Synopsis:
Yu Yin finds herself transported into a novel, becoming the timid female supporting character in a melodramatic period piece who is about to be swapped for a reborn female lead.
The man she’s swapped for has a frail widowed mother, a sickly young nephew, and a mentally disabled younger sister. He’s also a soldier who only sends money and is away from home year-round. Although she has a city household registration, without a husband to support them, the family—old and young alike—is essentially waiting for her to move in and act as their caregiver.
No one thinks much of this marriage, and the female supporting character doesn’t want to live as a de facto widow either, but she is forced to marry because her parents accepted the dowry and ultimately dies of depression. Yu Yin, having been transported into this world, is now being pressured into marriage, while her relatives insincerely praise the match.
Yu Yin: …Money, a child, and no need to serve a husband? Is there really such a good deal?
Yu Yin, poisoned by the 996 work culture: “Don’t say another word—I’m moving over right away. Oh, and should I bring some local specialties with me when I go to the city?”
—The first thing her cousin did after her rebirth was to swap marriage arrangements with Yu Yin.
In her previous life, she didn’t understand; she thought becoming a city dweller was something to boast about. But Yu Yin, who married a country man and did absolutely nothing, later became the wife of an agricultural tycoon. Meanwhile, she herself—capable and hardworking—had spent her life in a de facto widowhood, tending to that old couple and young child, always one step behind Yu Yin!
How could she just let this good life go to that good-for-nothing Yu Yin for nothing? She swore that in this lifetime, she would marry well—let Yu Yin go ahead and keep that city household registration!
Yu Yin: Is there such a good deal?
Cousin: You fool—you’re just as blinded by that city household registration. She’d love to see how this good-for-nothing Yu Yin would end up living even worse than she did after marrying into that family.
However—while she was rising at dawn and working late into the night to serve her in-laws, younger brother-in-law, younger sister-in-law, and the entire extended family, Yu Yin was being treated like a treasure and doted on by her mother-in-law and nephew.
While she was urging her husband to find a job early on and save up, Yu Yin had already become a sales clerk at a state-owned store with the most lucrative commissions, surrounded by relatives fawning over her—even her in-laws were scrambling to curry favor with her.
By the time Reform and Opening-Up arrived and she was fantasizing about her husband becoming a tycoon, Yu Yin had long since become a well-known local woman of means—and that man had even returned!
Her cousin was devastated! Where had all this good fortune come from? Why were her mother-in-law and nephew—who had been so cold to her in her previous life—being so kind to Yu Yin?!
—Having narrowly escaped death, Pei Zhan fell silent, expecting to witness the tragic scene of his family’s ruin he’d seen in his dreams. His wife had been replaced by a sweet-faced, gentle, and gracious woman who bore no resemblance to the Yu family. Moreover, she showed no disgust at the sight of him returning severely injured; she wasn’t afraid of his cold detachment or his serious demeanor, and would gently arrange a separate room for him and take care of him.
My young wife is just too wonderful—except she’s always trying to share my bed…
Content Tags: Period Romance, Sweet Romance, Modern Alternate Universe, Book-Jumping, Period Drama, Lighthearted
Yu Yin, Pei Zhan
One-Sentence Synopsis: After the marriage swap, I’ve had it easy.
Theme: Perseverance and Self-Improvement
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