When She Stops Being Dramatic novel Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Chapter 1: The Scorned Wife of the 50s (1)

"Wang Xianbing, it’s me or her! Her or me! You choose!" a woman cried out, her voice choked with sorrow.

The surrounding women quacked like a flock of ducks, trying to persuade her. "Sister-in-law Wang, this is his parents’ fault. How can you blame him for it?"

"You and him, that’s true love. He and Xiao Zhu, who was arranged by his parents. It’s not a happy union, and they never even got a marriage certificate. You two are the real, legitimate couple..."

"Your husband has a good heart and a strong sense of responsibility. Xiao Zhu is a victim, too. I’ll have my mother-in-law introduce her to someone and marry her off. Then everything will be fine, won’t it?"

"Exactly! And from what I’ve seen, Xiao Zhu has no intention of being faithful to one man. Isn’t she always fawning over your next-door neighbor, Mr. Chu?"

"Xianbing, just say something to your wife!"

Wang Xianbing stammered, "Lin Jin, I... I only care about you..."

Those words sent the whole room into peals of laughter. "See? He’s such an honest man. You pushed him so far that he even said something like that! How embarrassing!"

"I’ll hurry and get my mother-in-law to come over and arrange a match. Once she’s gone, you two can live happily ever after. What more could there be to it?"

"For now, just lock your valuables in your room. Just get through this rough patch..."

Zhu Yun stared blankly at the ceiling, which seemed cool and white. ’Where am I? And what are these creatures around me?’

Fragments of memories and a short, flimsy plotline flooded her mind. She felt absolutely awful.

’Those bastards at the Space-Time Administration Bureau! You can’t just bully people like this! She’d just been taking a nap, and now she’s been made the fall guy, stuck with a mission everyone else avoided and exiled to this miserable era.’

’But what could she do about it?’

’Might as well make the best of it since I’m already here.’ That was the creed of every employee at the Time-Space Bureau.

’At worst, she just wouldn’t sleep so soundly the next time she was up for a mission!’

Fortunately, her memory was extraordinary, and she quickly sorted through everything.

It was the 1950s. The entire country was thriving. For now, the general situation wasn’t too bad.

But for the original owner of this body, things had been far from friendly.

Wang Xianbing came from a humble, rural background, but he was a good student with good luck. In 1951, he was admitted to Capital Agricultural University and received a considerable monthly stipend.

Back in the village, Old Mrs. Wang was overjoyed and showed him off to everyone she met. This made some people jealous, and they started saying that Wang Xianbing was destined for greatness and would surely never return. They speculated he would marry a city girl, and then they’d see how many years the old couple could enjoy his good fortune!

The old couple thought it over and became genuinely afraid that a future daughter-in-law would control their son and stop him from sending money home.

They were decisive. They sent a telegram to their son’s university claiming his mother was critically ill. Then, they turned around and found a beautiful young village belle—the original owner of this body—and held a wedding ceremony, witnessed by the villagers, where she simply had to hold a chicken to represent the absent groom!

When Wang Xianbing rushed home on leave, he discovered a new little wife in his house—a girl who was nothing but a pretty face, as thin as a rake!

Faced with his parents’ tearful pleas, he bit the bullet and tacitly accepted the marriage.

His young wife was like an unripe fruit, still green on the branch. His heart was full of resentment, so he slept on a cold bench, never touching her in the slightest.

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