At first, everything seemed fairly normal—
Su Liuhe transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder supporting female character with the same name. The original character was determined to marry the deputy director of the grain and oil store, but her younger sister stole the man by sleeping with him first.
The original character threw tantrums at home until her parents finally told her the truth: “Actually, you’re not our biological child.” Then, they kicked her out.
Penniless and homeless, with a terrible temper, she died of sheer anger in bed on her younger sister’s wedding day. It was the cripple who wrapped her in a straw mat and buried her in the graveyard.
The cripple was originally a capable man. Raised in his uncle’s household since childhood, he was strong and robust, worth a full-grown ox. Young and married women alike would blush at the sight of him. Rumor had it he had other skills too, and an army commander had taken a liking to him, specially recruiting him for the military.
But the night before he was to leave for the army, he was nearly run over by a car and then accused of being a hooligan, causing the army to revoke his enlistment.
Such a man, despised and beaten by everyone, was the one who gave Su Liuhe her final send-off.
After transmigrating into the book, Su Liuhe resolutely split from her adoptive parents. She encountered the young cripple, who was being abused by his uncle and brothers. His sturdy back, already showing signs of future strength, was crisscrossed with whip marks. He was quiet and reserved, and upon seeing Su Liuhe, he only called out, “Auntie.”
“I’m here!” Su Liuhe made up her mind: in this lifetime, she would ensure he successfully became a soldier.
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Doesn’t… that sound like a pretty normal transmigration story?
So how did she end up utterly devoured later?
…
When Gu Yiren met the woman who gave him food and warmth, he was only fifteen.
His greatest wish in this life was to avoid being framed and losing his chance to enlist. When Su Liuhe sweetly suggested they team up and live together, Gu Yiren was quite happy at the time.
But this woman, for all her sweet talk, couldn’t carry a load on her shoulders or lift a weight with her hands. When they were together, washing clothes and chopping firewood still fell to him. She spouted grand principles and paid for him to study and read, yet she herself was picky about food, nitpicky about manners, and loved gossip. Aside from her beauty, she was full of flaws.
And yet, suitors still came for such a woman.
The thought of other men seeing her alluring figure and touching her soft waist drove him mad. Finally, provoked beyond endurance, he knelt shirtless on the kang, swearing to give his life to her in this lifetime.
Exhausted half to death, Su Liuhe coaxed him into joining the army. No sooner had Gu Yiren entered the military camp than she called him to break up.
Ruthless, truly ruthless.
Su Liuhe boarded a train to find her biological parents, unaware that she was carrying his child and walking right into a trap…
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Notes:
1. The intimate relationship occurs when both are adults.
2. No blood relation or familial ties; they are merely from the same village.
3. The story is set in a fictional world; please do not identify it with real historical events.
