Su Xiaowan was awakened by a wave of nauseating stench.
The smell was overwhelming—like leftover food rotting in a trash bin for days, sour and putrid. It hit her so hard she nearly threw up.
The moment she opened her eyes, the sight before her left her completely stunned.
An old man—skinny as a skeleton and filthy from head to toe—was right in front of her, no more than a fist’s distance away.
His clothes were torn and ragged, his face so dark with grime that his features were barely visible. Rotten vegetable leaves were tangled in his hair, and his beard was long, matted, and clearly hadn’t been washed in ages.
That unbearable stench was coming straight from him.
She had clearly just finished caring for a patient at the hospital, gone home, and fallen asleep. So how did she wake up to something this terrifying?
Had someone broken into her house?
As she was still reeling, a flood of unfamiliar memories suddenly crashed into her mind.
[Time: 1976.Location: A dilapidated warehouse belonging to Gouxiongling Production Brigade.]
[You are now a stupid and vicious female supporting character in a novel. After going to the countryside, you married Lu Hanzhou, a military officer discharged due to injury.]
[Later, you encountered your former neighbor, Bai Fulin, and desperately tried to seduce him, even demanding a divorce from Lu Hanzhou.]
[You planned to have an affair with Bai Fulin in this warehouse, but he saw through your intentions and knocked you unconscious.]
[After that, you were found by a mad old man. Lu Hanzhou arrived with others and divorced you on the spot.]
[Mentally shattered, you went insane and were eventually sold to an old bachelor. Because you couldn’t bear him a son, you were beaten to death.]
She… had transmigrated into a book?
And right at the start, they threw a filthy old lunatic at her?!
Could this plot get any more outrageous?
Su Xiaowan almost laughed. She lifted her leg and kicked the old man hard, sending him sprawling to the ground.
Then she quickly turned her head to look around.
This so-called warehouse was nothing more than a crumbling mud-brick shack. The walls were riddled with holes and cracks, looking like they might collapse at any moment.
She was lying on a raised platform, with dry straw piled beneath her. Junk of all kinds was scattered across the floor.
The air was thick with dust, choking and suffocating.
A chill ran down Su Xiaowan’s spine.
The mad old man scrambled up from the ground, cursing obscenely as he lunged toward her again.
Seizing the moment, Su Xiaowan stomped down hard on the top of his foot.
A shrill, pig-like scream rang out as the old man collapsed, clutching his foot and rolling on the ground in agony, unable to stand back up.
Though it looked like just a stomp, she had precisely hit the most painful pressure point on the top of his foot.
That spot had little flesh but many nerves. One solid step was enough to immobilize someone for quite a while.
The Su family had practiced traditional Chinese medicine for generations. Su Xiaowan had learned human acupoints from a young age and knew exactly where the body was most vulnerable.
Suddenly, she heard chaotic footsteps and voices outside the door.
“Comrade Lu Hanzhou, your wife should be inside.”
“The whole village has been searched. This is the only place left.”
“What kind of woman runs to a place like this? Could she be sneaking around with a man?”
The noise at the doorway made Su Xiaowan’s heart skip.
She remembered the plot.
Next, her husband Lu Hanzhou would push the door open… and divorce her.
If so many people saw her locked in a room with an old man—even if nothing had happened—gossip would spread through the village overnight.
No. She couldn’t just wait to die.
She rushed toward the door.
Just then, it creaked open.
The man at the front stood tall and straight.
His brows and eyes were sharp and deep, as if painted with ink. His nose bridge was high and sculpted like a mountain ridge, and his wheat-toned skin glowed with healthy vitality under the light.
His facial features were clean and sharply defined, as though carefully carved—so handsome it was hard to look away.
This had to be Lu Hanzhou, the original owner’s husband—the soldier discharged due to injury.
Before anyone could react, Su Xiaowan suddenly threw herself into his arms.
She wrapped both arms around his firm waist, buried her face in his chest, and said in a trembling, tearful voice,
“Why did you come so late… I was almost scared to death. That mad old man tried to attack me. I barely managed to fight him off…”
She sobbed softly as she shrank into Lu Hanzhou’s embrace, putting on the act of a frightened, fragile woman.
The sudden scene left everyone present dumbfounded.
They all looked toward the corner, where the old man was clutching his leg and wailing.
That lunatic might be skinny, but he was strong enough that two or three grown men usually couldn’t restrain him.
Yet now, he was beaten so badly by Su Xiaowan that he couldn’t even get up.
Did she really need to pretend to be weak?
Meanwhile, hidden in Lu Hanzhou’s arms, Su Xiaowan was secretly feeling up his chest and abs.
Even through his clothes, she could clearly feel the outline of eight-pack abs.
That texture—
Way more solid than the protein-powder muscles from the gym!
The muscles beneath her palm were warm and powerful, springy with just a light press.
This physique was incredible.
Absolutely top-tier!
Just imagining what he’d look like with his clothes off made her heart race and her body heat up.
Without realizing it, her hand slid down to grip his wrist.
Seizing the chance, she discreetly checked his pulse.
Steady, strong, perfectly even.
That meant excellent health—abundant qi and blood, strong kidneys, robust physique…
That sealed it.
This man was definitely a beast in bed—a human perpetual motion machine!
Looks like transmigrating wasn’t all bad after all. She lost her phone and Wi-Fi, but gained a god-tier man instead.
Still, Su Xiaowan’s public embrace left everyone staring in shock.
“Clinging and hugging in broad daylight—how shameless!”
“I told you she reeks of seduction. Just like a fox spirit.”
Only then did Su Xiaowan realize how conservative this era was. Her behavior really was a bit too bold.
But she just couldn’t help herself!
As the thought crossed her mind, her hand gave his abs another firm squeeze.
Lu Hanzhou’s expression turned cold as he pushed her away.
This woman… what exactly was she doing, in front of so many people?
It wasn’t that he feared gossip—he simply found her deeply distasteful.
What trick was she playing this time?
“Why were you here?” Lu Hanzhou asked, frowning.
“I… I came looking for you, of course! You were working in the fields so hard—I wanted to see you. Who knew that mad old man would drag me in here? I was terrified! If he had really done anything to me, I’d have hung myself immediately!”
She even made a mock hanging face as she spoke.
“But now that so many people saw us locked in here together, rumors are definitely going to spread tomorrow… I really won’t be able to live with myself anymore…”
As she spoke, she pretended to slam herself toward the wall.
In truth, she was fighting to protect her reputation.
She didn’t want to end up like the original Su Xiaowan, pointed at and ridiculed by everyone.
She was betting on Lu Hanzhou stopping her.
But to her shock, he just stood there, unmoving, watching coldly as she charged toward the wall.
Su Xiaowan went speechless.
“Well, damn. Barbie’s dead—this really backfired.”
Had their relationship really become this cold?
Luckily, the brigade leader Zhang Guojun hurried forward and grabbed her.
“Comrade Su Xiaowan, don’t be impulsive! We all believe you’re innocent, and no one will spread rumors.”
Then he turned to Lu Hanzhou and said, “Comrade Lu Hanzhou, take your wife home.”
Only then did Lu Hanzhou move.
He stepped forward, grabbed her arm, and said coldly,
“Go home.”
Su Xiaowan followed Lu Hanzhou back home.