Chapter 1: Transmigrating into a Book, Such a Miserable Start

“Ugh…”

It hurt…

A bone-piercing pain drilled into Jiang Rou’s mind.

Her consciousness was trapped in darkness, and she couldn’t move even a single finger.

However, in her ears, she could hear a noisy commotion.

“Brother Chuizi, just knock her out, okay? Don’t end up killing her!”

“Xiu’er, don’t worry. I held back my strength. At most, she’ll be unconscious for a few days. She definitely won’t die.”

“As long as she doesn’t die, that’s fine. Heh, if this woman dies, then there’ll be no one to take my place in marrying that disfigured, crippled old man who even has two burdens to care for.”

A man and a woman were speaking.

The woman’s voice sounded particularly sharp and mean.

The man, on the other hand, asked hesitantly, still concerned.

“Xiu’er, are you sure this will work?”

“Hmph, it has to work! Don’t worry. It’s late at night—no one will ever know we did this. Besides, she’s stolen over ten years of my good life. Now, I’m just making her marry an old man in my place. That’s already letting her off easy!”

“As long as we throw her onto the boat, she’ll never come back! By then, I’ll be the only daughter of the Jiang family, everything will be mine, and I’ll be able to live a good life in the city!”

Thud!

Jiang Rou’s body was heavily thrown down.

Now, not only did her head hurt, but her entire body was in pain.

She couldn’t open her eyes at all; she could only hear the vague sound of footsteps gradually fading into the distance.

At the same time, a flood of memories that didn’t belong to her surged forward along with the pain.

She had transmigrated into a book.

Not only that, but she had entered the poverty-stricken 1970s.

And she had become a doomed cannon fodder character—a vicious fake daughter.

The original owner had the same name as her—Jiang Rou.

Her father was a university teacher, and her mother was a newspaper editor. In this era, that meant she came from a highly educated and prestigious family.

As the only child of the household, the original owner had been pampered and doted on since childhood.

She was even engaged to the son of a printing factory director. Once she reached the right age, she could get married, making her a definite winner in life.

But one month ago, on the day the original owner turned eighteen—

The real heiress showed up!

The real heiress, Jiang Xiu’er, had been mistakenly switched at birth and had lived in the countryside, enduring eighteen years of hardship. The moment she learned of her true identity, she immediately bought a ticket to the city. As soon as she arrived, she clung to her biological parents’ legs, crying and calling them “Mom” and “Dad.”

Her act was pitiful beyond words—tears streaming like rain, looking as if she had been through the most tragic ordeal.

Jiang Family’s parents were both intellectuals. On one side was their biological daughter, whom they had been separated from for over a decade. On the other was the daughter they had raised for eighteen years.

Both were precious to them; they couldn’t bear to abandon either, nor did they want to mistreat anyone.

Although the original owner’s identity became awkward, she was still allowed to continue living with the Jiang family.

The real heiress also acted generous and understanding, agreeing to everything Jiang Family’s parents arranged.

But who would have thought that all of this was just an act?

The real heiress had only been pretending!

She was actually someone who despised the poor and worshipped the rich, an extremely greedy woman.

Back in the countryside, when she saw that the son of a neighboring farming family had joined the army and sent home grain tickets and an allowance every month, her eyes lit up with greed.

She shamelessly went to their house every day, insisting that she wanted to be the soldier’s wife—just so she could get her hands on that allowance.

The farming family, concerned about their reputation, had no choice but to agree to the engagement.

Not long ago, word came that the man had been injured on the battlefield. He had finally been transferred from the frontlines and was now stationed on a remote island, guarding the border post.

Life for the man had finally stabilized.

He sent a letter requesting that the real heiress fulfill the engagement and follow him to the island.

However, the current real heiress was already living a comfortable life in the city. There was no way she would be willing to suffer on some remote island, let alone marry a crippled, disfigured old man.

But Jiang Father and Jiang Mother were intellectuals. They wouldn’t allow the real heiress to break the engagement so easily.

Seeing this, the real heiress devised a vicious scheme.

—She would have the fake daughter marry in her place!

While continuing to act kind and virtuous, she secretly contacted Brother Chuizi from the countryside, instructing him to knock out the fake daughter—who was the original owner—with a club.

And since they had already taken action, they went all the way.

They directly threw the original owner onto a boat headed for the island.

As long as the ship set sail, drifting in the vast, endless sea, no amount of crying for help would make a difference.

Even if the original owner was unwilling, she would have no choice but to accept the forced marriage.

What a ruthless plan!

And the moment Jiang Rou transmigrated into this body was precisely on the night the real heiress ordered the attack. She was still unconscious, unable to move.

How utterly frustrating!

But that wasn’t even the worst part.

The original owner was not only an unfortunate fake heiress—

She was also the cannon-fodder ex-wife in the novel Seventies Military Marriage: Sweet and Loving.

Because she had been tricked into the marriage, she had never liked it from the start.

On top of that, the living conditions on the island were harsh, and resources were scarce. Having grown up spoiled in the city, the original owner found it unbearable.

As for the male lead, Zhou Chongshan—though he wasn’t actually crippled or disfigured like the real heiress had claimed—

He was indeed a thirty-year-old man.

Moreover, he had adopted two orphans from his fallen comrades.

One boy and one girl, whom he treated as his own children.

Just like that—

The original owner, upon marrying into the family, immediately became a stepmother to two kids.

Having been pampered all her life, she had no ability to care for children who weren’t even her own.

However, this part of the story was never described in detail in the original novel.

It was only briefly mentioned in the beginning—stating that, in the military family compound, the original owner had a terrible personality, was constantly causing trouble, and even abused the children, making her a vicious stepmother.

Then, as expected, she met a fitting end. The original owner died during a typhoon.

Because of this, the male lead, Zhou Chongshan, gained a reputation for being cursed to bring bad luck to his wives.

Later, the true female lead of the novel—who had been reborn—appeared.

The reborn female lead knew that Zhou Chongshan would one day rise to become a renowned Military Commander. So, after being reborn, she did everything she could to cling to him. She even obtained a special spiritual spring water space from him, which activated her golden finger (cheat ability) and allowed her to live a happy and prosperous life.

As for the original owner?

She fell into the sea—and even her body was never found!

Why was her transmigration into this book so miserable?!

The more Jiang Rou thought about it, the angrier she became.

The pain at the back of her head, where she had been struck, throbbed even more intensely.

In the end, she was so infuriated that—

She passed out.

…

“Miss, miss, wake up! The boat is about to dock. Get ready to disembark.”

Jiang Rou was awakened by the sound of someone calling her.

She forced herself to endure the blinding light and opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was a rust-covered ceiling.

That ceiling was swaying back and forth.

Not only was the ceiling shaking—her entire body was shaking.

She was… on a ship!

Inside the cabin of a vessel headed for an island!

Outside the cabin window, the scorching sun blazed down, illuminating an endless stretch of deep blue ocean.

“Comrade, thank you for the reminder. I’m awake now.”

Jiang Rou expressed her gratitude and slowly sat up.

After fully integrating the original owner’s memories with the novel’s plot she had read before, she genuinely wanted to send the author a knife.

Did the author dump every possible tragic storyline onto the original owner?

A fake heiress and a cannon-fodder ex-wife? It was as if she had maxed out every doomed character buff—there was no way she wouldn’t die!

However—

The person inside this body now was no longer the reckless and troublesome original owner.

She was Jiang Rou from the 21st century!

The real heiress thought that entering the city meant she could live a good life?

What a joke!

In the 1970s, the tides of change were sweeping across the country. With Jiang Family’s background—both parents being intellectuals—their status in the city was actually dangerous. At any moment, a major upheaval could happen.

The real heiress’s so-called “good days” wouldn’t last long before she would be sent back to the countryside she despised so much.

On the other hand, this island—

It was practically a hidden paradise in this era, untouched by the storm of societal changes.

The real heiress had no idea what she had just lost!

Aside from that—

If Jiang Rou wanted to survive on this island, she had to change the original owner’s reckless and troublesome reputation.

And most importantly—

She needed to cling to the male lead’s thigh and never let go!

As she thought about it, a determined glint flashed through Jiang Rou’s bright, intelligent eyes.

The greater the storm, the stronger the man!

This was a truth she understood well~