it.

(In principle, no one is portrayed as a villain, but everyone has two sides. I'll add more if I think of anything else~)

Theme: Happiness comes from working hard for it