A 1970s Marriage Swap to Join the Army, the Cold-Faced Officer Dotes on Her

[Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] [Sweet and Delicate Heiress x Reborn, Guilt-Ridden, Stern, and Rugged Soldier] [Five-Year Age Gap]

The night before her blind date, Shen Nanzhi dreamed she died beneath a steel beam.

Only then did she remember: she was living in a book, a cannon-fodder foil whose sole purpose was to highlight the female lead's happy life. Her adopted sister stole the respectable match Shen Nanzhi had chosen for herself and foisted on her a man who was the poorest and most taciturn soldier in his company, a squad leader who spent every day digging air-raid shelters.

The book had already written her ending in stone: three months later, a cave-in would kill her beneath a steel beam.

So she'd stick it out until he fell for the female lead, then get a divorce and run.

But on their wedding night, the man who was supposed to be out on a rescue mission brought her hot water and crouched down to wash her feet.

Rubbing her aching back, Shen Nanzhi stared at Lu Chen, who was crouched by the washbasin doing her laundry, utterly baffled. Why wasn't he off being the female lead's devoted simp?

Meanwhile, her adopted sister opened the System panel that showed everyone's affection levels. Lu Chen's score was -100. He hated her to the core.

She couldn't understand it. That wonderful match had been meant for her, so how had fate conspired to make this patched-up private the one who'd come from the capital?

She had no idea that this man had lived his life over again.

In his previous life, he had mistaken someone else for her and spent ten years alone repaying that debt. This time, he had returned to the day he went to fetch his bride, determined to find her before anyone else.