Three days ago, Liu Zhiheng transmigrated into a book.
She found herself inside a male-oriented power fantasy novel titled The Path of the Minister, becoming the soon-to-be-wed, humble wife of the male lead, Xie Tinglan—the village belle of Peach Blossom Village, Liu Zhiheng.
Liu Zhiheng had never been one to read male-oriented novels; she only indulged in the frivolous literature of female-oriented stories. However, this particular book featured a supporting female character also named Liu Zhiheng, whose character setting was utterly demeaning to women: born with a seductive bone structure and possessing a Brewing Sauce Constitution that surpassed even Pan Jinlian’s allure. Most of her plotlines unfolded entirely in the bedroom.
Driven by a critical mindset, she intended to thoroughly judge this book. To her utter surprise, the book’s intimate scenes were written with exceptional detail—the pacing was masterful, the twists unexpected, and the developments caught her completely off guard.
Before she knew it, Liu Zhiheng had read the entire book from start to finish. Immediately afterward, she was involved in a car accident at the entrance of a cemetery, and then she transmigrated into the original story at the precise moment when Liu Zhiheng had jumped into the river to force a marriage, leveraging her father’s connections with the county magistrate to pressure the male lead into marrying her.
Fortunately, she transmigrated relatively early in the timeline. She hadn’t yet married Xie Tinglan. If she had arrived a few days later, she would have already been wed into the Xie family, triggering the tragic fate of enduring a decade of miserable, abusive love, dying a wretched death in the backyard, and bringing ruin upon her entire family.
Lost in these thoughts, her father, Liu Yigu, pushed the door open and entered. Even though three days had passed since her arrival, the sight of her father’s weathered face still brought tears to Liu Zhiheng’s eyes.
Liu Yigu looked exactly like her modern-day father, even sharing the same voice and habitual mannerisms.
The only difference was that her modern-day father had been blind.
From a young age, Liu Zhiheng had relied solely on her blind father. He had sacrificed everything to support his genius daughter, only to be killed by a drunk driver just as she was about to start repaying his kindness.
After her father’s death, Liu Zhiheng often dreamed of him tapping his white cane, groping humbly through the traffic. Countless times, she woke up from these nightmares sobbing uncontrollably.
Liu Zhiheng never imagined she would have the chance to reunite with her father in this lifetime.
Liu Yigu walked over and sat by Liu Zhiheng’s bedside, looking deeply troubled.
“My dear daughter, your wedding date with Xie Tinglan has been set. In three days, you’ll marry into the Xie family. I’ve already asked the village chief to officiate, and the county magistrate will send someone to witness the ceremony. That Xie boy won’t dare mistreat you.”
Liu Zhiheng sat up, feigning surprise. “Why the rush?”
Liu Yigu sighed with a hint of melancholy. “To secure your marriage, I promised the county magistrate I’d handle a matter for him. I have to leave early tomorrow morning and won’t be back for at least three months. I’m worried that if I’m gone, your marriage might face complications. That’s why I had to rush things and have you marry into the Xie family as soon as possible.”
Liu Zhiheng understood.
Her father, Liu Yigu, possessed exceptional martial skills. The county magistrate had long wanted to recruit him, but Liu Yigu was slippery and elusive, never giving him the chance to coerce or bribe him. It wasn’t until Liu Zhiheng’s river-jumping marriage ultimatum that Liu Yigu was forced to yield.
Liu Zhiheng remembered that in the book, Liu Yigu’s departure this time led to an unexpected turn of events. Originally planned for three months, he ended up being away for two years.
During those two years, Liu Yigu, with his lucky koi-like constitution, encountered one major opportunity after another. He quickly transformed into a wealthy merchant, amassing an astonishing fortune.Afterward, he leveraged his exceptional business acumen to multiply his wealth, becoming the nation’s wealthiest man within just three years.
Unfortunately, no amount of money could free him from his fate as a mere tool. For the sake of his daughter, Liu Zhiheng, Liu Yigu had no choice but to serve willingly as Xie Tinglan’s wallet and blood bank. In the original story, shortly after Liu Zhiheng’s death, Liu Yigu—by then the nation’s wealthiest man—was drained of all his value, stripped of his entire fortune, and ended up begging on the streets before dying alone in the wilderness.
“Father, I no longer wish to marry Xie Tinglan,” Liu Zhiheng said.
In the original story, Liu Zhiheng was madly in love with the male lead, Xie Tinglan. But Xie Tinglan, with his boundless future and the talent of a Top Scholar, had no desire to settle down early, let alone marry a village girl.
To force Xie Tinglan into marrying her, Liu Zhiheng framed him for a charge of impropriety and then attempted suicide by jumping into a river.
Cornered and with no way out—knowing that refusing to marry her might ruin his chances in the Imperial Examinations—Xie Tinglan reluctantly agreed to the marriage, seething with resentment.
From that moment on, the entire Liu family earned Xie Tinglan’s enduring hatred.
Since Liu Zhiheng was portrayed in the book as a rare beauty, a seductively skilled lover, and someone who could endure endless mistreatment without breaking, Xie Tinglan naturally channeled his hatred through their intimate encounters, subjecting her to all manner of humiliation in bed.
This cycle of hatred and abuse lasted for ten years.
It only ended when Liu Zhiheng was tormented to death in the rear courtyard. Her wealthy father was reduced to begging on the streets; her brilliant younger brother was driven to madness and froze to death by a ditch. Only then did her inexplicable life come to a close.
The setup was truly cruel. While reading the book, Liu Zhiheng had felt that the original character was designed purely to serve as an outlet for the male lead’s darkest desires.
Liu Zhiheng had no interest in being humiliated or getting married. All she wanted was to live a good life with her wealthy father and younger brother.
Seeing her father looking as if he had been struck by lightning, Liu Zhiheng deliberately teased, “Father, why are you so shocked? Are you really that eager to become the father-in-law of a scholar?”