Chapter 1: Vegetative State Zhou Changdong: 【Wife Wants to Run】

“Changdong was doing so well, who would’ve thought he’d be carried back like this!”

“I heard he’s in a vegetative state!”

“Yeah, I guess that’s how the rest of his life will be.”

“What a tragedy! I bet his wife’s definitely going to leave him!”

“Of course she is! That little gold-digging vixen wouldn’t want to stay and take care of him now!”

“She wants to leave? The Zhou Family won’t agree to that!”

“So what if they don’t agree? When the sky wants to rain, and the girl wants to marry, can you stop either?”

“Exactly, the Su Family won’t let their daughter waste her whole life like this either!”

“This is going to stir up a big mess for sure!”

“……”

Neighbors from all around were talking about the major incident that happened today.

And the central figure of all this gossip—Su Luyun, who had just experienced a strange encounter inside the house—was completely dumbfounded!

Who could’ve imagined that in just one night, she would transmigrate into her cousin’s maliciously written web novel?

Her cousin was an online author, but her income was unstable. Within the web novel community, she was the kind of writer who still needed to polish her craft.

But her cousin’s ego was too high. She didn’t want to work from the scratch and had begged Su Luyun to help promote her novel.

Su Luyun had patiently explained: if the novel was good, it would go viral without her help; if it wasn’t, promoting it would only attract hate.

She had read her cousin’s novel thoroughly and knew it couldn’t withstand the scrutiny of her own sharp-eyed anti-fans.

She also knew her cousin’s personality very well—sheltered, inexperienced, and extremely sensitive.

But her cousin wouldn’t listen. She accused her of forgetting her roots now that she was famous, insisting they had played together as kids.

She even rallied many relatives in their family group chat to persuade her!

That was when Su Luyun got annoyed.

She hadn’t made it in the entertainment industry just by being beautiful and talented. What truly helped her break through was her incredibly strong mental fortitude!

Could she be morally coerced? Absolutely not.

She told her cousin straight out: if the novel was good, she’d break through on her own—just keep working on it.

And that was that.

The next time she heard about her cousin, it was through an angry message from her mother, who sent her a link furiously.

Her mom said the cousin was truly wicked—she had started a new web novel using Su Luyun as the cannon fodder, writing her as miserably as possible. Her character was practically twisted and venomous!

Su Luyun opened the link to her cousin’s web novel.

It was a period novel set in the 1980s.

Her storyline wasn’t very long, but ironically, she was the biggest highlight of the book.

Why? Because she was the top-tier villainess in the story.

Su Luyun, unaffected and detached, skimmed through the novel like a tourist.

Fueled by rage, her cousin’s writing had actually taken a qualitative leap—the way she portrayed Su Luyun as a resilient, unkillable villainess was unexpectedly well done.

Every time her character got metaphorically slapped in the face, the readers cheered with satisfaction!

Even though she had been written in such a nasty way, Su Luyun just tossed the story aside after reading it.

She was too busy to care about such nonsense.

She had plenty of schedules to keep up with.

Who would’ve thought that after just one night of sleep, she would actually transmigrate into her cousin’s novel!

And not only that—she had become none other than the cannon fodder ex-wife of the powerful Zhou Changdong—Su Luyun herself!

Given the current situation, most people would have been completely at a loss.

But who was Su Luyun?

She was a rising star of the new generation in the entertainment industry, who had carved her way to the top with true talent and strength. She immediately accepted reality and adapted to it!

She turned her eyes toward the man lying on the hospital bed—Zhou Changdong.

In the book, Zhou Changdong, the future business tycoon, didn’t have too many scenes, since he wasn’t the male lead. He was merely the male lead’s childhood friend.

Though his appearances were few, each one was explosive—always delivering face-slapping moments!

Whose face did he slap?

Of course—hers!

Every single time she, the ex-wife who had abandoned her husband, got swindled by a scumbag for money and love and came crawling back to cling to Zhou Changdong, readers would erupt in rage, cursing her for being so shameless!

It deeply stirred the readers’ emotions.

Indeed, her portrayal as the ultimate villainess was an incredible success!

But Su Luyun had to admit, with her hand on her conscience—even though the original owner’s decision to want a divorce right after Zhou Changdong was carried home was undeniably pragmatic and realistic—wasn’t it just human nature?

Honestly, what twenty-something girl could be expected to dedicate her entire life to a husband who is in a vegetative state?

If there had been real emotional attachment, it would’ve been a different story.

But the original owner and Zhou Changdong didn’t have any emotional foundation between them.

They had met through a regular blind date.

Three years ago, Su Luyun and her cousin were introduced to Zhou Changdong and his childhood friend, Li Wenchuan.

Zhou Changdong submitted a report and returned home to get married.

But on the wedding night, a comrade from nearby came rushing to him with an emergency. Zhou Changdong left without even entering the bridal chamber. That one departure lasted three years.

In those three years, there was no news from him—not even a single letter.

The original owner waited at home for him for three full years.

So although they had been married for three years, how could there be any emotional foundation between them?

Now that he was in a vegetative state, and she wanted a divorce because she couldn’t keep waiting—it was honestly just human instinct.

Twenty-two years old, in the prime of youth—who would want to wither away like that?

It wasn’t like he had saved her life or anything!

If he had saved her life, then of course she’d owe him and have to stay to take care of him.

But he hadn’t!

So Su Luyun genuinely didn’t think the original owner was wrong for wanting to leave.

It was only after getting swindled by a scumbag for both money and love, and then crawling back to cling to Zhou Changdong again—especially after he refused to remarry her, and she still kept debasing herself, turning into someone who’d sleep with any man—that was truly beyond the pale.

Hooking up with other men while still chasing after Zhou Changdong?

That wasn’t something any ordinary person could bring themselves to do.

But as the cannon fodder side character in the novel, self-destruction was her fate.

Su Luyun collected herself and looked toward the unconscious Zhou Changdong.

Even she—a rising star in the entertainment industry, someone used to seeing top-tier heartthrobs—had to admit, this man was truly handsome.

With a typical buzz cut worn by soldiers, his features were sharp and masculine, his eyes elegantly shaped. Even though they were closed now, she remembered what they looked like from three years ago. There was no need to describe further—he was ruggedly handsome, period.

His height also matched her aesthetic—1.85 meters, with long limbs. Even now, unconscious on the bed, his looks could still evoke a tender sorrow in the heart.

After all, to highlight how blind the cannon fodder ex-wife was, the novel had made sure that Zhou Changdong was absolutely flawless in looks, personality, and capability!

He was even more outstanding than the male lead, Li Wenchuan!

Creating such a perfect ex-husband wasn’t to benefit her—it was to make sure she, the cannon fodder, would live a lifetime of regret for missing out on such a gem of a man!

Just as she was thinking that, Su Luyun suddenly saw a line of text appear out of nowhere on Zhou Changdong’s forehead:

【With my current state, she’s probably going to run.】

Su Luyun rubbed her eyes. Did she see that correctly?

She looked again—yes, there was definitely a line of text!

As someone who had read countless screenplays and web novels, she immediately realized—this was this man’s inner thoughts!

Since she could already accept something as wild as transmigrating into a book, being able to see the male lead’s thoughts wasn’t even that surprising anymore.

So this man, though physically unconscious, was mentally alert!

Of course—how else would he wake up later and rise to success?

Su Luyun had never planned to follow her cousin’s original plot anyway. She had no intention of being a cannon fodder constantly slapped around!

Now, seeing that line of text on Zhou Changdong’s forehead, her cunning fox-like eyes shimmered playfully.

Since he was conscious, then her performance could begin!

According to her cousin’s plot, this period was the darkest chapter of Zhou Changdong’s life.

But what was it they said—three tears from a woman could melt a man’s heart.

Wasn’t this exactly the time to arrange something like that?

She had to coax him until he was fully convinced!

Su Luyun took a moment to prepare her emotions—she was ready to start a tear-jerking scene on the spot!

And crying? That was her specialty as an actress. If she had been born in an earlier era, even some of the greats would have seen her as a national treasure!

Because she could cry at will—her eyes welling with unshed tears, just barely clinging to the rims, never falling too early or too late. Wherever the script wanted her to cry—she’d cry on that exact word.

Her tears weren’t like a flood either, more like pearls dropping from a broken thread—controlled and graceful!

Her fans had a spicy nickname for her performances: “When Yun Yun cries, even the Emperor himself must be at fault!”