Reborn: The Cannon Fodder Girl Breaks Free from the Plot

Gu Jin never imagined she was merely a background character in a book, not even important enough to be named. Her only purpose was to give her transmigrated younger sister a reason to be cherished by the whole family. How ridiculous. The life she fought with all her might to survive didn’t even deserve to be described in the book. After she is reborn, things change. Shen Jingcheng, who has also been reborn, looks at her with a stern expression and says, “You promised that if there were a next life, you’d marry me. You can’t go back on your word.” “Oh.” Gu Jin nods. With a chance to start over, she has no intention of repeating the miserable life she had before. The first step toward changing things: reclaiming land and farming. Gu Jin and her husband work hard, determined to eat well, dress warmly, live in a good house, and avoid hardship. She never expected that one bout of overachieving would earn them thousands of acres of fertile land; another would make her husband the emperor’s most trusted man; and yet another would turn a household that once held only her and her husband into a thriving family, the most powerful clan in the empire. Gu Ling’er transmigrates as a little baby, convinced she’ll be doted on, become the richest person around, meet a domineering prince, and end up a princess consort adored by all. But instead, her family favors boys over girls, she’s accused of degrading herself by doing business, and the domineering prince is domineering without giving her any affection. It’s unbelievably frustrating. Meanwhile, her second sister is just a village woman, yet lives more freely than she does as a princess consort. Gu Jin: Heh, I wouldn’t dare presume. I’m only a background character, after all.