Chapter 24: The Transmigrated Woman

Chapter 24: The Transmigrated Woman

The transmigrated woman has really arrived.

Jiang Jingru transmigrated into the body of a minor character with the same name from a web series she had watched, "Transmigrating to the Seventies: The Fat Wife's Counterattack and Mad Success."

Because the plot of this series was quite satisfying, she endured the discomfort of sharing the same name as the minor character and stayed up late to binge-watch it.

Unexpectedly, she woke up the next morning to find that she had actually transmigrated, and it was a rocky start.

Pregnant before marriage, abandoned, and hounded by debt collectors—how could she survive in the conservative social atmosphere of the seventies?

What's even more infuriating is that the system informed her she was originally supposed to transmigrate into the body of the female lead, but something went wrong in this world. The original female lead's consciousness had awakened, gaining self-awareness, and could no longer follow the predetermined plot.

Moreover, the other characters in the series had also deviated from the plot. Seeing that the main storyline could no longer proceed, the system had to bring her over early to correct the course and get the plot back on track.

After saying this, the system disappeared and could no longer be summoned.

It didn't even tell her what it meant to get the plot back on track.

Jiang Jingru pondered for a full day and finally chose the second option between reuniting the original male and female leads to restore the plot and completely replacing the original female lead, following the original female lead's path.

In the original plot, a few years later, the song and dance troupe, due to its outdated management and traditional ideas, could not adapt to market development and gradually declined. The employees could only rely on the basic salary allocated by the government to get by. The original fat wife, dissatisfied with the male lead's lack of ambition, constantly fought, turning their lives upside down.

After the female lead transmigrated, she slimmed down and transformed her life, first stabilizing her family, then using her modern aesthetic and vision to create several hit programs for the song and dance troupe, rapidly increasing its popularity and turning the tide from losses to profits.

She then established a performance service company, guiding the song and dance troupe toward a new direction, transforming the traditional troupe into a contemporary entertainment company, and even expanded into the film and television industry. Not only did she become a powerhouse in the entertainment industry, but she also turned the male lead, Yang Jingyu, into a household name, earning numerous domestic and international accolades.

Such a great opportunity naturally couldn't be given to someone else for nothing. Jiang Jingru had just watched these plot points and remembered them well. Next, she just needed to marry the male lead, Yang Jingyu, and mimic the original female lead's actions. Naturally, the plot would return to its original trajectory.

The only difference would be that the female lead would be Jiang Jingru instead of Song Xilan.

Just as Jiang Jingru was prepared to dive in and get started, Song Xilan approached her, along with the future antagonist, Jiang Chengxiao.

When enemies meet, their eyes burn with animosity.

Of course, this "enemy" was Jiang Jingru's definition of Song Xilan, because she believed that Song Xilan's awakening had taken away everything that should have belonged to her.

Parents who catered to her every whim and fully supported her in whatever she wanted to do, an uncle who was the director of the provincial cultural bureau, valuable heirlooms stored at home—all these favorable conditions that would have made the female lead's entrepreneurial journey smoother were now gone.

And with such a rocky start, her current identity's family could not only offer no help but would only drain her resources.

All of this was Song Xilan's fault.

Jiang Jingru stared at Song Xilan before her. This woman was different from what she had imagined—not the kind of obese person described in the series who completely let herself go after having children.

She was just a bit plumper compared to thin people, with a round face and very good skin, with a jade-like smoothness.

Her figure wasn't unattractive either; in fact, it was more curvaceous and well-proportioned than most.

Jiang Jingru's jealousy burned even stronger. Originally, this body with such a good foundation should have been hers.

Now, the body she had transmigrated into, although not bad-looking, was only relying on youth. Her appearance wouldn't age well; once she got older, her sharp chin would easily make her look harsh.

And having grown up in poor conditions without proper care, she was malnourished with a flat, unappealing figure—no wonder she had been abandoned.

Song Xilan grew uneasy under Jiang Jingru's intense stare. She swallowed hard and spoke, "Um, Comrade Jiang, you were the one who wronged Comrade Lin Guangshan first. You shouldn't keep his money and belongings. If you refuse to return them, we, we will..."

Her cheeks flushed red. It was so hard—being the bad guy was really hard.

She had mentally rehearsed this scene several times last night, but when it came to facing it in person, she still couldn’t bring herself to say it.

"Hahaha, this is hilarious! It’s the first time I’ve seen someone deliver a threat with so little confidence."

"Using the most timid tone to deliver the least threatening words."

"The first showdown between the local woman and the time-traveler, and the local woman is completely defeated."

"Let’s not put it that way. Song Xilan is just not good at arguing, and she’s been lucky since birth—she doesn’t need to argue with others to get what she wants!"

"I’m so confused. Another time-traveler has appeared, so who’s the real protagonist now?"

"Everyone gets what they need. After all, Song Xilan is no longer with Yang Jingyu. If the time-traveler wants to follow the original heroine’s path, there isn’t much of a conflict of interest between their main storylines. From another perspective, they could actually unite and work together hand in hand!"

Time-traveler? Song Xilan looked at Jiang Jingru warily. If those bullet comments weren’t just nonsense, then the Jiang Jingru in front of her was no longer the original Jiang Jingru?

Because she suddenly had a "special ability," she avoided the original plot, so she didn’t end up in her own body but instead took over Jiang Jingru’s body?

Song Xilan’s emotions were quite mixed.

The original Jiang Jingru was irresponsible, leaving such a mess for the time-traveler. It’s quite tragic that the time-traveler had to deal with such a mess right from the start.

But she couldn’t muster sympathy for the time-traveler. After all, she was the one who took over someone else’s body. If she had ended up in a happy person’s life, she would have enjoyed their good life without any hesitation.

How tragic for the person whose body was taken!

Thinking about how this person had once taken over her body, spent her money, exploited her family’s love for her, and even used her son, Song Xilan’s anger flared up, and she said angrily, "You, if you keep this up, you won’t come to a good end."