Chapter One: A Tormented Heroine? Such Blessings Are Better Off with the Dogs!
“Bang!”
A burning pain flared across Wen Yan’s face, sharp female voices piercing her ears:
“Can’t have a child and yet you won’t let Jingyan find someone else? Having multiple wives and concubines is nothing new. You’re just occupying the spot without doing your part, and now you’re blaming my brother? Why don’t you blame your useless womb instead?”
Wen Yan’s head buzzed loudly, a strong scent of disinfectant engulfed her.
The sharp female voice lingered: “Our family can certainly afford children. Men liking kids is normal. What’s there to feel wronged about? But you have to come here and make everyone miserable!”
Why did these words sound so familiar...
Wen Yan raised her eyes, stunned.
“A hospital! The maternity ward!!!”
The familiar lines, the familiar setting, and those familiar faces—her sharp-tongued sister-in-law Li Qingqing, the smug white-lily third party Liu Yanyan resting in the hospital bed, and that irritatingly impatient male lead, Li Jingyan, standing in the corner.
“Damn! I’ve transmigrated into a drama!”
“And not just any drama, but that one where the heroine is tormented by her mother-in-law, betrayed by her husband, provoked by a mistress, yet in the end forgives everyone and cleanses the male lead’s reputation!”
Just moments ago, she had been the lead surgeon in the operating room, and now she had inexplicably been slapped in a melodramatic show her grandmother loved!
The male and female leads had dated since middle school, a nine-year courtship followed by five years of marriage. Over fourteen years, Li Jingyan’s love for her had been passionate and intense, seemingly perfect and complete.
To outsiders, he was a good man; to the original protagonist, a devoted husband; even their happy family was a façade.
The man who loved her so fiercely ultimately climbed into another woman’s bed and secretly fathered a child behind her back!
That slap left Wen Yan dizzy and near tears.
Fury exploded in her temples! Her parents had never hit her in her life! Who was this idiot to do so?
“Damn it!” she cursed under her breath, scanning her surroundings.
She realized she was still holding the chicken soup the original protagonist had made for her supposedly ill mother-in-law. Closing her eyes, she flung the lid open and splashed the scalding soup!
“Splash!”
The hot liquid hit precisely between Li Jingyan’s legs!
“Ahhhh!!!”
A pig-like scream echoed through the ward as Li Jingyan curled up, clutching his crotch in agony.
“You worthless bastard! What do you think you’re doing!” Li Qingqing shrieked, clutching her baby and retreating to the corner. Even Liu Yanyan on the bed hid under the covers in fright.
—“Some people’s mouths are so filthy even if you put two bricks there, flies would think it’s a dining hall!”
Li Qingqing trembled with anger: “Who are you talking about? You old hen who can’t lay eggs? Am I wrong? If you had any ability, you’d have given birth by now. Five years and still no sign—maybe you had an abortion!”
“Even if you took a laxative, you can’t just crap every time you open your mouth! Don’t you know where you are? Can’t you control your mouth or your ass?” Wen Yan fired back relentlessly, unafraid.
The timid, bullied victim suddenly dared to talk back, leaving Li Qingqing dumbfounded.
“What exactly do you want? So what if I cheated!”
Li Jingyan, still holding his crotch, struggled to stand, his glare fierce but his hands tightly gripping his injured area. He didn’t forget to shield Liu Yanyan, who was still feigning innocence on the hospital bed.
“Don’t be angry, sister. Brother Jingyan just loves me too much. It’s all my fault! Please don’t blame him. I apologize,” Liu Yanyan said, putting on a show as she prepared to kneel, only to be helped up by Li Jingyan:
“What apology? I spoiled her too much, and that’s why she’s like this now!”
“Qing Wenyan, come here and apologize!!!”
His commanding tone shattered whatever reason Wen Yan had left. She had never seen such shamelessness in her life. How could such a person ever be redeemed?
“You’re a fake human! Did your mother shake your brain around in the cradle?”
Liu Yanyan started causing trouble again:
“Brother Jingyan, please don’t make things difficult for sister Wenyan. She didn’t do it on purpose. Don’t let me and the child ruin your relationship. I can endure some grievances...”
Listening to Liu Yanyan’s nauseating, tearful words, Wen Yan entered a berserk state.
“While taking care of them, I almost forgot to deal with you!”
She rolled up her sleeves and lunged to grab Liu Yanyan’s hair, drawing a handful despite Li Jingyan trying to hold her back.
The entire ward corridor echoed with Liu Yanyan’s screams.
“You good-for-nothing bastard with a child but no one to raise it! Let go of her!”
Only days ago, the original protagonist’s supposedly sick mother-in-law, Wang Xiulian, who demanded Wen Yan take care of her every need, burst in with a fierce voice full of curses, shoving her.
Wen Yan yanked Liu Yanyan’s hair hard, ignoring the cries behind her, carefully observing the old woman.
Strong and steady steps, a mouth like a machine gun, and powerful arms—there was no way this old lady was truly ill.
Impatient with the continuous harassment, Wen Yan gave a merciless kick.
“Thud!”
“Ouch!”
With the sound, Wang Xiulian was thrown out of the ward.
“You said you couldn’t get up? Then just stay down!” Wen Yan sneered.
Seeing his mother kicked, Li Jingyan angrily raised his foot to kick Wen Yan—this was the key moment in the original story where the heroine’s face was disfigured!
In the original drama, the mother-in-law pretended to be pushed by Wen Yan and fell, crying. Li Jingyan used this as an excuse to kick the heroine, who then fell onto a firebox, slicing her face badly.
The severe wound disfigured her. Unable to afford surgery, she sought work but was rejected for her appearance. Her self-esteem shattered, without income she couldn’t divorce, forced to stay in the Li family caring for the mistress and illegitimate child, suffering humiliation.
Meanwhile, the male lead brainwashed and manipulated her, deepening her insecurities; yet he always appeared as her savior after each ordeal, earning favor. The heroine naively saw him as her redeemer and support.
In the end, the male lead gained a spotless reputation, while the heroine became a mere pawn in his redemption arc.
The heroine endured hardships caused by the male lead, but his heroic rescues blinded everyone to the truth—he was the source of all her suffering.
The screenwriter wrote scenes where he constantly saved her from danger, but who created those dangers? The male lead himself!
Wen Yan swiftly sidestepped the incoming kick.
“Is that all?”
“Crack!”
Li Jingyan failed to pull back his foot, performing a perfect split, his pants tearing with a painful expression draining the color from his face.
For a moment, the world fell silent, as if everyone was hearing the sound of Li Jingyan’s groin shattering.
“Ahhhh!!!”
His agonized cry startled Wang Xiulian, who hurriedly scrambled up to support her son...
Liu Yanyan covered her mouth, frozen and helpless.
“Oh dear~ Your little man’s in trouble now~” Wen Yan smirked, covering her mouth to laugh.
“Better check if it still works! Otherwise, you’ll have to settle for plastic toys from now on~” she jabbed at Liu Yanyan.
Amid the chaos, doctors and nurses were drawn by the noise, rushing to the ward to investigate.
As everyone gathered around Li Jingyan, Wen Yan quickly slipped out, knowing a fight against four people was hopeless.
Brushing off the dust, ignoring the curses behind her, she left the inpatient department.
Taking a deep breath, she sighed, “Refreshing!”
Back when she watched this drama, she had wished she could jump into the screen and erase them all. Now her breast no longer ached, her chest no longer felt tight, and her pain was cured instantly!
But soon, anxiety crept in, confusion overwhelmed her—
She opened her WeChat wallet; less than three hundred yuan stared back at her as living expenses. This made her want to die even more. Here, apart from the Li family who treated her like free labor, she had no close friends, no parents, no assets—just a miserable housewife.
Wen Yan had worked hard to study medicine and pursue a doctorate, all so she wouldn’t have to bow to a man for money someday. That slap wiped her plans clean, turning her into a free babysitter. “Capital, you win!”
Divorce was impossible for now. From start to finish, the male lead never allowed the heroine to divorce. Without rights or money, she even had to ask him for lawyer fees. Since she gave up her dreams to marry into the Li family, Li Jingyan had complete control over her. She knew she lacked the means to divorce; even if she found a job, Li Jingyan might ruin it. Was she really going back to relive this disgusting plot?
“If only I had some money…” Wen Yan’s head ached from the thought.
Just then... she thought she heard a sound.
“—Ding dong!”
“Congratulations, host, you have bound the revenge system!”
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