Yang Haiyan looked up at the roof with exposed beams, seeing the black tiles on top.

She couldn’t believe she had transmigrated into a book she had just finished reading before her death.

What had she said back then?

She left a comment under the author’s post: “Same name as the supporting character, hoping to transmigrate into the book!”

Many people responded jokingly, and most of them wished she would transmigrate into the story.

Now, she had really transmigrated into that book—the one titled The General’s Wife.

The story was about the female lead, Yang Dahua, who started as a maid in the Yang family.

After the Yang family got implicated in a political struggle for the throne, all the servants were released from their contracts.

The male servants were sent to join the army, while the female ones were married off to soldiers.

To be fair, it was quite a humane policy.

The heroine, Yang Dahua, rose to the status of the general’s wife by starting out married to a military officer.

She followed her husband as he was promoted step by step, eventually becoming the wife of a general.

But things were different for the supporting character, Yang Haiyan.

Like the protagonist, she was also a maid in the Yang household.

However, Yang Haiyan was the personal maid of the young mistress, learning everything alongside her.

As a maid, she excelled in her tasks, especially because she had learned to read and write, which was a great achievement in a male-dominated, patriarchal society.

But she never took advantage of her skills.

She looked down on the husband the court assigned her, Qin Fang.

Qin Fang was also a military officer, like the heroine’s husband, serving under the same superior.

But while the male lead was handsome, Qin Fang was tall and rugged, not the type that Yang Haiyan liked.

On their wedding night, Yang Haiyan took some medicine she’d secretly brought from the Yang household to avoid the wedding night, fearing the worst.

In the novel, she fainted from the poison, avoiding the wedding, but rumors spread the next day that she had tried to commit suicide because she didn’t want to marry Qin Fang.

This not only tarnished her reputation but also humiliated Qin Fang.

Later on, she caused more problems, becoming a foil to the heroine and ultimately ruining Qin Fang’s life.

Now, Yang Haiyan was completely confused.

How did she end up transmigrating into the supporting character, who wasn’t even dead yet in the story?

“Qin Fang’s wife, you’re awake?” The door creaked open, and a woman walked in.

This scene was familiar from the original story.

The supporting character had fainted from the fake poison for two days, and when she woke up, Qin Fang had already gone to the military camp.

The woman who took care of her was the neighbor, whose husband, Lu Zhizhi, was also a military officer and close friends with Qin Fang.

They were in a town near the border, called Qionghua Town.

This area was a military family zone, specifically set up to house the families of soldiers.

While the families had the right to live in the houses, they didn’t actually own them.

But in this era, people didn’t distinguish much between ownership and the right to use something, so as long as they were living there, the houses were considered theirs. In a way, that wasn’t entirely wrong.

Before Yang Haiyan transmigrated into the book, she had been a homebody.

She had no parents and was raised by her great-grandmother, who had found her and taken her in.

Her great-grandmother had once been a young lady from a landlord family, but during turbulent times, her relatives all passed away.

In 1992, she found and raised Yang Haiyan until she was 15 and in her third year of middle school.

When her great-grandmother passed away, Yang Haiyan continued to live a normal life.

Her tuition and living expenses had already been prepared by her great-grandmother, so she didn’t have to worry about that.

The villagers were all very kind to her, and her hometown was in a relatively developed part of southern China, not a remote, backward village.

In college, Yang Haiyan got her nutritionist license and became active on forums, gaining 600,000 followers as a popular blogger.

Later, she established her own fan group, offering paid nutritional advice on weight loss.

She was making tens of thousands of yuan a month.

After graduating from college, she returned to her hometown, built a small villa, and started a weight loss training camp, earning over 100,000 yuan a month.

Because she was both the coach and a nutritionist, her trainees trusted her completely.

Since her training camp was held in her villa, she remained a homebody.

By the age of 28, she had never been in a relationship.

However, being a homebody didn’t mean she was shy or introverted.

As a blogger, her personality was quite lively, and the villagers were very supportive of her.

She purchased all the ingredients for her weight loss camp from the village, hired locals as chefs and cleaners, and had great relationships with everyone.

However, she had a secret that no one knew—she possessed a mysterious trading platform, which was related to an heirloom her great-grandmother left her.

Whenever she missed her great-grandmother, she would take out the heirloom, which included a jade Buddha and some silver coins.

Once, while processing crabs, she accidentally cut her hand, though the cut was minor and didn’t even bleed.

That day, she went to look at the heirloom again and took out the jade Buddha.

Suddenly, her hand started to hurt, and to her surprise, she noticed blood flowing from her finger.

After that, she acquired a trading platform.

The trading platform was excellent.

It allowed her to put up her own items for sale and use the money paid by buyers to purchase other things on the platform.

The only restriction was that she couldn’t deposit or withdraw money from the platform, but the money earned through trading could remain there indefinitely.

Yang Haiyan felt she couldn’t return because her trading platform had also followed her here.

What was even more troubling was that her balance on the platform was zero.

Where had her millions in savings gone?

“Qin Fang’s wife, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?” The woman, noticing Yang Haiyan hadn’t spoken, became a little worried.

Yang Haiyan shook her head. “I’m fine, just feeling a bit weak, like I don’t have any strength. Sister, may I ask who you are? I remember feeling unwell on the day of the wedding ceremony, then I took some medicine and fell asleep. What time is it now?”

The woman responded, “So that’s what happened. You didn’t just fall asleep, you took the wrong medicine, which harmed your body. That medicine was poisonous. But don’t worry, the poison has been cleared now, though you’ll need to recover for a while.” She added, “I thought it was strange that a bride would commit suicide by taking poison on her wedding night. It turns out you just took the wrong medicine.”

Because of this, Qin Fang had been misunderstood.

People gossiped, saying his bride didn’t like him and had poisoned herself. “Oh, by the way, my husband is Lu Zhide. Like Qin Fang, he is a ‘baihu’ (leader of a hundred soldiers) under a ‘qianfu’ (leader of a thousand soldiers).

I’m a bit older than you, so you can call me ‘Sister-in-law Lu.’ Since you only have two days of leave after the wedding, Qin Fang went back to the camp yesterday and asked me to take care of you. Now that you’re awake, I feel relieved.”

Yang Haiyan got out of bed and respectfully bowed to Sister-in-law Lü, thanking her. “Thank you so much, Sister-in-law Lu. I feel guilty for causing trouble for my husband right after getting married.”

Sister-in-law Lu quickly helped her up. “No need to be so formal. Getting sick isn’t something you can control, so there’s no blame on you. But because of this incident, people have been joking behind Qin Fang’s back, saying his bride tried to poison herself on their wedding night. Even though it’s just teasing, it’s not something men like to hear.”

Yang Haiyan felt guilty when she heard this. “It’s my fault. I’ll explain everything to clear it up.”

From what she knew from the original story, the military camp wasn’t far from here, about an hour’s walk.

The soldiers rotated shifts, and when they were on duty, they stayed at the camp the entire month.

When not on duty, they could return to the family quarters at night.

The reason Qin Fang wasn’t with her when she fell ill was that it was his turn to be on duty.

The shifts were arranged by the qianfu, and since Qin Fang’s superior was on duty, all ten of the baihus and their soldiers had to be on duty as well.

Seeing that Yang Haiyan was a sensible and good-natured person, Sister-in-law Lu was reassured. “I’ve made some rice porridge for you. Since your body is weak, you shouldn’t eat anything greasy, so it’s just something light. Let me get it for you.”

Yang Haiyan said, “Sister-in-law, let me go with you. Even though I’m a bit weak, getting some sunlight will make me feel better.” She looked outside and saw the bright sunshine, preferring not to eat inside the room.

Sister-in-law Lu agreed, “Alright, since you’re new here, I’ll show you around the courtyard.”

The family quarters here were quite large, considering the camp housed tens of thousands of soldiers, many of whom were allowed to bring their families.

However, only those ranked baihu or higher had individual courtyards.

Ordinary soldiers with permission to bring their families lived in rows of houses, with each family having just one room and a shared kitchen.

As Yang Haiyan followed Sister-in-law Lü from the room to the kitchen, she got a rough idea of the courtyard’s layout.

The place seemed new and mostly empty, as if no one had lived there for a while. Curious, she asked, “Sister-in-law, was this courtyard given to my husband because we got married? It doesn’t look like anyone’s lived here before.”

Sister-in-law Lü replied, “This courtyard was assigned to Qin Fang two years ago, but since he was single at the time, he didn’t move in and stayed at the camp. Now that he’s married, he finally furnished the place. But men are careless and in a hurry, so there’s still a lot to arrange, which I’m sure you’ll take care of.”

Yang Haiyan smiled. “It’s only natural to put some thought into setting up one’s own home.”

Sister-in-law Lü agreed. “You’re right. By the way, I still don’t know how to address you.”

Yang Haiyan replied, “My surname is Yang, and my name is Haiyan. This name was given to me by the young lady of the family I served.”

Sister-in-law Lu nodded. “I see. You ‘military wives’ were assigned by the government, right? All of you are commoners from the families of disgraced officials.” This system had been in place for a long time, so people didn’t think much of Yang Haiyan’s background.

After all, the crimes were committed by the masters, not the innocent servants.

Yang Haiyan explained, “Yes, when I was five, my family sold me to a broker, and I was eventually sold to the Yang family, which is why I took their surname. The young lady gave me this name. Fortunately, after being sold to the Yang family, I was always with her, learning needlework, reading, and writing. She treated me well.” She didn’t mention the Yang family’s crimes, as they had been convicted by the emperor.

Saying anything positive about the Yang family could get her in trouble.

However, praising the young lady of the family was harmless, as she was just an innocent woman.