Cock-a-doodle-doo."
"Cock-a-doodle-doo."
"Cock-a-doodle-doo."
The crimson sun rose in the early morning, its golden rays piercing the clouds, scattering like fragments of gold. Sharp crowing of roosters pierced the silence of the morning.
Shen Ziyi sat cross-legged on her bed, staring blankly at the calendar in her hand, speechless for a long time.
"March 6, 1995, the sixth day of the second lunar month, the Waking of Insects... 1995..."
"I was still thinking of making some hotpot base last night. Who would have thought I would wake myself in such a situation..." Shen Ziyi muttered to herself and narrowed her eyes, masking the stormy waves within them. She never thought that when she woke up, she would cross over into a novel and become the so-called cannon fodder of the same name in this era.
Last night, when Shen Ziyi finished drinking wine and taking a bath, she opened an online site to read a novel out of boredom. She casually opened a story called " Her Happy Little Life in the 90s." The female lead and the male lead met under the arrangement of the female lead's father after he rescued the male lead and gave him shelter.
The female lead was the typical fair-skinned, rich, and beautiful lady, who, in short, could be said to be 'Miss Perfect,' but she was also arrogant and simply did not see eye to eye with the male lead at all. The male lead was not sure if he was ever in love or if he was married because he had lost his memory due to an accident, so he didn't agree to marry the female lead when her father asked. This continued until the male lead found clues related to his life before amnesia and learned that his wife in the countryside had died early, leaving his sons with his younger siblings.
After knowing there were no obstacles, they got married at the request of the female lead's father. After the marriage, the male lead brought his twin sons, Zhou Jiajun and Zhou Jiaqing, to the city. But the female lead did not want to be a stepmother, let alone have children who grew up in the countryside. The female lead treated the male lead's two sons badly and often sneered. She didn't even treat the male lead's siblings well when they visited the city. In her opinion, those people from the countryside were just money-sucking ghosts, so naturally, she didn't have a good face as a sister-in-law. But the male lead never had trouble with her for her petty behavior.
Over time, the female lead started to believe the man was under her spell and grew more courageous. She started to have another lover outside, and then another and another; she cheated again and again after the marriage. The male lead, on the other hand, had been patient, but the female lead was stubborn. She didn't wake up until she was abandoned by her cheating lover after the divorce.
Only when the female lead died did she realize that her husband, the man from the countryside whom she always despised, was one of the best in China. That's not all; his son, Zhou Jiajun, turned into a well-known child prodigy, and his brother, Zhou Jiaqing, became a well-known international painter. Even the money-sucking siblings she always snorted at were also prominent figures in the industry. In the end, she was the most miserable person who had always regarded herself highly.
She died alone. The man who cheated on her refused to see her off, but the ex-husband whom she neglected was the one who took care of her funeral.
The female lead was remorseful, hating herself for loving the wrong person and also hating herself for being cold and violent towards the male lead's two sons and siblings. She also realized she had no foresight and didn't see that her ex-husband was a great man.
The female lead's life was truly a failure, but she was the female lead! The thing called the 'female lead halo' still existed! All the above first chapters of the story were meant to be rewritten. The female lead was reborn after her death; when she woke up, she went back to the early 1990s, and after a million words, it was then told how the female lead kicked off her boyfriend and pursued her ex-husband. In this life, she grasped the opportunity. She vowed that she would not be as stupid as in her previous life. More importantly, she was someone with a cheat code, and she would kick the scum man and live a good life with her ex-husband.
The female lead went back to the past and got rid of her scum boyfriend and attitude to pursue her honest, rich husband and embarked on the peak of life—all of this was reasonable to say that it had nothing to do with Shen Ziyi. But Shen Ziyi was now the ex-wife of the male lead, the woman who died due to some unknown reason that was briefly mentioned in the previous chapters.
To be exact, "the ex-wife who died shortly after her husband died" was the description of her, and she never knew that her husband had just lost his memory and was still living in a corner of the world making a lot of money!
Unfortunately, cannon fodder and villains are cannon fodder and villains; they don't have the same opportunity of rebirth as the female lead, so the cannon fodder and villain could only watch the female lead and male lead live happily together while she died miserably...
Shen Ziyi didn't know why she had come here, whether she should stay here forever or inexplicably go back as she came. But one thing she regretted now was that she didn't read the novel carefully. She simply opened the table of contents and read some chapters with exciting titles.
First of all, she didn't like the way the author described the female lead's life as if it was justified to give her a second chance despite her arrogant nature.
Secondly, even after her rebirth and knowing she was wrong, she didn't change her arrogant, disdainful nature. Instead, she simply went to sweet-talk the male lead. Not for love, but for the power he would have in the future. Even the way she treated the two little guys was full of calculation, without a little bit of motherly love.
And lastly, the female lead had a completely materialistic and selfish nature, which was even more disgusting than the shrewd women of the villages. But the author wrote it as if she had the capital as the author's darling, so it's natural that she would be arrogant.
Shen Ziyi even thought tomorrow she would write a comment to criticize the author. Unfortunately, she became the cannon fodder ex-wife of this stupid book.
Alas! Earth is round, but her life is even rounder than it. Shen Ziyi wanted to cry with no tears.
Even though the whole situation was absurd and bizarre, Shen Ziyi knew she had to accept the truth that she had already transmigrated into a stupid novel.
After calming down, she finally took a clear look at her surroundings. Shen Ziyi's gaze slowly passed over the rafters and beams of the roof, and the basket of eggs hanging from one of them.
Beneath her was an old-fashioned wooden curved bed, covered with a thin silk quilt with a yellow background and plum blossom patterns. To the south of the bed were two pairs of small, square wooden windows, each divided into four panels and covered with white window paper.
To the north of the bed, against the wall, two bulky, old-fashioned wardrobes, each about two meters tall, stood next to the bed.
The wardrobe in the corner was wider and a modular unit. The upright wardrobe outside, however, was a single unit, its doors framed by mirrors.
Shen Ziyi left the bed and stood in front of the mirror. But when she saw the person who appeared in the mirror, it shocked her to the core.
It looked none other than herself!