The Contrast Character Awakens! I Win Big in the 1970s by Outworking Everyone

When she wakes up, overworked office worker Lin Wanxing finds herself inside a period novel, as the story's universally despised "villainess."

The original owner coveted her older cousin's boyfriend and was exposed for secretly hiding his love letters. Branded as a woman of loose morals, she was eventually rejected by her whole family. They publicly disowned her in the newspaper, kicked her out, and left her to freeze to death on the streets.

Her cousin, meanwhile, was the gentle, kind heroine, who married an army officer, went to university, and went on to a glittering life of success.

Facing the prospect of being paraded through the streets in a torn shoe, Lin Wanxing took a deep breath.

What's with all this competition between women? Whoever wants to be the villainess can have the job!

She tore up the love letters and recited Quotations from Chairman Mao on the spot...

She cut ties with the scumbag, reclaimed her necklace, and unexpectedly bound herself to a pocket dimension.

To escape the fate of a vicious supporting character, she emptied the scumbag's and her cousin's assets, stocked up on all kinds of supplies, and decisively chose to move to the countryside.

Who knew her cousin would follow her there, claiming it was to accompany and look after her!

Even her cousin's scumbag husband came over to hit on her!

Lin Wanxing's response: Back off! Don't get in the way of her making progress!

Later, at the village commendation ceremony,

Lin Wanxing raised pigs, chickens, ducks, and silkworms, led the whole village out of poverty, and became a local celebrity.

She wore a big red flower on her chest and gave speeches everywhere.

She won so many certificates and awards she could barely hold them all!

She joined the Youth League and then the Party, and getting a recommendation letter for university was a piece of cake!

When the plot had completely gone off the rails, a certain senior officer, whose credit had been "stolen," cornered her by the wall with a faint smile.

"Comrade Lin, I hear you've resolved to put down roots in the countryside and never climb your way up by relying on anyone?"

Lin Wanxing looked at the badge on his chest and swallowed.

"...If a high branch falls right into my lap, does that count as having the right political outlook?"