“Mom, I don’t care! Wenzhu and I are in love with each other. He already promised me that once he comes back, he’ll marry me. Before Song Jinyue is sent to the countryside, you have to make her break off the engagement.”
In the Song family’s living room, Lu Manman clung to Shen Yurou’s arm and acted coquettishly.
“Alright, alright. Mom promises you. Before Song Jinyue leaves for the countryside, I’ll make sure she calls off the engagement. Someone as outstanding as Wenzhu is only worthy of our Manman.”
Shen Yurou affectionately patted Lu Manman on the shoulder and agreed with a smile.
“Of course! Wenzhu was among the first batch of students admitted to university after the national college entrance examination was reinstated. With our family supporting him as well, he’s bound to have a bright future.”
Hearing Shen Yurou praise Li Wenzhu, Lu Manman proudly lifted her chin.
A fortune-teller had once told her that she was destined to be extraordinary and would accomplish great things in the future. Wenzhu was also exceptionally capable. The two of them were simply a match made in heaven.
As for Song Jinyue?
Hah.
That big-breasted, brainless good-for-nothing wasn’t even worthy of carrying Wenzhu’s shoes!
If it weren’t for her stubborn, old-fashioned grandfather and her mother, who had died young, how could such a good marriage arrangement have ever fallen into her hands?
“Mom, why hasn’t that useless Song Jinyue come downstairs yet? The list of people being sent to the countryside will be released in five days. If we don’t get her job before then, it’ll be too late.”
Lu Manman frowned and glanced toward the staircase.
Shen Yurou sneered. “Does she really think hiding in her room will solve anything? Don’t worry, Manman. Your father and I have already discussed it. We’ll make Song Jinyue go to the countryside in your place.”
After reassuring Lu Manman, Shen Yurou stood and headed upstairs.
“Jinyue, open the door. You haven’t eaten anything all day. What if you starve yourself and ruin your health? If anything happens to you, how could Mom possibly go on living?”
Standing outside Song Jinyue’s bedroom, Shen Yurou patiently coaxed her. Her entire demeanor had changed, as though the vicious woman downstairs moments ago had been someone else entirely.
She called out twice, but there was no response from inside.
A trace of displeasure flashed through Shen Yurou’s eyes before she raised her hand and knocked.
“Jinyue, Mom is begging you. Please open the door. I know you’re upset because your father hit you, but no matter how angry you are, you can’t neglect your health. Be good and come out to eat something.”
Hearing the voice outside the door, Song Jinyue, who had been lying on the bed sulking, suddenly sat bolt upright.
What was going on?!
Hadn’t she fallen in her bedroom?
How did she end up here?
Completely bewildered, Song Jinyue looked around. An inexplicable sense of familiarity washed over her as she took in her surroundings, leaving her frozen in shock.
Had she… transmigrated into a novel?
And not just any novel, but The Pampered Beauty of the Family Compound: Cherished by Her In-Laws After Giving Birth to Triplets, written by her colleague, Lu Manman?
Worse yet, she had become the big-breasted, brainless cannon-fodder supporting character?!
Song Jinyue gritted her teeth, her fists clenching tightly.
She and Lu Manman had both studied medicine and joined the same hospital at the same time. Since they were around the same age, they quickly became friends.
Lu Manman came from a poor family and had to save every penny she could. She lived on instant noodles and steamed buns every day and rented a tiny five-square-meter room in a shared apartment. Since it was on the top floor, the roof even leaked whenever it rained.
Her life had been extremely difficult.
After Song Jinyue learned about her circumstances, she generously offered to help and invited Lu Manman to live in her villa.
Not only did she refuse to charge her rent, but Song Jinyue also paid for their daily food and expenses out of her own pocket. Whenever she went shopping and saw clothes or bags that suited Lu Manman, she would buy them for her as gifts.
She had treated Lu Manman like her own sister and had given her nothing but sincerity.
Even a dog would eventually learn to guard its owner’s home and repay their kindness.
Yet Lu Manman turned out to be an ungrateful wolf who could never be satisfied.
Song Jinyue had earned her doctorate overseas. She was exceptionally capable at work, and everyone had witnessed her abilities firsthand. Within only five years, she became a chief physician, making her the youngest person in the hospital to hold that position.
She came from a wealthy family and was outstanding in her own right, so many people regarded her as a role model.
Unexpectedly, all of this had fueled Lu Manman’s jealousy.
Why had Song Jinyue been born with every advantage while she herself had been born into poverty?
They had joined the hospital at the same time, so why had Song Jinyue become a chief physician within five years while Lu Manman wasn’t even qualified to become an attending physician?
Just how was she inferior to Song Jinyue?
Jealousy and resentment gradually took root in Lu Manman’s heart, giving rise to increasingly malicious thoughts.
Using an anonymous account online, she spread rumors that Song Jinyue had only become a chief physician because of her family’s connections. She claimed that Song Jinyue was unworthy of her position and constantly tried to smear her reputation.
But apparently, even that wasn’t enough.
Lu Manman had gone so far as to write both herself and Song Jinyue into the same novel.
In the novel, Lu Manman was Song Jinyue’s stepsister. She joined forces with her mother to trick Song Jinyue into giving up her job and taking Lu Manman’s place in being sent to the countryside to endure hardship.
Song Jinyue was portrayed as a pampered young lady from a capitalist family who had never done a day of hard labor in her life. Naturally, after being sent to the countryside, she met a terrible fate.
Not only was she constantly cursed and bullied by the villagers, but she was also violated by an old bachelor. In the end, starving and freezing, she died inside a cowshed. Her body was wrapped in a straw mat and abandoned on a desolate mountain, bringing her miserable life to an end.
Lu Manman, the novel’s heroine, had a completely different fate.
While attempting to sneak into Hong Kong, she rescued a powerful big shot who later accepted her as his goddaughter. Relying on the Song family’s wealth and her godfather’s protection, she prospered in Hong Kong and eventually became the only woman to appear on the country’s list of wealthiest tycoons.
After getting married, she gave birth to triplets and was pampered endlessly by her husband’s family.
Song Jinyue had stumbled across the novel one day when she was bored.
At first, she had been surprised to discover that two characters happened to share her and Lu Manman’s names.
But the more she read, the more speechless she became.
After seeing what was written in the novel, Song Jinyue could figure out who the author was with her toes!
She had been about to confront Lu Manman and demand an explanation when her foot suddenly slipped.
When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into the novel and become the cannon-fodder supporting character modeled after herself…
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Song Jinyue! Mom is talking to you! Are you deaf? You’re already a grown woman, yet you’re still making Mom worry about you. Will you only be satisfied after you’ve completely exhausted her?”
Lu Manman had come upstairs and was now standing outside Song Jinyue’s bedroom, impatiently pounding on the door.
“Mom, just leave her alone. If you hadn’t stopped Dad last night, she would’ve gotten much more than a single slap across the face. And after all that, she doesn’t even appreciate your kindness. You’re really wasting your good intentions on someone like her.”
Shen Yurou clutched her chest, looking deeply distressed.
“Manman, don’t say that. Jinyue is your younger sister. What young woman doesn’t have a bit of a temper? We should be more tolerant of her. Although I didn’t give birth to Jinyue myself, in my heart, she’s no different from my own daughter. When a child is hurt, the mother feels the pain too.”
“Mom, you call that having a little temper? It was bad enough that she always talked back to you, but now she doesn’t even respect Dad, the head of this family! If we keep indulging her, won’t she eventually turn this entire household upside down?”
The mother and daughter played their parts perfectly—one pretending to be kind and understanding while the other acted harsh and indignant.
They were unbelievably hypocritical.
Unfortunately, Lu Weiguo fell for their act every single time.
After overhearing their conversation while climbing the stairs, Lu Weiguo’s expression instantly darkened.
“Manman is right! That unfilial daughter! I’m going to teach her a proper lesson today!”
He stormed up to the second floor in several heavy strides and shouted furiously at Song Jinyue’s door.
“Song Jinyue, you unfilial daughter! Get out here right now! If I don’t teach you some manners today, then my surname isn’t Lu!”
With that, he ignored Shen Yurou’s attempts to stop him and raised his foot to kick down the door.
But at that exact moment, the tightly shut door suddenly swung open—
Thud!