Volume One, Chapter One: Reborn as a Stunning Beauty in the Seventies

“It was my fault to have you sent to the countryside to endure hardship. I owe you an apology. Tomorrow, I’ll apply for a divorce—you shouldn’t have to suffer like this.” The man’s tone was stiff, his handsome face marred by fresh scratches, which only made his features more striking under the dim yellow light.

Lin Ranran looked up to find the man before her dressed in a crisp military uniform, his posture straight as a pine. Even in his current state of anger and frustration, he exuded an innate soldier’s aura that could not be concealed.

With such grace and bearing, even the legendary Pan An would pale in comparison.

Suddenly, a torrent of unfamiliar memories surged through Lin Ranran’s mind.

She had transmigrated into a novel! What’s more, she’d landed in the era novel “Space Seventies,” becoming the vicious supporting character—the breathtakingly beautiful yet venomous wife of the male lead, Ji Junxiao!

In the book, the villainess fawned endlessly over her cousin, scheming to help him become a regiment commander. She even drugged and set up the male lead, hoping he’d lose his job over a scandal.

Who could have predicted that the male lead would turn around and marry her instead?

The villainess was so incensed by this that she became hell-bent on destroying his spirit.

With her Daji-like beauty and coquettish ways, she soon had the male lead utterly enthralled. After marrying, she quit her job as a factory clerk to become a military officer’s wife.

Whenever she felt the slightest headache or stomachache during the day, she’d immediately call her husband, making him rush home to check on her.

Though the male lead sometimes saw through her little tricks, she would throw herself into his arms and shower him with kisses, pouting, “Honey, I just missed you so much. Don’t you miss me too? Why don’t you bully me a little, hmm?”

In the end, he could never bring himself to blame her.

She even tried to persuade him to resign, though he firmly refused to cross that line.

Because of her antics, the Ji household was thrown into chaos.

A month later, she became pregnant.

Despite their misgivings, the Ji family immediately began to dote on her for the sake of the child.

The men of the Ji family had always struggled with infertility. The male lead’s father was lucky to have four sons and a daughter, but his brothers were all childless—a tragic situation.

In the male lead’s generation, all four sons were diagnosed as sterile during physical exams.

After the villainess became pregnant, her moods grew volatile, and she would verbally abuse the Ji family at the slightest provocation. For the sake of the child she carried, they endured her temper in silence.

At four months pregnant, her cousin instructed her to act.

He set up the three Ji men, accusing them of embezzlement. With insufficient evidence, they were merely sent down to the countryside as educated youth.

Her cousin demanded she quickly get an abortion, divorce, and remarry within days!

That way, the Ji family would be hit with a double blow and collapse completely.

But who would have thought that within three years, the three Ji men would regain their positions, and the Ji family would rise to become the wealthiest, most sought-after clan?

The male lead and the reborn heroine lived in harmony and had three children!

As for the vicious supporting character, after marrying her cousin, she received no affection from her husband, suffered at the hands of her in-laws, and her entire family eventually landed in prison!

Her husband’s family blamed her as the mastermind, and she was sentenced to twenty years!

Unable to withstand the torment of prison, the villainess ultimately chose suicide.

What a tragic fate!

Lin Ranran stroked her belly, then looked up at her husband—whose looks could shame Pan An—and felt utterly unwilling!

Why would she give up such a handsome husband and a life of privilege? She wasn’t a fool!

“I refuse!”

She would rather die than get divorced! Otherwise, her fate would be truly miserable!

Ji Junxiao eyed her suspiciously.

Hadn’t she just spent the past few days weeping, making scenes, and threatening suicide, all to force a divorce? Now that he’d relented, what was she up to?

“Lin Ranran, what more do you want?”

Ji Junxiao was truly angry now, so much so that he feared he might strangle her if he lost control!

Given that she’d drugged and framed him, he should have reported her to the authorities and had her arrested! But doing so would have ruined her completely.

The male lead felt he had taken a girl’s innocence, so he married her despite his family’s objections, determined to take responsibility.

Their newlywed month was filled with sweetness, making him believe she’d fallen for him.

But it was all an act—she only wanted to corrupt him and destroy his family.

“Husband, I don’t want a divorce. All my tantrums were just to make you care more about me. I promise, I won’t abort our child,” Lin Ranran pleaded, desperately trying to calm the furious man before her.

Ji Junxiao fixed her with a cold stare. “At a time like this, you’re still pretending.”

Did he ever matter to her at all? Her heart had surely been filled to the brim with her cousin, Pei Yu’an.

She’d made such sacrifices just to help her cousin climb higher—how unfair to herself!

He hadn’t wanted to unmask her, but he couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Lin Ranran, you married me, seduced me, disrupted my family’s life, lulled me into trusting your cousin, Pei Yu’an, so he could easily frame the three of us—this was your scheme all along, wasn’t it? How could you be so vicious?”

The more Ji Junxiao spoke, the more agitated he became, his fists clenched so tightly they turned white.

The deeper his love had been, the more intense his hatred now.

At this moment, Lin Ranran clearly saw a glint of murderous intent in his eyes.

Her knees weakened, and she nearly lost her balance.

After all, it was true—the villainess had concocted this scheme for her cousin.

Author, how could you do this to me?

She tried to explain through pale lips, “It’s not like that, husband, please listen—”

Ji Junxiao gave a bitter laugh. “What more is there to explain? Now that my family has fallen, you can finally abort the child, divorce me, and marry your beloved. You can trample us underfoot, turn us into a laughingstock, and see us ruined forever—isn’t that your ultimate goal? Congratulations, Lin Ranran, you’ve succeeded! Tomorrow I’ll file for divorce! From now on, we have nothing to do with each other!”

Ji Junxiao was consumed by hatred!

He wanted nothing more than to strangle her!

But as a soldier, discipline and reason told him he couldn’t.

He fought to suppress the urge, his body trembling with the effort.

Seeing Ji Junxiao like this, Lin Ranran’s heart ached.

What sins had the original Lin Ranran committed?

How could she bear to hurt such an unbelievably handsome husband?

If it were up to her, she would only cherish him!

She decided to risk everything.

She threw her arms around him and pleaded in a soft, coquettish voice, “Husband, I truly know I was wrong. Please, believe me just this once…”

He struggled to restrain himself. “Let go!”

“No, not unless you promise not to divorce me. I really know I was wrong—I’ll change.”

Change?

A leopard can’t change its spots!

If she could change, pigs would climb trees!

“Let go!”

“No, I won’t! Not even if I die!”

Ji Junxiao’s whole body tensed.

What did she want from him?

“Husband, I was blinded before—I helped my cousin only because I was confused. But I regret it now. I swear I’ll never abort our child. I want to weather the storm with the Ji family. Please, just trust me one last time, all right?”