The Beautiful Female Supporting Character in the Period Novel

In the 1970s after an unexpected event shakes the Meng family, Meng Yinyin is forced to move to the countryside.

Having been pampered since childhood, she tries to adapt to the heavy rural labor. But as she stares at her blistered hands and slightly tanned skin, she comes to a painful realization: she really can’t handle this hardship (╥﹏╥).

Left with no choice, she follows her parents’ last advice—if she can’t bear it anymore, find a good man to marry!

After careful consideration, Meng Yinyin sets her sights on Lu Chen, a strong, healthy, and handsome man who’s orphaned and owns both land and property. Though he’s a bit cold, everything else about him is perfect, and most importantly, being with him means she’ll get to eat well!

Just as things seem to be going her way, Meng Yinyin realizes that her life is actually unfolding within a novel. Lu Chen is the book’s main villain, who turns dark after being unable to win the female lead’s love and relentlessly torments her.

The good news: she’s not the female lead. She’s merely a supporting character meant to highlight the female lead’s virtues.

The bad news: Lu Chen is right outside her door, bringing her the meat she’s been craving for ages.

When no response comes from inside the house, the man hesitates before gently asking, “Don’t feel like eating meat today? Should I catch some fish for you in the river instead?”

Inside, Meng Yinyin bites her blanket, torn with frustration: should she open the door or not?

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Lu Chen — In The Little Days of the 1970s, he’s the most popular male supporting character. Handsome and capable, he’s forever indebted to the female lead for a favor she did him in his youth. But since she marries someone else, he lives his life alone and dies in solitude.

Lin Xiuzi, a woman from the 21st century, transmigrates into the book as the original female lead. Seeing the shabby in-laws, the filthy, unruly child, and her bedridden husband injured on duty, she swiftly files for divorce and decides to pursue Lu Chen, who has always been devoted to the female lead.

As long as she marries Lu Chen now, she’ll enjoy his unwavering affection and one day become the wife of the richest man, basking in endless wealth and glory!

Leaving behind her wailing child and her husband’s desperate pleas, she rushes to Lu Chen’s house—only to find him holding a pretty girl’s hand, anxiously asking, “Did you talk to uncle and aunt about our wedding plans?”

Lin Xiuzi is stunned: wasn’t Lu Chen supposed to remain single out of love for the female lead? What is happening now?

And the girl he’s marrying is none other than the supporting character who admired the male lead’s talent and constantly competed with the female lead!

In response, Meng Yinyin shrugs: “Whoever wants to be a ‘control group’ can go right ahead. Being a cherished little darling is much sweeter, isn’t it?”

Tags: Beautiful Female Lead, Cold Love Interests, Dreams, Farming, Female Protagonist, Handsome Male Lead, Lazy Protagonist, Misunderstandings, Orphans, Poor to Rich, Reincarnation, Second Chance, Transmigration