A Mismatched Marriage in the Seventies: On Our Wedding Night, My Fatherly Commander-in-Chief Fell for Me

[Marriage First, Love Later] [1970s Military Marriage] [Transmigrate into a Book] [Face-Slapping and Taking Down Scumbags] [Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology]

Jiang Tang transmigrates into the wicked female antagonist of a pampered heroine novel set in the 1970s. When she opens her eyes, the heroine has schemed to switch their marriages, and she has nearly been taken by a rugged military officer.

In the Lu family's eyes, she is vain, scheming, divisive, unfaithful, and utterly vile... a country girl determined to cling to Lu Hejin.

The heroine plots against her at every turn and even wants to build a happy life on Jiang Tang's bones, while Lu Hejin keeps protecting the very woman who is scheming against her?

And everyone expects her to put up with it? Dream on!

Jiang Tang flips the table and quits. She picks up an agreement and takes the initiative to negotiate with Lu Hejin.

"Battalion Commander Lu, you get your promotion if you stay married for a year, and I get a job. Deal?"

They'll divorce a year later and never see each other again.

Lu Hejin thinks there are no feelings between them, only mutual benefit, and that theirs is a marriage in name only.

During that year, Jiang Tang goes to college, starts out as a small-time appliance repairwoman, then moves on to translating manuals, publishing books, and becoming the handpicked student of the president of Beijing University...

When the year is up, she asks Lu Hejin for a divorce, only for him to block her in the room and clutch her hand with bloodshot eyes.

"Wife, try asking for a divorce again and see what happens. You won't be able to get out of bed for a long time!"

Jiang Tang is stunned. Wait, how is this different from the original plot?